 | Master Storyteller
Children's Author
Award-Winning Musical Story Recordings
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Odds Bodkin tells his stories using character voices, vocal effects and elegant narrative. He scores each tale with his own original music on twelve-string and other guitars, Celtic harp, piano and traditional instruments from around the world. He does it all himself. "a consummate storyteller"
– The New York Times The result is a collection of compelling
soundscapes alive with memorable moments and unforgettable scenes. Scenes your child will create in his or her imagination-- a key aspect of building intelligence. "a storyteller supreme"
– Parents' Magazine
| |  | Whether you seek longer tales for older children and adults or funny, lighthearted adventures for younger children, Odds Bodkin has a story for you. Bible Stories. Ancient myths and legends. Hilarious folktales. Love stories. American historical tales. Stories for girls. Original dinosaur adventures with songs for young children. Even ghost stories. But all with ethical messages. "a master of sound and imagery"
– The Los Angeles Times These are tales children and parents can enjoy together, again and again, because Odds Bodkin's stories don't talk down to children. Instead, they lift children up to higher levels of literacy, building vocabulary and offering insights from ancient history and cultures worldwide. "a modern-day Orpheus"
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The Harper and the King: The Story of Young David A young poet, destined to write The Psalms.
A king, haunted by failure.
A giant, slaying men like rabbits. |
996 B.C. Camped in the Judean Hills, the People of Israel face enslavement, unless they fight. Saul, the King, has fallen from the grace of God. Unable to sleep, he summons a boy–a shepherd named David–to harp for him. Across the valley, a Philistine giant named Goliath wonders at the meaning of the lives he has taken. Soon they will all meet. Here is a Bible story brought to
life as never before. It tells of a time when God was close, miracles changed history, and faith was everything. Audio CD Ages 7 to Adult (1 Hour)
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| | | The Odyssey: An Epic Telling Odysseus of Ithaca crouches inside the Trojan Horse. Soon the siege of Troy will end, but his homeward adventure is just beginning. He will be flung to the ends of the earth. Here is Homer's great story, retold in understandable language with music on twelve string guitar and Celtic harp. Forty-two episodes filled with unforgettable characters and beautiful music. Includes Cave of the Cyclops, The Sirens, The Straits of Scylla and Charybdis, Cattle of the Sun, Circe, Calypso, Battle in the Hall, and many others. "world
class...a tour de force…"
– Dartmouth College Classics Department
Ages 9 to Adult (4 Hours+)
Audio 4-CS Set with Poster/Map $34.95 Order Now
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| | | The Little Proto Trilogy It is sixty-seven million years ago, in a place called the Sea Forest. Peaceful dinosaurs live here together. A young Protoceratops stands on Lookout Hill, watching the sun rise. His name is Little Proto. His life is filled with joy. Today he will have another adventure. Odds Bodkin's all-original dinosaur epic for young children,The Little Proto Trilogy, includes:
Each Little Proto story features four sing-along songs the entire family will love. Scored throughout with virtuoso twelve-string guitar music, these are stories about inter-generational understanding, growing families and the bonds of lasting friendship. "unbelievably alive"
– Chinaberry Book Service Ages 4 to Adult
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Odds Bodkin has won the Parents' Choice Gold, Silver and Honor awards, Indie Awards for Best Children's Storytelling, Storytelling World awards, The New York Public Library 100 Best Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection, a Booklist Editor's Choice award, The Oppenheim Platinum Award, American Bookseller's "Pick of the Lists", Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Product Award, The Family Channel Circle of Excellence award, The Education Source
"Top Ten" award, and others. |
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| | Other Odds Bodkin Audio Titles: | | The Hidden Grail: Sir Percival and the Fisher King (CD) | The Hidden Grail: Sir Percival and the Fisher King (Cassette) | The Wise Little Girl: Tales of the Feminine (Cassette) | With a Twinkle in Your Eye: Funny Folktales (Cassette) | | Giant's Cauldron: Viking Myths of Adventure (Cassette) | | The Rage of Hercules (CD) | | The Rage of Hercules (Cassette) | | The Blossom Tree: Tales from the Far East (Cassette) | | Stories of Love (CD) | | The Evergreens: Gentle Tales of Nature (CD) | | The Evergreens: Gentle Tales of Nature (Cassette) | | Dark Tales of the Supernatural (Cassette) | | Rip Roarin' Paul Bunyan Tales (Cassette) | | The Winter Cherries: Stories for Christmas and Chanukah (Cassette) | | The Teacup Fairy: Old Tales for Very Young Children (Cassette) | | The Earthstone: An Ecological Adventure Story (2 Cassettes) | | The Adventures of Little Proto (CD) | | The Adventures of Little Proto (Cassette) | | Little Proto's T-Rex Adventure (CD) | | Little Proto's T-Rex Adventure (Cassette) |
| Little Proto and the Volcano's Fire (CD) |
| Little Proto and the Volcano's Fire (Cassette) | | | Children's Books by Odds Bodkin: | | The Crane Wife, Illustrated by Gennady Spirin, Harcourt (Hardcover) | | The
Crane Wife, Illustrated by Gennady Spirin, Harcourt (Softcover) | The Banshee Train, Illustrated by Ted Rose, Houghton (Hardcover) | | The Banshee Train, Illustrated by Ted Rose, Houghton (Softcover) | | The Christmas Cobwebs, Illustrated by Terry Widener , Harcourt (Hardcover) | | |
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