Talebones: Oracy and Storytelling in the Classroom and Beyond

ORACY AND STORYTELLING IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND: FIND, LEARN, TELL, CHANGE AND RE-TELL STORIESWITH THE THIRTY-THREE WORLD TALES INCLUDED

How TALEBONES may be used to inspire and create storytelling to capture young minds.

Oracy and storytelling in the classroom and beyond. If you’re a word-lover, student, teacher or a traditional storyteller, this is the perfect book for you.

So what are Talebones? Good question! Talebones are stories which have been stripped back to the bare plot to rid them of location, nationality, historical context and other specifics.

Removing these allows the listener (student/ child) to impose their own variables - culture, geography, circumstances and personal experiences – and create a new version of an old (and much-loved) tale that is highly suitable for their chosen audience.

As a teaching method it’s exciting, encourages out-of-the-box thinking, sparks imaginations and offers an alternative for children who struggle with literacy and writing.

This comprehensive and refreshingly different little book is colourful, eclectic in style, and practices what it preaches. Packed with realism, questions and answers, great imagery, a strong bibliography wonderful stories, quirky humour, and great dollops of passion, Talebones will prove invaluable to all kinds of readers, young and old.