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Highlights
- From the great myths and legends to enchanting fairy tales, parables, fables and folk tales, stories can have a great healing and educative power.
- About the Author: Horst Kornberger was born in Austria in 1959.
- 256 Pages
- Family + Relationships, Activities
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About the Book
A fascinating exploration of the power of stories and how this contributes to children's healthy developmentBook Synopsis
From the great myths and legends to enchanting fairy tales, parables, fables and folk tales, stories can have a great healing and educative power. They come from our subconscious and imagination, deep inside us. They have much to teach us about ourselves, therefore, and the world we create around us.
Horst Kornberger, a writer, artist and Steiner-Waldorf teacher, first explores the power of particular stories such as Odysseus, Parsifal, Oedipus, Bible stories and fairy tales. He then explains how to apply that power to help a child develop, or to heal and transform a child with difficulties.
Finally he discusses the art and practicalities of creating new stories to help children with particular needs, and shows storytelling to be a universal gift that we can use to benefit those around us.
This is a fascinating and inspiring book for teachers, parents and caregivers of children, as well as creative writers and students of literature.
Review Quotes
'If you read no other book about the importance of storytelling and the power of stories, I would recommend buying this book ... The book contains many stories that you will be familiar with and some that may be new. It will offer you a new way of looking at rhymes and stories and why they form an essential part of development.'
- Early Years Educator
'This beautifully written and wise book... gives very helpful examples of certain stories particularly well-suited to different ages... If you have anything to do with children, buy this book. If you have anything to do with yourself, buy it as well.'
- New View
'This book is about nurturing children's imagination and consciousness by the means of stories, the author calls this Story Medicine, whereby ancient traditions used stories as a means of transformation and healing... This is a very important study of the role of stories in shaping our culture, reminding the reader of their central role.'
- Scientific and Medical Network Review
About the Author
Horst Kornberger was born in Austria in 1959. He is a poet, artist, writer and lecturer. He has taught at the Rudolf Steiner College in California and now lives in Western Australia. He is the founder of the School of Integral Art where he pioneers creative, biographical and story writing.