Annette Harrison
Storyteller! Educator! Author!
Annette Harrison's energetic, interactive, amazing storytelling has made her one of St Louis's most popular storytellers! For over 33 years, Annette Harrison has WOWED her audiences at schools, libraries, museums, churches, synagogues, and Early Childhood and Young Authors conferences. Her book, EASY TO TELL STORIES For Young Children is one of the best selling storytelling books to date. She is passionate about teaching literacy, character education, diversity, environmental awareness and American History through stories.
News: Annette wins an Oracle Award!
The National Storytelling Network has awarded Annette Harrison the 2011 National ORACLE Award for Regional Storytelling Excellence.
New Storytelling Programs:
Revival!
1904 World's Fair - A Child's Eye View - Back by popular demand.
2012 Missouri Library Summer Reading Program - Now Booking Schools and Libraries!
LET’S DREAM TOGETHER! From Frog and Toad to Abraham Lincoln
What do Frog and Toad, Frederick the Mouse and Abraham Lincoln have in common? They were all dreamers! Dynamic, award winning storyteller Annette Harrison will share their stories in her wildly participatory and fun-filled way. Let’s all dream together!
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Storytelling Program
Annette's new living history storytelling program, ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL: Stories of an Amazing Man! is a 45 minute, interactive celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of our 16th president. He was a courageous, fair-minded, intelligent, kindhearted and fun-loving man, a true American original! She tells his story with music, props, timelines, letters and heartwarming stories of his relationship to his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, her freed, former slave seamstress, Elizabeth Keckley, his children and many others. Come celebrate Lincoln's legacy and learn to love and admire this amazing man!
Orphan Trains: From New York to Missouri — a forgotten part of Missouri and American history.
"Living history" presentation still available!
Orphan Trains: Imagine 200,000 children taken off the streets of NY and sent west by train to find new homes. Using primary resources such as diaries, letters, and quotes from first person accounts, Annette brings this era alive with 45 minutes of history, music, characterizations, and stories.