The House Between Earth and Sky
Subtitle: Harvesting New American Folktales
Publisher: Teacher Ideas Press
Published: January 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781591580805
Subjects: Folklore; Sociology; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Fiction; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Storytelling; Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science; Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; Oral tradition; United States
First sentence: The tools we will be wielding in this project are the ancient traditional folk art of storytelling and the relatively modern scholarly discipline of folklore.
Description: The author, a storyteller, musician, folklorist, and teacher, went to English-as-second-language courses, first in Chicago then elsewhere, both to share with young immigrants some of the English-language oral traditions, and to elicit from them folktales from their own cultures and families. He sets out the process he used so that others can follow him, and shares stories from Latin America, eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.