Recommended Story Sources There are many excellent story books available. Listed below are some of the ones we regularly use. A section on books about storytelling has been included at the end. Anything published by Barefoot Books, e.g. Father and Son Tales retold by Josephine Evetts- Secker, Tales of Wisdom and Wonder retold by Hugh Lupton, or Stories from the Stars compiled by Juliet Sharman Burke. Anything published by Orchard Books, e.g. The Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods and Pharoahs by Robert Swindells or The Orchard Book of Ghostly Stories by Martin Waddell. Anything published by August House, e.g. Earth Care by Margaret Mead MacDonald or Fair is Fair by Sharon Creeden.

The Christmas Story Book and The Easter Story Book , Floris Books Tales to Tell I and II by David Campbell, Saint Andrew Press Stories from India by Anna Milbourne, Usborne Tales told in Tents by Sally Pomme Clayton Frances, Lincoln Ltd Soul Food by Feldman & Kornfield, Harper, San Francisco African Myths and Legends by O.B. Duane, Brockhampton Press Fables by Arnold Lobel, Jonathan Cape The Songs my Paddle Sings collected by Michael Riorda, Pavilion Books Ltd. The King Who Was and Will Be by Kevin Crossley-Holland, Orion The Wise Men of Chelm retold by Yael Kliers, Sefer Ve Sefel Publishing The Fairy Books by Andrew Lang (12 vols.), Constale and Company Ltd. The Thousand and One Nights translated by Mardrus and Mathers (4 vols.), Routledge The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints I and II by Jacobus de Voragine, Princeton University Press The Heart of the Enlightened by Anthony de Mello, Doubleday Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps, Penguin Group Children of Wax: African Folk Tales by Alexander McCall Smith, Canongate Press Ltd. Greek Myths by Robert Graves, Penguin Persian Myths by Vesta Sharkhosh Curtis, British Museum Press The Exploits of the Comparable Mulla Nasrudin by Idries Shah, The Octagon Press Grey Heroes by Jane Yolen, Penguin Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino, Penguin Apples from Heaven by Naomi Baltuck, Linnet Books The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales , Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Russian Fairy Tales , collected by Aleksandr Afanaseve, Pantheon Books Norwegian Folk Tales from the collection of Asbjornsen and Moe, Pantheon Books African Folk Tales , retold by Roger D. Abrahams, Pantheon Books The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland, Pantheon Books Favorite Folks Tales from Around the World by Jane Yolen, Pantheon Books Japanese Tales , edited by Royall Tyler, Pantheon Books Folktales from India , edited by A.K. Ramanujan, Pantheon Books French Folk Tales , Pantheon Books Chinese Fairy Tales , edited by Moss Roberts, Pantheon Books American Indian Myths and Legends selected by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz, Pantheon Books Northern Tales selected and retold by Howard Norman, Pantheon Books Earth Tales by Alida Gersie, Green Print Flying with the Eagle, Racing with the Great Bear by Joseph Bruchac, Troll Medalion The Girl who Married the Moon by Joseph Bruchac, Troll Medalion Body Eloquence by Nancy Mellon and Ashley Ramsden, Energy Psychology Press The Healing Heart – Families by Allison M. Cox and David H. Albert, New Society Publishers The Healing Heart – Communities by Allison M. Cox and David H. Albert, New Society Publishers Storymaking in Bereavement by Alida Gersie, Jessica Kingsley Publishers Storytelling in Education by Alida Gersie, Jessica Kingsley Publishers Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Rider Tatterhood and Other Tales edited by Ethel Johnson Phelps, The Feminist Press Fearless Girls, Wise Woman and Beloved Sisters collected by Kathleen Ragan, Norton Once Upon a Midlife by Allan Chinen, Penguin Putnam Inc. In the Ever After by Allan Chinen, Chiron Publishers Madiba Magic, Nelson Mandela’s Favorite Stories for Children , Tafelberg The Golden Hoard by Geraldine McCaughrean, Orion Sacred Stories edited by Charles Simpkinson & Anne Simpkinson, Harper, San Francisco