Story Medicine: Multicultural Tales of Healing and Transformation

(Paperback)

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Approximately 40 tales from around the world illustrate the healing power of stories and storytelling. The stories are organized in four sections - healing the self, healing relationships, healing community, and healing the earth. A great resources for storytellers, librarians, teachers, medical professionals, this book can also be used with younger students as read-alouds and by older students as a reading or research tool.

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"This magical collection of more than 40 tales from around the world illustrates mysteries and ways to health....[a] wonderful reading resource for educators and parents, as well as for storytellers."-American Herb Association
This magical collection of more than 40 tales from around the world illustrates mysteries and ways to health....[a] wonderful reading resource for educators and parents, as well as for storytellers.-American Herb Association
What a wonderful resource Norma Livo, renowned storyteller and storytelling scholar, has given us in this book. It is more than a collection of over forty bibliotherapeutic stories from various cultures and time periods. It is a resource of short stories and information that can be utilized by elementary school librarians, counselors, and teachers; upper level students researching healing stories; physical and psychological therapists; and any adult interested in the healing power of stories.-Colorado Libraries
"What a wonderful resource Norma Livo, renowned storyteller and storytelling scholar, has given us in this book. It is more than a collection of over forty bibliotherapeutic stories from various cultures and time periods. It is a resource of short stories and information that can be utilized by elementary school librarians, counselors, and teachers; upper level students researching healing stories; physical and psychological therapists; and any adult interested in the healing power of stories."-Colorado Libraries

Author Bio

NORMA J. LIVO, Professor Emerita, School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver, has written numerous books and articles on storytelling and has a national following as a storyteller. She has served on the board of directors for the National Storytelling Association and received the NSA leadership award for the Western region. She lives in Lakewood, Colorado.