Recently I had the joy of attending an interactive storytelling hour at my library. The main reason for me going (since I have no children with whom to tag along :) ) was that I’m the treasurer of my Friends group at my library. Brief background, we’re a fund raising arm for the library. They never have enough money to cover all the fun programs or all the great upgrades necessary, so we raise money to provide what we believe will further the interest in and use of the library by the community.
Anywho, the Friends sponsored the library’s summer reading program so I was there to recruit more families. Serendipity happened when I realized that I knew the woman who was performing – Victoria O’Neill! And when I say “I knew”, I mean “I chatted with online via Handmade Philly and email but never actually met in person”.
I had no idea what to expect (see above: no children) and it was awesome! She had sooooooooo many handmade costumes and pennants and a million other things that the kids could use, hold, play with, etc. The story was about a mermaid who was captured but don’t worry – it has a happy ending! I just couldn’t believe how many kids were there and participating. There were sharks:

And pirates:

And seahorses:

Well, you get the point. The kids looked like they definitely enjoyed participating in the story instead of the traditional being read to. And I was entertained! Following is a slide show of all the images I snapped. If only they had a production like this for grown-ups… :)