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A Stone Soup Tale adapted for solo puppeteer presentation

A Stone Soup Tale adapted for solo puppeteer presentation

Here we are at mid-November…a difficult month for some locations…gray sky, rain, bare trees…All the more important to bring that light in other w...
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Mama Luisa's Thanksgiving!

Mama Luisa's Thanksgiving!

Generosity can be contagious, as it is in this story of giving. May Mama Luisa inspire many communities and families of the world this Thanksgiving...
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Video of Mouse finding his Pumpkin House

Video of Mouse finding his Pumpkin House

The mornings are getting colder this mid October, snow is predicted for the end of the week.... Mouse is looking for his Winter House! Here is a v...
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Introduction to Shelter Stories

Introduction to Shelter Stories

  For a young child, the story image of a little house where a character can find refuge in a cozy, warm, sturdy, place, makes the child feel sa...
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The Doll Cafe - A Good Tale to Tell When Wet Felting with Young Children! by Suzanne Down

The Doll Cafe - A Good Tale to Tell When Wet Felting with Young Children! by Suzanne Down

In this little tale, the innocence of a girl's play is threatened by a force in nature. Raven is hungry, and thinking he spots something good to...
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Sweet Autumn Tale - The Acorn Shop

Sweet Autumn Tale - The Acorn Shop

I lived in the Arizona desert for a time and became friends with the Javalina, Jack Rabbit, Desert Bunny and the Woodpeckers.  It took me a long ti...
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The End of Summer Picnic - A Story

The End of Summer Picnic - A Story

Summers as a child, and for my children as well, were spent outside in nature. There was time to linger with things that captured our interest, ...
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A Summer Tale - Frog and Rose by Suzanne Down

A Summer Tale - Frog and Rose by Suzanne Down

When I was young my dad would take me by the hand in the early evening of a summer night. We walked down the path to the rose garden, which was ...
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How the Rooster Got His Red Crown - a tale from China adapted for puppetry

How the Rooster Got His Red Crown - a tale from China adapted for puppetry

 All of us love a good rooster tale, so robust in posture and song.  Here is one that makes a great puppet show, and inspires and delights the chil...
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A Nursery Rhyme Story sparked by Hickety Pickety My Black Hen

A Nursery Rhyme Story sparked by Hickety Pickety My Black Hen

 Hello friends, here is a little intro to Nursery Rhymes becoming Stories for Puppetry! The Nursery Rhymes are true verse from literature that have...
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What if Winter Stays too Long - Seasonal Transition Stories

I love the 'in-between' stories, the seasonal tales that weave season to season.  Children love them too, and they help connect children to the l...
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Mother Earth and the Thaw Fairies - A Sweet 'End of Winter' Tale

Mother Earth and the Thaw Fairies - A Sweet 'End of Winter' Tale

We have had so much snow this winter, it has been white white for months, and some days it is breathtakingly beautiful, and some days I sigh, deepl...
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