“Bill Harley has the uncanny ability to reaffirm life for listeners, be they five or fifty. Humor, empathy, intelligence and reality all radiate from his work and from him.†- Penguin BooksA Grammy award winning artist, Bill uses song and story paint a vibrant and hilarious picture of growing up, schooling and family life. His work spans the generation gap, reminds us of our common humanity and challenges us to be our very best selves. A prolific author and recording artist, Bill is also a regular commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered and featured on PBS. Harley joined the National Storytelling Network's Circle of Excellence in 2001 and tours nationwide as an author and performing artist.Bill's Rules of the Universe1. Everything takes longer than you think2. It's always harder to put something back together than it is to take it apart.3. If you spend all your time cleaning your desk, you'll just have clean desk. That's not enough.4. Listen - you're missing something cool.5. All children should be given a ukulele when they're born.6. We're more alike than we are different.7. If you're older than two, and can't sing a song and tell a story, you're in trouble.8. Sometimes, a plate of spaghetti is the best thing in the world.Bill's Philosophy
Everybody worries about things being 'educational'' with kids. I believe everything is educational, in that it says something about how one looks at the world - it imparts a knowledge, or world-view. Children learn more from context than they do from explicit lessons, so assume they're working to understand something - they learn vocabulary and language not from a dictionary or worksheet, but from conversation, they learn songs not from reading music, but from singing with someone who loves to sing, and they learn hope and kindness and cooperation not from being told to have them, but by experiencing them.For booking questions please contact:
Debbie Block
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508-336-9703
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