Children’s Books About Storytelling

Children’s Books About Storytelling
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Storytelling is powerful. Its history stretches back to the earliest days of humanity, and it’s an art form intertwined with the passing down of wisdom and understanding. Our love and need for stories is still alive today, although it may be more clearly seen in our habit of getting drawn into episode after episode of a well-crafted TV show, instead of gathering around a fire to listen to lore from an elder.

The following are three books that do an excellent job of capturing the beauty and importance of a well-told story, and one of the books can even lead young readers to participate in it themselves.

‘The Storyteller’s Handbook’ by Elise Hurst

A nontraditional picture book, “The Storyteller’s Handbook” contains no words. Instead, each page is filled with Hurst’s delightfully imaginative illustrations. Her drawings appear somehow old-fashioned, as if they wouldn’t be out of place in an antique book of fairy tales. The foreword by Neil Gaiman, author of “American Gods,” suggests that each of these images can lead readers to a magical storytelling experience.
Arianna Rudorf
Arianna Rudorf
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Arianna Rudorf is a graduate of the University of Dallas. Although originally from Illinois, she now lives in the Dallas area, where she teaches high school level English.
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