The Story, the Teller, and the Listener

Abstract

Students, faculty, and families are gathered in the library for a school-wide Tellabration, where kids showcase the folktales they have learned this semester.

With slightly trembling hands, Alexi rings the Tibetan bells that convene the performance. He’s a third grader who rarely speaks, and if he does, usually mumbles. For most of the semester, he’s been physically disruptive and often finds himself the object of his teachers’ ire.