Story Squad

3rd graders were lucky to have a visit by UNC's Story Squad this afternoon! To support their study of space in the classroom, we invited the Story Squad to share 'stories from the sky' with us. What is Story Squad you ask? It is a group from the School of Information and Library Science at UNC dedicated to bringing world folklore into schools, public libraries, day care centers, senior centers, and other cultural institutions. Read all about their Mission, Vision, and past/upcoming activities here: http://storysquad.org/ 

Dr. Brian Sturm (founder) with 3 storytellers from the squad!

We thoroughly enjoyed tales of the lazy coyote decorating the heavens with pieces of an unknown shiny material that becomes stars; two stories about the Milky Way: one about Lindu, daughter of the Sky King, who searches for a husband and decides on the Northern Lights. She weaves her wedding veil while waiting for her husband to arrive, but he never does, so her bridal veil spans the sky; and a Hawaii’an story of the hero Ka’ulu who vanquishes myriad foes as he rescues his kidnapped brother from the Chief of the Sharks, whom he throws into the sky to become the Milky Way. We learned that stories like this can be found in the non-fiction section of our Media Center in the 398.2s! 

Thank you, Story Squad, for sharing your talents with us!