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Master storytellers Jennings and Ponder to appear at Monroe Free Library tomorrow

| 13 Mar 2012 | 05:43
    Master storytellers Leanne Ponder and Tim Jennings believe that ìthe old stories are ageless. They speak directly to that part of you that doesn't change as you move through your life. You listen, time changes, and you become ageless too."
    Master storytellers Leanne Ponder and Tim Jennings believe that ìthe old stories are ageless. They speak directly to that part of you that doesn't change as you move through your life. You listen, time changes, and you become ageless too."

MONROE — Master storytellers Tim Jennings and Leanne Ponder will tell stories at the Monroe Free Library tomorrow, March 17, at 2 p.m.

Organizers said their storytelling skills are “a powerful blend of technique and soul, this Vermont couple presents traditional world folktales as a duo narrative performance, interwoven with traditional Celtic music on harp and concertina.”

Ponder is an award-winning writer and poet whose works have appeared in Esquire, Story, The Transatlantic Review and other magazines. Jennings earned wide acclaim as a modern master of traditional storytelling. He describes himself as “part old-time showman, part bard, part goofy uncle.”

The couple’s storytelling recordings have won Parents’ Choice, American Library Association and Children’s Music Web awards, and have been well reviewed in a variety of publications. Their 2010 CD, “The King and the Thrush,” was selected as a “Notable Children’s Recording” by the ALA.

The program is recommended for families and for kids age six and older. To register, call 783-4411.