Through the Grapevine

by Hamilton, Martha; Weiss, Mitch

• ISBN13: 9780874836240
• ISBN10: 0874836247
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-02
• Publisher: August House

Summary

As recently as 100 years ago, the great majority of people living on this earth were learning things the old-fashioned way by word of mouth. In the last twenty-five years, the spoken grapevine has come back into its own because of the storytelling renaissance.

Author Biography

Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss are "Beauty and the Beast Storytellers," a husband-wife team who have been telling stories together since 1980. They have presented storytelling performances and workshops at schools, libraries, coffee-houses, museums, festivals, and conferences throughout North America and Europe. Their four books and two audios have garnered numerous awards. They are based in Ithaca, New York.

Table of Contents

Where the Stories Come From (Map)	10	(3)
Introduction	13	(6)
Stories
The Bell That Knew the Truth China	19	(3)
The Boy Who Battled the Troublesome Troll Norway	22	(3)
The Tail Trade Canada (Maliseet)	25	(2)
The Woodcutter and the River Demon Russia	27	(3)
Taking the Bad with the Good Congo	30	(3)
The Baker's Daughter England	33	(3)
One Good Trick Deserves Another Tibet	36	(3)
Sweet or Sour? Greece (Aesop)	39	(2)
The Fearsome Monster in Hare's House Kenya/Tanzania (Masai)	41	(4)
The Argument Between the Sea and the Sky Philippines	45	(2)
Scrambled Eggs Denmark	47	(3)
The Thief Who Aimed to Please Eastern Europe (Jewish)	50	(2)
The Big, Wide-Mouth Frog United States	52	(2)
Watermelons and Walnuts Turkey	54	(3)
It's About to Fall! Mexico	57	(3)
King of the Birds Wales	60	(2)
The Hero of Holland Holland	62	(3)
The Knee-High Man Grows Up United States (African-American)	65	(3)
Rabbit's Riding Horse Puerto Rico	68	(3)
The King and the Wrestler India	71	(2)
The Blazing Rice Fields Japan	73	(3)
Ah-Choo! Malaysia	76	(3)
The Silent Witness Iran	79	(3)
Turtle Returns a Favor Ghana (Ashanti)	82	(4)
Just a Drop of Honey Burma/Thailand	86	(3)
Monkey Gets the Last Laugh Brazil	89	(3)
Why Sun and Moon Live in the Sky Nigeria (Efik)	92	(3)
The Gorilla That Escaped United States	95	(3)
The Jester's Last Trick Poland	98	(4)
The Seal Woman Iceland	102	(3)
The Emperor's Secret Serbia	105	(4)
General Tips for Telling Stories	109	(8)
Follow-Up Activities	117	(6)
Appendix: Story Sources	123