Organizations that promote storytelling
www.rmstory.org – Rocky Mountain Storytellers promotes storytelling in the Rocky Mountain region.
www.storybug.net – Storybug is compiled by professional storyteller Karen Chace with resources on telling stories and crafts and songs to accompany them.
www.storytellingcenter.net – The International Storytelling Center inspires and empowers people around the world to capture and tell their stories, listen to the stories of others, and use storytelling to produce positive change.
www.storynet.org – National Storytelling Network is a resource for storytellers, teachers and anyone else who wishes to learn more about storytelling.
Art of Storytelling – educational, stories
www.eldrbarry.net – Eldrbarry. net has wonderful links, ideas and storytelling tips.
www.kendallhaven.com – Kendall Haven is a senior research scientist turned award-winning author and storyteller, Haven has become a recognized expert on the structure of stories, on the process of writing, and on the use of stories in education.
www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html – Univ of Pittsburgh is the mother lode of story content. This site contains links to literally hundreds of folktales. These stories can be downloaded and printed out.
www.storyarts.org – Story arts contains a number of useful resources as well as several lesson plan and activity ideas.
www.storyteller.net – Storyteller.net has a content-rich source that includes articles, storyteller information, and stories to read and hear.
www.freebooknotes.com/ storytelling-guide/ – A great list of links to other storytelling sites.
Public Domain Websites
These websites have extensive collections of stories that are no longer under copyright. Public domain stories can be copied, modified, shared, and used without permission from the author or publisher.
www.worldoftales.com/ – World of Tales is a site that has collected stories from all over the world. They are organized by country and by collection. Nearly every story is public domain. User Folktales will have a note letting you know if it is copyrighted or free for public use. This is an excellent site if you are looking for stories from a particular country or region.
www.gutenberg.org/ – Project Gutenberg is a site that has over 57,000 free ebooks with a focus on public domain works. If you click on “Bookshelves” on the left side of the page, you will find subcategories that will help you on your search for stories.
www.archive.org/ – Internet Archive is a non-profit site that collects millions of free books, movies, websites, songs, etc. It also has an extensive collection of public domain books, hard to find or out of print books, and older titles not found in the public library. The site will also tell you if a book is still copyrighted. Copyrighted titles are also available to borrow when you set up a free account. This is a great site if you don’t have access to the public library. You can access the library text collection by clicking on the book icon at the top of the page and selecting which library you want to browse.