This excellent introduction to storytelling is filled with good advice for beginners and reinforcement and insights for experienced tellers". - School Library Journal"This is a book that every librarian should own and every librarian should personally recommend to people in the community who work with groups of all kinds". - Youth Services in Libraries"Tips on technique are augmented by advice on integrating stories into all kinds of classwork, from language arts to mathematics. A sample whole language web is supplied". - Booklist"Few readers will be able to encounter MacDonald's encouraging advocacy without feeling an urge to find a story and audience of their own". - Library Journal | Storyteller's Start-Up Book by Margaret Read Macdonald, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters