Engaging Community Through Storytelling: Library and Community Programming

by Sherry Norfolk (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2017

  $56.87

  This exploration of model storytelling projects shows librarians how to expand their roles as keepers of the stories while strengthening their communities.

  
  * Presents an inspirational and impassioned documentation of how storytelling can and is being used in libraries, community centers, and schools to engage and strengthen communities

  * Helps librarians create programs for youth storytellers that keep children and young adults involved in their schools and communities

  * Showcases replicable programs that can readily and immediately be implemented in school and public libraries, as well as in other community organizations

  * Provides a timely and effective response to tension and divisiveness in our communities