Gail de Vos is an adjunct professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, where she teaches courses in storytelling and children's/young adult literature. She is also a storyteller, consultant, and author and co-author of several Libraries Unlimited storytelling books (e.g., Storytelling for Young Adults, Tales, Rumors and Gossip, New Tales for Old, and Tales Then and Now).

"Stories from Songs is an impressively presented, informed and informative scholarly study that is an essential edition to academic library collections and appropriate for both students of Folk Music History and non-specialist general readers with an interest in learning from the background and development of the ballad as a source of information, ethics, cultural development, and social entertainment for teenagers and young adults." - Midwest Book Review

Gail de Vos is an adjunct professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, where she teaches courses in storytelling and children's/young adult literature. She is also a storyteller, consultant, and author and co-author of several Libraries Unlimited storytelling books (e.g., Storytelling for Young Adults, Tales, Rumors and Gossip, New Tales for Old, and Tales Then and Now).

"Stories from Songs is an impressively presented, informed and informative scholarly study that is an essential edition to academic library collections and appropriate for both students of Folk Music History and non-specialist general readers with an interest in learning from the background and development of the ballad as a source of information, ethics, cultural development, and social entertainment for teenagers and young adults." - Midwest Book Review