Bøger af Barbara Freedman-De Vito

Draw and Tell Stories for Kids 4, Volume 4 in the multi-volume Draw Me a Story series of draw and tell story books is now available in an 8.5 x 11 inch paperback format and has a new look. It contains twelve fun draw and tell stories on topics such as fairies, magicians, pirates and wolves. Each draw and tell story includes clear instructions and large traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using the lively and time-honored draw and tell story storytelling technique. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell story form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of draw and tell stories, plus her fully illustrated picture books for children.Also, you can visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Foul Play in Fairyland is a fun-filled frolic in fairyland which is fraught with mystery. This fully illustrated picture book mystery for young kids is all about Dickory Doc, a detective who works the mean streets of fairyland. This tough detective saves the day for the likes of the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Peter of "Peter and the Wolf," not to mention the Big Bad Wolf himself. The point of the story is to have some silly fun with fairy tale characters that young children can recognize and to dispel an old stereotype. As with all of Barbara's other original full color illustrated picture books, this goofy fairy tale detective story concludes with a bonus draw and tell story that relates to the detective theme of the picture book. It also includes instructions and a big traceable drawing to help any novice learn how to use this traditional storytelling technique to successfully tell a draw and tell story. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " or check with your favorite jobber to find all of Barbara's illustrated picture books for children, plus her collections of original draw and tell stories. You can also visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Draw and Tell Stories for Kids 3, Volume 3 in the multi-volume Draw Me a Story series of draw and tell story books is now available in an 8.5 x 11 inch paperback format and has a new look. It contains twelve fun draw and tell stories on topics such as April fools, Mexican hats, monsters and music. Each draw and tell story includes clear instructions and large traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using the lively and time-honored draw and tell story storytelling technique. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell story form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of draw and tell stories, plus her fully illustrated picture books for children.Also, you can visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Birds in Words and Images is a fully illustrated paperback book of birds which contains original poems, silhouettes and colored illustrations of a variety of species of birds. Eleven different species of birds are represented, from common bird species such as blue jays and pigeons, to exotic species such as toucans and hummingbirds. It includes both land birds and water birds, like pelicans and anhingas, and soaring predators such as kestrels. There are flightless birds like penguins, garden variety species like cardinals, and tropical species like flamingos and parakeets. Each bird species has its own full-size artwork page, plus a little poem that gives some factual information about the bird. The poetry also conveys why we love birds and how they touch our lives. This is a book for bird lovers everywhere. Please note that Barbara's bird illustrations are also available for sale as art prints. You can find these art prints by visiting the following page on her website, Baby Bird Productions: http: //www.babybirdproductions.com/bbpfinearts.html. In addition, Barbara also writes and illustrates original picture books for children. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " or check with your favorite jobber to find all of Barbara's illustrated picture books for children, plus her collections of original draw and tell stories. You can also visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

This fully illustrated fairy tale style children's picture book tells the tale, or is that the tail, of a wicked wizard and his efforts to win the hand of a fair maiden. It has medieval knights, a damsel, a wizard and, of course, a mighty dragon, but all is not as it seems in this tale with a twist. This picture book can help children think about honor and bravery and kindness and whether or not the ends justify the means. As with all of Barbara's other original full color illustrated picture books, this book concludes with a bonus draw and tell story that recaps the plot of the picture book. It also includes instructions and a big traceable drawing to help any novice learn how to use this traditional storytelling technique to successfully tell a draw and tell story. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " or check with your favorite jobber to find all of Barbara's illustrated picture books for children, plus her collections of original draw and tell stories. You can also visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Creatures in the Cupboard is an amusing alphabet book to help young children learn their ABCs. This fully illustrated alphabet picture book for young kids is all about monsters, from A to Z. It provides a veritable universe of monsters from well-known creatures that are familiar to preschoolers, such as vampires and werewolves and ogres and mummies, to lesser-known characters from folklore, such as kelpies and imps. The point of the story is to have some spine-tingling fun with monsters, but also to help young children see that these monsters are not real and that there is nothing lurking in the dark to be afraid of. As with all of Barbara's other original full color illustrated picture books, this monster alphabet book concludes with a bonus draw and tell story that relates to the monster theme of the picture book. It also includes instructions and a big traceable drawing to help any novice learn how to use this traditional storytelling technique to successfully tell a draw and tell story. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " or check with your favorite jobber to find all of Barbara's illustrated picture books for children, plus her collections of original draw and tell stories. You can also visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Draw and Tell Stories for Kids 7, Volume 7 in the multi-volume Draw Me a Story series, contains twelve fun " draw and tell stories " to help you round out your library storytelling sessions or introduce new topics to children at school or at home and entertain children. You'll find an Aladdin's lamp draw and tell story, a carnival barker story, a cat draw and tell story, a crown draw and tell tale, a dinosaur draw and tell story, and draw and tell stories about dolls, flowers, horses, Native Americans, desert islands, trains, and and even a draw and tell story about the flag of the United Kingdom.As with all of Barbara's other draw and tell story collections, this draw and tell story collection includes clear instructions and traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using the lively and time-honored draw and tell storytelling technique.Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight.The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader.Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of Draw and Tell stories, plus her illustrated picture books for children, each of which also contains a bonus draw and tell story related to the theme of the picture book.Also, you can visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Draw and Tell Stories for Kids 2, Volume 2 in the multi-volume Draw Me a Story series of draw and tell story books is now available in an 8.5 x 11 inch paperback format and has a new look. It contains twelve fun draw and tell stories on topics such as aliens from outer space, dogs, kites and science. Each draw and tell story includes clear instructions and large traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using the lively and time-honored draw and tell story storytelling technique. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell story form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of draw and tell stories, plus her fully illustrated picture books for children.Also, you can visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

