Books Written by Honorary Member: Nancy Mellon
Here is lineup of the books I have written. The books are listed on my website www.healingstory.com with lots more details, and via amazon.com and several other book web ordering systems. Healing Storytelling contains many specific anecdotes about puppetry and healing storytelling!
Body Eloquence: The Power of Myth and Story to Awaken the Body's Energies
Drawing from mythology, medicine, biology and energetic healing, this book introduces the body from Western and Eastern perspectives, and invites creative responsiveness to the messages of our human organs.
Storytelling & the Art of Imagination
The ancient art of storytelling shines as a powerful antidote to today's passive, solitary world of electronic entertainment. As a true path of self-development, storytelling awakens and nourishes the timeless and archetypal experiences, symbols and forces of our inner lives. This classic in the field of storytelling has offered tools for transformational storytelling since 1990. Teachers, students, community leaders, parents, therapists and other professionals carry this inspirational book with them, dog-eared and worn, in backpacks and purses, to help them meet daily challenges.
Storytelling with Children
In this book Nancy Mellon shows how you can become a confident storyteller and enrich your family with the power of story.
The Knottles
When a family builds a new home at the edge of a pine forest, the children go to sleep in their new bedroom for the first time. As the full moon shines on the beautiful new pinewood floors, walls, and ceiling, they have the most surprising dream...out of a large pinewood knot climb seven little Knottles, who are the guardians of the pine trees. The Knottles sing and dance with the children...
Remember the pine trees, how they grow,
In the summer, in the snow,
Remember the pine trees, root in stone,
Twig and limb, seed and cone,
And a golden heart in every tree,
Giving people wood for free.
When the children wake up in the morning, they are inspired to plant pine tree seedlings with their parents, and they promise to take good care of all their trees for evermore.
A portion of the proceeds from this book supports the planting of trees.