STORY LORE:

Eldrbarry's Folktales: These are stories I have adapted from folklore:

• Soap! . . . . an Appalachian mountain story
• The Fisherman and His Wife. . . adapted from a Grimm fairy tale
• Why Cats sit on the Doorstep in the Sun! . . . a Rumanian Noah tale.
• Salt on a Magpie's Tail . . . . . A Swedish folk tale
• The Stone before the Door . . . adapted from a Moroccan folk tale

Christmas Stories:

• This was the Christmas A Serbian tale by Ruth Sawyer
  
• The Legends of Bishop Nicholas of Myra By Eldrbarry
  
• Little Fir By Cathy Shackelford
• The Broken Gift - a Christmas homily . . . Adapted from an essay by Micheal Card

• The Legends of Bishop Nicholas of Myra (1999) 4.5 x 11 Brochure (pdf)
• The Legends of Bishop Boniface of Mainz (2000) 4.5 x 11 Brochure (pdf)
• The Legends of the First Christmas Trees (2001) 4.5 x 11 Brochure (pdf)
• The Legends of Martin of Tours (2002) 4.5 x 11 Brochure (pdf)
• The Legends of Lucy of Syracuse (2003) 4.5 x 11 Brochure (pdf)

Raven - Stories from the Pacific Northwest Native Americans

• Raven and the man that sat on the tides
• Mink and The Sun
• Raven and Crow's Potlatch
• Raven and the First Men

Favorite Stories of Master Storytellers

Eleanor Farjeon A profile with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, Critical views and a Story List.

From The Little Bookroom:
• The Tims
• The Giant and the Mite
• The Lady's Room
• The Seventh Princess
From Italian Peepshow
• Nella's Dancing Shoes an improvised story
From Kaleidoscope:
• A Silver New Nothing and The Trees that Made the Wind
• Anthony goes Blackberrying
• Mammy Two Coats
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
• The Prologue
• The Spring Green Lady - a children's singing game.
• Young Gerard - This is a lengthy story, which I have divided into two parts.

Howard Pyle- A Profile and stories from Twilight Land with Pyle's own Illustrations

• The Enchanted Island
• The Stool of Fortune
• Ill Luck and the Fiddler
• A Piece of Good Luck
• Good Gifts and a Fool’s Folly
• Where to Lay the Blame
• Empty Bottles
• The Good of a Few Words
• Woman’s Wit
• The Fruit of Happiness

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Other Story Sites are listed on Eldrbarry's Joy of Story Listening

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BIBLE STORIES

HOMILIES - A "homily" is what I call my blend of storytelling and preaching - these stories have elements of both.

• It was Meyer's Idea to Fix the Fence A retelling of the Nehemiah story
• Nothing ... Except a little Oil One of Elijah's miracles
• The Origin of Pets. . . a wedding Story about Adam and Eve

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Vacation Bible School Stories: These stories were prepared for my Summer Vacation Bible School curricula, of which I have four complete VBS programs with five lessons each on this website. Each includes a Bible study guide for preparation.

• Storyteller Stories
  • The man who burned God's word from God's Word and Me! (The Bible as God's Word)
  • Bad News Written on the Wall from My King of Kings! (God's Sovereignty)
  • The demon who wouldn't come out from Turning to Jesus! (Repentence and Faith)
  • Simon, the Jealous Sorceror from God's People and Me! (The Church Body)

• Flannelgraph stories: including some suggestions for figures
  • The Boy Who Found God's Word
  • The Fiery Furnace and How to get There
  • The Praying Prophet and the Hungry Lions
  • The Man who came In through the Roof
  • The Christians Who Wouldn't Shut Up

• Puppet Stories
  • The Man who was God's Word
  • The King who ate Grass like a Cow
  • The Boy who was Too Rich
  • The Courageous Encouragers

• Pictures in Sequence stories
  • The Wise King Who Was Foolish
  • Making the Grade in a Wicked King's School
  • The Fishermen who were Caught (Stick puppets and Pictures in Sequence)
  • The Day Three Thousand Joined the Church (Stick puppets and Pictures in Sequence)

• Other stories: Act it out, games, etc
  • The Children who Wore God's Word (Craft/ Participation)
  • A Long Hard Day of Miracles (Pantomime (Act it out story))
  • The People who Shared Everything ( A game/ participation story)
  If your group is tired of stories, visit my Group Games pages

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Sermons in Note form In my Worship Reflections, I have sermon notes along with pages relating to designing worship services. Some of these use storytelling techniques as a part of the preaching: Here are two - see Reflections for more.
• Sackcloth and Ahab Ahab's repentence
• Master? Master! Jesus' stilling the Sea of Galilee

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