INTRODUCTION

• The Story-teller's Art
• Recent Revival
• The Difference between telling a Story and reading it aloud
• Some Reasons why the Former is more effective

CHAPTER I

THE PURPOSE OF STORY-TELLING IN SCHOOL

• Its immediate Advantages to the Teacher
• Its ultimate Gifts to the Child

CHAPTER II

SELECTION OF STORIES TO TELL

• The Qualities Children like, and why
• Qualities necessary for Oral Delivery
• Examples: The Three Bears , The Three Little Pigs , The Old Woman and her Pig
• Suggestions as to the Type of Story especially useful in the several primary Grades
• Selected List of familiar Fairy Tales

CHAPTER III

ADAPTATION OF STORIES FOR TELLING

• How to make a long Story short
• How to fill out a short Story
• General Changes commonly desirable
• Examples: The Nürnberg Stove , by Ouida; The King of the Golden River , by Ruskin; The Red Thread of Courage , The Elf and the Dormouse
• Analysis of Method

CHAPTER IV

HOW TO TELL THE STORY

• Essential Nature of the Story
• Kind of Appreciation necessary
• Suggestions for gaining Mastery of Facts
• Arrangement of Children
• The Story-teller's Mood
• A few Principles of Method, Manner and Voice, from the psychological Point of View

CHAPTER V

SOME SPECIFIC SCHOOLROOM USES

• Exercise in Retelling
• Illustrations cut by the Children as Seat-work
• Dramatic Games
• Influence of Games on Reading Classes

STORIES SELECTED AND ADAPTED FOR TELLING

ESPECIALLY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND CLASS I.

• Nursery Rhymes
• Five Little White Heads
• Bird Thoughts
• How we came to have Pink Roses
• Raggylug
• The Golden Cobwebs
• Why the Morning-Glory climbs
• The Story of Little Tavwots
• The Pig Brother
• The Cake
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town
• Why the Evergreen Trees keep their Leaves in Winter
• The Star Dollars
• The Lion and the Gnat

ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES II. AND III.

• The Cat and the Parrot
• The Rat Princess
• The Frog and the Ox
• The Fire-Bringer
• The Burning of the Ricefields
• The Story of Wylie
• Little Daylight
• The Sailor Man
• The Story of Jairus's Daughter

ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES IV. AND V.

• Arthur and the Sword
• Tarpeia
• The Buckwheat
• The Judgment of Midas
• Why the Sea is Salt
• Billy Beg and his Bull
• The Little Hero of Haarlem
• The Last Lesson
• The Story of Christmas

THE CHILD-MIND; AND HOW TO SATISFY IT

• A short List of Books in which the Story-teller will find Stories not too far from the Form in which they are needed

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