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Good stories fire the listener's imagination. They draw people in and include them in the storytelling process.

Edward O. Welles


Internet

Tell Family Stories with Symbols
americanhistory.si.edu/hosc/santos/TryItTellingStories.html

Uncovering Family Stories
www.autry-museum.org/musclas/museumclassroom99

Recording Family Stories on Tape
family.go.com/raisingkids/child/skills/feature/famf010401_ffgrandma/famf010401_ffgrandma9.html

Finding Ancestral Stories
www.ancestors.com

Grandparents Create a Story
www.ourgrandchild.com/familystory/

Write Your Family Story
www.committment.com/famstory.htm

Create a Family Story Tree
www.exploration.org/html/family_tree_9_12.html

Tips on Telling Family Stories
www.nwlink.com/~spagnoli/telltips/family.htm

Adoptive Family Stories
www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/acs/html/adopt/fam/fam.html

Collecting Family Stories
www.storyarts.org/classroom/roots/family.html

Family Storytelling Workshops
www.foxtalesint.com/workshops_family.htm



Books
Creating a Family Storytelling Tradition, Robin Moore

Family Storytelling Handbook, The: How to Use Stories, Anecdotes, Rhymes, Handkercheifs, Paper and Other Objects..., Anne Pellowski

Tell Me a Story: Creating Bedtime Tales Your Children Will Dream On, Chase Collins

Blakc Sheep and Kissing Cousins: How our Family Stories Shape Us, Elizabeth Stone

Children Tell Stories, Martha Hamilton

Creative Storytelling: Choosing, Inventing, and Sharing Tales for Children, Jack Maguire

Easy-To-Tell Stories for Young Children, Annette Harrison

Every Child a Storyteller: A Handbook of Ideas, Harriet Kinghorn

Telling Stories to Children, Sylvia Ziskind