StoryLand
Summary: MaryAnn Schmidt has enchanted children for years with folktales from around the world. It's difficult to freeze these stories in time because storytelling is a live art embodied by the synergy between the teller and the listener. Now, some of these experiences, recorded live in the classroom have been preserved and shared with children everywhere.
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Podcasts:
Saving Spring, a fairy tale from Scandinavia, illustrates that everything has its time. Perseverance and remembering who we are saves the day.
MaryAnn takes listeners on an amazing adventure with the traditional Irish folktale, Brave Margaret.
Tatterhood is a fairytale from Norway that has feminist flavors.
The Ghost with One Black Eye is traditional cumulative tale first heard at a storytelling swap from Priscilla Howe. This short, funny rendition amuses both adults and children.
Get ready to laugh out loud when you hear MaryAnn tell this story, written by Jill Wright. It is one of the few stories in the collection that is not a folktale.
Giant Without a Heart is a Norwegian folktale. It's also MaryAnn Schmidt's most frequently requested story. MaryAnn is a teacher and professional storyteller. She tells her stories live to children listening. Some of the stories are so old, they come from a time before there was even writing. Sit back and listen. But don't forget, the best way to tell a story is to tell it. Life can be a fairytale.
