Resources
Reviews
Many thanks to Mary-Eileen McClear for helping us get started with this page in 2009 by giving us reviews from The Second Story Review; a Quarterly Review of Storytelling Materials*.
Sadly, we lost Mary-Eileen April 10, 2021. She will be missed by every storyteller who ever knew her. Many reviews have been added since and SC-CC members are invited to submit reviews of items they believe will add to the literature.
* The Second Story Review was a quarterly review of storytelling resources which was written by Mary-Eileen McClear from 1996 through 1998. It was the only publication at the time which was devoted entirely to storytelling materials. Almost 250 books and recordings were reviewed in the twelve issues. The subscribers, over 90 of them, came from all of the Canadian provinces except PEI, twelve States in the U.S., and Australia. When Mary-Eileen ended publication to have more time to devote to her telling, she received dozens of letters from subscribers expressing their appreciation for the Review, and their regret at its end. Many of items reviewed were or became classics in the field. Unsigned reviews are written by Mary-Eileen.
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14 Silly Little Stories | (audiocassette) / Patrick Douglas
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Acadian Christmas Traditions | Georges Arsenault
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Achimoona | Maria Campbell
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Alan Irvine Audio Recordings - Midnight Visions / Out of the Mist | (audio cassette) / Alan Irvine
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Aphrodite's Nosegay | (audio-cassette) / Susan Klein
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Apples From Heaven | Multicultural Folk Tales About Stories and Storytellers/ Naomi Baltuck
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Asian Tales and Tellers | Cathy Spagnoli
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At The Edge; A Book of Risky Stories | Dan Yashinsky
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Banshee (The); The Irish Death Messenger | Patricia Lysaght
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Bedtime Stories from Around the World | Margaret Read MacDonald
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Beneath the Ice | (AUD or CD) / Seth Castleman
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Beyond the Beanstalk: Interdisciplinary learning Through Storytelling | Lynn Rubright
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Beyond the Beanstalk: Interdisciplinary learning Through Storytelling | Lynn Rubright
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Big Screen Drive-In Theater / The Grand Canyon | (audio-cassette) / Donald Davis
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Bone Button Borscht | Aubrey Davis
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Bookcase Ghost (The) | Elizabeth Matson and Stuart Stotts
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British & Irish Mythology; An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend | John and Caitlin Matthews
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Broken Tusk (The); Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha | Uma Krishnaswami
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Burning Brightly; New Light on Old Tales Told Today | Kay Stone
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Bury My Bones But Keep My Words | Tony Fairman
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Campfire Stories Vol 1, 2, 3 | William Forgey
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Can We All Sing? A Handbook for Singers | Linda Esther Gray
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Careful What You Wish For | (audio cassette) / Carol Birch
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Celebrations Around the World; A Multicultural Handbook | Carole S. Angell
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Celestial River, The | Andrea Stenn Stryer
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Come Away…with story, music and song | (CD) / Stories by Mary Hays, music by Voice Dance
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Crane's Gift, The | Steve and Megumi Biddle
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Crimson Elf, The | Michael J. Caduto
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Daley Grind, The | Doris Daley
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Daughters of Ishi-shi, The | Ancient Tales of the Americas (Audiocassette or CD) / Barb Stevens-Newcomb
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Daughters of Ishi-shinif | (audio-cassette, or CD) / Barb Stevens-Newcomb
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Degree of Truth, A | Phil Nagy
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Don't Go Along With the Get Along | (The Tall Story teller) (Audiocassette) / Kala JoJo
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Dr. York, Miss Winnie, and the Typhoid Shot | (audio cassette) / Donald Davis
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Dreamer Awakes, The | Alice Kane
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Dreams and Other Realities | (audio cassette) / Angela Lloyd
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Eagle and the Rainbow, The | Antonio Hernandez Madrigal
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Eleven Nature Tales | Pleasant DeSpain
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Enormous Potato, The | Aubrey Davis
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Fair is Fair | Sharon Creeden
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Faire Tales: Folktales, Fables & Fairy tales Containing the Wit & Wisdom of the Ages for All Ages | (audio cassette) / Angela Cay Klinger
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Family's Heritage | Dava Lee Russell
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Fifty Fabulous Fables | Suzanne I. Barchers
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Figures, Facts & Fables | Barbara Lipke
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Folktale Themes and Activities for Children. Vol. 1 | Anne Marie Kraus
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Folktales as Therapy | Verena Kast
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Folktellers, The: Storytelling / Pennies, Pets & Peanut Butter / Stories for the Road / Tales to Grow-On | (audio cassettes and video cassettes) / Barbara Freeman and Connie Regan
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Four Great Rivers To Cross | Patrick M. Mendoza, Ann Strange Owl-Raben and Nico Strange Owl