This fully illustrated children's picture book tells three simple tales about respect for and the kind treatment of all animals on earth. The first story is "Ten Tongue-Tying Tales of Tenderness" about medieval characters actively protecting and caring for animals in need. It is also a counting story from one to ten. Next comes "Kids Care," a brief alphabet of ways that kids can show they care about animals, from A to Z. Lastly, there is "The Cozy House That Jack Built," a nonviolent alternative to the old rhyme "The House That Jack Built." It was written as an homage to the philosophy of live and let live, for in it the people and animals share a cozy home. This picture book can help children think about all the animals in their lives and how to help those around them. As with all of Barbara's other original full color illustrated picture books, this book concludes with a bonus draw and tell story which shares the book's theme. In this case it is the theme of compassion for all living things. The book also includes instructions and a big traceable drawing to help any novice learn how to use this traditional storytelling technique to successfully tell a draw and tell story. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " or check with your favorite jobber to find all of Barbara's illustrated picture books for children, plus her collections of original draw and tell stories. You can also visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Holiday Draw and Tell Stories, Volume 5 in the multi-volume Draw Me a Story series, contains ten fun " draw and tell stories " to help you celebrate various holidays and entertain children. You'll find Christmas draw and tell stories, Halloween draw and tell stories, Easter draw and tell stories, Hanukkah draw and tell stories, Valentine's Day draw and tell stories, and Saint Patrick's Day draw and tell stories. There's even a Fourth of July draw and tell story, plus a birthday draw and tell story. As a bonus, this holiday draw and tell story volume also includes amusing and inventive holiday themed action rhymes to help children get their wiggles out during storytelling and other programs. As with all of Barbara's other draw and tell story collections, this holiday story collection includes clear instructions and traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using the lively and time-honored draw and tell storytelling technique. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight.The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader.Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of Draw and Tell stories, plus her illustrated picture books for children.Also, you can visit her website: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Draw and Tell Stories for Kids 1, Volume 1 in the multi-volume Draw Me a Story series of draw and tell story books is now available in an 8.5 x 11 inch paperback format and has a new look. It contains twelve fun draw and tell stories on topics such as robots, Teddy bears, the moon, and dads. Each draw and tell story includes clear instructions and large traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using the lively and time-honored draw and tell story storytelling technique. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell story form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of draw and tell stories, plus her fully illustrated picture books for children.Also, you can visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Holiday Draw and Tell Stories - A, Volume 5 in the multi-volume Draw Me a Story series, contains ten fun " draw and tell stories " to help you celebrate various holidays and entertain children. You'll find Christmas draw and tell stories, Halloween draw and tell stories, Easter draw and tell stories, Hanukkah draw and tell stories, Valentine's Day draw and tell stories, and Saint Patrick's Day draw and tell stories. There's even a Fourth of July draw and tell story, plus a birthday draw and tell story. As a bonus, this holiday draw and tell story volume also includes amusing and inventive holiday themed action rhymes to help children get their wiggles out during storytelling and other programs. As with all of Barbara's other draw and tell story collections, this holday story collection includes clear instructions and traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using the lively and time-honored draw and tell storytelling technique.Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight.The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader.Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of Draw and Tell stories, plus her illustrated picture books for children.Also, you can visit: http: //www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

A More Humane Mother Goose is a retelling of some well-known Mother Goose nursery rhymes, which replaces violence and cruelty with kindness and compassion towards both animals and other people, while retaining the rhythms and playful spirit of the original Mother Goose rhymes. This sweet preschool picture book (great for ages 2 to 8) includes gentler versions of Mother Goose favorites such as Little Miss Muffet, Jack Sprat, Jack and Jill, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Humpty-Dumpty, Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, This Little Piggie, and many more. This fully illustrated Mother Goose book also includes a bonus draw and tell story, where some of the humane Mother Goose nursery rhymes are repeated in the form of a drawing story, a lively and time-honored storytelling technique which is very easy to use and requires no special materials or experience. Clear instructions and a traceable drawing are included, as well, to help novices use the draw and tell story with ease. In the draw and tell story, as the Mother Goose rhymes are retold, certain elements are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture of Mother Goose has emerged, much to the children's delight. This form of draw and tell storytelling is great for parents, teachers, babysitters and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader. You can find her many draw and tell story collections under the series title of Draw Me a Story, plus find more of her original picture books, all available on Amazon. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of Draw and Tell stories, plus her other books for children. Please go to: http: //www.babybirdproductions.com/picturebooks.html to see sample interior pages from Barbara's picture books.

