There’s a significant difference between a storyteller and a story reader, Vicky Town explained to a group of McKinley Elementary School third-graders this week.
A story reader — particularly with younger children — usually will read excerpts and show children pictures that adorn the pages of a book.
“Everybody sees the same picture,” Town noted.
But with a storyteller, the audience’s imagination provides the illustration, usually with different pictures.
To prove her point, Town told the third-graders to imagine a chair.
One…
Storyteller regales students
