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This volume shows that stories can reflect and represent the students that hear them.
Working with the same overall themes of his first book, Building a Children's Chapel: One Story at a Time, Bill Gordh presents a wide range of folktales from around the world, stories from different faith traditions, and some updates of the original volume. The stories are presented to be told aloud, complete with storytelling tips and musical suggestions for each. Thirty-five curated folktales and stories from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, African, Asian, Scandinavian, and Native American traditions support the values that many desire to instill in children. As an award-winning storyteller, banjoist, author, and educator, Bill Gordh offers a storytelling approach that honors both the source material and the children who listen.
Those who are engaged with the spiritual growth of children will find this book invaluable.
Age range: 3 - 8 years old, Grade Level: Preschool to 5th Grade
“Making Room for Everyone is as much a reflection of who Bill Gordh is—as a leader and advocate for children’s worship—as it is what he strives to accomplish in this remarkable volume. Through his understanding of children, utilization of a vast array of resources, and his remarkable openness to the moment, Bill makes room, plenty of room. The care he exhibits each week in chapel is so evident in the care he has taken here to provide an exhaustive set of resources, combined with the wisdom he shares with us about children, their spiritual needs, and the ‘place apart’ he constructs in chapel.” —From the Foreword by the Rev. Daniel R. Heischman, D.D., Executive Director, National Association of Episcopal Schools