Minnesota State High School League
2010-2011 Storytelling Book & Selections
Revised 11/15/2010
Best-Loved Folktales of the World
Edited By: Joanna Cole
ISBN: 0-385-18949-4
987-0-385-18949-1
Published by: Anchor Books, A Division of Random House, Inc.
Cost: $19.00
To:
Speech Directors
From: Mike Tillmann, MSHSL Consultant
Re: Stories for Storytelling Event
Stories will not always be six minutes in length. The student will not be penalized for selecting a
“shorter” story. Students must adhere to the rules of the event. To introduce you to the stories for
this year read the introduction page XVII to XXIV. Ideas in this introduction may help you introduce
the respective stories.
NOTE: The page numbers given below are from the ISBN listed above which is the First
Anchor Books Edition, 1983. We are hearing of different printings of the book with different
page numbers. Students should be careful to follow the TITLES drawn regardless of edition
they are using.
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Selection
Anansi’s Hat–shaking Dance (Africa)
Bastionello (Italy)
Brer Rabbit Businessman (Costa Rica)
Clever Manka (Czechoslavakia)
Gudbrand on the Hillside (Norway)
Mother Holle (Germany)
The Magic Brocade (China
The Magic Kettle (Japan)
The Old Woman and the Tram or Nail Broth (Sweden)
The Pied Piper (England)
The Raven Brings Light (Alaska)
The Thoughtless Abbott (Italy)
The Tiger’s Whisker (Korea)
The Young Head of the Family (China)
Woe (Russia)
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Page
615
154
763
447
300
134
539
523
377
228
719
158
558
534
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