Project Gutenberg 2005-02-18 Public domain in the USA. 274 Bryant, Sara Cone 1873 1956 Borst, Sara Cone Bryant How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell Original Etext produced by Charles Keller. Merged with new transcription by Michael Ciesielski, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell" by Sara Cone Bryant is a guidebook on the art of storytelling intended for educators and parents, written in the late 19th century. This work explores effective storytelling techniques suited to children's educational and emotional development and offers a collection of stories that can be told in engaging ways. The author aims to highlight how storytelling can facilitate children's understanding, joy, and moral growth. At the start of the book, Bryant reflects on the powerful impact that storytelling has on both children and adults, drawing from her experiences as a lecturer. She emphasizes the difference between reading a story and telling it, stating that storytelling allows for more connection and spontaneity with the audience. Bryant sets the tone for the rest of the book by outlining the purpose of storytelling in educational settings, emphasizing that stories are meant to entertain and spark joy in children while subtly imparting valuable life lessons. She introduces the idea that good stories often contain action, familiar yet imaginative themes, and elements of repetition that appeal to young listeners. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Storytelling Children's stories LB Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: How To ... Category: Teaching & Education 406963 2025-08-01T05:35:13.141091 text/html 428858 2021-01-01T08:42:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 264835 2021-01-01T08:42:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 356295 2025-08-01T05:35:22.881026 application/epub+zip 362052 2025-08-01T05:35:16.926108 application/epub+zip 214338 2025-08-01T05:35:15.341091 application/epub+zip 615586 2025-08-01T05:35:26.643010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580821 2025-08-01T05:35:21.590068 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403419 2022-09-01T06:00:49.591580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336580 2025-08-01T05:35:12.048078 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 336367 2021-01-01T08:42:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 124744 2021-01-01T08:42:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 336365 2021-01-01T08:42:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124703 2021-01-01T08:42:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20710 2025-08-01T05:35:26.784002 application/rdf+xml 23022 2025-08-01T05:35:15.859081 image/jpeg 4856 2025-08-01T05:35:15.600056 image/jpeg 354929 2025-08-01T05:35:13.187109 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia