Hoppy Summer!!
Finally some sadly overdue time to catch up on the website, and the puppets and I are off around the state in celebration of reading. Most of the parishes are going with the “Make a Splash: Read” theme, so I’m traveling with frogs – big and small, hand and rod puppets, one from way back before I even used a glue gun (pictured), in a multicultural assortment of tales.
Fabulous Frog Tales
Calliope Puppets feature this animated amphibian in fun fairytale and fable in a 45 minute presentation including lots of audience participation. The Frog Prince (the classic Brothers Grimm tale) demonstrates the power of a goodnight kiss, then in The Frog and the King (from India), a foolish king wants to quiet a noisy frog, and in Frog Brings Rain (roots in Native American tales, as well as Japan) the frogs learn the power of working together. Hand puppets both large and small, as well as large masks worn by selected audience members, bring to life the amphibious star in a “ribbiting”, frog-tastic frolic for all ages!
