Introducing myself to my storytelling students in an asynchronous graduate course.

1. A Personal Introduction to Dr. Annette Y. Goldsmith, your instructor

2. who still calls Toronto home

3. by way of Miami

4. Tallahassee My home office

5. and now Los Angeles. The Getty Center

6. Favorite places: the IYL International Youth Library in Munich

7. and The Osborne Collection Clockwise, from top right: Andrew Lang, Violet Fairy Book, 1901; The Cries of London, E. Newbery, ca. 1750; Imperial Battledore, J. Newbery, ca. 1750; Hornbook, ca. 1750; Hornbook, ca. 1800; Book Case of Instruction, 1813; A Pretty Book for Children, ca 1745; Waterson Cot, ca. 1873.

8. at the Lillian H. Smith Branch.

9. Greece Online too!

10. Favorite spouse Don Lloyd, sociologist and photographer extraordinaire

11. and progeny.

12. So much to read, so little time A small corner of Neil Gaiman’s library.

13. On to Storytelling! "Stories reconnect us to experiences and feelings we all share. And with our many modern storytellers, we see those experiences in a great variety of perspectives and styles. We really do share our lives in stories." - Leslie Perry