It was the last day at the Park Avenue School in Cranston before the holiday break. 
They'd asked, “Do you have a multicultural holiday program that will touch all the bases, but won't offend anyone?”

My answer, “Why, of course!”

…

Every year, when he was growing up, my Dad had fish for Thanksgiving dinner.

We never knew why, until one day…
– Mark

Whenever I prep for a Halloween gig, I go back and listen to my first live concert “album”. It Was a Dark and Stormy Night was recorded on Halloween years ago at the Knotty Oak Middle School. I had the…

25 years in the making… 36 of fun, funny and silly bed time stories for families and young children.

Mark Binder's Bed Time Story Book is a best seller, and now you can hear the stories read by the author…

Spooky Fun Misadventures

Ever been to the beach? Gone trick or treating? Heard ghost stories at summer camp? 

Conducted scientific reanimation experiments in the basement? 

"My friends and I just wanted to relax and have fun. We didn’t mean to…

I wrote “The Shaggy Dog's Tale” when I was collecting stories for THE BED TIME STORY BOOK. It didn't take long to write, but it takes a while to tell. It's the sort of story children enjoy, and parents… well…

April 1, Providence, RI

The afternoon skies went dark as an estimated 14,653 bats swarmed above the State Capital building in Providence, RI.

“At first it looked cool,” said Melford Glum, a tourist visiting the Ocean State from Shrieve,…

"Binder is a skilled writer and performer, and in these stories he’s as charming as ever…" 
– Alan Rosenberg, USA TODAY NETWORK

When her parents' marriage falls apart, how will Rachel Cohen adapt?

Every year I write a Hanukkah story. This one is just out.

Click the link below to find it on Spotify, iTunes and others…
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markbinder/broken-candles-feat-izzy-abrahmson

Listen to the story on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, GooglePlay and more…

More than a decade a go, I almost went blind. I was wearing contact lenses at the beach and either grit from the sand or a batch of bad…

You've met Og and Marsha, haven't you?

Well, this story is both prehistoric and contemporary.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon

TOUR DATES

• Chinatown for Chanukah on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/6dBEN4ehfqxkfGz5r9XCXD
• Listen to, Chinatown for Chanukah on East…

A multi-part serialization (in progress)

This is the first installment of a serial.

#audiobook #audiobookshort #serial #serialization #LifeDuringCovid #fatherandson #family #yoga #parenting #onlineschool #virtualschool 

I had a dream that Julie Andrews was making a television show about my bagel story…
But I hadn't written one yet. So when I woke up…

#audiobook #audibookshort #roshhashanah #yomkippur #jewishholidays #bagel #bread #chelm

Just released!
Mark Binder 2020, a live "story concert" for the whole family.

Every summer, Mark tells stories. This is the ONLY way you can hear him perform live. A 45 minute program the whole family will enjoy.

Enjoy

As it says in the introduction, a good friend asked me to write a humorous story about the coronavirus.
It's too soon. But… I remembered that I'd written this story a decade ago. 

Enjoy!

- Mark Binder