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Layne Christensen

News Reporter

PUPPETRY is more than children’s
entertainment, says Marjorie Woods.

The president of Talking Hands Pupp
Theatre says it’s also a way to teach young chil-
dren valuable life skills.

“In performance, children fearn to listen,
speak clearly and cooperate with other people,”
says Woods. Puppetry pecially helpful to
shy children, she adds. “They gain contidence
in a non-threatening atmosphere which, in
turn, builds self-esteem”

On Oct. 23 and 24, Talking Hands, a
North Vancouver-based non-profit society,
hosts Puppet Fest 99, a weekend of afternoon
workshops at Presentation House Arts Centre,
333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver.

nd mask making, puppet
show: storvtelling, > painting are included
in the ion price. Groups of four will
be admitted for $28
i s include performances by
ttes and Talking Hands’ youth

group.

The weekend of events also includes work-
shops for people who work with children,
Instruction will be given in the areas of story-
telling with puppets and face painting.

Puppet Fest °99 is an annual fundraising
event for Talking Hands. It enables the com-
pany to build new shows and present afford-
ably priced programs for children and youth.
Talking Hands will donate 25% of the proceeds
to the North Shore Childcare Resource

aciety.

For advance booking, call 990-3474.

Books for bedtime

BB Bineberry Shoe by Ann Dixon and Evon
Zerbetz, Alaska Northwest Books, distributor:

NEWS photo Mike Walcatieid

DIRK Oertel has delighted audiences on the North Shore many times with his
marionsites. On Oct. 23 and 24 at Presentation House he'll perform the feature

skow Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Whitecap Books, 32 pages, $12.95 softcover,

Ages three to six.

Ann Dixon’s family blueberry-picking trips provide

* the setting for her charming new tale illustrated by

Evon Zerbetz.
The story
bination of familiar settings and new adventures.

IB Apple Batter by Dcborah Turney Zagwyn,

iascinate young readers with its com-

Ten n Speed Press, 32 pages, $21.95 hardcover,

es six to eight.

Deborah Turncy Zagwyn
makes strong connections
between all things living. In
her latest work for children
she paints a picture of lessons
learned through the persever-
ance of mother and a son.

Loretta wants to harvest
apples fiom her orchard of
fruit trees while Delmore
thinks of nothing but baseball.

Everything in the poetic narra-
tive generates connotations
between the two seemingly sepa- §
rate worlds. _ -— John Goodman

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