Podcast appearances and mentions of sean buvala

Live and mostly raw recording from Sean Buvala's weekly "AMA" (Ask Me Anything) for August 2, 2021.

Large things tend to be powerful. If you think of the strongest animal what comes to mind? A horse? A bull? Buffalo? An elephant? Generally big is strong. But sometimes small can be strong too. Did you know an ant can withstand up to 5,000 times their own weight? And just because something is big doesn't mean that there isn't anything bigger. Even elephants are small compared to a blue whale. In fact, an elephant weighs only as much as a blue whale's tongue! Today we're bringing you stories all about big things and even bigger things from tellers like Bob Reiser, Liz Weir, Joseph Bruchac, and more. On today's episode, enjoy the following:“Ouj the Magnificent” by Bob Reiser from The Story Tree (11:10)Bob Reiser is an accomplished storyteller who in addition to publishing children's books has been featured at various storytelling festivals. His story “Ouj the Magnificent” tells of a giant who is so big, he leaves lakes in his footprints. He believes himself to be the greatest, most magnificent being there is. That is until he finds someone bigger. “Man Bear” by Joseph Bruchac from When the Chenoo Howls (9:30)Being the strongest, or the fastest, or the greatest at something can make someone feel pretty good about themselves. But humility is certainly not to be underestimated. Joseph Bruchac is a citizen of the Nulhegan Abenaki, a Native American Nation local to Vermont. He's a proficient storyteller and has published over 120 books. In this story he tells of a young man who is incredibly fast. Faster than any animal. But one day an evil comes to his village to challenge him. A man bear whose goal is to win, and then kill, the young man. “The Mountain” by Sean Buvala from Rapunzel: Unvarnished Tales from the Brothers Grimm (8:40)Sean Buvala began storytelling in an attempt to calm down a class of wild eighth graders. The attempt was apparently successful, as he has become a successful travelling storyteller. In this tale, he describes two brothers. One rich, and the other poor. The rich one is both greedy and unhappy. And while the other isn't nearly as rich, he seems to be much happier. It is the poor one, however, that finds a magnificent treasure in a great mountain. “The Rabbit's Tale” by Liz Weir from Boom Chicka Boom (5:34)We just heard a story about a greedy brother. Just like greed, too much pride can be a bad thing. Once upon a time, rabbits didn't have big ears and a small, fluffy tail. It was, in fact, reversed. Their ears weren't nearly so big, and their tails were large and fluffy. But rabbit was prideful. Too prideful, in fact. Liz Weir tells the story of how rabbit lost his great tail and gained his long ears. A storyteller from Ireland, she was the first recipient of the International Storybridge Award from the National Storytelling Network in the U.S. “The Wishing Ring” by Dolores Hydock from Made from Scratch (8:15)Pride can be a bad thing, but sometimes, a little confidence can actually be very helpful. As long as it is paired with honesty and hard work. This story is told by Dolores Hydock, a storyteller, and actress. In it, a handsome young man knows he is handsome. He knows he is clever. He isn't the most clever though, as an older man tricks him into trading his nice boots for a worthless ring under the belief that it will give him one magical wish. Instead of using his wish for just anything, however, the young man believes he can save it for later by working hard and getting his wish the usual way. 

Sean Buvala has been in business storytelling since 1985, so long before the fads and gimmicks. However, he started his work by accidentally using active storytelling to convert a classroom of comically) homicidal 8th-grade teens from angry kids to storytelling practitioners themselves. Sean Buvala has been engaged in business storytelling and communication since 1985. However, […]

http://smalltoothdog.com When you write your book, write it to one person. Sean Buvala discusses the role of the reader "avatar." Rough Transcript Excerpt: Sean Buvala: When you write a book, particularly a non-fiction book, but it's true of fiction too, what we want you to do in the publishing industry, what we want you to do is to write specifically to one person. In other words, get an avatar of what that person looks like. Some authors literally find a picture and put it up on the wall and they write to that picture but know who you're writing to. So for example, in my first book, I put out called "Daddy Teller," daddyteller.com. DaddyTeller was a book that I wrote to help dads in particular, although we use it in all of our parenting training programs, to help them learn to be able to tell stories to their children. Not only to read stories but to put the book down, look their children in the eye and read them stories. And so daddy teller was a book I wrote very specifically.

