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Township Michigan, she
has taught for 45 years, pri-
marily with children with
attention-deficitdisorders.
"I teach the one who
doesn'tsit still in your Sun-
day School class," she said
with a broad smile.
She produced dozens of
children's books, explain-
ing how to present them to
engage the listener. Occa-
sionally handling puppets
to get the message across,
but mainly using animated
eye contact and voice ex-
aggeration, she held aroom
full of adults spell-bound.
"Involve your children. Church libr
Children mustparticipate," popular child
she said. "The principles
you are teaching in Sunday School should
be those that deal with living."
"I'm sharing not religious stories, but
those that are used with good living prin-
ciples with all my children."
Holding up wordless picture books, such
a's The Silver Pony, for the youngest non-
readers she noted how the teacher can use
that to present simply a moral teaching of
life.
Moving to text with illustrations she ani-carians can draw good living principles out a
ldrens' stories.
matedly read I Went Walking ,throwing out
questions, seeking the audience with wide-
eyed enthusiasm and energetically moving
around the room. "Adapt it. Have kids talk
about the wonderful things they might see as
they walk through God's world. Adapt it."
Above all, stories must involve love, un-
derstanding and participation.
"I make sure they are a part of my story
every chance I get."
She whizzed through Ask Mr. Bear --" dadapta 1, to any .ime, par-
ticularly holiday." Grandfa-
ther and I - focusing on th
gift of grar''
busy work,
Value a--(
through books such as Edge
the Potato and The Little
Tall Fellow . She zippe
through The RainbowFish 1
Marcus Pfister, showing ho-
the book's sparkling illustr
tions draw in both reader ar
listener.
Sharp drew her ow
placemat-sized pictures to a(
company Aren't You Ridicr.
lous, read with whimsy an
)f current vitality. She showed Russia
nesting dolls used to engas
children in a story book tal,
She explained how she wears a Chine.
robe when reading The Empty Pot, a.
Asian tale. "We want children to be proud
of their ethnicity and know where they
come from." One book that does such is
Amazing Grace.
The bottom line for Sharp is to boost self
esteem and bring good stories with good
value. Once a child hears the story, can
retell it, "then that's a part of that child."Some suggestions to get you started - From Dinghy Sharp
Storytelling - How To Material
The World of Story Telling: by Anne
Pelloski, H. W. Wilson Co.; Bronx, N.Y.
Creative Story Telling: by Jack Maguire;
McGraw-Hill, N.Y. City, NY
Storytelling: Art and Technique: by
Augusta Baker; R.R. Bowker Co., N.Y.,
NY.
Christian Storytellers
Stories for the Listening: by William
White; Augsburg Pub.; Minneapolis, MN.
150 More Stories for Preachers and
Teachers: By Jack McArdle; Twenty
Third Publications; Mystic, CT.
Let Your Light Shine: by Andre Papineau;
Twenty Third Publications; Mystic, CTGod's World
I Went Walking, by Sue Williams;
Harcourt Brace, NY
God's Paint Brush, by Sandy Sassa;
Jewish Lights Publisher; P.O. Box 237,
Woodstock VT 05091
God Made Me Special, by Kristine
Stewart; Standard Publishing, Cincinnati,
OH
Bible Folding Stories, by Christina
Kallenig; International, P.O. Box 470505,
Broadview Hts., OH 44147
Books on Self Image
You Look Ridiculous, by Bernard Waber;
Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister; North
South Books, NY
Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes,
3Greenwillow Books, NY
The Little Engine That Could, by Watty
Piper; Platt and Munk, NY
The King's Equal, by Katherine Patterson;
Harper Collins, NY
Ruby Mae Has Something to Say, by
David Small; Crown Publishers, NY
Amazing Grace, by Mary Hoffman; Dial
Books, NY
Ruby, by Maggie Glen; G. P. Putnam, NY
Mirette on the High Wire, by Emily
McCully; G.P. Putnam, NY
For Older Classes
The Tale of 3 Trees, retold by Angela
Hunt; Lion Pub. Co., Batavia, IL 60510
Old Turtle, by Douglas Wood; Pfeifer-
Hamilton, Duluth, MN
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