Renowned storyteller Odds Bodkin to perform "One World, Many Stories" at Ashland Town Library July 21

ASHLAND — Renowned storyteller Odds Bodkin will perform his "One World, Many Stories" program at the Town Library at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 21.

This free program is appropriate for all ages, particularly for young children. Bodkin has performed at the Lincoln Center, the White House, the National Storytelling Festival, and at thousands of schools, libraries, and colleges in this country and abroad. Using music, character voices, and vocal effects, he has been described as "a consummate storyteller" by the New York Times.

At his Ashland appearance, Bodkin will present three stories, accompanying himself on the guitar, Celtic harp, and African thumb piano, for a performance of about 50 minutes. The African folktale, "The Name of The Tree," about caring for others and not giving up, will feature the animals of the savannah. The second story will be Aesop's fable "The Wind and The Sun." The last story, from Italy, "The Tale of the Kittens", is a sing-along comic tale of the experiences of two very different sisters with a family of kittens that live deep beneath the earth.

This performance is sponsored in part by the Byrne Foundation, CHILIS, the Cogswell Benevolent Trust, the NH Library Association and the NH State Library. To learn more about the performer, visit www.oddsbodkin.net.