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Odds Bodkin’s MASTER DRIVE: A Lifetime of Family Storytelling

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Odds Bodkin’s MASTER DRIVE: A Lifetime of Family Storytelling

Odds Bodkin’s Collected Works–THE MASTER DRIVE–plugs into your USB port. Suddenly you have The Odyssey (all four hours), children’s stories from around the world, The Little Proto Trilogy of dinosaur tales for kids–plus hours and hours of folktales and fairy tales told with music. Included: The Water Mage’s Daughter, Mr. Bodkin’s original 550-page epic  poem for adult readers. And many more full-length storytelling albums.

Some of these award-winning tales are joyous and funny, others are adventures, but all are age-coded for trustworthy listening by your family. Share these mp3s with their listening devices and watch their imaginations grow!

You’ll own a lifetime of stories for your entire family.

Or read about THE ALL COLLECTIONS download bundle. All his audio tales available for instant download!

“Our kids were raised on these stories since they were tots. Our family custom during the winter is to gather around a warm wood stove with hot cup of latte and share time together listening to books and doing artful projects. When I asked the family what they would like to listen to this season, my husband and kids (now teenagers) asked if we could listen to Odds Bodkin stories again.”

Warm Thanks, 

Nuki Vaillancourt

 

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Odds Bodkin’s Collected Works: THE MASTER DRIVE. A Lifetime of Stories. Read a Review!

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Odds Bodkin’s Collected Works–THE MASTER DRIVE–plugs into your USB port. Suddenly you have The Odyssey (all four hours), children’s stories from around the world, The Little Proto Trilogy of dinosaur tales for kids–hours and hours of tales told with music. Plus The Water Mage’s Daughter, Mr. Bodkin’s original 550-page epic  poem. And many more full-length storytelling albums.

Some tales are joyous and funny, others are adventures, but all are age-coded for safe listening by your family. Share these mp3s with their listening devices and watch their imaginations grow!

You’ll own a lifetime of stories for your entire family.

Or read about THE ALL COLLECTIONS download bundle. All his audio tales available for instant download!

“Our kids were raised on these stories since they were tots. Our family custom during the winter is to gather around a warm wood stove with hot cup of latte and share time together listening to books and doing artful projects. When I asked the family what they would like to listen to this season, my husband and kids (now teenagers) asked if we could listen to Odds Bodkin stories again.”

Warm Thanks, 

Nuki Vaillancourt

November 2021

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NOW IN STOCK: Odds Bodkin Story Drives

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NOW IN STOCK: Odds Bodkin Story Drives. You can always download Odds Bodkin’s classic tales with original music from Odds’ Shop and get them instantly, or you can order a Story Drive to share with friends and family.

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BEOWULF: THE ONLY ONE Added to the All Collections Instant Delivery Download Bundle–FREE!

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BEOWULF: THE ONLY ONE has been added to the All Collections Instant Download Bundle at Odds Bodkin’s Shop at no extra cost. A $19.95 award-winning live storytelling, FREE.

Looking for a lasting gift for your family? One that can arrive instantly, without shipping? Then purchase this collection of all Odds Bodkin’s audio storytellings, now including Beowulf, his 1 hour and 20 minute epic telling with music before a live adult audience at Grendel’s Den in Cambridge, MA.

Before the telling, enjoy Odds’ introduction to the tale as he plays Celtic harp. Then journey to a vivid world of Vikings, monsters and kings as he tells his tale with a score on 12-string guitar.

“This is the version that made me absolutely fall in love with the Beowulf story, and really understand why it has become such a classic piece of literature. There is such life and emotion in the way Bodkin tells it, that you just can’t get from reading it alone. He takes it from being a dry, unsentimental piece of curriculum and spins it into a deeply moving journey, I always find myself crying by the end of it.” —amilolomy

Join this audience as they gasp, laugh and weep during this extraordinary performance. Winner of the Storytelling World Award.

Buy the Bundle, then log in any time to download your next epic, or children’s story, or musical adventure. Or download them all at once!

BEOWULF: THE ONLY ONE Added to the All Collections Instant Download Bundle at Odds Bodkin’s Shop!

Free Odds Bodkin Story: A T-Rex Adventure for Kids

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ENTER A WORLD OF LOVABLE DINOSAURS

Little Proto the Protoceratops knows his baby sister is on the way, and he feels left out by his parents. All they talk about is when she’ll hatch. And even though there’s a gigantic but convalescent T-Rex in the Sea Forest nearby, Proto isn’t worried about King Geoffrey the One Eye. After all, he’s helped to get the starving Rex some food. No, Proto is just feeling left out. Little does he know he’s about to be captured by a Pteranodon and flown far, far away.

