Carrick Kids

“The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children.”

-Julie Andrews

The Carrick library was very good to Puppets for Pages. After a slight, unplanned detour, we arrived to find a small conference room all set up for us complete with cookies! This was my first week without Katrina, as she was still celebrating Thanksgiving in Brooklyn. I missed her, but was happy to add two new members to the Puppets for Pages team: Tom and Cindy. Thanks, you two! The three of us immediately got to work directing craft activites for many eager Carrick artists.

I had the most fun performing a puppet show I’ve had in a long time that afternoon. The audience was full of parents and children paying close attention. I love it when adults chime in to help the puppets out, too. After all, learning how to escape from a giant is something everyone has an opinion on.

As usual, after my show, letting everyone loose inside the kid-sized puppet tent with their newly minted puppets was a huge hit. At one point, at least eight kids crammed into the stage to do a show together. At their request, I narrated “Where the Wild Things Are.” The roaring of the several young Wild Things isn’t something you hear everyday in a library.

And speaking of Wild Things, if you grown-ups come to our Dance Party Fundraiser this Saturday night at the Waffle Shop & Shadow Lounge, you just might see a certain library-loving puppeteer bartending the event dressed as her favorite scaly legged and horned literary character.

I had such a great time hanging out with this group of Carrick library patrons. I really hope they get to keep their own branch!