Old China Through the Eyes of a Storyteller [Paperback]

“Having traveled on the same People to People Ambassador journey to China with Julie, I have seen Julie's anthology from inception to fruition. It is a masterful, engaging, informative and scholarly addition to our understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture, particularly storytelling and folk traditions, from ancient days to today. Practicing storytellers will especially appreciate her tips for telling and context clues at the end of each story.”
                --Judith Heineman, storyteller, producer and Illinois Humanities Road Scholar

Julie Moss Herrera, a professional storyteller with residences in Colorado and Florida, has maintained a special interest in the culture of China since childhood, in part because of a medical missionary to China who visited in her childhood home annually.  This book is a result of her participation in an International Ambassador program in 2008, a program that took her and otherAmerican  storytellers into Chinese oral traditional communities both rural and urban.  

Teachers and students of Chinese culture and storytellers interested in exploring original source records of Chinese storytelling texts and traditions, and well as cultural studies students and program designers

“Herrera’s Chinese stories are fresh and vivid, but it is her storytelling tips and insights into daily life in China that makes this book indispensable.  This book will go into my personal library and I expect it will find a favorite place in many. I have a feeling that it will become a well worn favorite.”

                --Don “Blc'