Storytelling Folklore Sourcebook
- ISBN-10
- 0872876012
- ISBN-13
- 9780872876019
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Libraries Unlimited
- Authors
- Norma J. Livo, Sandra Rietz
Description
Packed with folktales, poetry, aphorisms, songs, and legends, this comprehensive sourcebook is appropriate for use with upper elementary and secondary students or as a resource for the professional storyteller. The source material covers costumes, customs, dances and drama, food, games, and legends, as well as forms of oral literature (music, proverbs, rhymes, riddles, tales, beliefs, and superstitions). An extensive guide to the world's folklore, it is ideal as a resource for creative writing projects.
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