Martin Zwilling mentioned Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks, and Chad Hurley, founder of YouTube, as
examples of great
storytellers because they each turned» «me» into a «we,» by being able to tell a story that shined the light on an interest, goal, or problem that both the teller and the listener
shared.»
In MariAnne's class, for
example, students read and discussed Molly's Pilgrim (Cohen, 1983) in their book clubs; From Miss Ida's porch (Belton, 1993) during
shared reading; and Grandmother's latkes (Drucker, 1992), Masai and I (Kroll, 1992), Pueblo
Storyteller, (Hoyt - Goldsmith, 1991), and A birthday basket for Tia (Mora, 1992) during guided reading.