Grandmothers may be the priemier story tellers of the world. They can enthrall their grandchildren with improbable tales. What the tales consist of counts much less than the fact that grandma is telling them. But grandmothers are not the only ones who can tell stories effectively. And children like stories even if someone other than grandma is telling them.  I Remember Jesus: Stories to Tell and How to Tell Them presents story telling as a way to teach about Jesus. The author suggests twenty-nine episodes from the Annunciation to Pentecost which can be rendered effectively into stories and teaches the techniques for telling them.  Stories of the Saints Through the Centuries takes much the same tack in teaching about the history of the Church by selecting saints representative of the Church in each century of its long existence, from St. Paul to St. Teresa (Edith Stein). This book is enhanced by the inclusion of historical information and follow-up activities for each story.

Once Upon a Stage: Story-based Creative Dramatics with Young Children is a resource for producing short plays with children aged 4-10. It is primarily a how-to manual for the Catholic home school producer-director.  In addition it contains the scripts and directions for three Advent-Christmas plays.  Finger Puppet Mania has patterns for nineteen characters and ideas for manipulating, staging and using them to teach.  Scripture Comes Alive: 25 Plays Based on the Old Testament, presents short plays for five "actors" based on the most celebrated of the Old Testament stories.

For children, plays and story telling is one way to implement Jesus' command, "Be not hearers of the Word only, but doers."