More pictures from the Menlo Park Public Library Storytelling Festival. I had a great time!

I also told The Boy who Drew Cats last Saturday at the Skyline Screamers event in the Heights. Several scary stories were told and it was great! I am glad I didn't miss it!

I will next be telling stories at Providence Classical School in Spring on Monday Oct. 29. I was able to tell to the younger children last year and I am excited to go again. With stories about fall, harvest and animals, it should be fun for all attending.

Have a great week! Tell a story!!!

Storytelling at Menlo Park Public Library was great!

I did a program of stories last Tuesday at Menlo Park Public Library. The audience of kids and adults was great and I told a variety of folk tales, along with my personal story about my favorite dog Albert. Take a look at the pictures!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156211872913822&type=1&l=c1e57e90c1

Storytelling in California October 16, 2018

I will be doing a program of stories as part of the Menlo Park Public Library Storytelling Festival on October 16, 2018 at 7pm. I look forward to being back in California and sharing some stories for the whole family.

https://menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=4682&month=10&year=2018&day=12&calType=0

https://www.menlopark.org/adults

Storytelling this summer

 I hope you had a great summer. I had a busy one, moving to a smaller place and getting unpacked. 

But I was also able to do some storytelling. In July I did a program of scary stories to Tweens at the Conroe Main Library. That was really fun, with a good group of tweens and parents.

In August I was part of the Vacation Bible School at Pines Presbyterian Church in Houston. Each day my puppet Sam and I told a story from the Bible related to PEACE. I loved the kids and adults and I think they liked me too, or at least liked Sam. He even gave a bunch of the kids High 5's that last day. :-)

If you know of any place that would like a storyteller, please let me know or give them my name. I have got to keep spreading stories around!

Houston Storytellers Guild

Hi Everyone
I just wanted to let you know I finally decided to be part of the Professional Storyteller Listing on the Houston Storytellers Guild website. The link is below. I hope it will lead to more stories being told.
I do love doing that.
http://www.houstonstorytellers.org/our-storytellers/

Take care! All the best!

Check out one of my favorite stories!

Below is the link to a story- Two Bear Cubs. Take a look!
I hope you enjoy this California folktale set in Yosemite.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci2YIdsBCiw

Share a story- make the world better!

Here is text from my latest flyer. If you know someone who needs a storyteller, please pass this on. I would love to share my storytelling with more kids and families in schools, libraries and museums. But it is hard to find contacts. Thanks in advance for your help! 
Share a story- Make the world better!

Storyteller Leona Hoegsberg

Stories from the Bookworm 

 Armed with a great imagination and a dramatic flair, Leona Hoegsberg has told stories to children and adults for more than 30 years.  Leona calls her storytelling “Stories from the Bookworm” because of her love and knowledge of great children’s literature. From this literature Leona has built a repertoire of stories from around the world- folktales, fairytales, myths, poetry and more. All the stories are infused with dramatic movement and voice and lots of energy, to make the stories come alive for audiences. 

Leona has told stories in California, Texas, and other states, performing at libraries, schools, festivals, museums and birthday parties. Recently she has been seen at Children’s Museum of Houston, The Woodlands Children’s Museum, Bush Elementary School, and Central Library- Conroe. Her experience working with children of all ages as a teacher and librarian has helped her to design a storytelling program appropriate for the age and interest of each group.  

 

Some available programs:

Stories from Near and Far

Classic Stories for Little Ones

American Folktales & Historic Legends

Superheroes from the Bible & Literature

Call or write for prices & other programs.

Contact information:

Leona Hoegsberg

Houston, TX

832-229-8443

leonahstoryteller@sbcglobal.net

Blog: https://storiesfromthebookworm.blogspot.com

Dixie Swim Club at Playhouse 1960

While I love to tell stories, I do it in many ways. One of them is by acting in plays and musicals. This past weekend I opened in Dixie Swim Club at Playhouse 1960 in Spring TX, near Highway 249 and Willowbrook Mall. Playing Vernadette Simms, I am one of five ladies from a college swim team that get together every August to swim and talk and help each other. If you like to laugh, come join the fun and see this show!
www.ph1960.com

Animal Voices: a Storytelling Concert for Children of All Ages

Animal Voices – A Storytelling Concert for Children of All Ages

Friday and Saturday

January 12th – 13th, 2017

7:00 PM – 8:45 PM

Company OnStage

Salem Lutheran Church

4930 West Bellfort, Houston, Texas

Last weekend I was part of a concert sponsored by the Houston Storytelling Guild. I shared the stage with storytellers Sally Bates Goodroe, David Claunch, Alan Gardiner- Atkinson, Andrew Gass, and Sheila Stark Phillips. While the audiences were rather small this time, other storytelling concerts will be coming and if you like storytelling, please make sure to go. The venue, the new Company OnStage location, was great. I told the stories Two Bear Cubs and It Could Always Be Worse. All the stories had an animal theme and it was fun to tell and fun to listen. :-)