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Summer at the Library: How Color Came to the World!

Shadow Puppet Show
2025-07-25 15:00:00 2025-07-25 16:00:00 America/New_York Summer at the Library: How Color Came to the World! Lights! Color! Action! Storyteller and puppeteer Katie Adams performs Hispanic stories with a dash of Spanish words, a splash of colorful shadow puppets, and audience participation. Newberry Branch - Meeting Room

Friday, July 25
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-25 15:00:00 2025-07-25 16:00:00 America/New_York Summer at the Library: How Color Came to the World! Lights! Color! Action! Storyteller and puppeteer Katie Adams performs Hispanic stories with a dash of Spanish words, a splash of colorful shadow puppets, and audience participation. Newberry Branch - Meeting Room

Newberry Branch

Meeting Room

Lights! Color! Action! Storyteller and puppeteer Katie Adams performs Hispanic stories with a dash of Spanish words, a splash of colorful shadow puppets, and audience participation.

Stories include How Color came to the World, an Aztec myth about the origin of the rainbow, The Proud Cuckoo Bird, a Mayan tale from Mexico, Mariposa Martinez, a favorite tale from Cuba about a butterfly, and Medio Pollito, a folktale from Spain that has traveled all over Latin America.

Woman holding up shadow puppets

AGE GROUP: | Elementary (6-11 years) |

EVENT TYPE: | Summer Reading Program | Story Time | Language Learning |

TAGS: | #summerathelibrary | #Storytelling | #Latinx | #Folklore |

Newberry Branch
Phone: 352-472-1135
Branch manager
Marlin Day
Hours
Mon, Jul 28 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Jul 29 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Wed, Jul 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jul 31 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Aug 01 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Aug 02 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 03 12:00PM to 5:00PM
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