Great Stories about Great Storytellers
GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode spotlighting a modern storyteller like Tom Clancy or a classical name like Charles Dickens, but in a very different light.
Great Stories about Great Storytellers
Dr. Seuss and His World Famous Grinch
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Randy Overbeck
In this episode, you will learn--
- how Dr. Seuss went from commercial artist to the most famous author of early reading books in America
- how the narrative of the Grinch captures the sense of Christmas for both kids and adults
- where the inspiration for the Grinch came from
- some of the incredible awards Dr. Seuss has won and those he hasn't
Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!