“The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.” -Washington Irving There’s something super-special about the bond of a mother and her child. You could almost call it magical. What better way to celebrate that special bond than with stories! Last year I got a… Read more »
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Book Review of “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human”
Recently while walking through my local library I came across the book, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall. As a storyteller, I couldn’t pass it up! It turned out to be a thoroughly engaging read, outlining many of the ways that story works to mold and shape us as individuals… Read more »
Man: The Storytelling Animal
Man – let me offer you a definition – is the storytelling animal. Wherever he goes he wants to leave behind not a chaotic wake, not an empty space, but the comforting marker buoys and trail signs of stories. He has to keep on making them up. As long as there’s a story, it’s all… Read more »
Library Book Sales: Not To Be Missed!
If you aren’t checking out your library’s book sale shelf, then you are missing out! I cannot begin to express the number of wonderful books I have found on these shelves — ranging in price from 25 cents to $1. These are hard-bound books that often retail for as much as $20 online or in… Read more »
Stories To Fight Prejudice
Earlier this month I told the story of Frog and Snake for the first time. This folktale of the Ekoi people from the Cameroon and Nigeria deals with the concept of taught prejudice, making it as relevant today as when it was first told. In the story, a young frog and snake meet and become… Read more »