Enjoy the opening 20 minutes of Odds Bodkin’s original musical story for kids, Little Proto’s T-Rex Adventure. 12-string guitar music, engaging character voices, vocal effects and clever dialog bring this dinosaur adventure to life.  The entire feature length tale is 70 minutes. It’s the second episode of The Little Proto Trilogy.

Winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award.

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A Free Story from Odds Bodkin: THE EVERGREENS, A Danish Folktale About Kindness

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A Free Story from Odds Bodkin: THE EVERGREENS, A Danish Folktale About Kindness. This story is 8 minutes long. In it, Odds plays 12-string guitar as he tells this gentle tale. Enjoy!

18 Full-Length Odds Bodkin Storytelling Albums: THE EPIC DRIVE

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18 Full-Length Odds Bodkin Storytelling Albums: THE EPIC DRIVE.

Customer Review: “This is one of the best (if not the best purchases/investments) I’ve made all year. I’m excited to share it with my family. At $99, this is really quite a steal…given The Odyssey alone is worth as much. (Not to mention, other such amazing series in this collection–Hercules, The Hidden Grail, etc…) –Norman Chiang

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“a consummate storyteller”–The New York Times

What Can You Buy For An Entire Family?

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What can you buy for an entire family? A gift that has intellectual and artistic gifts for your three-year-old all the way through your teens, and even for you adults?

Odds Bodkin’s MASTER DRIVE. It’s a 4-gig flash drive that contains the “consummate storyteller’s” (The New York Times) complete works, including his 550-page epic poem and original music. Every story is age-coded, so you’ll know which stories work for your kids. Over an almost 40-year career, this master storyteller has crafted a collection of audio tales which transport young listeners into their imaginations, and into mythic lore from around the world.

Buy it, plug it in to your USB port, and share the tales with your family. Send the mp3s to friends. If your computer has no USB capability, then download this bundle of tales. They’re the same stories.

Give the gift of imagination.

Odds Bodkin’s MASTER DRIVE. Or, for just for his award-winning audio tales, Odds Bodkin’s EPIC DRIVE.

 

 

 

 

The Back-to-School Storytelling Motherlode

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The Back-to-School Storytelling Motherlode is Odds Bodkin’s MASTER DRIVE.

Buy it, plug it in, and share these mp3 albums with your young children, elementary and middle and high school students, and you, the adults. All 19 albums are age-coded. There’s even Odds Bodkin’s The Water Mage’s Daughter, a 550-page epic poem for literate readers.

These award-winning storytelling albums include live acoustic music, character voices and stunning vocal sound effects, some with virtuoso whistling here and there. It’s all real.

100% natural storytelling. Classics as well, like The Odyssey, Hercules, David and Goliath and Beowulf.

Grow your family’s imaginations and knowledge with the Back-to-School Motherlode–

Odds Bodkin’s MASTER DRIVE.

11 Days Left in MASTER DRIVE Sale! Ends July 30th!

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11 days remain in Odds Bodkin’s MASTER DRIVE sale at the storyteller’s online shop.

Get $50 off the price of his MASTER DRIVE this July. This flash drive features his complete audio stories, his epic poem The Water Mage’s Daughter (550 pages pdf), a live performance video plus original musical compositions.

Just plug it in and distribute the stories to your family’s devices! All mp3 audios.

 

Regular price: $199.95. Now $149.95!

Perfect for Family Travel!

 

Age-Coded Stories Include:

The Adventures of Little Proto (audio)

Little Proto’s T-Rex Adventure (audio)

Little Proto and the Volcano’s Fire (audio)

The Teacup Fairy: Very Old Tales for Very Young Children (audio)

The Evergreens: Gentle Tales of Nature (audio)

With Twinkle in your Eye: Funny Folktales from Everywhere (audio)

Rip Roarin’ Paul Bunyan Tales (audio)

The Winter Cherries: Holiday Tales from Around the World (audio)

The Blossom Tree: Tales from the Far East (audio)

The Wise Little Girl: Tales of the Feminine (audio)

Earthstone: The Eco-Musical (2 hour audio)

The Odyssey: An Epic Telling (4 hour audio)

Giant’s Cauldron: Viking Myths of Adventure (audio)

Hidden Grail: Sir Percival and the Fisher King (90 minute audio)

Stories of Love (audio)

David and Goliath: The Harper and the King (audio)

The Myth of Hercules (audio)

 

Plus Rare Works:

Beowulf: The Only One (live audio recording)

The Iliad: Book I (50-minute video)

The Water Mage’s Daughter: a 13,000-line epic poem. (PDF e-book)

 

Plus Odds Bodkin’s Original Musical Compositions on Acoustic Instruments and Kurzweil synthesizer:

Rapunzel’s Window

At Beauty’s Door

Black Irish

Soft-Hearted Men in the Good Old USA

Little Paws

Christmas Morning

The Great Irish Elk

 

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