The authors seek to give teachers the confidence to "have a go" at telling stories in different contexts and to create opportunities for children to develop their own storytelling abilities. The book shows how storytelling relates to current initiatives to improve literacy levels in young children.



First Published in 2000. At the start of the new millennium the definition of literacy has taken on multiple electronic possibilities. But this is a book about the foundations of literacy in orality, in the words, stories and culture of every individual. This book explores the relation of storytelling to literacy and the role of story in human life.