Hens in a Hurry is both a counting book to help young children learn to count numbers from one to twenty, and a sweet preschool picture book (great for ages 2 to 8) about a flock of hens who fill every day with fun and action-packed adventures. There are numbers and hens to count everywhere. This fully illustrated hen counting picture book also includes a bonus draw and tell story, where the hen picture book story is repeated in the form of a drawing story, a lively and time-honored storytelling technique which is very easy to use and requires no special materials or experience. Clear instructions and a traceable drawing are included, as well, to help novices use the draw and tell story with ease. In the draw and tell story, as the Hens in a Hurry counting story is retold, certain elements are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture of a hen has emerged, much to the children's delight. This form of draw and tell storytelling is great for parents, teachers, babysitters and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using Draw and Tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader. You can find her many draw and tell story collections under the series title of Draw Me a Story, plus find more of her original picture books, all available on Amazon. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of Draw and Tell stories, plus her other books for children. Please go to: http: //www.babybirdproductions.com/picturebooks.html to see sample interior pages from Barbara's picture books.

This funny, fully illustrated fairy tale style children's picture book tells the story of a silly family and the girl who tries to explain to them what is really happening. The simple drawings emphasize some amusing angles and unusual perspectives. As with all of Barbara's other original full color illustrated picture books, this book concludes with a bonus draw and tell story that recaps the plot of the picture book. It also includes instructions and a big traceable drawing to help any novice learn how to use this traditional storytelling technique to successfully tell a draw and tell story. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " or check with your favorite jobber to find all of Barbara's illustrated picture books for children, plus her collections of original draw and tell stories. You can also visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Home to Many Cats is a cat centered preschool picture book (great for ages 2 to 8) about a collection of cats who live in a big old house. Each cat has a favorite room in the house and his or her own special cat rhyme. This cat picture book also includes a bonus draw and tell story, where the cat picture book story is repeated in the form of a drawing story, a lively and time-honored storytelling technique which is very easy to use and requires no special materials or experience. Clear instructions and a traceable drawing are included, as well. In the draw and tell story, as the Home to Many Cats tale is retold, certain elements are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture of a cat has emerged, much to the children's delight. This form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using Draw and Tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader. You can find her many draw and tell story collections under the series title of Draw Me a Story, plus find more of her original picture books, all available on Amazon. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of Draw and Tell stories, plus her other books for children. Please go to: http: //www.babybirdproductions.com/picturebooks.html to see sample interior pages from Barbara's picture books.

Holiday Draw and Tell Stories - B, Volume 6 in the multi-volume Draw Me a Story series, contains ten fun " draw and tell stories " to help you celebrate various holidays and entertain children. You'll find a Christmas draw and tell story, a Halloween draw and tell story, two Easter draw and tell stories, a Chinese New Year draw and tell story, a Valentine's Day draw and tell story, a New Year's Day draw and tell story, and two birthday draw and tell stories. There's even a Fourth of July draw and tell story. As a bonus, this holiday volume of draw and tell stories also includes amusing and inventive holiday themed action rhymes to help children get their wiggles out during storytelling and other programs. As with all of Barbara's other draw and tell story collections, this holday story collection includes clear instructions and traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using the lively and time-honored draw and tell storytelling technique.Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight.The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader.Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " to find all of Barbara's collections of Draw and Tell stories, plus her illustrated picture books for children.Also, you can visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

This children's picture book includes three crazy adventures from Barbara's original "MY DAY" series, where kids can imagine that they are the stars of each story. The first two tales are full of colorful illustrations. In "My Day in the Haunted House," be sure to look for the little mouse who appears somewhere in each picture and, in "My Day under the Sea," try to spot the bright little fish on every page. The third tale in this book, "My Day at School," is told in the form of a draw and tell story. For lots more days of fun, don't forget to check out Barbara's second volume of wacky "MY DAY" stories, too. As with all of Barbara's other original full color illustrated picture books, this book concludes with a bonus draw and tell story, complete with instructions and a big traceable drawing to help any novice learn how to use this traditional storytelling technique to successfully tell a draw and tell story. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " or check with your favorite jobber to find all of Barbara's illustrated picture books for children, plus her collections of original draw and tell stories. You can also visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.

Volume IV in the Draw Me a Story series contains twelve fun "draw and tell stories" on topics such as fairies, lions, magic, pirates, and yo-yos. Each story includes clear instructions and traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using this lively and time-honored storytelling technique. Draw and Tell stories are simple stories for young children. These tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children''s delight. This form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children''s librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using Draw and Tell stories for many years in her work as a children''s librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader.

Volume III in the Draw Me a Story series contains twelve fun "draw and tell stories" on topics such as April Fool''s Day, artists, the Mexican hat dance, monsters, and puzzles. Each story includes clear instructions and traceable drawings, plus an informative guide to using this lively and time-honored storytelling technique. Draw and Tell stories are simple stories for young children. These tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children''s delight. This form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children''s librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using Draw and Tell stories for many years in her work as a children''s librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher, and workshop leader.