{"id":3557,"date":"2016-04-07T09:37:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2016-04-07T09:37:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:37:28","slug":"hidden-gem-storytelling-from-bill-martin-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2016\/04\/07\/hidden-gem-storytelling-from-bill-martin-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Gem: Storytelling from Bill Martin Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3558 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/files\/2016\/04\/BrownBear_Martin-Carle-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cover image of the children's book Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?, written by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>If you don&#8217;t know the name Bill Martin Jr., you probably know the name of his most famous book,\u00a0<em>Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?<\/em>, illustrated by Eric Carle (<em>The Very Hungry Caterpillar<\/em>.) Just\u00a0two years after that book was published, Martin spoke at an education conference at UA, the audio of which has recently been digitized as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/119877\">Alabama Reel to Reel Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was an educator as well as a storyteller. He came to reading through memorizing and reciting poetry,\u00a0and he believed that others might do the same (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansasread.org\/bmjbio.html\">source<\/a>). His children&#8217;s books are full of clever\u00a0but simple rhymes, and\u00a0his spoken storytelling was driven by the same impulse to create interesting rhythms and sounds.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was here at UA in 1969 to give a speech about education, but like a good storyteller, he couldn&#8217;t begin until he&#8217;d captured his audience&#8217;s attention. Give a listen to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/131323\">Martin&#8217;s speech<\/a>, especially the first eight\u00a0minutes, where he takes the audience &#8220;up in the mountains&#8221; to hear the tale of a fiddler and his trip to the Essex County Fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t know the name Bill Martin Jr., you probably know the name of his most famous book,\u00a0Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, illustrated by Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar.) 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