Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola

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Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola
Written byJim Lewis, Kati Rocky, Craig Shemin
Directed by David Gumpel
Starring Tomie dePaola
Puppeteers:
Bill Barretta
Julianne Buescher
John Kennedy
Greg Ballora
Alison Mork
James Murray
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producers David Gumpel
Halle Stanford
Production company The Jim Henson Company
Original release
Network Hallmark Channel
ReleaseAugust 2001 (2001-08) 
October 2001 (2001-10)

Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola is a 2001 children's television series produced by The Jim Henson Company. [1]

Contents

Plot

This show is about Tomie dePaola and his squirrel sidekick Gabe who present stories revolving around his storybook characters. He also has some guest storytellers stop by.

Characters

Episodes

  1. "Tales Around the Table" (August 6, 2001) -
  2. "Where Do You Get Ideas?" (August 7, 2001) -
  3. "What's a Story?" (August 8, 2001) -
  4. "Stories For Myself" (August 9, 2001) -
  5. "Food as Storytelling" (August 10, 2001) -
  6. "That's a Story?!?" (August 13, 2001) -
  7. "Getting Started" (August 14, 2001) -
  8. "Character" (August 15, 2001) -
  9. "Setting" (August 16, 2001) -
  10. "Point of View" (August 17, 2001) -
  11. "Performance of Storytelling" (August 20, 2001) -
  12. "Every Picture Tells a Story" (August 21, 2001) -
  13. "Making Sense of Our World Through Stories" (August 22, 2001) -
  14. "Taking a Chance" (August 23, 2001) -
  15. "Finding Your Audience" (August 24, 2001) -
  16. "Funny" (August 27, 2001) -
  17. "Scary" (August 28, 2001) -
  18. "Moods: Happy/Sad" (August 29, 2001) -
  19. "History" (August 30, 2001) -
  20. "Music" (August 31, 2001) -
  21. "Make Believe Stories" (September 4, 2001) -
  22. "Real Stories" (September 5, 2001) -
  23. "More Than One Way to Tell a Tale - Versions" (September 6, 2001) -
  24. "More Than One Way to Tell a Tale - Techniques" (September 7, 2001) -
  25. "Putting Heart Into Your Story" (September 10, 2001) -
  26. "Collaboration" (September 11, 2001) -

Cast

Puppeteers

Other appearances

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