Ep025 about writing children's book, and teaching children about history and folklore in fun and exciting ways.

Charis Cotter is an award-winning children’s writer, actor and storyteller who has worked extensively in schools telling Newfoundland ghost stories and encouraging students to collect local ghost stories from their communities. In 2013 she published The Ghosts of Baccalieu, a book of traditional gho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jarvis, Dale
Other Authors: Cotter, Charis
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/521
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Summary:Charis Cotter is an award-winning children’s writer, actor and storyteller who has worked extensively in schools telling Newfoundland ghost stories and encouraging students to collect local ghost stories from their communities. In 2013 she published The Ghosts of Baccalieu, a book of traditional ghost stories by students from Tricon Elementary in Bay de Verde. Her latest storytelling presentation, The Ghosts of Grates Cove, is an hour of ghost stories from one of the most haunted places in Newfoundland, Conception Bay North. We discuss Charis’ work as an author, how she teaches children facts through games and fun, school programs, and ghost stories.