Today's free book is How to tell stories to children by Sara Cone Bryant (1905). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.
The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
The story-teller's art. — Recent revival. — The difference between telling a story and reading it aloud.—Some reasons why the former is more effective
CHAPTER I
The Purpose of Story-Telling in School — Its immediate advantages to the teacher. — Its ultimate gifts to the child
CHAPTER II
Selection of Stories to Tell —The qualities children like, and why. — Qualities necessary for oral delivery. — Examples: "The Three Bears," "The Three Little Pigs," "The Old Woman and Her Pig." — Suggestions as to the type of story especially useful in the several primary grades. — Selected list of familiar fairy tales
CHAPTER III
Adaptation of Stories for Telling — How to make a long story short. — How to fill out a short story. — General changes commonly desirable.— Examples: "The Niirnberg Stove," by Ouida; "The King of the Golden River," by Ruskin; "The Red Thread of Courage." — Analysis of method
CHAPTER IV
How to Tell the Story — Essential nature of the story. — Kind of appreciation necessary. — Suggestions for gaining mastery of facts. — Arrangement of children. — The storyteller's mood.— A few principles of method, manner,and voice, from the psychological viewpoint
CHAPTER V
Some Specific Schoolroom Uses —Exercise in retelling. — Illustrations cut by the children as seat-work. — Dramatic games. — Influence of games on reading classes
STORIES SELECTED AND ADAPTED FOR TELLING:
Nursery Rhymes
Five Little White Heads
Bird Thoughts
How we came to have Pink Roses
Raggylug
The Golden Cobwebs
Why the Morning-Glory Climbs
Story of Little Tavwots
The Pig Brother
The Cooky
The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town
Why the Evergreen Trees keep their Leaves in Winter
The Star Dollars
The Cat and the Parrot
The Rat Princess
The Frog and the Ox
The Fire-Bringer
Fulfilled: a Legend of Christmas Eve
The Burning of the Rice Fields
The Story of Wylie
Little Daylight
The Sailor Man
The Story of Jairus' Daughter
Arthur and the Sword
Tarpeia
The Buckwheat
The Judgment of Midas
Why the Sea is Salt
Billy Beg and his Bull
The Little Hero of Haarlem
The Last Lesson
The Story of Christmas
