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About Jim Cogan
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Your Top Choice for Storytelling Programs in the United States

Jim Cogan has been presenting his inspiring, animated, hilarious, and instructive storytelling programs for 35 years to more than a million listeners across the West. School Administrator, Master Teacher, Yosemite Naturalist, Wildland Firefighter, and Author, Jim transforms his life's experiences into mesmerizing, interactive presentations to empower young children, students, and adults with the magic and wonder of storytelling.
  • Live School Assemblies
  • Speaking Engagements
  • Library Programs
  • Storytelling Festival Performer
  • Young Author Celebrations
  • Emcee
Jim is also available for speaking engagements with museums, universities, and senior groups. He has also been featured on PBS-TV Kino’s Storytime, chosen to narrate three books for Audible, and can be contacted for Zoom programming.
"Within a single hour, the children and adults sitting on the floor and tables were taken from the jungles of Haiti to the icy igloos of Alaska, only to end up on Alabama's Tombigbee River. They were riveted to the voices, faces and sound effects that Cogan creates so seamlessly."
-Lesley Wright, Los Angeles Times
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The Boy Who Wouldn't Listen
The Trojan Horse (teen-adults)
History of Southern California
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Watch Jim on PBS Kino's Storytime
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