Abstract
Oral storytelling is an ancient concept that helps us disseminate our culture and communal information to their large community. During the evening time, our ancestors gathered at one place to listen to stories about their culture, great personalities, places, and horror things. It brought closure to the storyteller and the people. He took more attention in telling stories by his expression and narration; people also received the information interestingly. Naturally, children are more interested in stories. They are more interested in bedtime stories. They like pictorial stories. Stories help the children’s creativity, language skills, and cognitive thinking. Storytellers attract children through their creativity and interpretation. They imagine themselves as hero or heroine. Storytelling in public libraries will help us pull the children towards the library and develop their reading and thinking abilities. Storytelling is an emerging concept to attract children to public libraries and develop their reading and thinking skills. This article discussed about a survey on storytelling taken in Anna Centenary Library in Chennai.
Keywords: Oral Storytelling, Children section, Anna Centenary Library, public library, Promotion of children section.
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