Heather forest biography
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Forest, Heather –
PERSONAL:
Born September 19, , in Newark, NJ; daughter of Manny (a teacher) and Fay (a nurse) Friedman; married Lawrence Foglia, September 27, ; children: Lucas, Laurel. Education: Douglass College, B.A., ; East Tennessee State University, M.A., ; Antioch College, Ph.D., Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish.
ADDRESSES:
Office—Story Arts, P.O. Box , Huntington, NY E-mail—[email&#;protected].
CAREER:
Storyteller, beginning ; Story Arts Inc., Long Island, NY, executive director, —.
MEMBER:
National Storytelling Association.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Notable Record Award, American Library Association, , for Songspinner; Parents' Choice Gold Classic Award, , for Eye of the Beholder, and Gold Award, , for The Animals Could Talk; Storytelling World Anthology awards, , for Wonder Tales from around the World, and , for Wisdom Tales from around the World; Storytelling World Award, for recording World Tales of Wisdom and Wonder; Circle of Excellence Award, , National Storytelling Association; Best Children's Books of the Year citation, Bank Street College of Education, for Stone Soup; American Bookseller Pick of the Lists citation, for Big Quiet House.
WRITINGS:
RETELLER
The Baker's Dozen: A Colonial American Tale, illustrated by Susan Ga
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Heather Forest &#; Sharing musical folktales with young listeners.
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I enjoyed this conversation on the topic of sharing musical folk tales with young listeners. Music and children are an exuberant match. I have found in my storytelling experience with young people that melody, rhythm, rhyme, and repetition of musical refrains keeps young listeners listening. When my son Lucas was a three-year-old and already quite experienced listening to stories, he loved our story times and would often clammer, &#;Mama, sing me a story!.&#; From his listening point of view, speaking and singing in storytelling were all part of song. I named my first recording for young listeners &#;Sing Me a Story&#; after his way of asking for tales. I always weave singable refrains into my storytelling for young people. One doesn&#;t need to be a trained musician to add music to storytelling. Start simply and have fun with sound. &#;Playing&#; music mea
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