Seasonal Storytelling

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Seasonal Storytelling is a colourful illustrated handbook for storytellers and teachers that follows seasonal rhythms. Acclaimed and experienced storyteller Tanya Batt provides a guide for interactive storytelling; notes for organising process dramas; instructions for imaginative group activities; as well as songsrecipes and ideas for celebrating the changing seasons. The book contains stories both originals and adaptations from a range of cultures the New Zealand 'Gingerbread Man' the Chinese 'Ten Suns' the Iranian 'Roll my Pumpkin' and the Australian Aboriginal 'Rainbow Bird'. Batt's thoughtful practical and inspiring writing makes this book a must-have for aspiring story-tellers educators and anyone interested in reviving this most ancient of arts.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>What a magical experience it is to attend a performance of internationally renowned storyteller writer and educator Tanya Batt.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Her new teaching resource Seasonal Storytelling combines Tanya's expertise as a storyteller delighting tamariki of all ages and cultures with her profound respect and understanding of the natural world. Interweaving Māori purakau waiata and whakatauākī with stories and songs from cultures around the world Seasonal Storytelling offers imaginative and practical ways to help tamariki celebrate and connect with the seasonal changes in Aotearoa. It also provides teachers with helpful suggestions around working with tamariki through storytelling and the arts.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Ngā mihi maha ki a Tanya mō tāna rauemi hou he tino taonga mā ngā kaiako o ngā tamariki.  </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Moira Wairama - storyteller writer and teacher</span></p>