Michael's storytelling is chocolate for your ears and ice cream for your soul. Non-fattening, absolutely absurd, yet rich with reason. Classic and original tales your family will enjoy over and over and over...

8 MP3 Songs
KIDS/FAMILY: Children's Storytelling, SPOKEN WORD: Comedy



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Caution! Listening to Michaelâs brand of storytelling can be habit-forming! Families have reported playing the entire CD as much as eight times in the first three days.

Michael Forestieri, storyteller, storyeducator, and big kid obviously hasnât let growing up get the better of him. He has as much fun with wordsmithing as is legally allowedâ¦and then some.

Let Michael take you on a journey in âGrowing Strongâ, a CD chock-full of tales about more pesky emotions and good character than you can shake a stick at. Parents will identify with the characters in these stories as quickly as children will. The question is, âWho will learn their lesson first, the children or their parents?â

In âThe Best Bike in the Worldâ, Tommy wants to trade in his rusty old bicycle for that sweet ride in the store window. But will he get away with screaming at his Mom in âThe Echoâ? Try counting how many words begin with the letter âMâ on track #3: âHe was a Mean Manâ. Talk about a love for alliteration!

Besides being entertaining on several levels, these stories are great for discussion starters around the fireplace. Curl up with âGrowing Strongâ and set your familyâs heart ablaze. Michaelâs voice characterizations are a sheer delight while his easy-to-listen-to style is fun, engaging, and challenging.

To give you a taste of what Michael is able to do to his listeners, a journalist from a local paper had this to report after sitting in on one of Michaelâs summer story camps, âThe near silence at the beginning of the session was replaced by watering mouths and glazed over eyes as all the campers thought of the five-tier wedding cake Forestieri described, the cannolis, and fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. âYouâre making me hungry,â came the response from just about every member of the group.â

Michael tells with two local guilds in Delaware and is a board member of the nationwide Christian Storytelling Network. Aside from performances and workshops at public schools, libraries, and churches around the U.S. and overseas, his favorite use of storytelling is narrative therapy: an effective tool for helping troubled youth express themselves and deal with tough issues.