While all ages enjoy a variety of stories, and most stories can be adapted (aimed) at most ages, some just seem to "click" better with different groups. Here are sample programs for suggested ages. Programs can be customized to fit ongoing programs or special themes.

The cost for performances is based on the length of the program and the distance travelled (from St. Charles, Missouri). Contact me for a quote.

Tellable Tales

1. •Traditional Folktales and Stretches
   

1. ◦The Smell of the Bread
   

2. ◦Noisy House
   

3. ◦Magic Doubling Pot
   

4. ◦The Stonecutter
   

2. •Traditional Tales with a Twist (adding one’s own details)
   

1. ◦The Three Little Pigs - my version with Legos!
   

3. •Personal Stories from One’s Own Life
   

1. ◦Bill’s Iguana
   

2. ◦Chimp Show at the Zoo
   

3. ◦C.J.’s Lost Puppy
   

4. •Tall Tales
   

1. ◦Carnival Elation (shrimp stampede)
   

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5. Clever Critters and Story Stretches
   

1. •Butterfly Brothers
   

2. •Coyote Dances w/Stars
   

3. •Turtle Flies South
   

4. •Ears and Tails and Common Sense
   

5. •Grandmother Spider
   

Life Lessons

Stories can teach lessons on caring for each other, doing right, living well -- without preaching.

1. •The Stonecutter on the Mountain
   

2. •The Innkeeper's Wise Daughter
   

3. •Lost Purse
   

4. •Pandora's Troubles
   

5. •More Than a Match
   

6. •'Possum and Snake
   

7. •Tante Tina
   

Silly Scary (not terrifying - tales with safe endings and laughter)

1. •Black Bubble Gum
   

2. •Red, Red Lips
   

3. •Fire Ants and Snake Spit
   

4. •Taily-Po
   

5. •Hitchhiker
   

True “Ghost” Stories

1. •City Outhouse
   

2. •Delta Queen -- Mary Becker Green
   

3. •Trains
   

1. ◦Ghost Woman in Cab
   

2. ◦Children push car
   

4. •Victoria on the Goldenrod
   

Workshops on Storytelling

Stealth Storytelling at the Upper Grades (Frog Goes to High School)

presented at these conferences:

1. •Sharing the Fire in Massachusetts
   

2. •National Storytelling Network, Oklahoma
   

3. •Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Winter Conference, Utah
   

4. •Northlands Storytelling Network, Wisconsin
   

5. •Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, Texas
   

Getting Started: How to tell stories and help others with storytelling,

presented for these groups:

1. •Missouri Association of School Librarians
   

2. •Rivers Bend Association of Educators of Young Children
   

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