Renowned authors and storytellers Judy Sierra and Robert Kaminski have collected 25 folktales representing the peoples and cultures of North America (including Hispanic and African American stories), Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The authors share their years of storytelling experience and techniques and recommend other helpful publications for additional information and suggestions. These distinguished and popular authors have also included full-sized traceable figures for you to use in creating flannel board characters and puppets!Introduction --pt. 1. Storytelling techniques and materials: Storytelling --Telling stories with the flannel board --Telling stories with puppets. --pt. 2. Folktales for children two-and-a-half to five: The three little kittens (United States) --Anna Mariah (Anglo-American) --The elegant rooster (El gallo elegante, Spain) --The three bears (England) --The cat and the mouse (England) --The goat in the chile patch (El cabrito en la hortaliza de los chiles, United States-Hispanic) --Anansi and the rock (West Africa) --La Hormiguita (Mexico) --Teeny-tiny (England) --The hungry cat (Norway) --See for yourself (Tibet) --The great tug-o-war (African American) --The knee-high man (African American) --In a dark, dark wood (Anglo-American) --pt. 3. Folktales for children five to seven: The lion and the mouse (Greece) --The travels of a fox (England) --Roly-poly rice ball (Japan) --The wonderful pot (Denmark) --Buchettino (Italy) --Don't let the tiger get you! (Korea) --The stonecutter (China) --Drakes-tail (France) --Lazy Jack (England) --Why do monkeys live in trees? (West Africa) --Stone soup (Belgium) --pt. 4. Resources for storytelling