Research References

A List of the Readings Used to research, The Spoken word - Bahá’í Storytelling.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá. 1969. Paris Talks: addresses given bv ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris in 1911. 11th ed. London: Bahá’í  Publishing Trust.

—1970. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London: addresses and notes of conversations. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

—1971. Memorials of the Faithful. Translated by Marzieh Gail. Wilmette, IL.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

—1978. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Compiled by the Research Dept, of the Universal House of Justice. Translated by a committee at the Bahá’í  World Center and Marzieh Gail. Haifa, Israel: Bahá’í  World Center.

—1982. The Promulgation of Universal Peace: talks delivered bv ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during his visit to the United States and Canada in 1912. Compiled by Howard MacNutt. 2d ed. Wilmette, IL.:  Bahá’í  Publishing Trust.

—1984. Some Answered Questions. Compiled and translated by Laura C. Barney. 1st ps ed. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

—1993. Tablets of the Divine Plan: revealed bv ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the North American Bahá’í's. 1st ps ed. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Afnan, A. 1979. An Anthology for Baha'i Children. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom.

Atkinson, Robert. 1995. The Gift of Stories. Westport, CT.:  Bergin & Garvey.

(The) American Bahá’í. Published monthly. Wilmette, IL: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’í's of the United States.

Babbitt, E. C., ed. 1912. The Jatakas: Tales of India. New York: D. Appleton - Century Company.

----1922.  More Jataka Tales. New York: The Century Co.

Bahá’í Writings on Music. 1973. Oakham, England: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selected Writings of. 1943, 1956, 1976. Bahá’í World Faith. Wilmette, IL., National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’í's of the United States.

Bahá'u'lláh. 1983. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

—1983. The Kitab-i-Iqan: The Book of Certitude by Bahá'u'lláh. Translated by Shoghi Effendi. 1st ps ed. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

—1988. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kita-i-Aqdas. Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Translated by H. Taherzadeh et al. 1st ps ed. Wilmette, IL.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust,

— 1991. The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys. New ed. translated by Marzieh Gail and A. Khan. Wilmette, IL.:

Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Baltuck, N.1995. Apples From Heaven: Multicultural Folk Tales About Stories and Storytellers. North Haven, CT.:  Linnet Books.

Balyuzi, H. M. 1972, 1987, 1992.  ‘Abdu’l-Bahá - The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh. Oxford, England: George Ronald Publishers.

Bennett, William J. 1993. The Book of Virtues. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Blomfleld, S. 1956, 1966, 1970, 1975. The Chosen Highway. Wilmette, IL., Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United States.

Bowditch, Nancy D. 1970. George de Forest Brush: Recollections of a Famous Painter. Peterborough, New Hampshire: Noone House, William L. Bauhan, Publisher.

Bruchac, Joseph and Caduto, Michael, 1989. Keepers of the Earth. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing.

Bruchac, Joseph. 1992. Storytelling and the Sacred. From: Through Indian Eyes. Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers.

—1985. Iroquois Stories: Heroes and Heroines, Monsters and Magic. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press.

Cameron, Julia. 1992. The Artist’s Way. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Perigee Books.

Cruikshank, Julia. 1990. Life Lived like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.

Cohen, Amy L., ed. 1993. From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs. New York: Scholastic.

Compilation on the Arts. 1990. Wilmette, IL: U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Compilation. 1983. The Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Bahá’í Faith. Compiled by the Universal House of Justice. Wilmette, IL.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Compilation. 1987. Baha'i Education. Compiled by the Universal House of Justice. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Dockrey-Young, J. and Dockrey-Young, R. 1993. African American Folktales. Little Rock, AK: August House Publishers.

DeRoin, N. ed. 1975. Jataka Tales: Fables from the Buddha. Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin.

Dupree, A. L. 1994. We Gotta Talk: The Rise of the Modern Storyteller. Utne Reader: v. 62. pp. 117- 118. Minneapolis, MN: LENS Publishing.

Erdoes, Richard and Ortiz, Alfonso. 1984. American Indian Myths and Legends. New York: Pantheon Books.

Estes, Clarissa Pinkola 1993. A Gift of Story. New York: Ballentine Books.

—1992. Women Who Run With the Wolves. New York:  Ballentine Books.

Excellence in All Things. 1981. Compiled by the Research Dept, of the Universal House of Justice. Haifa, Israel: Bahá’í World Centre and published by the Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom.

