The Art Of The Story Teller Author:Marie L. Shedlock In spite of a strong taste on the part of children for what is ugly and brutal, I am sure that we ought to eliminate this element as far as possible from the school stories, especially among poor children. Not because I think children should be protected from all knowledge of evil, but because so much of this knowledge comes into their life outs... more »ide school that we can well afford to ignore it during school hours.« less
Written in 1915, she does not suffer bad storytelling gracefully. She looks forward to the day when "...stories will be told to school groups only by experts who have devoted special time and preparation to the art of telling them."