Jack ZipesSpeaking Out
Storytelling and Creative Drama for Children
Jack Zipes has published and translated over a dozen volumes on and about stories, fairy tales, and storytelling. Cofounder of the Neighborhood Bridges Project, he is one of the most widely respected scholars of fairy tales and a passionate advocate for storytelling in education. He is Professor of German at the University of Minnesota.
Table of Contents Prologue Preface Acknowledgments The Necessity of
Storytelling in Education 1. The Utopian Tendency of Storytelling: Turning
the World Upside Down 2. The Wisdom and Folly of Storytelling 3. How
Storytellers Can Help Change Education in Changing Times: Stealing from the
Rich to Build Community Bridges Neighborhood Bridges 4. The Neighborhood
Bridges Project 5. A Typical Bridges Session with Untypical Games and
Learning Spreading Tales, Opening Minds - Sample Sessions 6. Fairy Tales,
Animal Fables, Trickster Stories, and Peace Tales 7. Legends, Myths,
Superhero Stories, Tall Tales, Family Stories, and Utopian Tales 8.
Creative Drama and the Crossing Bridges Festival The Importance of
Children's Theater 9. Children's Theater in the Age of Globalization
Endnotes Bibliography
