AMENIA — A series of puppet vignettes drew a crowd of all ages to the Amenia Free Library on Saturday, May 2.
As the program is designed, the Saturday performance assembled puppet vignettes presented at the library throughout April.
Youth programming assistant Michele Boynton exercises her talent and reputation for puppetry to bring stories to life for youngsters and adults alike. Listeners on Saturday were treated to an original story, titled “Daffodilly,” involving elements of spring, including the sun, bunnies and their brood, a nested robin with hatchlings, and, of course, daffodils.
Boynton creates the puppets that she uses in her storytime shows and may offer a class in puppet-making as public interest grows.
The series will continue with all-ages community puppet shows scheduled for selected Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Each storytime in May will build around the theme of “Gardens” toward the Saturday, June 6, storytime that will tie together May’s puppet adventures, Boynton said.
An additional feature during Saturday’s program, Boynton read William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” often called simply “Daffodils.”
For more information, go to www.amenialibrary.org.
