Tips for Choosing a Story

1. Read lots and lots of books.
2. Find a story you like.
3. Choose a short story {for first and second time}.  
4. Choose an easy to memorize story {like one that you know}.   
5. Keep track of the author so if you like the book you can find another book that he or she wrote.    
6. Keep track of the author, title, and the book the story came from, so you can find the story again if you want to tell it again.  
7. Look for the original story and don't use movie or TV versions.
8. Choose an appropriate story to the kids your reading it to.
9. Choose a story that other children would like.
10. Choose a picture story so if you read to little children you can show them pictures.