Storybox Playlist: Stories of Gender and Identity
Gender and identity is an often-discussed topic these days — but it is a formative question for young children: Who am I? Do I belong? Where are there people like me? All children ask these questions at some point in their development and these stories are designed to meet them at this point — and then to reassure them that: they are themselves — and they belong.
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Peepski the Rooster
Peepski is confused. He doesn’t feel like his best friends who are hen chicks, but he also doesn’t feel like his rooster father,…
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The Girl of the Hazel Tree
After turning her back on the fairy world, Rosa meets a familiar young man. Could it be her adored tree elf in a…
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Carmen Chameleon
Carmen the chameleon is convinced that she is really a lion, and a series of coincidences almost helps her to convince her friends…
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Angus the Camel
The Junkyard welcomes a new visitor. A camel!
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Junkyard Tales “All Belong” (Collection)
In the Junkyard, home of a happy group of unusual animals, there are a few important rules: the animals take care of each other – and all must remain hidden from the Warden. When a new animal comes to the Junkyard, a sweet puppy without a home or a name, another rule comes to the fore: All Belong.
About the authors
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David Sewell McCann
Story SpinnerDavid Sewell McCann fell in love with spinning stories in first grade – the day a storyteller came to his class and captured his mind and imagination. He has been engaged in storytelling all of his adult life through painting, film-making, teaching and performing. Out of his experience as a Waldorf elementary class teacher and parent, he has developed a four step method of intuitive storytelling, which he now shares through workshops and through this website.
