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John
Farrell is a singer, songwriter, author,
and peace educator. He has recorded seven
CDs of songs and stories. John wrote
songs for and starred in “The
Great Earth Sing Along,”
which received a Parents Choice Silver
Honor Award and a Dove Foundation Award.
John has done presentations at over a
thousand schools from Japan to Ukraine to
Spain to South Africa, and all across
North America. He has been a keynote and
featured presenter at conferences around
the world including the
International Reading Association,
the European Council
of International Schools,
the Tokyo Early
Childhood Association
and many others.
His songs and stories focus on living
peacefully, appreciating the natural
world, and promoting literacy. He lives
in Hillsdale, New York, with his wife,
Ann Marie (a kindergarten teacher). They
have five children, and spend time each
summer at a family farmhouse on Prince
Edward Island, Canada. John is an avid
bicyclist, reader, and writer. He stopped
watching television many years ago and
encourages families to spend more time
talking, singing and reading together and
less time with plugs in their ears and
screens in front of their faces.
John is the founder of “Bridges
of Peace and
Hope,” an
international program to promote
understanding through writing and the
arts. He is the author of two Boyd’s
Mills Press picture books "It's
Just a Game,"
and “Stargazer’s
Alphabet.”
John’s third book “Dear
Child,” was
published in 2008.
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| Last Updated May 17, 2012 |
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| For scheduling or
materials, please call: |
Mary Jain Dayger at
607-965-8983
office@johnfarrell.net
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