Testimonials

Laura J. Bobrow

storyteller

original

witty

insightful

If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice,

and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the brightÂ

gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.

-- Pindar

School children frequently send thank you notes after a visit.

Here is a sampling of comments received from Belmont Ridge Middle School in Leesburg VA

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "The way you tell stories makes a perfect image in my head like a movie."

Â "The way you incorporated a story with rhymes, it sounded like music the way you said it."

Â "Itâs amazing that you can tell stories for years and still seem so excited about it."

Â "I thought I was there along side the characters."

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "You grabbed my attention and made me feel like I was in your stories."

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "During your stories I took a moment to close my eyes. Â All of a sudden my brainÂ

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â went Â crazy. " Â Â Â Â Â Â

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "Â All of the words you were telling suddenly became pictures.."Â Â Â Â Â

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "I must say that I went home and told all my friends and family! Now I would like to be a storyteller. "

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "When you began to speak the whole room went silent because your voice is commanding yet soft."

âÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "Your stories were funny, but some had a deeper meaning.."

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "It made me laugh and a few made me think."Â

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "The rhymes made it almost poetic."

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "I could see Gus with his big floppy ears and Furman catching the cricket."

âÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "The stories you told were ones I found amusing .You kind of had to think aboutÂ

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â themÂ Â for a minute" Â Â Â Â Â Â

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "I believe your message, that everyone is different. Â I pulled a lot away from the Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â presentation."

Â Â Â Â "One thing I found amazing was that I have never heard any of your stories before and Iâve had

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â myÂ Â share of listening."

âÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "You opened my imagination up and extracted it.."

19370 Magnolia Grove Square, Unit 210

Leesburg, VA 20176

703.771.7571

eljbee@aol.com

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Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âA mesmerizing speakerâ Â --WNBA Newsletter

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âStraightforward, intelligent, quietly enthusiasticâ -âSouthern CT Library Council

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âIt was a delicious moment in the dayâ--Columbia Festival Orchestra

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "Wonderfully compellingâ Â --The Washington Post

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âHer pleasure and animation in the telling of the story rippled through the room as people wereÂ

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â caught up in the delight." --Loudoun Habitat for Humanity

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âThe storytelling community has been given a great gift through her work.â Â --UU Church, Ft. Collins

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âStoryteller Laura J. Bobrow has modernized the Aesopian tradition.â Â --Storytelling Magazine

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âYou have the mind of a poet and philosopher, the wit of a comedian, the voice and diction of an orator --Â

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â a great combination.â Â --Rye (NY) Free Reading Room