The annual GSLIS Storytelling Festival will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 7-9 pm at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Building, Room 126, 501 E. Daniel St. in Champaign. The Festival will feature humor, horror, hubris, and more. Our tellers will bring to life some eclectic characters including Anansi, Bluebeard, the boy who cried wolf, and one insatiable pig. Stories will be performed by a select group of GSLIS students and faculty, including new storytellers and seasoned professionals.
Audio files of past Center for Children's Books storytelling festivals are available. We hope you enjoy listening. The files are in MP3 format with the exception of the 2003 recordings which are RAM and will require Real Player.
Video highlights from the 2012 festival are available below.
Laurel Halfar A Scottish folktale adapted from The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies retold by Heather Baker and illustrated by Susan Gaber.
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Mary Dubbs Adapted from Minnesotan tall tales originally collected by W. B. Laughead. |
Esther Yi A European tale adapted from Fox Tale Soup by Tony Bonning.
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Lauren Chambers Adapted from a Mayan tale found in Five Minute Tales collected by Margaret Read MacDonald |
Melissa Funfsinn Adapted from “How to Tell Corn Fairies If You See ‘Em” found in
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Joshua Newport Adapted from The World's Great Stories: 55 Legends That Live Forever retold by Louis Untermeyer. |
Aaron Carlin Adapted from Twenty Tellable Tales by Margaret Read MacDonald. |
Kori Boyer An adaption of the English folktale “Jack and the Beanstalk.”
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Amy Atkinson Adapted from "The Kugel Story," written by Canadian storyteller Michael Wex. |
Sue Searing Adapted from 101 Folktales from India by Eunice de Souza
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Kate McDowell Adapted from Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty, Andy and the Lion and Androcles and the Lion by Paul Galdone.
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Full festival audio available here
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2011 Storytelling Festival
We are pleased to share audio and one digital story from our 2011 Storytelling Festival. For video coverage, see the 2011 Highlights and Trailer on the GSLIS YouTube Channel.
Adapted from Time for Fairy Tales, Old and New, compiled by May Hill Arbutnot |
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Adapted from a literary fairy tale written by Wilhelm Grimm, found in The Blue Fairy Book, ed. by Andrew Lang, as printed on www.surlalunefairytales.com
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 Amanda Melchor The Strange Visitors (audio) Adapted from “The Reader and His Strange Visitors” in Five Minute Tales by Margaret Read MacDonald |
Ross Thompson An original digital story |
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Kate McDowell |
Adapted from a Norwegian tale collected in the mid 19th century by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe |
An adaptation of “The Irish Travelers”, a folktale from North Carolina |
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Storytelling Festival, April 17, 2010
Genevieve Henricks Adapted from Best-Loved Folktales of the World selected by Joanna Cole |
Becka Rich Adapted from Fair is Fair by Sharon Creedon |
Sam Sednek An original Cinderella adaptation written by Courtney McDermott, a Peace Corps Volunteer who served a year in the mountain region of Lesotho |
Daniel Burkhalter A personal story of childhood trouble |
Corrie Ball A personal story of family life |
Damon McGhee An original story, which takes place on December 18, 2008 while in transit from New York to England |
Hal Southern A personal story about growing up |
Sue Searing Adapted from Earth Care: World Folktales to Talk About by Margaret Read MacDonald |
Dan Keding An original story by Dan Keding |
Storytelling Festival, April 18, 2009
Anna Hartmann A personal story from the Quad Cities, IL |
Megan Hayes Adapted from Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales and When the Stones Were Soft: East African Fireside Tales |
Sara Snider Family story told by Aunt Grace |
Tina Ladika Adaped from The Maid of the North: Feminist Folktales from Around the World by
Ethel Johnson Phelps and Wizard and the Girl with the Golden Hair by
Dan Keding |
Katie Bruce Adapted from The Day It Snowed Tortillas: Tales from Spanish New Mexico retold by Joe Hayes |
Lizz Zitron Original adaption of an old Jewish legend |
Ying Yi Fong Original interpretation of a family story, as told by her grandmother |
Sara Quinn Thompson Adapted from from a story nugget in The Decameron by Boccaccio |
Erica Voell Adapted from adapted from Mirror, Mirror: Forty Folktales for Mothers and Daughters to Share edited by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple |
