Resources

This blog is a collection of my resources for the Grade 7-8 Kamishibai unit. In addition, I am collecting resources for a unit that with Dr. Teresa Robinson, a Grade 3/4 teacher at Folsom, and a fairy tale unit with the Grades 1/2 or independently. The following books are in my personal library or in my school library at Folsom Educational and Community Center.

Kamishibai

De Las Casas, Dianne. Kamishibai Story Theater : The Art of Picture Telling. Westport, CT: Teachers Ideas Press, 2006.

Tips on creating kamishibai as well as a number of fairy tales from Japan and the world.

McGowan, Tara M. The Kamishibai Classroom : Engaging Multiple Literacies Through the Art of "Paper Theater." Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2010.

Detailed tips on creating kamishibai from multiple perspectives. Excellent resource.

Nash, Eric. Manga Kamishibai : The Art of Japanese Paper Theater. New York: Abrams Comicarts, 2009.

A fabulous book on the history of kamishibai in Japan, which contains samples of kamishibai throughout its history.

Say, Allen. Kamishibai Man. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005.

Fairy tales

Haviland, Virginia. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Japan. New York: Beech Tree, 1967.

Hearn, Lafcadio. Japanese Fairy Tales. Mount Vernon, NY : Peter Pauper Press, 1958.

Hearne, Betsy. Beauties & Beasts. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1993.

MacDonald, Margaret Read. Tom Thumb. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1993.

Philip, Neil. The Illustrated Book of Fairy Tales. New York : DK Publishing, 1997.

Sakade, Florence. Japanese Children's Favorite Stories. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1981.

Shannon, George. A Knock at the Door. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1992.