Knuffle Bunny

In November, Make Way for Books has our largest event. It is called Story Town, and it is basically a street festival with all sorts of activities and performances that have to do with reading. We have live music, art activities, games, free book giveaways, and costumed story characters walking around. The planning of this event has taken over my responsibility list at work the past few weeks as we get down to the last minute details. I am really excited to see it all come together on November 15!

As part of the festival, MWFB and some of the library branches each choose a story to perform for the kids. We chose "Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale" by Mo Willems. If you have not seen it before I highly recommend reading it, especially if you have toddlers in your life. Anyway, here are some of the photos from backdrop and props we have been working on for the story performance. It has been so much fun--kind of like working at summer camp again! :)

A street in New York, where Trixie and her dad are taking a walk through most of the story (to and from the laundromat). In the book, the backgrounds are all Black and White Photographs. I think we captured that pretty well! The door on the left is Trixie's house, where her mom comes out and notices Knuffle Bunny is missing! This is what Trixie has been trying to tell dad!

Our laundromat!

Knuffle Bunny, what are you doing in the washing machine?!