Show Me a Story: 40 Craft Projects and Activities to Spark Children's Storytelling

308 Pages·2012·6.15 MB·English

by  Neuburger

show me a
STORY

show me a
STORY

40 Craft Projects and Activities to Spark
Children’s Storytelling

EMILY K. NEUBURGER

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Edited by
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Art direction and book design by
Carolyn Eckert
Text production by
Jennifer Jepson Smith

Cover photography by © Buff Strickland: front (bottom three), back (author),
inside front (row 1: right), and inside back (row 1: left, center left, right; row 2:
left, center left, center right; row 3: center right, right; and row 4: center left);
Greg Nesbit Photography: spine, inside front (row 1: center left, center right;
row 2: left, center left, center right; row 3: center right, right; and row 4: all), and
inside back (row 1: center right; row 2: right; row 3: left, center left, and row 4:
left, center right, right); John Polak Photography: inside front (row 1: left; row
2: right; and row 3: left, center left); and © Tara Gorman: front (top) and back
(top)

Interior photography credits appear on page 140

Crafting and photo styling of cover, backcover, chapter openers and gate folds
by Tara Gorman

All projects and illustrations by the author, except for those on page 138, middle
and bottom, by Martin Gentes

Indexed by Nancy D. Wood

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Neuburger, Emily K.
Show me a story / by Emily K. Neuburger.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60342-988-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-61212-148-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Handicraft for children—Juvenile literature. 2. Storytelling—Juvenile
literature. I. Title.
TT160.N456 2012
745.5083—dc23

2012004610
In memory of Nanny Ruth, my favorite storyteller.
I remember. I will always remember.

And for Leah Rose and Hazel Ruth. You are what my heart dreamed of many
moons ago.
And you are what my heart will dream of many moons from now.