Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton, the Beauty and the Beast Storytellers, visited K.C. Heffernan the week of March 21st as they presented a storytelling assembly to 2nd3rd grade students and completed a storytelling residency with 3rd grade classes. The husband and wife team have been sharing their magical blend of words and stories for more than 30 years. Among their most popular books are “Ghost Catcher: A Bengali Folktale; “Noodlehead Stories” ; World Tales Kids Can Read and Tell; and “High and Why”. Beauty and the Beast Storytellers have been “winning audiences and critical acclaim throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia since 1980”. The 2011 3rd grade residency experience kicked off with a storytelling assembly for all 2nd and 3rd grade students on March 21st. The assembly program featured stories from around the world, folktales, and a variety of “noodlehead” or just plain fun stories. The captivated KCH audience was treated to a magical blend of expressions, creative body movements and voices as Mitch and Martha told a variety of stories that included “The King’s Secret” a Serbian folktale and a noodlehead story entitled “Toothpicks”. Following the March 21st assembly the Beauty and the Beast story weavers spent the week conducting in-classroom storytelling workshops to third grade classes. Each third grade student had the opportunity to learn a story or folktale and to present the story to their peers. Information on Beauty and the Beast Storytellers can be found at www.beautyandthebeaststorytellers.com. The storytelling residency will culminate with a variety of evening student storytelling events that will be open to parents and families.
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