Kate Quealy Adapted from the tale "The Squire's Bride" in Tatterhood and Other Tales: Stories of Magic and Adventure edited by Ethel Johnston Phelps |
Minjie Chen Adapted from "Soo Tan the Tiger and the Little Green Frog" in Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet by Lotta Carswell Hume |
Sue Searing Adapted from Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm |
Amani Ayad A personal family story retold |
Mary Lu Bretsch Adapted from The Beggar in the Blanket & Other Vietnamese Tales retold by Gail B. Graham |
Storytelling Festival, April 12, 2008
Molly Dolan Adapted from "Those Three Wishes" in Ready to Tell Tales edited by David Holt and Billy Mooney |
Sara Schepis Adapted from Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
Anna Dombrowski Adapted from the tale in Tatterhood and Other Tales: Stories of Magic and Adventure edited by Ethel Johnston Phelps |
Katrina Bromann and Elizabeth Voss Adaped from Tadpole's Promise told by Jeanne Willis |
Ata Bird Adapted from the opera by Richard Wagner in |
Rebecca Krznarich Original interpretation of The Three Little Pigs |
Ying Yi Fong Adapted from Best Loved Folktales Around |
Rachel Shulman Adapted from It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish |
Kate McDowell Adapted from "The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle" in The Storyteller's Start-Up Book by Margaret Read MacDonald |
Dan Keding Original Interpretation of a Civil War story Annie-O (audio) Adapted from the traditional song The Lowlands of Holland |
Storytelling Festival, April 21, 2007
Kathe Brinkmann Adapted from Now! That’s What I Call Urban Myths by Phil Healey and Rick Glanvill and |
Sue Searing Adapted from Womanfolk and Fairy Tales edited by Rosemary Minard |
Jennifer D. Miller Adapted from the song The Scotsman by Mike Cross |
Joella Peterson Adaped from Were-Wolves and Will-O-the-Wisps: French Tales of Mackinac retold by Dirk Gringhuis |
Erin Miller From Girls, an original play based on ethnographic interviews by Erin Miller |
Sarah Park Adapted from the tale by Jane Jeong Trenka |
Bryan A. Clark Adapted from |
Kimberly Ulrich Adapted from |
Angela Supernaw Adapted from C. Keith Young |
Sara Schepis Adapted from “The Magic Thread” in The Book of Virtues edited by William J. Bennett |
Vanessa Nelson Adapted from Look Back and See: Twenty Lively Tales for Gentle Tellers by Margaret Read MacDonald |
Kate McDowell Storysong adapted from Nursery Tales from Around the World by Judy Sierra |
Betsy Hearne Adapted from The Canine Connection: Stories about Dogs and People by Betsy Hearne |
Dan Keding An original tale
based on the English Ballad |
Storytelling Festival, April 8, 2006
Recorded during the Encore Festival April 24, 2006
Kristin Hungerford Adapted from Twenty Tellable Tales: American Folklore by Margaret Read MacDonald |
Katrina Bromann Adapted from Bill Harley |
Richard Urban Adapted from Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits Columbia Records 2002 (CD) |
Claudia Quintero An original song by Claudia Quintero |
Barb Bolser Adapted from a picture book of the same name by Jane Flory |
Nina Shimmin Adapted from Favorite Folktales by Jane Yolen |
Joella Peterson Adapted from Heather and Broom: Tales of the Scottish Highlands by Sorche Nic Leodhas |
Sarah Dutelle Adapted from Wisdom Tales from Around the World selected by Heather Forest |
Betsy Hearne Adapted from Grandfather Tales by Richard Chase |
Kate McDowell An original by Kate McDowell |
Storytelling Festival, April 9, 2005
Hope Morrison |
Annette Lesak |
Molly Dolan |
Jennifer Greene |
Barb Bolser |
Kristin Hungerford |
Dave Dubin |
Betsy Hearne |
Minjie Chen |
Claudia Quintero-Ulloa |
Sarah Dutelle |
Storytelling Concert, April 17, 2004
Betsy Hearne: Grandpa and the Frogs audio
Eleannor Maajid: My Little Alien audio
Debra Mitts Smith: The Cat and the Rat audio
Kate McDowell: The Dream and the Old Apple Tree audio
Sujin Huggins: The Story of Colors audio
Molly Dolan: Those Three Wishes audio
Sarah Dutelle: Onions and Garlic audio
Kate McDowell: Princess Leanna audio
Barb Bolser: The Lion's Whiskers audio
Krista Hutley: Moose Tracks audio
Hope Morrison: By the Window audio
Amy Crump: Driving Lessons audio
Janice Del Negro: The Harvesting of Dermond audio
In the Dark of Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural - A Storytelling Concert for Adults
Featuring storytellers Janice Del Negro, Dan Keding, and Dennis Frederick
Cheap Date: Stories of Love and Romance - A Storytelling Valentine for Adults
This event, a mini-benefit for The Center for Children's Books Endowment Fund, featured prominent and provocative storytellers from the American Midwest. Janice Del Negro, Betsy Hearne, Dan Keding, The Storyweavers (Lucinda Flodin and Dennis Frederick), Kate McDowell, and Sarah Dutelle presented an evening of traditional stories and modern tales, folk ballads and popular songs, reflecting various aspects of romantic love.