Feinstein, David. and Krippner, Stanley. 1988. Personal Mythology. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Furutan, Ali-Akbar. 1986. Stories of Bahá'u'lláh. Oxford, England: George Ronald Publishers.

Gail, Marzieh, ed. 1983. The Diary of Juliet Thompson. - From the 1947 manuscript prepared and annotated by Juliet Thompson. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press.

Gash, A. 1985. Stories from Star of the West. Mona Vale, N.S.W., Australia: Bahá’í  Publications Australia.

Gillard, Marni. 1996. Storyteller, Storyteacher. York, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.

Grundy, Julia M. 1979. Ten Days in the Light of Akka. Wilmette, IL., Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Hamilton, Virginia. 1988. In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

—1985. The People Could Fly. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Heller, Wendy. 1982. The Sunshine Tree. Oxford, England:  George Ronald Publishing.

Hillman, James. 1975. Loose Ends. Dallas, TX.: Spring Publications.

Hollinger, Richard., ed. 1996. Agnes Parsons' Diary. Los Angeles, CA: Kalimat Press.

Honnold, Annamarie. K., ed. 1991, rev. Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Oxford, England: George Ronald Publishers.

Iverson, L. 1990. Enlighten Curriculum: Baha'i Lesson Plan for the Spiritual Education of Children. Golden Valley, MN: Alpha Print, Inc.

Ives, Howard Colby. 1983. Portals to Freedom. Oxford, England:  George Ronald Publishers.

Jennings, A. C. 1915. The Art of the Storyteller bv Marie Shedlock. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Publishers.

Jennison, Anne. 1995, 2016. Hummingbird; Native American Stories.  Audio Recording. Lee, New Hampshire: Hummingbird Farm Productions. (Side A: How Hummingbird Put Stars in the Sky, Track 1).

Jennison, Anne.  The Spoken Word - Bahá’í Storytelling:  A Master's Thesis written to fulfill the requirements of a graduate program in Bahá’í  Storytelling at Lesley College (now Lesley University), Cambridge, MA, 1994 - 1996.

Keeshig- Tobias, L. 1994. Poaching: Is it Irresponsible to Appropriate Native American Stories? Utne Reader: v.

62, pp. 118 - 119. Minneapolis MN: LENS Publishing.

King, Janet, n.d. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá - Center of the Covenant. Chattanooga, TN: Bahá’í Distribution Service.

Lipman, Doug. 1995. The Storytelling Coach. Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers.

Livo, Norma. J. and Rietz, Sandra. A. 1986. Storytelling Process and Practice. Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.

Loehle, Craig. 1986. On the Shoulders of Giants. Oxford, England: George Ronald Publishers.

Lord, Albert. B. 1960. The Singer of Tales. Cambridge, MA:  Harvard University Press.

MacDonald, Margaret R. 1992. Peace Tales. Hamden, CT.: Linnet Books.

—-1993. The Storyteller's Start-up Book. Little Rock, AK: August House Publishers.

MacKay, Doris. 1993. Fires in Many Hearts. Manotick, Ontario, Canada: Nine Pine Publishing.

Momen, Wendy., ed. 1989. A Basic Bahá’í Dictionary. Oxford, England: George Ronald, Publishers.

Moore, T., ed. 1989. A Blue Fire: Selected Writings by James Hillman. New York: Harper & Row.

Morrison, Gayle. 1982. To Move the World. Wilmette, IL., Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Nabil-i-A'zam. 1932. The Dawnbreakers. Translated by Shoghi Effendi. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

National Assoc, for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling. 1980. Yarnspinner. Volume 5, No. 4 (October). Jonesborough, Tennessee: NAPPS Press.  (NOTE:  This organization is now called the National Storytelling Network).

National Bahá’í Education Task Force. 1995. Foundations For a Spiritual Education. Wilmette, IL.: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’í's of the United States.

National Council of Teachers of English (US) 1985. Storytelling Position Statement. NCTE Order Dept., 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61810.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’í's of the United States. The Master Key: A Guide to the Writings Published bv the Bahá’í Publishing Trust. 1992. Wilmette, IL., Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

-—1992. The Bahá’í's Magazine. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

-—1993. Lasting Remembrances: Official Video Recordings of the Second Bahá’í World Congress. Wilmette, IL:

Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

—1995. So Great an Honor: Becoming a Bahá’í. Wilmette, IL.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

National Storytelling Association. 1995. Many Voices: True Tales from America's Past. Jonesborough, Tennessee: National Storytelling Press.

