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Boardman library puppets perform
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Neighbors | Alisa Manna.Dominic Pinciaro (left), Anna Shevock (middle) and Gianna Pinciaro (right) enjoy popsicles after the show at the Boardman public library.
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Neighbors | Alisa Manna.Jordan Becker (left) and Elizabeth Jupp (right) hold up the the Gunniwolf puppets they received after the show at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Alisa Manna.Children's Librarian Katherina Matasic reads Little Owl's Night as Chilren's Librarian John Yingling acts as puppeteer at the Summer Reading program's event at the library.
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Neighbors | Alisa Manna.Children's Librarians John Yingling (left) and Katherina Matasic (right) pose with a couple of the puppets they used during the show for the Summer Reading program at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Alisa Manna.Children's Librarian Katherina Matasic reads The Gunniwolf as fellow Children's Librarian John Yingling follows the storyline with the puppets.
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Neighbors | Alisa Manna.Will Wires, who attended the Puppets! Puppets! Puppets! event, held a lion puppet after the show at the Boardman public library.
By ALISA MANNA
As a part of the Summer Reading program, Puppets! Puppets! Puppets! at the Boardman library was a great way to use children’s imagination while reading classic literature. Instead of having a special guest come in and perform, the puppeteers were Children’s Librarians John Yingling and Katherina Matasic.
The show started with a brand new book called “Little Owl’s Night” by Divya Srinivasan. Matasic narrated as Yingling sat behind the stage and followed along with the puppets. The two librarians used photos of morning glories to help children visually learn about the flowers mentioned in the story.
“I think a lot of us are visual learners and it sticks in your mind whenever you see a picture,” Yingling said. “Instead of just telling them about a morning glory, using pictures of it opening and closing is science education.”
The story’s message tells the readers there’s a big world out there, and they can’t experience if they don’t try.
The librarians also read two folktales, “The Gunniwolf” and “The Little Red Hen.”
Yingling said The Gunniwolf’s tale shows not everything is black and white. The little girl was supposed to listen to her mother, but didn’t. And though the gunniwolf was supposed to be the villain in the story, we see it followed the rules and listened to its mother.
“Sometimes we don’t always do what our parents tell us to do, and sometimes we pay a price for it,” Yingling said. “In that case, the little girl learned a lesson.”
At the end of the program, Yingling and Matasic gave the children their own Gunniwolf puppets to color and play with.