Season
- Season 1 2001-08-06
Episode
- Episode 1: Tales Around the Table
- Episode 2: Where Do You Get Ideas?
- Episode 3: What's a Story?
- Episode 4: Stories for Myself
- Episode 5: Food as Storytelling
- Episode 6: That's a Story?!
- Episode 7: Getting Started
- Episode 8: Character
- Episode 9: Setting
- Episode 10: Point of View
- Episode 11: Performance as Storytelling
- Episode 12: Every Picture Tells a Story
- Episode 13: Making Sense of Our World Through Stories
- Episode 14: Taking a Chance
- Episode 15: Finding Your Audience
- Episode 16: Funny
- Episode 17: Scary
- Episode 18: Moods: Happy/Sad
- Episode 19: History
- Episode 20: Music
- Episode 21: Make Believe Stories
- Episode 22: Real Stories
- Episode 23: More Than One Way to Tell a Tale - Versions
- Episode 24: More Than One Way to Tell a Tale - Techniques
- Episode 25: Putting Heart Into Your Story
- Episode 26: Collaboration
Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola Season 1 Music
The show featured children's book author Tomie dePaola and his Muppet friend Gabe the squirrel, encouraging children to make their own stories in a variety of media. In each episode, Tomie told a story featuring his storybook characters Strega Nona, Big Anthony and Bambolona. Gabe visited The Animal Band, a group of woodland creatures, including a rabbit on drums, a weasel on guitar, a penguin on bass, and a raccoon on keytar. Each episode also featured a visit with a guest storyteller or two (often people connected to the Jim Henson Company). The final segment of each episode included a child actor playing Tomie enacting stories from his book "26 Fairmount Avenue."
