Journal article
Why Storytelling Matters
Children & libraries, Vol.14(2)
01 Jul 2016
Abstract
Storytelling is a long-standing tradition in US public and school libraries. Storytelling, not to be confused with story reading, involves telling a story from memory without the aid of a book or written script. Some tellers memorize their stories; others memorize the characters and events and freely tell their stories, varying them with each telling. Many storytellers have written about the strong emotional connections that storytelling builds with listeners, about children's deeper engagement with live storytelling than with reading aloud, and about the literacy benefits of storytelling. However, little research has tested whether or not these assumed benefits are real. To investigate the possible literacy benefits of storytelling, the author analyzed thank-them cards created by children in a second grade class in response to a live storytelling session. The study findings show support for some of the previously assumed literacy benefits of live oral storytelling and point to the importance of continuing to offer storytelling events in public and school libraries.
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Details
- Title
- Why Storytelling Matters
- Creators
- Denise E Agosto
- Publication Details
- Children & libraries, Vol.14(2)
- Publisher
- American Library Association; Chicago
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Identifiers
- 991014976815804721