The ride from Harwich to Belchertown was a long one – but at least it was worth it as many of the community kids came to enjoy the shows I did.  I started with a younger show – 0-4 years old – and then Kindergarten and older came to enjoy!  The kids have fun pretending they were fall leaves and then jumping into an imaginary pile of them, they enjoyed Edgar and Uncle Charlie’s stories and The Scared Crow, Timmy, Nathaniel Willy… boy it was a wild time!  Thank you to Jennifer Whitehead who took the pictures.

     

   

 I will be at Scituate’s Annual Family Fun Day at 11:00am.  Come out and enjoy a great time!  If it does rain we will be indoors – but if the sun is out – then we will have a great time outside!  Come one, come all!  Other performers include Mama Steph, the Great Scott, Jack Gillman’s Family Cabaret and Gary the Silent Clown!  For more info click here!  See you tomorrow!

If you are unable to catch me here – I will also be at the James Library in Norwell at 1:00pm.

 

South Yarmouth Library’s website now has some un-edited pictures up of the performance from Sunday.  You can check them out here and here. 

 

The weekends are packed in September!  I started Saturday in Quincy where a room full of infants to preschoolers came and laughed along with the dog puppets and met with Alligator.  I then went to Herring Brook Preschool in Scituate where they were having their annual Hullabaloo.  The crowd braved the heat for a while to listen to Abiyoyo and see my puppets. 

Sunday I went to South Yarmouth to invite the crowds back for Sundays!  The South Yarmouth Library is now open on Sunday – and they were treated to “The Scared Crow” and “The Sleep-over” – some of my favorite stories from my “Not so Scary” Tall Tales.

I love Pumpkins. I love the fall – but I think it’s mostly due to the fact that I love Pumpkins so much. This book is amazing. It not only shows how pumpkins grow but also that there are many different kinds of pumpkins and how pumpkins are in a never ending circle of life! The pictures are absolutely breathtaking (check some of them out here).  I am not alone in my love for this book.  Check out their website with links to buying the video.
I love pumpkins so much that on my trip to the Sculptured Rocks Natural Area in New Hampshire this past weekend – we passed a farm stand with pumpkins already out – and I brought one home. Okay, two, but my wife and I gave one away already. Everyone should have a pumpkin. And everyone should own this book!

 

Many of you know Waterson’s creation “Calvin and Hobbes” but what many of you people don’t know is what an amazing person Bill Waterson is.  Waterson fought many times to keep Calvin and Hobbes from becoming a franchised character that you see on T-Shirts and coffee mugs.  He believed it cheapened the integrity of his creations when you took them out of thier original intended meduim.  He fought hard to keep his art just that, Art.  I share in many of Waterson’s beliefs and I also believe these are some of the reasons that Calvin and his furry mate are remembered and revered today.

Check out some of the websites dedicated Bill Waterson here, here, and here

Big Ryan is now scheduling for his Fall shows! 

September brings the Autumn show featuring “Imagination Trips” that explore what happens to the leaves when the weather gets colder!  Chilren get to laugh through stories like “The Great Carrot Disaster” and Wolf and Moose tell “Treat 4 Bear”!  A fun and wild time that Big Ryan only does once a year.

Then, October brings “Big Ryan’s Scary (but not the scary) Tall Tales for Children”  A wildly popular show with Big Ryan classics such as “The Scared Crow” and the seasonal favorite “Timmy”.  Also, Edgar and Charlie (the dog puppets) come out to tell “Sleepover.”  Shedule Big Ryan now to beat the rush when October is here!

Autumn is my favorite time of year – I can hardly wait!  Hope to hear from you soon!

I didn’t get to get any crowd shots – but I thought I would still show you the area the librarian had made up for me.  I thought it was so nice.  Many of the community showed up to celebrate the end of the summer reading program and to listen to some stories.  It was a pleasure and a honor to be the person chosen to celebrate the end of such a wonderful program where the community kids read over 5,000 books.  Great job!

I took the 2 hour trip last Thursday to Southbridge where a large group of very excited young people had gathered to hear some really funny Big Ryan stories!  They heard “Sarah’s Surprise” from my CD entitled “The Kid Inside” and everyone joined in for “Hi My Name is Joe.”  The pictures were taken by my lovely wife who joined me for the ride to keep me company.  Thank goodness, because a 2 hour car ride can get awfully lonely.

   

A rousing Crowd showed up on Monday in Whitman to hear Sarah’s Little Brother Part 1 from my first CD – Hot Mustard and Grandpa’s Milk.  Also as a special treat my Auntie T came from Manchester, NH just to see the show!  It was alot of fun and I will have better pics for everyone later - My Aunt took these and they came out really dark – but I know my mother has some really great shots that I will post later.  Thank you to every one who came and I hope to be back real soon!