In the playgrounds one regularly employed storyteller,who also assists in directing the games,tells stories throughout the season.Storytelling is also carried on by playground assistants and by volunteer storytellers.The interest shown by parents who frequently join the story hour groups in the parks,is considered a significant gain in sustaining neighborhood interest in the playground.
In one settlement house,the head worker meets the storytellers at the beginning of the season and plans and directs the work for the entire year.
Storytelling in the St.Louis Public Library has been carried on for several years by children's librarians of branch libraries who have visited playgrounds,settlements,and public schools,as visiting storytellers,and have told stories at mothers'clubs and teachers'meetings.Since February,1910,it has been under the direction of the supervisor of work with children,who was formerly one of the visiting storytellers and assistants to the supervisor of work with children in the New York Public Library.
Storytelling is regarded by her as a valuable aid in the unification of the work with children in a system of libraries.
