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Hey kids - I'll be there too! It's always an honor to perform at a new festival. See you soon. xo, Leeny

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Granite State Storytelling Festival New London, NH 17th October, 2009 Karen Chace and Simon Brooks will be performing together on stage (without wild lions or a safety net) during a day long storytelling event, the first Granite State Storytelling F…

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Simon Brooks and Karen Chace at the Granite State Storytelling Festival on October 17, 2009 from 10am to 4pm
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About Me:

I have been telling tales all my life and turned professional in 2003. I have performed folk and faery stories, myths and legends at hundreds of schools, and libraries and at museums and festivals. I am a Brit-Abroad, living the countryside of Orford, New Hampshire in the USA with my wife and two children. I am also a children's librarian, stay-at-home-dad and published poet, writer and photographer!

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The Story of the Jaguar and Hare, a tale from South America

Once there was an old couple who lived in the rainforests of South America. They were very poor. Their home was nothing more than a ram shackled old hut with gaps in the walls and cracks in the ceiling, which was nice when the stars were out and a full moon was in the sky, but not so wonderful when it was raining. It rains a lot in a rainforest in South America! They were very poor. Their only real possessions were a knife and a couple of pets: a young jaguar and a hare.

One day the couple came… Continue

Posted on March 4, 2008 at 8:59am — 1 Comment

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At 8:19pm on November 2, 2009, Andy Davis said…: Thanks, Simon. May all go well with you and yours until our paths cross...

At 4:07am on October 22, 2008, K. Sean Buvala said…: Just added your CD to your page at Storyteller.net. New feature we can do now that CDbaby has made it easy for us.

At 12:42pm on August 26, 2008, Cliff McGann said…: Hey Simon, Missed you at Sharing the fire last year (I was on baby duty). My wife said she bumped into you as it was her year to go. Hope to see ya in Rhode Island. Cheers, Cliff

At 2:57pm on June 21, 2008, Vernon L. Cox said…: I have visited your site and herd the The Story of the Jaguar and Hare and loved it.
I ment to say hi at Sharing the Fire NSC 2008 but when I looked you were gone, hope to see you in Warwick.
You must be loving not having to deal with dial up anymore.

Learnin Vernon

At 7:41am on April 6, 2008, Simon Brooks said…: Thank you so much. I do not often tell that tale and was trying a new devivery and it worked! Thank you again, Mike. The music was very off the cuff - none if us had played together before but it was a lot of fun.
Simon

At 10:51pm on April 5, 2008, Mike Lockett said…: Okay it's late... I DO know how to spell Friday!
ML

At 10:50pm on April 5, 2008, Mike Lockett said…: Tremendous delivery of your story Frifay night at STF. We appreciated your music as well.

Best regards,

Mike Lockett (the guy from Normal, IL who calls himself "The Normal Storyteller"

At 12:12am on March 25, 2008, Lynne Duddy said…: Simon - Definitely let us know when you are in Portland again - we have a big place and Lawrence is an excellent chef - Lynne

At 9:01pm on March 5, 2008, Csenge Zalka said…: Keep me posted on your upcoming performances! I won't miss the next one :)

At 11:46pm on March 4, 2008, Rachel Hedman said…: Dear Simon:

Since you are a children's librarian, then I know you're a great person.

So you celebrated your five-year anniversary as a professional storyteller? I'm sure your parents said you were a storyteller as soon as you opened your mouth, right?

Welcome to the site.

Until we tell again,

Rachel Hedman