This interactive storytelling workshop for librarians offers insights into the art of book inspired storytelling for both younger and older listeners. Participants will explore the basic tools of storytelling: voice, body, imagination and metaphor. Through demonstration, discussion, and playful improvisation, participants will explore a range of storytelling methods, story composition, character expressiveness, and inventive ways to liberate spontaneous, evocative, descriptive speech. We will examine practical methods to sequence, remember, and engagingly share a story. Bringing literature to life, oral storytelling skills will also be applied to reading-out loud.
