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Patricia Hruby Powell, Storyteller/Dancer/Author
 
Contact: Patricia Hruby Powell
  2103 Georgetown Circle
  Champaign, IL 61821
Phone: 217-366-3218
Fax: 217-366-3218
Email: phpowell@talesforallages.com
Website: http://www.talesforallages.com

Mission
  To present story accented by dance and worldwide percussion instruments, and to guide students' story making through dramatic activities; to inspire students to read.

Art Form
  Storytelling

Grade Level
  K - 5
  6 - 8
  9 -12
  Adults
  Senior Citizens
  Special Needs

Content Areas
  English Language Arts
  Social Science
  Physical Development and Health
  Fine Arts

Themes
  Animals
  Cultures
  Earth
  History
  History, Illinois
  Holidays
  Multiculturalism
  Native Americans
  Plants/Flowers
  Story Writing
  Women's Studies
  World
 

Services Provided
  Workshops
  Residencies
  Performances
  Lectures / Demonstrations
  Assemblies
  Curriculum Development
  Customized Programs

ISBE Goals
  Goal 1-Reading
  Goal 2-Literature
  Goal 3-Writing
  Goal 4-Listening and Speaking
  Goal 5-Research

Materials Available
  Study guides; teachers in-service guides; newspaper articles describing school programs; my books Activity sheet: Care of the Earth

Space/Technical/Time Requirements
  Space needed for performance is 10'x10' minimum; sound system customized to needs

Comments
  Author of picture books, BLOSSOM TALES: FLOWER STORIES OF MANY FOLKS; and bilingual (Navajo/English), ZINNIA: HOW THE CORN WAS SAVED, FROG BRINGS RAIN, plus stories in Cricket, Spider, Calliope, Storytelling Magazines, etc. New program: Love Your Mother....Earth FROG BRINGS RAIN has been awarded the Aesop Accolade 2006, Spurs Storytelling Finalist Award 2007, and the Lacapa Spirit Illustration honor 2007. ZINNIA has been named a Land of Enchantment Children's Book, 2006-07

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