This is a collection of "One world, Many stories" ideas from libraries participating in the CSLP 2011 summer reading program:
Theme ideas: source
- Sharing stories: families from other countries (oral tradition)
- Pull similar stories, eg. Cinderella, from other cultures
- Amazing race around the world
- Cruise ship day, passport stamped
- Biographies stories of people around the world
- Food from around the world
- Sports from around the world
- Heroes, warriors from other cultures
- International best sellers popular books in other cultures
- Anansi, coyote stories and folk tales
- Scrapbooking, family tree, where people come from
- Local dance groups (Scottish, Irish, Salsa, etc)
- Multicultural stories and crafts
- Indigenous cultures
- Survival skills, man vs wild
- Sharing stories from refugee families
- Children helping children throughout the world
- Highlight the power of storytelling grandparents, immigrants, other storytellers
- Written stories, tall tales, Native American stories
- Hats, masks, shoes from around the world
- How to say small phrases in other languages
- Bilingual options titles, songs, etc
- Signing activities
- Throw your Tooth from the Roof tooth fairy traditions from around the world
- Games, toys
- Discoveries and inventions that come from other cultures (paper)
- String stories
- Fairy tales, picture books, nursery rhymes from around the world
- Postcards
- Sister cities
- Flat Stanley