Description: Kamishibai Story Theater by Dianne de Las Casas The stories in Kamishibai Story Theater will delight children in grades 2-6, enticing them to participate in their own story fest.De Las Casas has adapted 25 folktales from across Asia for whole classroom use, borrowing a Japanese method of storytelling through pictures. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description De Las Casas has adapted 25 folktales from across Asia for whole classroom use, borrowing a Japanese method of storytelling through pictures. The book offers tips on rehearsing and detailed discussion and background of the Kamishibai processes, and it describes how to coordinate grade-level story presentations. Reproducible tales can be distributed to each member of the class to aide in creating illustrations. The stories in Kamishibai Story Theater will delight children in grades 2-6, enticing them to participate in their own story fest.De Las Casas has adapted 25 folktales from across Asia for whole classroom use, borrowing a Japanese method of storytelling through pictures. Kamishibai theater harkens back to itinerant storytellers (Kamishibai Men) who conveyed their tales by means of illustrated cards slid into slots in wooden stages built on the back of their bicycles. This book includes an introductory chapter describing in detail the methods to use in coaching students in the art of Kamishibai Story Theater. It offers tips on rehearsing, and detailed discussion and background of the Kamishibai processes, and it describes how to coordinate grade-level story presentations. Reproducible tales can be distributed to each member of the class to aide in creating illustrations. Spot illustrations for each tale give students an idea of the flavor of their drawings for that story. The stories in Kamishibai Story Theater will delight children in grades 2-6, enticing them to participate in their own story fest. Author Biography Dianne de Las Casas was a professional storyteller and Teacher Ideas Press author from Louisiana. She moved to Houston, Texas (a Katrina refuge), where she continued to tell stories and promote the art of storytelling in libraries and schools. Review A storyteller herself, the author has reintroduced this art form in her school residencies and recommends it for children in second through sixth grade. After giving practical information on beginning a Kamishibai program, she provides 25 Asian folktales, with source notes, that can be performed in this style. Since each scene needs to be illustrated, a variety of staff members can be involved in the project, including art, social-studies, and language-arts teachers. Chows small line drawings capture the spirit of each story, giving children a place to start their own illustrations. Some black-and-white photographs show the artwork used in various stories but not the faces of the children involved. Just the thing for librarians looking for ways to collaborate with teachers, this book makes Kamishibai story theater look like fun. * School Library Journal *A storyteller and teacher of storytelling, de Las Casas introduces three methods of using the Japanese art form that combines storytelling, drama, and visual arts in classrooms. Then she presents her version of 25 stories from Asia that can be used with the methods. * Reference & Research Book News * Promotional Harkening back to the itinerant Japanese storytellers (the Kamishibai man) who told stories from illustrated cards slid into slots in wooden stages built on the back of their bicycles, these stories will delight and entice children in grades 2-6 to participate in their own story fest. Long Description De Las Casas has adapted 25 folktales from across Asia for whole classroom use, borrowing a Japanese method of storytelling through pictures. The book offers tips on rehearsing and detailed discussion and background of the Kamishibai processes, and it describes how to coordinate grade-level story presentations. Reproducible tales can be distributed to each member of the class to aide in creating illustrations. The stories in Kamishibai Story Theater will delight children in grades 2-6, enticing them to participate in their own story fest. De Las Casas has adapted 25 folktales from across Asia for whole classroom use, borrowing a Japanese method of storytelling through pictures. Kamishibai theater harkens back to itinerant storytellers (Kamishibai Men) who conveyed their tales by means of illustrated cards slid into slots in wooden stages built on the back of their bicycles. This book includes an introductory chapter describing in detail the methods to use in coaching students in the art of Kamishibai Story Theater. It offers tips on rehearsing, and detailed discussion and background of the Kamishibai processes, and it describes how to coordinate grade-level story presentations. Reproducible tales can be distributed to each member of the class to aide in creating illustrations. Spot illustrations for each tale give students an idea of the flavor of their drawings for that story. The stories in Kamishibai Story Theater will delight children in grades 2-6, enticing them to participate in their own story fest. Review Quote "A storyteller herself, the author has reintroduced this art form in her school residencies and recommends it for children in second through sixth grade. After giving practical information on beginning a Kamishibai program, she provides 25 Asian folktales, with source notes, that can be performed in this style. Since each scene needs to be illustrated, a variety of staff members can be involved in the project, including art, social-studies, and language-arts teachers. ChoWs small line drawings capture the spirit of each story, giving children a place to start their own illustrations. Some black-and-white photographs show the artwork used in various stories but not the faces of the children involved. Just the thing for librarians looking for ways to collaborate with teachers, this book makes Kamishibai story theater look like fun." - School Library Journal Promotional "Headline" Harkening back to the itinerant Japanese storytellers (the Kamishibai man) who told stories from illustrated cards slid into slots in wooden stages built on the back of their bicycles, these stories will delight and entice children in grades 2-6 to participate in their own story fest. Details ISBN1591584043 Author Dianne de Las Casas Short Title KAMISHIBAI STORY THEATER Language English Illustrator Philip Chow ISBN-10 1591584043 ISBN-13 9781591584049 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2006 Publication Date 2006-09-30 Imprint Libraries Unlimited Inc Subtitle The Art of Picture Telling Place of Publication Englewood Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781591584049 NZ Release Date 2006-09-30 US Release Date 2006-09-30 UK Release Date 2006-09-30 Audience Age 7-17 Pages 100 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc DEWEY 398.2 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2006-09-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:11456629;
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ISBN-13: 9781591584049
Book Title: Kamishibai Story Theater
Publisher: ABC-Clio
Publication Year: 2006
Subject: Mythology
Number of Pages: 100 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Kamishibai Story Theater: the Art of Picture Telling
Type: Textbook
Author: Dianne De Las Casas
Format: Paperback