{"id":6114,"date":"2013-03-05T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T05:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=6114"},"modified":"2013-03-04T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T16:58:54","slug":"bring-in-the-spring-season-with-fantastic-fables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/bring-in-the-spring-season-with-fantastic-fables\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring In the Spring Season with Fantastic Fables"},"content":{"rendered":"

March is known for beginning the month like a lion and ending its days like a lamb. In our library system, however, March is even better known for animals famous for their place in fantastic stories, such as The Lion and the Mouse<\/i>, The Tortoise and the Hare<\/i>, and The Ant and the Grasshopper.<\/i>\u00a0 What do all these fables have in common during this first month of spring? These stories are prominently featured in our annual Cumberland County Storytelling Festival.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme, A World of Fables, features interactive programming at all eight library branches during March 18 \u2014 March 23.\u00a0 At my community branch, we will offer a puppet making workshop for children in kindergarten \u2014 fifth grade and present the preschool program, \u201cAesop\u2019s Fables: Puppet Show and Puppet-Making Workshop.\u201d\u009d To enhance these classic stories, we recently updated our prop collection, adding a new ostrich, elephant, hare, tortoise, raven, firefly, and even an enchanted tree to our puppet trove.<\/p>\n

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Storyteller Lloyd Arneach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These system-wide events lead up to our featured festivities that Friday and Saturday at our Headquarters Library. Three renowned presenters will share the joys of storytelling at our central location. Lloyd Arneach: Cherokee Storyteller will highlight tales and legends from various Native<\/p>\n

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Storyteller Doug Berky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

American tribes.\u00a0 \u00a0Doug Berky Theatre: The World\u2019s Wisdom Stories will engage the audience through masks, puppets, mime and music.<\/p>\n

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Storyteller Hobey Ford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hobey\u00a0Ford\u2019s Golden Rod Puppets will utilize\u00a0\u00a0handmade puppets to perform folktales from\u00a0numerous cultures. As part of the grand festivities, participants can also take ordinary objects to create their own wacky and wonderful characters in the “Make Your Own Puppet” workshop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This free county-wide event is supported through a generous grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville\/Cumberland County and presented in partnership with the Fascinate-U Children\u2019s Museum, Friends of the Library and SYSTEL. What fantastic fables are most near and dear to your hearts?\u00a0 How do you recommend bringing these traditional tales to life?<\/p>\n

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March is known for beginning the month like a lion and ending its days like a lamb. In our library system, however, March is even better known for animals famous for their place in fantastic stories, such as The Lion and the Mouse, The Tortoise and the Hare, and The Ant and the Grasshopper.\u00a0 What do all these fables have in common during this first month of spring? These stories are prominently featured in our annual Cumberland County Storytelling Festival.\u00a0\u00a0 This year\u2019s theme, A World of Fables, features interactive programming at all eight library branches during March 18 \u2014 March 23.\u00a0 At my community branch, we will offer a puppet making workshop for children in kindergarten \u2014 fifth grade and present the preschool program, \u201cAesop\u2019s Fables: Puppet Show and Puppet-Making Workshop.\u201d\u009d To enhance these classic stories, we recently updated our prop collection, adding a new ostrich, elephant, hare, tortoise, raven,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[197,136],"tags":[803,357,176],"class_list":["post-6114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-meg-smith","category-storytime-2","tag-blogger-meg-smith","tag-festival","tag-storytelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}