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Frog Prince, The | Stephen Mitchell
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From the Hearts of the People, Vol. 1 | (audio-cassette) / Bonnie Greenberg
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From the Mango Tree and Other Folktales from Nepal | Kavita Ram Shrestha and Sarah Lamstein
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From the Mouth of the Monster Eel | Bo Flood
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Ghostwise | collected by Dan Yashinsky
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Go To Sleep Smiling | Bryan Smith
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Golden Axe and Other Folk Tales of Compassion and Greed, The | Ruth Stotter
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Grandmother Stories; Traditional tales of the Anishinabe | (audio cassette) / Anne M. Dunn and Maefred Arey
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Greek Myths Western Style | Barbara McBride-Smith
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Half Horse, Half Alligator | (audiocassette) / Bill Mooney
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Hans Christian Andersen: Tales and Stories for All Ages | told by Eric S. Rosen
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Haunted Hearts; Tales of Love and Tragedy | (audio-cassette) / Sherry Norfolk
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Healers on the Mountain, and Other Myths of Native American Medicine | Teresa Pijoan
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Healing Art of Storytelling, The | Richard Stone
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Healing Power of Stories, The | Daniel Taylor
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Heck of A Way To Stay Warm, A | (audio-cassette) / John Porcino
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Her Kind | Jane Cahill
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Here Comes the Storyteller | Joe Hayes
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Here I Sit | René Fumoleau
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Herman and Marguerite | Jay O’Callahan
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Holiday Storybook Stew | Suzanne I. Barchers & Peter J. Rauen
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Holiday Times | (CD) / Ella Jenkins
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Home To Medicine Mountain | Chiori Santiago
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Hungarian Folktales | Linda Degh
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In Days Gone By | Audrey Burie Kirchner and Margaret R. Yassia
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In the Presence of Each Other | Johanna Kuyvenhoven
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Interpretation of Fairy Tales, The | Marie-Louise Von Franz
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Irish Stories For Christmas | John B. Keane
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Jay O’Callahan Audio | (audio-cassette and MP3's) / Jay O'Callahan
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Journey Into Storytelling | Cathy Miyata
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Keepers of Life | Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
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Kentucky Folktales | Mary Hamilton
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Kimmy & Mike | Dave Paddon- Reviews from the Globe and Mail, Quill & Quire, and Kirkus
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Kiviuq: An Inuit Hero and His Siberian Cousins | Kira Van Deusen
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Kun-Man-Gur The Rainbow Serpent | James Cowan - Barefoot Books
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Learning From the Land | Brian "Fox" Ellis
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Len Cabral Audio | (audiocassette) / Len Cabral
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Len Cabral's Storytelling Book | Len Cabral and Mia Manduca
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Lion's Whiskers and Other Ethiopian Tales, The | Brent Ashabranner and Russell Davis
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Listen Up: tellable tales for hungry ears | (CD) / Kathy Jessup
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Little Red Riding Hood UNCLOAKED | Catherine Orenstein
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Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine, The | Barbara J. Suwyn
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Marvels of Math | Kendall Haven
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Merlin's Kin | Josepha Sherman
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More Tales to Tingle Your Spine | (audio cassette) / Tippecanoe Storytellers
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Mostly Ghostly Stories | (audio cassette) / David Holt
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Multicultural Folktales for the Feltboard and Readers' Theatre | Judy Sierra
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Museletter, The | L.A.N.E.S. (League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling)
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Myth of Isis and Osiris (The) | Jules Cashford (Barefoot Books)
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New Age Gawain and the Green Knight | (audio cassette) / Diane Edgecomb
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Next Teller, A Book of Canadian Storytelling | Dan Yashinsky
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North From Centre | (audio cassette) / Earthstory
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Of Kings and Fools | Michael Parent and Julien Olivier
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Once Upon a Bethlehem Night: Christmas Stories | (CD or iTunes) / Renée Englot
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Ordinary Splendors | Tom Knapp
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Ordinary Women With Extraordinary Spirit | (audiocassette) / Kathryn Beisner
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Outlandish Adventures of Orpheus in the Underworld (The) | Paul Newham - Barefoot Books
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Pattysaurus and Other Tales | (audio cassette) / Diane Edgecomb
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Queen of Paradise's Garden, The | Andy Jones
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Rainbow Tales | (CD) / Various Tellers
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Rattlesnake Dance | Jennifer Owings Dewey
