Odds Bodkin is the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 of an American

United States

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 storyteller

Storytelling

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 and musician

Musician

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 based in New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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 who has published a number of spoken and/or musical interpretations of traditional tales, as well as a number of original tales. His version of "Little Proto and the Volcano’s Fire" was awarded the Parents' Choice Silver Award

Parents' Choice Award

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. Odds and his family live in Bradford, New Hampshire

Bradford, New Hampshire

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.

Bodkin tours both nationally and internationally, appearing at storytelling festival

Storytelling festival

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s, schools, theatres and museums. He has performed at the White House

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 and the National Storytelling Festival

National Storytelling Festival

The National Storytelling Festival is held the first full weekend of October in Jonesborough, Tennessee at the International Storytelling Center. The National Storytelling Festival was founded by Jimmy Neil Smith, a high school journalism teacher in 1973...

.

Published works

Odds Bodkin's many published works include:

• "The Rage of Hercules
  Hercules
  Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus , and the mortal Alcmene...
  
  " (2001) ISBN 1-882412-32-X
• "The Harper and the King"
• "The Evergreens," "Lifescapes: Stories of Love"
• "Little Proto"
• "With A Twinkle In Your Eye" (1993) ISBN 1-882412-01-X
• "The Giants' Cauldron" (1993) ISBN 1-882412-03-6
• "King Arthur
  King Arthur
  King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...
  
   and the Knights of the Round Table," (With Benedict Flynn and Sean Bean
  Sean Bean
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  )
• "Rip Roarin' Paul Bunyan
  Paul Bunyan
  Paul Bunyan is a lumberjack figure in North American folklore and tradition. One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion, Babe the Blue...
  
   Tales" (1994) ISBN 1-882412-16-8
• "The Odyssey
  Odyssey
  The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second—the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature...
  
  " (1995) ISBN 1-882412-18-4
• "The Hidden Grail: Sir Percival and the Fisher King" (1997) ISBN 1-882412-26-5
• "The Winter Cherries" (1994) ISBN 1-882412-14-1
• "The Earthstone" (1993) ISBN 1-882412-07-9
• "Blossom Tree"
• "Dark Tales of the Supernatural
  Supernatural
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  "
• "The Banshee
  Banshee
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   Train" (with Ted Rose) (1995) ISBN 0-395-69426-4
• "The Christmas Cobwebs" (2001) ISBN 0-15-201459-4
• "Ghost of the Southern Belle" ISBN 0-316-02608-5
• "The Wise Little Girl" (1993) ISBN 1-882412-02-8
• "The Crane Wife" (1998) ISBN 0-15-201407-1
• "The Teacup Fairy" (1993) ISBN 1-882412-00-1

External sources

• Odds Bodkin Performs Live on Plum TV
  Plum TV
  Plum TV is a lifestyle television channel launched in 2002 by Nantucket Nectars founder Tom Scott, along with producer Cary Woods and television executive Chris Glowacki. Most recently Tom Scott has become CEO again. So far his performance has been lackluster. of The programming is locally...