Dianne Hackworth, Storyteller

Themes

Animals - Stories of animals - real and unreal

Appalachian Tales - Jack Tales, Grandfather Tales, Mountain Tales

Celtic Tales - Scottish, Irish, Welsh stories

Character Ed Tales - Stories that teach and reinforce values

Classic Literary Tales - Beowulf, Cremation of Sam McGee, etc.

Community Tales - Collect stories for telling and/or publishing

Environmental/Ecology Tales - Recycling, restoring, preserving

European Tales - Folk, fairy, and cultural tales from many European countries

Fables - Aesop and beyond

Family Tales - Interview family members, create oral & written tales

Folk, Fable, and Fairy - Compare and Contrast these three story types

Ghost Stories - Appropriate for various ages (from simple non-scary to hide-under-the-bed!)

How and Why (Pourquoi) Tales - Used by various cultures to explain scientific phenomena

Latin American Tales - Study of Latin American tales and culture

Math Focus Tales - Stories involving the math process - puzzles, riddles, and tales with mathematical problems to solve

Modern Fairy Tales - Familiar tales rewritten by changing characters setting, or point of view

Musical Tales - Ballads and Story Songs

Myths - Greek, Roman, and Norse

Our Common Heritage: State Legends & Songs - Program or residency based on stories and history of your state

Tall Tales and Legends - Lies, Whoppers, and Truth

Science Focus Tales - Combined themes of Myth, ,Science , and How & Why - Examine the myth and the facts

Stories From Around the World - Tales from various requested countries, Asia, Africa, Europe, North & South America

U.S. Regions/History - Tales and History of the U.S.: Colonists, Westward Movement, Civil War, Gold Rush, etc

Writing & Telling Your Own Tales - The process and skills for telling stories correlates to writing stories. Tell, then write it!

Other themes available on request. You ask for it, I'll create it!

Or, choose a combination of any of these themes. (Especially writing with any other theme)