Christine Willison ~ storytelling in libraries
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Scrumping
A long time ago when I was a girl, I lived in a small village. I had
two special friends called Tom and James. We played games together
every day after school and every Saturday and Sunday.
At one end of our village lived a grumpy old man. He was called Major
Brown, he complained about everything but mostly about us. We were too
noisy, too nosey and too nasty – according to him. He lived
all
by himself in an enormous house with a large garden which included an
orchard. |
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National
Book Day, Children’s Book Week, Writers’ Squads,
school
visits and user groups can all provide a focus for storytelling in
libraries. Christine has experience of working in libraries all over
the world, including Birmingham Central Library where she told stories
for a project on the Second World War, and San Antonio Texas, where she
worked with young library users as part of the outreach work of a
literature festival.
In South Wales libraries Christine has told stories relating to
celebrations and feasts. She has worked with immigrant communities in a
library project supporting language and storytelling skills amongst
both parents and children. She works with young parents supporting
their skills and confidence in telling stories and rhymes to their own
children.
Christine provides storytelling workshops for librarians, to help the
development of programmes to encourage new young borrowers.
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