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Julia Darrow Cowles. The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories
The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories
Table of Contents
PREFACE
PART I. The Art of Story-Telling
CHAPTER I. Story-Telling in the Home
A Lesson of Faith[1]
Footnote
CHAPTER II. Why Tell Stories in School?
CHAPTER III. How to Choose Stories for Telling
Point of Contact
Is It Worth Telling?
Good Literary Form
CHAPTER IV. The Telling of the Story
CHAPTER V. Use of the Story in Primary Grades
CHAPTER VI. Jingles, Fables, and Folk-Lore
“The Story of Ithenthiela”[2]
Footnote
CHAPTER VII. Myth and Hero Tale
The Hero-Tale
The Coming of Arthur[3]
Footnote
CHAPTER VIII. Holiday and Vacation Stories
Vacation Stories
CHAPTER IX. Bible Stories
CHAPTER X. Systematic Story-Telling
CHAPTER XI. The Joy of Story-Telling
The Story Hour
CHAPTER XII. Story-Telling as an Art
PART II. Selected Stories to Tell
Selected Stories to Tell
The Robin’s Carol[4]
The Little Baldhead[5]
Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter[6]
The Little Boy Who Forgot to Wash His Hands[7]
The Honest Woodman[8]
Tabby and the Mice[9]
The Gold Bugs[10]
The History of Tip-Top[11]
The Good King[12]
The Plowman Who Found Content[13]
King of the Frogs[14]
The Adder That Did Not Hear[15]
The North Star[16]
The Cobbler[17]
Opechee the Robin Redbreast[18]
The Country Cat[19]
Legend of the Arbutus[20]
Why the Dog Cannot Endure the Cat, Nor the Cat the Mouse[21]
The Miser of Takhoma[22]
Little Sister Kindness and the Loving Stitches[23]
The Queen’s Necklace[24]
Robin Hood and Sir Richard-at-the-Lee[25]
How the Queen of the Sky Gave Gifts to Men[26]
King Midas’ Ears[27]
Hold Fast, Tom[28]
Nils and the Bear[29]
Jericho Bob[30]
Jerusalem Artie’s Christmas Dinner[31]
Robin’s Christmas[32]
A Tale of the Christ Child[33]
Story of the Ark[34]
The Flood[35]
The Olive Leaf[36]
The Rainbow of Promise[37]
The Story of David[38]
The Twenty-third Psalm
Footnote
INDEX OF SELECTED STORIES
TOPICAL INDEX OF STORIES
BOOKS FOR THE STORY-TELLER
MELODIES AND FOLK TALES
ETHICAL STORIES
NATURE STORIES
TRUE HERO STORIES
FAIRY TALES AND FOLK LORE
HISTORY AND LEGEND
MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES
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Julia Darrow Cowles
Published by Good Press, 2022
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“I feel very strange and dizzy,” said the Butterfly, addressing the Caterpillar, “and I am sure that I have but a little while to live. But I have just laid some butterfly eggs on this cabbage leaf, and if I die there will be no one to care for my baby butterflies. I must hire a nurse for them at once, but I cannot go far to seek for one. May I hire you as nurse, kind Caterpillar? I will pay you with gold dust from my wings.”
Then, before the surprised Caterpillar could reply, the Butterfly went on, “Of course you must not feed them on the coarse cabbage leaves which are your food. Young butterflies must be fed upon early dew and the honey of flowers. And at first, oh, good Caterpillar, they must not be allowed to fly far, for their wings will not be strong. It is sad that you cannot fly yourself. But I am sure you will be kind, and will do the best you can.”
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