The Legend of Emo by Nannette Watts

Betty Ann Wylie leaves a meeting late and finds a girl on the side of the road on a rainy night and offers her a ride. Betty Ann Wylie is also known for her unique ability to bring books and childhood stories to life through her dramatic gestures, singing, voice changes, and audience participation. Her home town is Americus, Georgia.

A poem by James Whitcomb Riley (1885) about the advice Annie gives other children at the orphanage to avoid the goblins. Learn more about Judy Dockery Young, who receited the poem, and her storytelling husband Richard by visiting: www.yawp.com

The notion of Friday the Thirteenth didn’t even make Leeny Del Seamonds bat an eyelash until one October when she and her mother encounter some car troubles in the middle of the night. Learn more about Leeny Del Seamonds, who was the 2015 National Storytelling Network Oracle Circle of Excellence Award Winner, by visiting: leenydelseamonds.com

Shaboom the Clown trusts some gangbangers to lead her out of the hood. Learn more about Susi Wolf, who is also a counselor and an artist, by visiting her profile on the national storytelling network site: www.storynet.org

A girl stays up late studying and has an frightening yet informative encounter about her brother who's in the military. Learn more about Rivka Willick, who is an author in addition to being a storyteller, by visiting: www.simplyextraordinarytales.com

A nursery rhyme of sorts about a creepy old woman with some red, red lips and some long, red nails who always comes at midnight. Learn more about Priscilla Howe, who used to be a children's librarian before becoming a storyteller, by visiting: www.priscillahowe.com