Seasonal Storytelling
Seasonal Story Telling 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 group games; as well as songs, recipes, and ways of celebrating the changing seasons. The book contains stories, both originals and adaptations, from a range of cultures, including 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 anyway interested in reviving this most ancient of arts.
The book includes access to a generous digital audio collection of more than 30 stories, music and songs.
“Seasonal Storytelling combines Tanya’s expertise as a storyteller with her profound respect and understanding of the natural world.
Interweaving Māori pūrākau, 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.
Ngā mihi maha ki a Tanya mō tāna rauemi hou, he tino taonga mā ngā kaiako o ngā tamariki.”
Moira Wairama – storyteller, writer and teacher
For book sales within Aotearoa/New Zealand please place your order below.
For overseas orders please email tanya@imagined-worlds.net
To be launched February 2025
ISBN 978-1-991083-19-7
Lassavia Publishing
Seasonal Story Telling 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 group games; as well as songs, recipes, and ways of celebrating the changing seasons. The book contains stories, both originals and adaptations, from a range of cultures, including 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 anyway interested in reviving this most ancient of arts.
The book includes access to a generous digital audio collection of more than 30 stories, music and songs.
“Seasonal Storytelling combines Tanya’s expertise as a storyteller with her profound respect and understanding of the natural world.
Interweaving Māori pūrākau, 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.
Ngā mihi maha ki a Tanya mō tāna rauemi hou, he tino taonga mā ngā kaiako o ngā tamariki.”
Moira Wairama – storyteller, writer and teacher
For book sales within Aotearoa/New Zealand please place your order below.
For overseas orders please email tanya@imagined-worlds.net
To be launched February 2025
ISBN 978-1-991083-19-7
Lassavia Publishing
Seasonal Story Telling 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 group games; as well as songs, recipes, and ways of celebrating the changing seasons. The book contains stories, both originals and adaptations, from a range of cultures, including 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 anyway interested in reviving this most ancient of arts.
The book includes access to a generous digital audio collection of more than 30 stories, music and songs.
“Seasonal Storytelling combines Tanya’s expertise as a storyteller with her profound respect and understanding of the natural world.
Interweaving Māori pūrākau, 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.
Ngā mihi maha ki a Tanya mō tāna rauemi hou, he tino taonga mā ngā kaiako o ngā tamariki.”
Moira Wairama – storyteller, writer and teacher
For book sales within Aotearoa/New Zealand please place your order below.
For overseas orders please email tanya@imagined-worlds.net
To be launched February 2025
ISBN 978-1-991083-19-7
Lassavia Publishing