https://smalltoothdog.com Sean Buvala, the publisher at The Small-Tooth-Dog Publishing Group, shares 4+1 things you need to know if you are looking to have a book published. Getting started on writing a book? Think about these things as you write your next work.

Sean Buvala tells the tale of "Catskin" adapted from the Grimm Fairytale. "The looked a little too long at his youngest daughter, a daughter who reminded him of her deceased mother." And with that idea, the story takes some turns into inappropriate demands, wild promises given, oaths broken, and disarray of a life gone rogue. Listen to all of these at inappropiatefolktales.com

Sean Buvala tells an Aesop fable. Is it really worth doing all this work if there's no treasure to be found? Well, yes there is, suggests Aesop.

Our publisher, Sean Buvala, sat down with author Marc Severson to talk shop about his new book "Don't Throw Me in the Cholla Patch!" recently published by us. A transcript is included below. It's a transcript, not a polished, printed document. Enjoy the "flavor" of it all. Get the full transcript at smalltoothdog.com Sean Buvala: Hey. This is Sean Buvala with Small Tooth Dog Publishing Group. I'm talking today to one of our new authors. You've been around the block for a while. Marc Severson: Thirty years or so. Sean Buvala: This is Mark Severson. He has just released with us, Don't Throw Me in the Choya Patch. The wood rat and coyote story. The first of the woodrat stories. Marc Severson: Absolutely. Sean Buvala: Mark, how are ya? Marc Severson: I'm doing great. I like to say that over the last 30 years, I've become an overnight sensation. Sean Buvala: Yes, that's right. That's all it takes is 30 years. Hey, so we are really pleased to see this book come out with you. Marc Severson: Not as pleased as I was. Sean Buvala: That's good. Look, even your name is on it. Marc Severson: I know. Sean Buvala: Where does the story come from? What is the history? Marc Severson: That's a great question. When I was an archeologist, I used to be out in the Sonoran desert and I'd find these piles of brush and such. They were surrounded by cholla. I always wondered about them. The fellow that I was doing the survey with said they were woodrat nests. I just thought, "Wow, what a fascinating creature." They can bring cholla to its nest to protect it from all the other animals.

Storyteller Sean Buvala tells an old, winter folktale that has roots in many cultures. What really fills a house? Sponsored by The Small-Tooth-Dog Publishing Group, LLC and the Goodyear Arts and Culture Commission in the city of Goodyear, Arizona. storyrise.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/storyrise/support

A record eleven stories and eleven storytellers grace this episode about the foolish wiseman Nassrudin! Featuring the storytellers Priscilla Howe, Douglas McKay, Rebecca Lemaire, Denise Bennett, Sean Buvala, Laura Deal, Sue Searing, Caleb Winebrenner, Liz Weir, Richard Martin, and Laura Packer.

Short and sweet, here are four super short interviews with audience members + Sean Buvala about the first StoryRise Goodyear. The whole thing is less than four minutes. http://storyrise.com. Sponsored by The Small-Tooth-Dog Publishing Group, LLC and the Goodyear Arts and Culture Commission in the city of Goodyear, Arizona. storyrise.com. Don't foget to subscribe, favorite and maybe even throw some financial support our way. Yeah, we'll take your 99 cents. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/storyrise/support

Sean Buvala (seantells.com) tells his slightly-warped version of a goofy "Three Little Javelinas in Superior, Arizona." Recorded live November 1, 2018 at "StoryRise: Goodyear" sponsored by The Small-Tooth-Dog Publishing Group, LLC and the Goodyear Arts and Culture Commission in the city of Goodyear, Arizona. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/storyrise/support

Today, we'll start off with a discussion with experts Dr. Tony Brown, Dr Kayta Jordan, and Dr Luke Howard about Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, and wolfs in folklore. After that, stories from Adam Booth, Sean Buvala, Mark Binder, all make for an exciting episode you won't want to miss!

