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Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola

Year: 2001
Seasons: 1
Type: TV Series
Genre: Family, Kids

Overview

The show featured children's book author Tomie dePaola and his Muppet friend Gabe the squirrel, encouraging children to make their own stories in a variety of media. In each episode, Tomie told a story featuring his storybook characters Strega Nona, Big Anthony and Bambolona. Gabe visited The Animal Band, a group of woodland creatures, including a rabbit on drums, a weasel on guitar, a penguin on bass, and a raccoon on keytar. Each episode also featured a visit with a guest storyteller or two (often people connected to the Jim Henson Company). The final segment of each episode included a child actor playing Tomie enacting stories from his book "26 Fairmount Avenue."

Episodes

Tales Around the Table
EP 1 Tales Around the Table
EP 2
EP 2 Where Do You Get Ideas?
EP 3
EP 3 What's a Story?
EP 4
EP 4 Stories for Myself
EP 5
EP 5 Food as Storytelling
EP 6
EP 6 That's a Story?!
EP 7
EP 7 Getting Started
EP 8
EP 8 Character
EP 9
EP 9 Setting
EP 10
EP 10 Point of View
EP 11
EP 11 Performance as Storytelling
EP 12
EP 12 Every Picture Tells a Story
EP 13
EP 13 Making Sense of Our World Through Stories
EP 14
EP 14 Taking a Chance
EP 15
EP 15 Finding Your Audience
EP 16
EP 16 Funny
EP 17
EP 17 Scary
EP 18
EP 18 Moods: Happy/Sad
EP 19
EP 19 History
EP 20
EP 20 Music
EP 21
EP 21 Make Believe Stories
EP 22
EP 22 Real Stories
EP 23
EP 23 More Than One Way to Tell a Tale - Versions
EP 24
EP 24 More Than One Way to Tell a Tale - Techniques
EP 25
EP 25 Putting Heart Into Your Story
EP 26
EP 26 Collaboration

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