Five-minute tales : more stories to read and tell when time is short

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J398.2 MacDonald
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Summary

Another great storytelling resource from award-winning author, Margaret Read MacDonald.



When Margaret Read MacDonald published her book, Three-Minute Tales in 2004, it received a warm reception from teachers, youth leaders, clergy, and public speakers, all with an insatiable need for positive, pithy stories to fill out brief amounts of presentation time. Now MacDonald is back with more stories that can stretch anywhere from one to five minutes in length, encourage audience participation, and can be adapted for a wide range of settings.

These riddles, fables, origin stories, scary stories, trickster tales, and more come from Thailand, the Republic of Georgia, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Korea, Zambia, Hungary, China, Egypt, the Ukraine, India, Russia, Paraguay, and the Mayan, Jewish, native American, Basque, and Africa-American traditions. These multicultural fables encourage fairness, responsibility and trustworthiness.

Award-winning author, Margaret Read MacDonald has written multiple storytelling resource books. Five Minute Tales combines public speaking with world folktales and is a great way to get your students and children to participate in the oral tradition of storytelling.

Contents

Introduction -- About the tale notes -- [pt. 1]. Participation tales -- Monkeys in the rain Brazil -- Take a little walk, Bear U.S. / teacher-lore, retold from Mary Branbury -- Going on a bear hunt U.S. / as told by Nat Whitman -- In a dark, dark house American folktale / as told by Jeffrey Brewster -- Two frogs in a cream jar Russia -- Phya Khankhaak, the Toad Prince Thailand / retold from Wajuppa Tossa -- [pt. 2]. Animal tales -- Coyote steals a bag Maidu, Native American / retold from Glenda Williams -- Cricket and jaguar fight Mayan -- One night's sleep Salish -- Christmas of the animals New Mexico / retold from Joe Hayes -- Christmas of the animals, version two Mexico -- Christmas of the animals, version three Texas -- Human's age Lao / retold by Wajuppa Tossa -- [pt. 3]. Origin stories -- How Georgians received their homeland Republic of Georgia / retold from Nikoloz Baratashivili -- Wine is born in Georgia Republic of Georgia / retold from Irakli Topruia and Irakli Garibashvili, translated by Ketevan Gviniashvili -- The douglas fir cone U.S./Canada Park Rangers -- The blacksmith on the moon Issan, Thailand / retold from Prasong Saihong -- Hanuman fathers mushrooms Lao / retold from Wajuppa Tossa --

[pt. 4]. Tiny tales -- Swimming to Kotzebue Eskimo / retold from Lela Kiana Oman -- Toothache? Ancient Sumeria -- Unity is strength Republic of Georgia -- St. Peter and the Lord Basque -- The slovenly wife Basque -- How to quarrel Lao -- [pt. 5]. Riddle tales -- The little red house U.S. -- The serving giant Lao / retold from Wajuppa Tossa -- How many geese? Latvia / retold from Inta Carpenter -- The stolen boat Thailand / retold from Uraiwan Prabipu -- [pt. 6]. Romances -- The origin of Ñandutí lace Guaraní, Paraguay -- The flute player of the rice fields Bali, Indonesia -- Princess Pinang Masak Indonesia / retold from Murti Bunanta -- [pt. 7]. Strange and stranger -- The reader and his strange visitors Korea -- The girl who crunched bones Zambia -- The marvelous canning factory Thailand / retold from Supaporn Vathanaprida -- The rabbit flood Otomi, Mexico -- The magic canoe Kamaiurá, Brazil -- The creature of the night Brazil / retold from Livia de Almeida --

[pt. 8]. Trickery -- Fiddler's gold Hungary -- That's the way the world goes U.S., African-American / retold from Marilyn Ribe -- The dog market at Buda Hungary -- What Herschel's father did Jewish / as told by Naomi Baltuck -- The mouse sutra Japan / retold from Masako Sueyoshi -- [pt. 9]. Lessons to be learned -- Little Fox's village original -- The Queen and the peasant wife India -- The household snake Egypt -- Toad-frog U.S., Missouri -- The papercut woman China / retold from JonLee Joseph -- Singing together Ukraine.

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