:: Special Events 2009 ::
January 17th: Open House at My Gym 256 State Street Brewer 10am - 3pm
January 24th - 26th: Maine Support Network's 2009 Winter Retreat, Birches Resort, Northport Maine
January 31st: The Barefoot Storyteller will be sharing a story of Imbolic from the Barefoot Book "Celtic Memories" 6pm at Back Door to the Moon, Winslow with Irish and Scottish fare to follow, Celtic music, and the weaving of Bride's Wheels. $25 per person, pre-registration required.
March 2nd: Read Across America Day - Begins a week long program of Dr. Suess stories!
March 5th: Storytime at The Inside Out Playground, Waterville 1pm The Barefoot Storyteller will be sharing Dr. Suess Stories!
March 18th & 25th: The Barefoot Storyteller will be presenting a mini two part workshop on Storytelling at the Embden Rec Department as part of their after school program. For more information, please contact Tara Nielsen at 692-0270
April 13th - 19th: National Library Week! To find a local library here in Maine to visit with your child, please see http://www.mainelibraries.com
May 18th - 24th: Childrens Book Week
May 29th: Field Trip: Charlotte's Web @ the Waterville Opera House, special school performance. The Barefoot Storyteller has a limited number of tickets available.
August 7th & 8th: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Fairy Festival, Boothbay
All of September: Roald Dahl stories featured
September 13th: Roald Dahl Day!
September 19th: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs opens in theaters, and The Barefoot Storyteller will be there! Wanna join me?
September 29th: Puppets for Peace Day! International Puppets for Peace Day was initiated seven years ago after 9/11. The inspiration for it was the image of many hearts and hands around the world focusing on the good. You are invited to join the many others on six continents and celebrate Peace through Story and Puppetry. There can be puppet shows big and small, in public venues, in the quiet of your home, in classroom, school community, well practiced, or spontaneous. They all contribute to the powerful joy-bringing healing of the world. Sharing puppet stories that let goodness shine out, that bring to life cooperation between people, that warm our hearts and make us laugh with the wonder of life, can become story seeds that help us understand the world, and all that is unique and universal in it's people. It is held on Michaelmas Day, September 29th, a day to remind us we can be courageous in the face of chaos, and the "dragons" of the world.
October 3rd: Park Dedication, Clinton. Activities all day, items for sale, two Barefoot Storytelling features. (the Chinese Moon Festival happens to fall on this day this year...prepare for making paper lanterns!)
October 3rd: Make It Matter Day, a national volunteer day of reading, writting and learning.
October 8th: Read for the Record Day. Readers around the world will attempt to breal the world record for largest shared reading experiance in history. Children and adults will read Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The Barefoot Storyteller may be coming to a school or library near you!
October 16th: Field Trip: Where The Wild Things Are movie
Late October/Early November: Field Trip to Boston Museum of Science to see Harry Potter Exhibit in the works!
November 3rd: RIF turns 43! Celebrate with The Barefoot Storyteller! Please see the Reading and Book Exchanges page, under the "New Books for Free" heading to learn more about The Barefoot Storyteller's free books program.
November 10th - 14th: National Young Readers Week
December 5th: Mt. View Holiday Fair, Thorndike 9am - 4pm (will also be giving out free books for children at this event)
January 16th, 2010: Baby Fair, Mt. View School, Thorndike 9am - 3pm
January 30th, 2010: Maine Support Network's Annual Winter Retreat, Point Lookout, Northport 8:30am - 4pm
Coming Soon: More bi-monthly toddler, and homeschooler book clubs!
:: Monthly Story Hour Themes featuring Barefoot Books ::
January: The Barefoot Storyteller will be sharing a Celtic Tale from the Barefoot Book "Celtic Memories". Learn a story of Imbolic and the weaving of Bride's Wheel
February: Reading "The Great Race" for Chinese New Year. Later in the month, sharing Fairy Tales from one of the Barefoot Books.
March: "What's This? The Story of a Seed"
June: "An Island in the Sun"
July: "Whole World" Sing around the planet, from high in the mountains to low in the valleys, in every town and every city, and with all the fish and birds, trees and flowers!
August: "My Granny Went to Market"
September: "The Beeman"
October: "The Giant Turnip"
November: "The Story of Diivali"
December: "Fireside Stories"
:: Other Monthly Story Hour Themes ::
(following the school year )
September: "The Diary of Worm" by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss
and "The Boy Who Loved Words" by Roni Schotter
plus favorite Roald Dahl stories
( please see the Autumn Newsletter for more information about these books)
October: autumn themed stories
and "Stellaluna" by Janell Cannon
November: harvest themed stories
and "Wild Child" by Lynn Plourde
December: winter themed stories
and "Winter Waits" by Lynn Plourde
January - February: please see the Jan Brett page
March : Celtic themed stories
and "Spring's Sprung" by Lynn Plourde
and it's also Dr. Suess month!
April : gardening and growing stories
May: fairy stories
June: "Summer's Vacation" by Lynn Plourde
The Barefoot Storyteller is a proud member of the National Storytelling Network