Global Storytelling Project
Description
The Illinois Wesleyan University Global Storytelling Project is an audio collection with stories, poems, and proverbs in languages from around the world. Enjoy the beauty of the human sound and the particular rhythms of each language. Read the world with us!
If you are interested in reading for The IWU Global Storytelling Project in your native language(s) please contact professor Carmela Ferradáns at cferrada@iwu.edu We are particularly interested in Native American languages and African languages that might be in danger of extinction.
Visitors to this site are free to listen to these recordings for their own enjoyment and to use them for educational purposes. If you share or adapt any of the content in this collection, we ask for attribution by the individual recommended citations and/or the project overall in accordance with the Attribution-ShareAlike CC license CC BY-SA.
If you are interested in reading for The IWU Global Storytelling Project in your native language(s) please contact professor Carmela Ferradáns at cferrada@iwu.edu We are particularly interested in Native American languages and African languages that might be in danger of extinction.
Visitors to this site are free to listen to these recordings for their own enjoyment and to use them for educational purposes. If you share or adapt any of the content in this collection, we ask for attribution by the individual recommended citations and/or the project overall in accordance with the Attribution-ShareAlike CC license CC BY-SA.
Collection Items
Ukrainian: Коза-Дереза [Koza-dereza] The Bully Goat
The Bully Goat is a Ukrainian folktale that tells a story about a mean and cunning goat. Through her tricks she turned an old man away from his sons and his wife. When he finally realized how bad and manipulative she was it was too late! And then she…
Spanish: Jack and the Beanstalk
Young Jack lived with his mother and their cow Margarita in an old and dilapidated house. One day Jack’s mother asked him to take the cow to the market to sell it. Instead, he exchanged Margarita for six colorful and magical beans. When he arrived…
French: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge-Little Red Riding Hood
This version of the classic Little Red Riding Hood follows the Charles Perrault 1697 story with an abrupt and gruesome ending, both Little Red and Gramma get eaten by the big bad wolf. The story has a clear and unequivocal moral: children should not…
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