Tales, Trickery, and Podcasting

I was recently sharing the story of the Hungry Hyena by Mwenye Hadithi. This animal folk tale showed how trickery may come to backfire on someone who wishes to use it to get what they want. The children heard in the excerpts were able to listen to their own words, the emotion they used for certain lines, how the audience was able to hear them and how sound effects may liven the retelling of a story. I am hoping to use this more with the older students (grades 3-5) next year when sharing new books. We will record the reading of any pages used for an introduction and store them online for students to hear at home or school.