by storytree | Dec 9, 2019 | Storytelling
Have you ever felt like giving up? With so much dire news coming at us at the moment, it’s easy to want to, even though we know it’ll do us no good! Below is VIDEO 5 in the GIFT OF STORY series, I briefly explain ‘Never Give Up’, a sweet...
by storytree | Dec 8, 2019 | Storytelling
Here I explain ‘The Monkey’s Heart’, an ancient Indian folktale from the Panchatantra collection. This delightfully funny, yet suspenseful story explores friendship, trust, betrayal, staying safe, following one’s own moral compass and also...
by storytree | Dec 7, 2019 | Storytelling
What is your super-power and what are your quirks and short-comings? Don’t we all have BOTH and isn’t it perfectly natural and OK to have BOTH? That is one of the underlying messages in this wonderfully funny and adventurous Ananse tale. Ananse is a...
by storytree | Dec 5, 2019 | environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, social justice, Storytelling
In the GIFT OF STORY video series, I am briefly explaining various tales I have recorded. Here I describe this delightful and playful Nigerian folktale which encourages respect for nature, respect for boundaries, responsibility, fairness, care for the environment. It...
by storytree | Dec 4, 2019 | Australian stories, environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling
I explain in this video * how I rewove this story from an old English folktale ‘The Old Lady and the Oak Tree’. I changed the setting to Australia, swapped the oak tree to a fig tree and wove in details from a very quirky family member into the main...
