Kaltura
Michael Leonard has taught the craft of storytelling all over the world for over 30 years and worked as head of the Chicago Public Library’s North Town branch. How does he find new stories to tell? He reads and reads and reads! Once he finds a story he wants to tell, he writes the story down and then reads it over and over again. Then he starts telling the story over and over and sometimes practices it in front of a mirror so he can watch for gestures that might distract from the story. Mr. Leonard tells a trickster tale of “tick-a-tickey-boom-boom” that involves an interesting group of animals! Key points: the difference between storytelling and reading aloud and adapting the story to fit the teller’s needs and the audience’s needs.
