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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Making a Mountain out of a Molehill: Integrating Storytelling into Everyday Activities | |
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| Mealtime | |
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| Household Chores | |
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| Instead of TV | |
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| Bedtime | |
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| Travel | |
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| More Fun Magic Caps | |
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| Homework | |
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| Story: And Sometimes Y | |
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| Story: The Magic Map | |
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| "When I Was a Kid, I Walked Twelve Miles to School in the Snow": How to Collect and Share Your Family's Folklore | |
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| The World of Childhood | |
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| What's in a Name? | |
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| The Stuff of Our Lives | |
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| The Healing Place: Hospital Stories | |
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| Red as a Beet: Embarrassing Stories | |
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| There's a Fly in Your Soup: Practical Joke Stories | |
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| Naughty Naughty: Discipline Stories | |
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| Photographs | |
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| Family Expressions | |
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| Family Customs | |
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| Family Characters | |
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| Story: Aunt Sally and Uncle Fifth | |
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| Becoming a Folklorist | |
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| Adoption | |
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| Bibliography of Adoption Literature | |
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| Gulps, Guffaws, and Giggles: How to Read Stories to Children | |
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| Preparing to Read Aloud | |
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| Making Written Stories Even More Fun | |
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| Making the Most out of Illustrations | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Story: A Boy Named Ray | |
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| Fairy Tales | |
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| Story: Cinderelma | |
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| Story: The Indian Cinderella | |
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| Bibliography of Favorite Read-Aloud Stories | |
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| Wizards, Lizards, and Blizzards: Creating Imaginary Stories | |
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| Recognizing Your Hidden Jewels | |
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| Once upon a Time ... | |
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| Creating a Story | |
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| Stories That Soothe | |
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| Creation Stories | |
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| How to Prompt a Story | |
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| Story: A Story for Heather | |
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| Gobble Your Goblins: Taking the Scare out of Ghost Stories | |
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| How to Have Fun with Scary Stories | |
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| Spooky Activities without the Fright | |
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| Creating Friendly Ghost Stories | |
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| Story: Long, Long Fingers and Ruby, Ruby Lips | |
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| Who Towed Noah's Ark? Bringing Bible Stories to Life | |
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| Background | |
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| Selecting Your Story | |
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| Preparing Your Story | |
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| Modern Midrash | |
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| Story: A New Yorker's Guide to Eden | |
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| Story: The Parable of the Serpent | |
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| Discovering God | |
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| Story: Leonardo Lobster | |
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| When Life Makes Us Blue: Stories That Address Childhood Issues | |
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| Feeling Left Out: The Growing Up of Littleberry Johnson | |
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| Sibling Rivalry: Dumb Baby! | |
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| Thumb-sucking: Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! | |
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| Controlling Your Anger: The Dragon | |
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| Fear of the Dark: The Boy and the Dark | |
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| Death of a Loved One: The Cow-tail Switch | |
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| Proud as a Peacock: Stories That Reinforce Positive Behavior | |
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| Helping One Another: Heaven and Hell | |
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| Sharing: The Two Friends: A Folktale | |
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| Trusting Your Own Judgment: A Bedouin Tale | |
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| Asking for Help: The Mountain and the Cliff | |
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| Acceptance: The Rooster Who Would Be King | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Credits | |