Family Folktales
Write Your Own Family Stories
Do You Have a Favorite Family Story?
Have you ever sat at the family
holiday table listening to those
familiar family stories about how
Grandma Rose came to this
country or Uncle Ned fought in
World War II and thought, "I
want to remember this for
my children?"
Now you can preserve the heroic
adventures and small everyday
triumphs of your ancestors and
relatives as family folktales, rich
historically based stories drawn
from the folkore of your family table.
You will discover:
• How to identify stories based
on people, events, and things
• How to begin writing using a
simple, easy writing technique
• How to capture your thoughts,
feelings, and recollections in a
variety of forms including prose,
poetry, and fiction
• How to share your family folktales
with relatives and friends
• How to use family folktales
with scrapbooking techniques.
Folktales
Are For Everyone!
Folktales exist everywhere in the world.
No matter the culture, religion, or political system, people share family stories. Telling stories is one of the ways human beings connect the dots between their past, present, and future. They help us to know where
our ancestors have been and where we might be going. And while the names and places change from country to country, the essential folktale elements remain the same.
NEWS:
Publisher Karen Pierce Gonzalez
was a December 2007 guest
on "Women's Spaces"
Santa Rosa Public Access TV
(archives: womensspaces.com)