—1994. Tales as Tools: The Power of Story in the Classroom. Jonesborough, Tennessee: National Storytelling Press.

National Women's Group for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’í's of the Republic of Ireland. 1990. Equality of the Sexes: a Bahá’í Principle. Dublin, Ireland: Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the Republic of Ireland.

Nikjoo, Hooshang, ed. 1990. Trends in Bahá’í Education. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust of of the United Kingdom.

Nikjoo, Hooshang and Vickers, Stephen, ed. 1993. Distinctive Aspects of Bahá’í Education. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom.

Parsons, Agnes. 1912. The Diary of Agnes Parsons. From her unpublished, hand written journal, in the Parsons Papers, U.S. Bahá’í Archives, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL. 60091.

Peterborough Transcript. 1912, August 15. Peterborough, New Hampshire. From the Archives of the Peterborough Public Library.

Phelps, Ethel Johnston. 1978. Tatterhood and Other Tales. New York: The Feminist Press at the City Univ. of New York.

—1981. The Maid of the North. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Rabbani, R. 1969. The Priceless Pearl. London, England: Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom.

Reed, Betty. (ND-199?) Pokka's Stories. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom.

Research Dept.on behalf of the Universal House of Justice. Bahá’í  Scholarship. 1995. Haifa, Israel: Bahá’í  World Centre.

Rothenberg, Paula S., ed. 1992. Race, Class. & Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Ruhe, David. 1994. Robe of Light: The Persian Years of the Supreme Prophet Bahá'u'lláh, 1817 - 1853. Oxford, England: George Ronald Publishers.

— 1983, 1986. Door of Hope. Oxford, England: George Ronald Publishers.

Salazar, Melinda. and Jennison, Anne, ed. 1995. Reweaving the Myths of the Past. Lee, New Hampshire: Hummingbird Farm Productions.

Sawyer, Ruth. 1942,1962,1970. The Way of the Storyteller. New York: Viking Penguin.

Sears, William. 1960. God Loves Laughter. Oxford, England:  George Ronald Publishers.

Sears, William. and Quigley, Robert. 1972. The Flame: The Story of Lua. Oxford, England: George Ronald Publishers.

Shah, Idries. 1979. World Tales. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovitch.

Shedlock, Marie. 1933,1986. The Art of the Storyteller. New York, NY: Dover Books.

Shoghi Effendi. 1944,1971,1974. God Passes By. Wilmette, IL., Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United States.

Silko, Leslie M.. 1981. Storyteller. New York: Seaver Books.

Slapin, Beverly and Seale, Doris, ed. 1992. Through Indian Eyes. Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers.

Sobhani, Mouhebat. 1992. Bahá’í Teachings for the New World Order. New York, NY: Waldorf Enterprises.

Star of the West. 1978. A collection of the Bahá’í magazine from 1910 - 1924. Reprinted Oxford, England: George Ronald Publishers.

Stories for World Change Network. 1992. Spinning Tales, Weaving Hope. Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers.

Tiedt, P. L. and Tiedt, I. M. 1990. Multicultural Teaching.  Needham Heights, MA: Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Tussing, Phillip E. 1994. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Twenty-three Days in Dublin. New Hampshire. Peterborough, NH: Self-published.

United States Bahá’í  National Education Committee. 1995. The Destiny of America: Bahá’í  summer school teacher information packet. Wilmette, IL.: Bahá’í  Publishing Trust.

Universal House of Justice. 1972. The Straight Path. A pamphlet containing a message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’í Unity Conference planned by the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’í's of Ganado, AZ for the Native American [Navajo] Bahá’í's. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Ward, A. L. 1979. 239 Days: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Travels in America. Wilmette, IL., Bahá’í Publishing Trust.

Westrheim, Margo. 1993. Calendars of the World. Oxford, England: One World Publishing.

Whitmont, E. C. 1969. The Symbolic Quest. New Jersey:  The Princeton University Press.

Women: A Compilation. 1986. Oakham, England: Bahá’í Publishing Trust of England.

Yolen, J., ed. 1986. Favorite Folktales from Around the World.  New York: Pantheon Books (Random House).

Zarqani, M. M. 1912. The Diary of Mirza Mahmud Zarqani.  Unpublished. From the Archives of Green Acre Baha’i School in Eliot, ME.