Reviewed By: Denys Branham
Storytelling, Drama, Creative Dramatics, Puppetry, Choral Speaking & Readers Theater for Children & Young Adults
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/drama.htm#TOP
This site provides a comprehensive source of sites for professionals wishing to incorporate children’s literature with performing arts activities. The breadth of coverage on this site is excellent. The site has links to resources on storytelling, drama, creative dramatics, choral speaking, public speaking, and readers’ theater. Each section receives thorough treatment. The storytelling section, for example, includes the following categories: associations, general storytelling sites, telling stories, lesson plans, flannel board, religious storytelling, media, higher education, and related pages. The drama section has categories with links for organizations, periodicals, general sites, children’s theater, standards, lesson plans, and playwrights. Each of these categories offers useful links. The material is well organized. There are a variety of sources and there does not appear to be a hidden agenda or bias. There is no advertising on this site. This website is provided by the Internet School Library Media Center. The Site Administrator is Inez Ramsey, Professor Emeritus of the Library Science Program, James Madison University. A link is provided for contacting the site administrator. The Elementary Language Art/ Children’s Literature section of the Internet School Library Media Center is Argus Clearinghouse Approved. The site has a 1996 copyright. It was revised 12 June 1997. The only drawback to the site may be the low frequency with which it is updated. Several of the links have expired or moved. This website is an excellent resource for teachers and librarians who are looking for information and ideas to combine literature and performing arts.
Reviewed By: Rebecca Morrison
Links, links, links galore. This website will provide the searcher for links to everything storytelling and beyond. Encompassing all forms of creative dramatics and storytelling formats, this site, hosted from James Madison University, is filled with resources of the classroom teacher, librarian, public youth librarian or anyone interested in learning about storytelling. I particularly liked the number of resources but felt that the annotations could be a bit more indepth. I did not find any broken links on this site indicating that it is well cared for, but I was unable to determine the last time it was updated. Considering the wealth of information available from this site I would consider this one for bookmarking!