Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book Summary and Reviews

Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book
by Pete Seeger, Paul Dubois Jacobs

Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book
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Author: Paul Dubois Jacobs, Pete Seeger
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-09-04
ISBN: 0156013118
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Harvest Books
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Book Reviews of Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book

Book Review: A fun lesson in family bonding
Summary: 4 Stars

Folk Music legend Pete Seeger keeps a proud tradition strong with this guidebook to storytelling, family style.

Seeger takes us back to a time when a tale told around the fire, or in the family room, was a staple of american entertainment, and he sets down some of the tricks of the trade for making story-time magical.

The book presents a series of stories that particularly lend themselves to the oral tradition, and has a short discussion at the end of each, most of which contain tips about how to make the storytelling experience better. Throughout, we are reminded that the teller of a story takes ownership of that story, and can tinker with it as he or she sees fit.

I found the stories themselves to be hit or miss, but they were generally of a high quality, including some real gems. Seeger begins with a selection of tales told to him by his father, and he ends with a handful of stories that he has invented himself. These two sections are particularly imaginative, and remind us all that we can pass on stories from generation to generation without money or interference from the outside world.

If you have children and are open to the idea of reading them to sleep at night, this is a must-read. By learning how to tell a story more flexibly, you can turn that quality time into something even more special.

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