Story Town 2008!

On Saturday, November 15, downtown Tucson was transformed into "munchkin madness" when over 1500 kids and their families descended upon Story Town. This was the 5th year Make Way For Books organized Story Town, and it was the biggest and best yet. All of the families that made it to the event received a gift bag with a free book and other fun goodies (bookmarks, posters, etc from local organizations). There were lots of fun storybook characters that came to visit. We performed our story Knuffle Bunny in front of our beautiful backdrop and props. The kids watched dance and musical performances, visited with "community helpers," and created fun art activities! Here is a small collection of photos from the day!

The Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony with local journalist Heather Rowe

and all the fun characters that were there for the day:

Clifford, Curious George, Maya & Miguel, Cookie Mouse, & the fairy tale princesses

Clifford schmoozing with some kiddos!

Love that random storybook reading was going on on the lawn!

Tohono O'odham Basket Dancers

Fairy Tale Trail: the kid-sized castle and princesses

Our cool street banners

Trixie's family (from Knuffle Bunny)

Trixie is so sad that Knuffle Bunny is missing, but dad doesn't realize what is wrong!

Drew was a trooper and "acted" as one of the community helpers: Dr. Drew, alongside the garbage truck driver, fireman, and mailman. He only ended up getting one "real" medical question from a parent.

The day was a huge success, and we had a blast hanging out in the sun with all the kiddos!