National award-winning children’s singer and songwriter, Eric Ode, visited some elementary schools in the Seymour area in November.
The author and poet engages students with his upbeat, high-participation programs. He also tries to make school programs fun with his interactive music, stories, skits, poetry, props and puppets.
He visited Seymour-Jackson Elementary, Emerson Elementary, St. Ambrose Catholic School, Margaret R. Brown Elementary, Redding Elementary and Cortland Elementary schools.
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A former elementary school teacher of 12 years with a masters degree in educational technology, Ode has been invited to share his music and poetry programs with schools, community festivals, libraries and churches throughout the United States and in Germany, Japan and Guam.
His original music has been heard on children’s radio programs across the country, on many compilation albums, and on the PBS series Dragonfly TV.
Ode says he has always lived in Washington State on the west side of the mountains. He said it’s a wonderful place to be and no matter where he travels, he is always happy to return home.
For information about Ode’s books, call Peggy Stark, a team leader with Usborne Books & More, at 812-528-3831.
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Eric is the author of:
Paulina and the Pirate’s Hat (Pelican Publishing)
Too Many Tomatoes (Kane Miller Books)
Bigfoot Does Not Like Birthday Parties (Sasquatch Books)
The Boy and the Dragon (Pelican Publishing)
Sea Star Wishes – Poems from the Coast (Sasquatch Books)
Busy Trucks on the Go (Kane Miller Books)
When You’re a Pirate Dog and Other Pirate Poems (Pelican Publishing)
Dan, the Taxi Man (Kane Miller Books)
Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) (Meadowbrook Press)
With illustrator John Skewes, Eric is also the co-author of:
Elliott Otter: The Totally Untrue Story of Elliott, Boss of the Bay (Sasquatch/Little Bigfoot Books)
Larry Gets Lost Under the Sea (Sasquatch/Little Bigfoot Books)
Larry Gets Lost In Seattle – 10th Anniversary Edition (Sasquatch/Little Bigfoot)
Larry Gets Lost in San Diego (Sasquatch/Little Bigfoot)
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