Aesop’s
and
Other Fables. New York: Everyman’s Library, 1971. Besides offering a well translated Aesop’s tales,
this book gives a good historical background to the writer and his world.
The
Best
American
Short
Stories 1982
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Co., 1982.
Good reference for showing students the most current short stories of today. Though they may not be the “best” they are definitely considered good by modern day critics.
Black
Hands
on
a
White
Face
. Whit Burnett, ed., New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1971.
Selection of stories written by black and white authors which deal with significant dramatical experiences in their life.
Botkin, B.A.
A
Treasury
of
New
Engand
Folklore
. New York: Bonanza Books, 1965.
A collection of short stories and folklore about
people in colonial times.
Cioffi, Frank.
Formula
Fiction
:
An
Anatomy
of
American
Science
Fiction
,
1930
1940
. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Presents techniques, effects, and background to modern science fiction. Most interesting is its discussion of the effect of Edgar Allan Poe on contemporary science fiction.
The
Grimms
’
German
Folk
Tales
. Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1973.
Collection of Grimms’ folk tales and some interesting information on their beginnings.
Johnson, Eric.
Life
lnto
Language
. New York: Bantam Books, 1976. Integrates observing, reading, and discussing with the
purpose of increasing ability in writing.
lnitiation
. David Thorburn, ed., New York: Harcourt Brace Johanovich Inc., 1971.
Collection of short stories by greats: Hawthorne, Joyce, Porter, Camus, Tolstoy, etc., divided into three section or themes: initiation, outsiders, and love.
Moffet, James.
A
Student
-
Centered
Language
Arts
Curriculum
,
Grades
K-13: A Handbook
for
Teachers
. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1968.
Step by step framework for student centered activities and interdisciplinary methods.
Short
Story
Theories
. Charles E. May, ed., Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1978.
Collection of essays, unique in and of themselves, on theorectical practical perspectives on form. Poe, Bader, etc.
Sloane, William.
The
Craft
of
Writing.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1979. Simply written discussion of the elements of a story and how to write well.
Stewig, John Warren.
Read
to
Write
:
Using
Children’s
Literature
As
A
Springboard
to
Writing
. New York: Hathorne Book, Inc.,
1975.
Shows how to use literature to stimulate children’s writing. Deals with elements of a short story.
Voss, Arthur.
The American Short
Story
. Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Pr-ess, 1973.
Excellent reference for background on technique, autobiographical sketches of great short story writers and examples of their use of the elements in a short story.
Women
and
Fiction
. Susan Cahill, ed., New York: Mentor Books, 1975. An anthology of 26 women writers from Kate Chopin to Alice Walker. Good selections and all have biographical sketches.
Women
Writing
. Denys Val Baker, ed., New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1979. Collection of stories from women writers including Woolk, Vita Sacksville West, Mansfield , McCaulay, and others.