REUPLOAD : Thanks to the savvy listener Sean Buvala I was told there were some audio glitches! Thank you to those who endured them to hear the stories and here is a better version. To change the world or find a family heroes have to make sacrifices. Hear Jenni Cargill Strong tell "Kondili the Whale" and Sean Buvala share "Seven Ravens".

Death! War! Hunger! Weddings! So many inappropriate things in this Russian story of the soldier and the warlock that you'll hardly be able to handle the maggots! the crows! the snakes! that will take over your nightmares. Oh, you think the day will get saved, but, oh, you and your positive outlook. We warned you not to listen; we can sense the blood draining from your...palms. Don't listen to this live recording told by Sean Buvala. Oh, we know you will anyway. We shall keep the fires burning for you. Pitchforks not included.

Bif! Baf! HeeHee! Holler! Ho! Terror awaits our young hero as he spends three terrifying nights in a spooky castle, all in an attempt to win the hand of the Princess. Yep, sounds like a fairytale. It gets pretty folktale-y when we add the talking cats, the fire, the lathe, the murder, the violence and the legs. Nine legs makes us wonder about the other missing leg. While the audience who heard this tale told live had no choice but to give in to the shocking shockingness, you should just leave now and not listen to this inappropriate use of body parts and spirit-formed animals. Run away. But you aren’t going to, are you? We warned you about listening to Sean tell this 1812 Grimm Fairytale of good bowling and card playing. But, wait, maybe you are trying to drown your fears in the lake? Meow!

Listen to the giggle...errr... terrifying screams of these young people, trapped in a live audience! Oh, it might sound like laughing, but be warned! Even they can’t believe how this tale unfolds. Oh, the Lupine sluicing! Will it be Fresh Wolf Wienerwurst? No one should have to give up the goodies! In this inappropriate folktale, storyteller Sean Buvala shares another Grimm-based variant of the Little Red Riding Hood saga which he calls “The Other Wolf.” Recorded live in Murray Park, Utah. Run away! Slam the door!Boil some sausages! We’ve warned you this isn’t your mommy’s LRRH.

You have heard the classics Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella, but not like this! Old favorites retold, featuring storytellers Sean Buvala with "The Other Wolf" and Megan Hicks tells "Groundhog Godmother".

SSSSomething could go wrong in our fable-filled version of this week’s folktale. The Frogs. The Gods. The Croaking. We’ve told you these stories are not for the lovers of peace and justice. Frogs in a pond clamor for a King. Will he bring salvation or just drain the swamp. Only in your hearing will you know. An adaptation of an Aesop tale by Sean Buvala. You can listen. We warned you…those poor frogs. It’s completely inappropriate. It’s gonna be huge and inappropriate.

“A story so full of terror and murder and betrayal that I may not be able to tell you all the words.” The death of dozens, of boars, of brothers. Really, these are not appropriate for anyone, but you are going to listen anyway, aren’t you? We’ve tried to warn you that this classic Grimm fairytale isn’t for the soft-hearted. Be worried about the nightmares the words of Sean Buvala will cause. The death penalty alone may steer you away from stories forever more!!

Oh, the suffering of one brother against another. Surely, justice will prevail, but wait, those giants! No, it can’t be. Okay, well, you have made a choice to listen. We told you to turn around. Recorded live in 2006 and told by K. Sean Buvala, this is a retelling of a classic, but not really know, Grimm folktale. Turn away now, before you are stuck like tar to your listening device.