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Reflections in a Garden of Light | Patrick Douglas
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Saints and Gore and Fairy Lore | (audiocassette) / Richard Marsh
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Scandinavian-American Folk Tales...and Fish Stories | Kristopher Paulson
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Seeds From Our Past | Corinne Stavish
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Senate reprints | Werner; Smith; Jacobs; Rappoport
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Share A Tale | Irene Aubrey and Louise McDiarmid
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Shoofly | (audiocassette, CD and online) / Various artists
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Shyaan am! Tuvan Folk Tales | Kira VanDeusen
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Slop! A Welsh Folktale | Margaret Read MacDonald
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Soiled Reputations | David Hobson
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Soul of Hope, The | (CD and audiocassette) / Doug Lipman
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Southwestern fare from Joe Hayes | Joe Hayes
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Stepping Stones To Science | Kendall Haven
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Stories from St. Margaret's: Saints Alive / Of Water | (audiocassette) / Ron Baker
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Stories From the Otherworld Series | (audio cassettes) / stories by Mara Freeman, music by Gerry Smida
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Stories in My Pocket | Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
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Stories in My Pocket | (CD) / Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton
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Stories of the Flood | Uma Krishnaswami
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Stories to Remember | Laurent d’Entremont
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Stories With Vince Wall | Vince Wall
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Storycraft Publishing | Vivian Dubrovin
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Storyfest Productions | Robert Bela Wilhelm and MaryJo Kelly Wilhelm
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Storyteller at Fault, The | Dan Yashinsky
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StoryTeller StoryTeacher | Marni Gillard
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Storyteller's Animal Stories, A | Duane Hutchinson
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Storyteller's Guide, The | edited by Bill Mooney and David Holt.
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Storyteller: The Classic that Heralded America's Storytelling Revival | Ramon Royal Ross
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Storytellers | Corki Miller and Mary Ellen Snodgrass
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Storytellers' Research Guide | Judy Sierra
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Storytelling Adventures | Vivian Dubrovin
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Storytelling Coach, The | Doug Lipman
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Storytelling Encyclopedia | David Adams Leeming
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Storytelling Made Easy With Puppets | Jan Van Schuyver
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Storytelling Professionally | Harlynne Geisler
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Storytelling: Learning and Sharing | (videotape) / Sandy Jenkins
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String Things; Stories, Games, and Fun! | (videotape) / Barbara Schutz-Gruber
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Sun Stories | Carolyn McVickar Edwards
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Swimming with Chaucer | Dan Yashinsky
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Tales as Tools | The National Storytelling Association
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Tall Tales and Tricksters from Asia | Cathy Spagnoli
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Texas Tech’s Turkish Tales | Warren S. Walker and Barbara K. Walker
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Ticklish Tales for Tellers, Vol. 1 | Iva Pun Andriddle
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Travel the Globe | Desiree Webber, Dee Ann Corn, Elaine Harrod, Donna Norvell, Sandy Shropshire
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Trickster Tales | Josepha Sherman
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Troubadour's Storybag | Norma J. Livo
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Tuck Me In Tales | (CD, audio books, audiocassette) / Margaret Read MacDonald
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Under the Apple Boughs | Donna McCaw
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Underground Music & A Pitcher of Water | Diane Halpin
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What's The Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses? | Richard Van Camp
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When Beaver Was Very Great | Anne M. Dunn
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Who Says? Essays on Pivotal Issues in Contemporary Storytelling | Carol L. Birch and Melissa A. Heckler
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Who's Who; Mythology, Legends, Folk Tales, Romance | Eric Rosen
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Why Leopard Has Spots | Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert
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Why Ostriches Don't Fly and Other Tales from the African Bush | I. Murphy Lewis
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Why the Dog Chases the Cat | (CD) / David Holt and Bill Mooney
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Wisdom Tales From Around the World | Heather Forest
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Wisdom's Tribute | (CD) / Susan Klein
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Works In Progress: A publication of StorySwap and MAST | edited by Alan Irvine
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World of Shadow | David and Donna Wisniewski
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World of Stories for Preachers and Teachers, A | William J. Bausch
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World Tales | Idries Shah
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World Tales Live At Bennington College | (CD and Audiocassette) / Tim Jennings and Leanne Ponder