what is the best children’s story you know?
what is the best children’s story you know?
i have a college project tomorrow and i need help choosing a children’s story to work on for my “story telling” microteaching
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The Book with No Words. oops. duh with “no pictures.”
Fortunately the Milk is good.
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S Lewis
What age group?
from 7 to 10
@Emily, any thoughts on this?
Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne.
Always a winner.
i did similar in my teacher training …. the story of the talking eggs lends itself to great story telling and cross curricular studies …. swim by leo lionni is easy to tell and has great lessons to go with …. for littler kids, chicka chicka boom boom …. just pick a story you love …. oh …. shhhh! the giant is sleeping is EXCELLENT from a story telling perspective ….
Any advice,please
Memorize your story as much as you can… be animated… hop up out of your seat with surprising bits… act like it is the most suspenseful story ever. Sell the excitement
@Elizabeth thank you
The Giving Tree
Pete the Cat. Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
What a great title ~ I am intrigued.
The Polar Express. For older kids, Sarah Plain and Tall.
Winnie The Pooh
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Giving Tree
Library Lion
https://youtu.be/wPP4xQWlLbs
The Carrot Seed
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke or The Witches, both by Roald Dahl. The Vicar of Nibbleswicke is GREAT for storytelling.
Try to pick an awesome book that most kids don’t know and that your supervisor hasn’t heard a million times
Where the Wild Things Are
The Paper Bag Princess is a good one (among many).
I was just about to say that!
Charlotte’s Web
Anything by Chris Vans Allsburg, Jumanji was our favorite. Or mine anyway, I never minded reading it to my son.
Took the words out of my mouth!!
Yes anythimg by Van Allsburg. He is also known for having a hidden dog in every book. Fun to look for.
Beauty and the Beast
The Gruffolo by Julia Donaldson
Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman.
The Giving Tree
A Chair For My Mother.
Ferdinand. NOT the new version that was a movie. The old orange and black cover with beautiful black and white illustrations. I made my dad read that to me every night. He would try to skip pages and I would make him stop and start over.
Oh how I loved Ferdinand. ❤
Caps for Sale!!!
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
My boys always loved “Where the Wild Things Are” and “Goodnight Moon”
Lok up the children’s laureates of Great Brtain and yo will find some authors not as commonly known in the US but very high quality.
The Velveteen Rabbit
Mufaros beautiful daughters
Charlottes web
The Wind in the Willows.
Tuck Everlasting…
This was one of our favorites.
Jim may who is from my area and a story teller wrote this. He also wrote a great book tales from the nippersink.
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
I love Ferdinand!
Oh, and What if Everybody Did That is a great one!
mud pony
Interrupting Chicken is always a hit with my students. Also, The Book With No Pictures.
A Story, A Story, which is an adaptation of the African fable of Ananse and the Golden Box of Stories.
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson or Nerdy Birdy by Aaron Reynolds. Both great for teaching kindness to others. Our school librarian has read both to the age group you’re targeting and loved them. They sit enthralled. But I think the Nerdy Birdy might be an easier one to “enhance” with storytelling.
Hats For Sale
Sorry – wrong title. Caps for Sale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INptSCKqdfg
All time favorite!
Miss Rumphious
How to Eat Fried Worms.
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The velveteen rabbit
Goodnight, Moon.
Charlotte’s Web
Where the Wild Things Are
Anything by Beatrix Potter esp Peter rabbit
Ramona the Pest is fun.
“The Little Prince” – Antoine de Sainte-Exupery
Came here to suggest this as well. It’s in my top 10 even as an adult.
@Kayla, me too!
The Book with No Pictures by BJ Novak is the best!!!
I love The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash. It is written as a conversation between a mother and child – great for reading aloud or storytelling!
Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good , very bad day .
In love the gruffalo, love the rhyming, doing all the different voices and the description of great!
Also depending on the age group the hungry caterpillar is great. It goes through a life cycle, healthy eating and the days of the week. Also for younger children the simple numbers and retelling is great. Xx
Where the Wild Things Are. My kids roared whenever we said the word ” roar”. Good for audience participation and The Monster at the End of this Book has been a read a loud fave in my family for generations.
Mrs Frisbee and the rats of Nihm. Last of the really great wangdoodles
Winnie the Pooh. Alice in Wonderland.
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Day the Crayons Quit- I laugh every time I read it.
Anything by Astrid Lingren. Or by Tove Jansson even thought Moomin isn’t be kids stories like always.
We’re going on a Bear Hunt or any of the Pigeon Books (Don’t Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus is the first one).
Art Dog.
Dr Seuss.
Grumpy Bird
Check out Island Born by Junot Diaz and illustrated by Leo Espinoza!
Officer Buckle and Gloria
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
The Man Loved Boxes, Stephen Michael King
Duck, Death and the Tulip, Wolf Erlbruch
Witches, Roald Dahl
The Cat and The Devil, James Joyce
The Wishing Tree, William Faulkner
One and Only Ivan by KA Applegate, Wonder by RJ Palacio.
For that age group you could try Michael Morpurgo ~ he has written a lot, many of which are about animals; some are historical but always good and thought-provoking. I realise this is too late ~ you will have done your reading now, hope it went well and all the best for the future.
On The Day You Were Born – Debra Fraiser
The Giving Tree
All kinds of families by Marc boutivant