Bobby Norfolk - Storytelling

Brand New for 2012/13!

• George Washington Carver: Scientist, Educator & Humanitarian (Grades 3-Adult)

Other New Programs:

• Beating the Terrible Test: Improving Test Scores & Overcoming Homework Anxiety! (Adaptable for grades K-8)
• StandUP! Dealing with Peer Pressure and Bullying (Grades PK-8)
• Negro Baseball Leagues (Grades 3-Adult)
• Rhythms, Rhymes, and Raps (Grades K-6)

Educational and Community Programs

History

• George Washington Carver: Scientist, Educator & Humanitarian (Grades 3-Adult)
• Negro Baseball Leagues (Grades 3-Adult)
• In the Shadow of Lincoln (Grades 3 - Adult)
• Through the Eyes of York - Lewis and Clark (All Ages)
• Gateway to the West: Early St. Louis (1764-1857) (Grades 3-Adult)
• Voices of Missouri's Past (Grades 3 - Adult)
• Harlem Renaissance (1890-1940) (Grades 5 - Adult)
• This Side Up - The Underground Railroad (Grades 3 - Adult)
• The Old West with a New Twist! (Grades 3 - Adult)

Language Arts

• Rhythms, Rhymes, and Raps (Grades K-6)
• Back to the Books! (Grades K - 5)
• Bobby's Books (Grades K - Adult)
• Harlem Renaissance (1890-1940) (Grades 5 - Adult)
• Langston Hughes: Conversations with Simple (Grades 5 - Adult)
• Rap, Poetry and Prose! (Grades 5 - Adult)

Science

• George Washington Carver: Scientist, Educator & Humanitarian (Grades 3-Adult)

Character Education

• StandUP! Dealing with Peer Pressure and Bullying (Grades PK-8)
• Animal and Nature Tales! (Grades K - 5)
• Moral of the Story (All Ages)
• Straight Talk! (Grades 4 - Adult)

Cultural Diversity

• Anansi the Spider Stories (All Ages)
• Br'er Rabbit Comes to Town! (Grades PK-8)
• Folktales From Around the World! (All Ages)
• The Storytelling Express: A Musical Journey 'Round the World! (Grades 3 - 8)
• Drums & Voices of Africa! (All Ages)

Musical Programs

Bobby teams with a guest musician/actor:

• Scott Joplin: The Ragtime King! (All Ages)
• The Storytelling Express: A Musical Journey 'Round the World! (Grades K - 8)
• Swinging with Duke Ellington! (All Ages)

Living History and Theater

First person, in costume, theater presentations:

• George Washington Carver: Scientist, Educator & Humanitarian (Grades 3-Adult)
• Negro Baseball Leagues (Grades 3-Adult)
• In the Shadow of Lincoln (Grades 3 - Adult)
• Langston Hughes: Conversations with Simple (Grades 5 - Adult)
• Scott Joplin: The Ragtime King! (All Ages)
• This Side Up - The Underground Railroad (Grades 3 - Adult)
• Through the Eyes of York - Lewis and Clark (All Ages)

Just for Fun

• Christmas, Family & Special Themes (All Ages)
• Monsters, Dragons & Ogres (All Ages)
• Spooky Tales! (All Ages)

Special Education and Literary Events

Bobby can present special programs, workshops and keynotes for the following events:

• State Education Conferences
• Young Author's Conferences
• International Reading Associations
• After Dinner Keynotes
• Summer Reading Programs
• Corporate In-Services
• American Library Associations
• Black History Month Celebrations