Best Loved Stories: Told at the National Storytelling Festival

by National Association for the Preservatio, Mary C. Weaver (Editor), Jimmy Neil Smith (Editor)

A collection of thirty-seven traditional and adapted folk and fairy tales, original tales, true narratives, and ghost stories, told at the annual National Storytelling Festival from 1973 to 1990. Includes information about the storytellers, the tales, and the background of the festival. This book is a must-have for story lovers. It includes some of the best stories told in years past at the National Storytelling Festival, including a tales from the Late Great Jackie Torrence and the Wonderful Doc McConnell. Regular Price $14.95 Now Available for $12.95 from NSN Dr. Mike Lockett, The Normal Storyteller

Genres: Fairy Tales, Short Stories

223 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1991

Reviews

[A. Kuhlii · Rating 4 out of 5]

Favorite stories:
Hayes. One day, one night
Ellis. Flowers and freckle cream <3
Reneaux. Marie Jolie <3
Elliott. Possum, turtle, and the wolves <3
Burch. Morgan and the pot o' brains <3
Schram. The innkeeper's wise daughter
Klein. Willie the bug-man
Lipman. The sword of wood
Simms. The girl and the ghosts
Lieberman. The wise shoemaker of Studena (var. of The wise man and his coat)

[Renata · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this in search of ~scary stories~ to tell at a library event. I found one that I reworked to tell (the story of Bill Sketoe's hole). Most of them aren't scary--which when I picked this up I knew it wasn't a scary stories anthology but I was just looking for something different, and I intended to skim through it and just look for ghosts. But instead I read the whole thing because all the stories looked so interesting. It's... almost like it's a collection of BEST-LOVED stories or something. A cool mix of folk tales, historical stories, and personal narrative.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great source for storytelling ideas or even read-alouds. Source notes are slim as they take the form of brief teller introductions so it would be best to find additional information from other sources.

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children loved for me to read from this book. Their favorite was the story "Morgan and the Pot of Brains"! I love story telling and my children love for me to read in the different voices. So much fun!

[Corinne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. I liked all the stories and how different they were.