Ebook: Speaking out: storytelling and creative drama for children

Drawing upon his experience as a founder of a programme that works with school-age children, this text lays out ways in which teachers and storytelling groups can foster the imaginative lives of children and their parents.;The utopian tendency of storytelling: turning the world upside down -- The wisdom and folly of storytelling -- How storytellers can help change education in changing times -- Neighborhood bridges -- The Neighborhood Bridges Project -- A typical Bridges session with untypical games and learning -- Spreading tales, opening minds -- Fairy tales, animal fables, trickster stories, and peace tales -- Legends, myths, superhero stories, tall tales, family -- Stories, and utopian tales -- Creative drama and the crossing bridges festival -- The importance of children's theater -- Children's theater in the age of globalization.