Online Resources for Storytelling

This is a selection of useful websites for narrators and storytellers. Online resources about storytelling are so numerous and wide-ranging that listing just a few of them becomes inevitably a personal and very limited choice. This is a selection that gives you an idea of what you can find online and includes high-quality resources from reputable and trustworthy sources (See section Toolbox for Storytellers).

Professional storyteller’s websites include videos and audio files of their performances.

Kevin Graal: http://www.talkingtales.org/index.html

Alastair K. Daniel: https://www.akdaniel.co.uk/home/author/Alastair-K-Daniel

Rita Valentino Merletti: http://www.ritavalentino.it

Michael Rosen: https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk

Julia Donaldson: http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk

David Heathfield: https://davidheathfieldblog.wordpress.com

These are websites of national and international projects, cultural associations and organizations that promote storytelling as a means to develop children’s social and cognitive skills.

https://www.milkbook.it

http://www.natiperleggere.it

http://crescereleggendo.it

Repertoires of stories and books that can be used for storytelling with children.

https://kidlit.tv/

http://worldstories.org.uk/

http://www.scaffalebasso.it

https://padlet.com/p0077346/PictureBookPlan

http://www.ibby.org

Practical ideas and suggestions about the use of picture books for learning English L2 (young learners).

https://kidsclubenglish.com/stories/

http://picturebooksinelt.blogspot.com/

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/please-log-in

https://www.fatherly.com/play/activities/the-best-podcasts-for-kids/

https://www.penguin.co.uk/ladybird/

http://www.storybee.org

http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/mods/theme_d/mod21.html

http://storiesweliveby.org.uk

The free virtual event ICE (Intercultural Citizenship Education) through Picturebooks in Primary ELT symposium took place online in June 2021. All the keynote speakers sessions were recorded and are available at the Symposium website.