Full Description
Today's increasingly interconnected and globalized world demands that students be taught to appreciate human diversity and recognize universally held values and beliefs. Authentic, culturally based folktales can lay the foundation for this cultural understanding.
Professional storytellers like editors Sherry Norfolk and Lyn Ford are deeply committed to bringing people together through story. In this book, they have identified a group of culturally diverse storytellers whose carefully researched tales authentically reflect the cultures from which they come. The book includes well-crafted, culturally authentic folktales contributed by storytellers of varying cultures and ethnicities. Commentaries from the contributors follow each tale, reflecting on the story and its significance to the culture it represents. Sets of questions for teachers and librarians also accompany each story to facilitate discussion.
Teachers, librarians, and information specialists find that stories engage students' attention and empathy. The commentaries provide insights into the significance of cultural norms, customs, and beliefs represented in the story, and the discussion questions and guides help them drill down with students to achieve deeper understanding. Resource lists of additional relevant materials at the end of each section promote continued learning.
Contents
Foreword: Sharing the Love: Honoring Our World's Cultures through Storiesix
Margaret Read MacDonald
Introduction
Sherry Norfolk and Lyn Ford
Prologue: Why Folktales?
Milbre Burch
1.Voices Lifting Up the Legacy of the First Nations
Gluskonba and the Animals: A Traditional Abenaki Story1
Retold by Joseph Bruchac
Why Thunder is a Friend to the Cherokees5
As told by Gayle Ross
Lifting the Sky: A Salish Star Story Told by Vi (taq?š?blu) Hilbert9
Recounted by Rebecca Chamberlain
The Changer (duk?ib?l)11
Told by Chief William Shelton, Tulalip 1923
Dance in a Buffalo Skull16
Retold by Zitkala-Sa
2.Voices Coursing from the Mountains and Seas East to the Pacific Ocean and Beyond
The Crane Wife21
Retold by Anne Shimojima
Legend of the Morning Glory25
Adapted by Brenda Wong Aoki
Help Yourself: A Folktale from Hawaii40
Retold by Nyla Fujii-Babb
The Man Who Could Make the Trees Blossom (Hanasaka Jiijii)43
Retold by Alton Takiyama-Chung
Boundless Strength: A Japanese Legend48
Retold by Motoko
3.Voices Carried West from Europe to the Span of Two American Continents
The Time Jack Went to Seek His Fortune55
Retold by Donald Davis
Margarita, La Cucarachita60
Adapted by Olga Loya
The Tunic of a Happy Man64
Retold by Antonio Sacre
La Llorona70
Crafted by Jasmin Cardenas
Chango and the Drum77
Retold by David Gonzalez
4.Voices Declaring the Diversity of the African Diaspora
Sukeyna's Journey: A Wolof Tale79
Adapted by Charlotte Blake Alston
From the story "Kumba Am Ndey ak Kumba Amul Ndey"
Yelling without Being Loud86
By Rex Ellis (with an accompanying folktale by Lyn Ford)
Contests: Tales of Competition and Determination91
Retold by Lyn Ford
Adachi: A Dilemma Tale95
By Karen "Queen Nur" Abdul-Malik (with an accompanying folktale by Lyn Ford)
Anansi and the Magic Cauldron: An Ashanti Tale100
Retold by Bobby Norfolk
Ole Sis Goose105
As told by Diane Ferlatte
5.Voices Beyond Boundaries: A Deeper Understanding
When the Story Is Ended: Storytelling for Community-Building109
By Charles Temple
Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here?
Heather Forest
Index
About the Editors