Violence! “The judge realized he had given this boy, essentially, the right to attack anyone…” A tale of deceit, a dim young man, and permission to kill. No doubt this story will lead you down a road to violence if you listen. An inappropriate Momma, silent thieves and a bleeding judge feature in our story told by Sean Buvala. A folktale collected originally by Johann Reinhard Bünker in 1906. Listen in if you feel you must. Those sweetened nightmares are all on you. See the listen link below the terrifying picture.

“It was as if tongue and tendon, muscle and mouth had been restored for the skull began to speak of…” Completely inappropriate but told appropriately by K. Sean Buvala. Treasure, swords, death. Ugg, maybe you should go listen to something nice, not this? But, oh well, there is no telling you, is there? Adapted by Sean from a variety of world folk tales.

Today I interview Sean Buvala, a storyteller that teaches companies how to resonate with their audience and attract more clients.

Reading to kids is tremendously important in building literacy skills. But actually telling stories to our children brings us closer in so many important ways as it helps us shape their values and talk about things that matter. In this podcast Annie talks with Sean Buvala, author of "DaddyTeller: How to be a Hero to Your Kids and Teach Them What's Really Important By Telling Them One Simple Story at a Time". About K. Sean Buvala K. Sean Buvala is a professional storyteller, corporate trainer, parent educator and author. His newspaper work spans 23 years. In 2007, Buvala was presented the Oracle Award by the National Storytelling Network for his work in the promotion of storytelling, including the development of Storyteller.net, an online goldmine of resources for storytellers and their audiences. More info at: http://daddyteller.com Subscribe to Family Confidential on iTunes: http://bit.ly/famconf Copyright © 2009-2018 Annie Fox and Electric Eggplant. All Rights Reserved.

Parents Our children live in a completely different world than we did as children. My first guest, K. Sean Buvala, is a professional storyteller who talked with me about how fathers can develop a relationship with their children through telling them stories, and about how children are affected by their father’s absence. Then J.E. Wright, […] The post Relationships 101 – Children Need Both Parents appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

"The Peacock and the Crane" is one of Aesop's fables, and (surprise) it has a little lesson to teach: namely that it's wiser to make good use of the skill you have than to boast or make a display of yourself. The peacock has long been a symbol of vanity and ostentatiousness, and it may have been Aesop who started that tradition. NBC seemed to have had something else in mind, however, when it adopted a peacock for its network logo during the early days of color programming. We come to you, minus Zephyr, from West Virginia, where we are having a busy week during our summer library tour, helping youngsters "Catch the Reading Bug" (that's the theme of the summer reading program for many of the nation's libraries this year). Our first West Virginia performance was in Point Pleasant, so named because it is a pleasant point at which the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers come together. Up until 42 years ago, the town was best known as the site of the first battle between Native Americans and European settlers, which occurred here in 1774. As usual, the Natives (led by Chief Cornstalk) got the worst end of it. There's an impressive mural of the battle painted on the wall that runs along the riverfront by the national park that commemorates the event. Okay, that was the town's old claim to fame. But in November 1966 it was the site of the reputed appearance of a strange creature that came to be known as the Mothman. He stood about 8 feet tall and looked like a cross between a human and a moth. He may have been of extraterrestrial origin, or he may have just been the Reading Bug. Or he may have been someone's hyperactive imagination. We can't know for certain, because he did not strut around like a peacock, but hid in the dark like a moth. But whatever he was, he is now folklore, and that's where we come in. There is a life-size statue of him in downtown Point Pleasant, so you can form your own theories. And be thankful that it wasn't you who ran into him. Happy Listening! Dennis (Crane, Farmer) and Kimberly (Narrator, Peacock) Comments and folktale requests 206-426-0436. Links: The Coyote and Eagle can be found on the Out of the Bag audio collection. And here is a kachina activity sheet to print and color (.PDF) Award winning storyteller Sean Buvala offers teleconferences and coaching for storytellers. Reading bug PSA courtesy of the Collaborative Summer Library Program