Table of Contents
Foreword by Nancy Mellon
Healing Through Story
Once upon a time, there was and there was not ~ Allison M. Cox
The Tale-Teller ~ Leslie Slape
Entering In ~ Jan Andrews
Gold Tree and Silver Tree ~ Jan Andrews
Guidelines for healing work ~ Cristy West
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
The Breath of Life ~ Allison Cox
The Three Little Pigs of Hog Holler Swamp ~ Allison Cox
There is a Balm in Gilead: Storytelling as a Resource for African-American Women ~ JoAnne Banks Wallace
A Story of a Strong Woman ~ Debra Harris-Branham
Yonjwa Seeks a Bride ~ Margaret Read MacDonald
Kimo's Heart ~ Randy Landenberger
Share Stories, Pass It On: Women's Health Promotion Through Storytelling ~ Allison Cox
Losing and Getting ~ Nancy Duncan
I Don't Want to Talk About It! ~ Tom Farley
Children with Medical Problems Reclaim Their Lives
Digital Storytelling with Band-Aides and Blackboards: When Chronic Illness...Or Some Other Medical Problem...Goes to School ~ Joan Fleitas
Sally Goes to School ~ Joan Fleitas
Kinka: A Story About the Birth of a Very Special Tortoise ~ Deborah Robins
Binding the Unraveled Sleeve: Story and Music Come to Oncology Camp ~ Tom McDermot
Nobody's Good for Nothin' ~ Tom McDermot
Stories in the Hospital and Beyond
I want to tell you a story ~ Michale Gabriel
The Search for the Magic Lake ~ Cristy West
The Medicine of Listening ~ Laura Simms
Coping with Grief
Storytelling and Bereavement ~ Gail Rosen
Outwitting Death ~ Gail Rosen
Infinite Resource and Sagacity ~ Diane Rooks
Writing David's Story ~ Diane Rooks
Honoring a Life Through Sharing Stories ~ Allison Cox
Spiritual Healing
Buried Treasure - Sacred Tales and Healing ~ Elisa Pearmain
Story Wrestling: Healing Through Telling Hasidic Stories ~ Doug Lipman
Rabbi Gershon's Dream ~ Doug Lipman
Teach Your Children Well
Storytelling and Resiliency: Why Children Need Stories ~ Linda Fredericks
The Gift of Good Advice ~ Linda Fredericks
The Magic Brush ~ Rose Owens
Stories as Tools for Coping ~ Rose Owen
Early Childhood Interventions
Through the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program
The Heart of Mother Goose: Lullabies, Lap-Rhymes and Stories ~ Allison Cox
The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program ~ Celia Lottridge
The Stories in the Rhymes ~ Sandra Carpenter Davis
Oral Literacy: Learning While Listening ~ Merle Harris
Miriam's Story
Stories Go to School
The Odyssey Project: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Through Storytelling ~ Allison Cox
Cucarachita ~ Maureen Pedone
Listening is the Other Half of Telling: Teaching Students with Story ~ Kevin Cordi
Adopting Families
Family Trees ~ Renee Diaz de Leon Harvey
The Tree of Creation ~ Renee Diaz de Leon Harvey
The Pincoya's Daughter ~ Celia Lottridge
Traditional Stories that Address Adoption Issues ~ Nancy Schimmel
Exploring Alternative Sexual Identities
Bi-Anonymous ~ Melanie Ray
The Tackety Boots ~ Hazel Lennox
Dismantling Discrimination, One Story at a Time ~ Rico Rodriguez
The Best of Both Worlds ~ Rico Rodriguez
Deconstructing Prejudice and Developing Empathy
Kofi's Hat ~ Susan O'Halloran
Comapssionate Action Through Storytelling ~ Susan O'Halloran
Kanu Above And Kanu Below ~ Margaret Read MacDonald
Speaking from the Heart: Empathic Rapport and the Role of the Oral Tradition in Moral Development ~ Paul Nelson
Bibliography
Author biographies and contact information
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