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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Serendipity Market	Penny Blubaugh	When Toby breathes on Mama Inez's bird-shaped invitations, giving them the power to fly, plans for the Serendipity Market begin. Soon, eleven honored guests travel from afar and make their way to the…	OL11937589W
Strudel stories	Joanne Rocklin	Seven generations of a Jewish family hear stories of their family history, all told while making apple strudel.	OL121004W
Literacy development in the storytelling classroom	Diane Williams,Sherry Norfolk,Jane Stenson,Sherry Norfolk	Consisting of a series of essays written by storytellers who work in the classroom, as well as teachers who use storytelling in the classroom, this title addresses specific curriculum areas, and incl…	OL13773482W
The story snail	Anne F. Rockwell	John can do nothing well until a snail gives him one hundred fabulous stories to tell. But even they wear thin and he goes in search of the snail again.	OL14853925W
The Gargoyle	Andrew Davidson	An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time. The narrator of The Gargoyle is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexu…	OL14991669W
Inkheart	Sonia Sander	A tie-in to the film. Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tr…	OL15057172W
American folktales	Peggy A. Bulger	Publisher's description: This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, The Americ…	OL15132711W
The August House Book of Scary Stories	Liz Smith Parkhurst	An anthology of spooky stories drawn from folklore, local history, and the storytellers' imaginations, and divided into the categories "Just Desserts and Lessons Learned," "Ghostly Guardians," "Dark …	OL15406908W
Bedtime stories	Jeanette Lane	In this partial retelling of the move, Skeeter Bronson has always dreamed of running his own hotel. When his bedtime stories start coming true, and things start to get a bit strange, perhaps Skeeter'…	OL16022121W
A Storyteller's treasury	John Harrell	A collection of 44 traditional and original tales from a variety of cultures. Included are "Androcles and the Lion," "The Juggler of Notre Dame," and "The Red Shoes."	OL16537388W
Doug Stevenson's story theater method	Doug Stevenson	xx, 332 p. ; 23 cm	OL16633220W
Campfire tales	William W. Forgey	A collection of stories about ghosts and other supernatural encounters, selected for their ease in being told from memory. Each story is accompanied by a large print outline for assistance in telling…	OL166725W
The Storyteller	Evan Turk	Long, long ago, like a pearl around a grain of sand, the Kingdom of Morocco formed at the edge of the great, dry Sahara. It had fountains of cool, refreshing water to quench the thirst of the desert,…	OL17364525W
Departure time	Truus Matti	Departure Time is the amazing journey of a girl in two stories. The girl in the hotel with the fox and the rat, and the girl whose father travels a lot, who suggests they write a story together, a st…	OL17647565W
Cuentos de Eva Luna	Isabel Allende	La escritora chilena Isabel Allende revisita su novela Eva Luna para reunir en Cuentos de Eva Luna las historias escritas por Eva, su protagonista de ficción. Contiene 23 relatos. ---------- …	OL17714414W
Kooky campout	Erica Farber	"Huckle and his friends are going camping. They have tents, fishing poles, sleeping bags, and snacks. They roast marshmallows and someone tells a kooky, spooky ghost story. Will they sleep in their t…	OL17880071W
Storytime Origami	John Montroll	Simple instructions and clear diagrams bring to life the memorable characters and delightful scenes from "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," "The Three Little Pigs," "Humpty-Dumpty," and "Cinderella."	OL1800478W
Raising passionate readers	Nancy Newman	When neuroscientists cracked the mystery of reading in the 1980s, they pinpointed the simple steps parents can take to help all children become skilled, avid readers. Yet this information still hasn'…	OL18143972W
Imani's music	Sheron Williams	Imani, an African grasshopper, brings music to the new world when he travels aboard a slave ship.	OL1880579W
The storytellers	Ted Lewin	Abdul and Grandfather pass through the streets of Fez, Morocco, and stop at an old gate, where Grandfather performs as a storyteller.	OL1916320W