Storytelling, Crafts and Kids!

Connecting stories and crafts and, of course, kids!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Rose and the Amaranth.....an Aesop fable

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A Rose and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden. One day the Amaranth said to her neighbor, "How I envy you your beauty a...
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow

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 "Can you or I or anyone know, how oats, peas, beans and barley grow?" This month's story is actually an old folk song but l...
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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Androcles and the Lion....an Aesop fable retold by Joseph Jacobs

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Androcles and the Lion It happened in the old days at Rome that a slave named Androcles escaped from his master and fled into the forest, an...
Monday, August 9, 2010

Sweet-as-a-Honeycomb....a folktale from England

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 (After you finish this story, ask the children what popular fairy tale it reminds them of.) Once upon a time there was a merchant who tra...
Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Last Darning Needle....an Oregon Folktale (retold by S.E. Schlosser) for Thread the Needle Day

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Folks traveling the Oregon Trail looking for a new life left almost everything behind them when they made the 2000 mile journey in thei...
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Friday, May 7, 2010

Fairy Gifts...a tale from Andrew Lang's Green Fairy Book

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Fairy Gifts (this story is a little longer than most of the tales I've put up but it is well worth telling. It might be a good story t...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Two Frogs....a story from Japan for Frog Month (April)

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The Two Frogs Once upon a time in the country of Japan there lived two frogs, one of whom made his home in a ditch near the town of Osaka, o...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Rumpelstiltskin......a German tale retold by the Brothers Grimm

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Once upon a time there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful daughter. Now it happened that he got into a conversation with the...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Three Goslings......a tale from Italy

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Once upon a time there were three goslings who were greatly afraid of the wolf, for if he found them he would eat them. One day the largest ...
Monday, January 11, 2010

The Cap that Mother Made

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Once upon a time there was a little boy named Anders, who had a new cap. And a prettier cap you never have seen, for mother herself had kn...
Friday, January 1, 2010

The Legend of La Befana

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A Christmas tale from Italian Folklore retold by La La Befana was an old woman who lived in a small village in Italy. She was known througho...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

Legend of the Christmas Spider

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On Christmas eve, a long time ago, a gentle mother was busily cleaning the house for the most wonderful day of the year... Christmas day, th...
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