A multicultural collection of traditional tales contributed by more than forty of America's most experienced storytellers, with tips for telling the stories....

Hey, did you hear the one about the lady who had her beehive hairdo sprayed so hard that spiders started to nest in it? Of course you did, it happened to your next-door neighbor's cousin. Or was it your cousin's next-door neighbor?...

Anyone who has watched a master storyteller mesmerize an audience has wondered "how do they do that?" This book gives the answers. Here are 40 of America's most popular storytellers, each of them sharing a story guaranteed to work in front of the most demanding audience. In addition to the story, each teller gives tips for telling it in a performance....

THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This anthology describes the characteristics of urban legends, and presents a collection of classic tales....