I have been out shoveling snow so much I haven’t had a chance to post a new cartoon – I hope you enjoy this one created when my wife was pregnant with my son!

I know this snow is really messing with people’s schedules – I know it’s made my schedule a constant headache.  No worries though, if we have an event booked and you are open I will make it!  If you need to reschedule, I can do that too!  I am as flexible as possible and really try to work everyone in – so don’t worry about a thing!

That said, the latest round of Preschool Building Stories began last week at the Hingham Library and we had a great turnout!  We have room for a few more so if you’d like to join us this week – please don’t hesitate!  Also, Wednesday is supposed to be one of the only really nice days this week – so come out while you can!

Here is this week’s schedule:

• Wednesday: Early Bird Academy at 10:00am
• Wednesday: Second Week of Preschool Building Stories at the Hingham Library at 3:30pm – This week: Playing with Puppets!
• Wednesday: Teacher Training at 6:30pm for CNK: The Perfect Circle
• Thursday: Lil’ Munchkins Preschool and Day Care at 10:00/10:30am
• Friday: Camp West Wood at 11:00am
• Friday: Triumph Head Start at 2:00pm
• Saturday: HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

As always, the Preschool Building Stories Workshops and Library shows are open to the public and all are welcome to join whether you have come to earlier session or not! Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows.

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Pembroke
2. Hingham
3. Scituate
4. Stoughton
5. Taunton

My son is turning one today.  This happy little guy is getting too big already!

I hope everyone is enjoying the snow – there’s plenty of it to go around!  My daughter really isn’t the outside kid that I was so she spent most of these snow days either snuggled in her covers and watching Disney movies or playing with her dollhouse.  She did pretend to make her dolls go outside to play… so that is something!

The latest round of Preschool Building Stories are beginning this week at the Hingham Library.  Also, the week we missed in Carver is rescheduled for today at 5:00 – so come and join us for the final week where we will discuss wordless picture books and how to use them!  Here is this week’s schedule:

• Wednesday: Hedge School at 10:30/11:15
• Wednesday: First Week of Preschool Building Stories at the Hingham Library at 3:30pm – This week: Using Voices and Sound Effects!
• Wednesday: Final Week of Preschool Building Stories at the Carver Library at 5:00pm – This week: Wordless Picture Books!
• Friday: Growth Unlimited at 9:30am
• Saturday: Paul Pratt Memorial Library at 3:00pm

As always, the Preschool Building Stories Workshops and Library shows are open to the public and all are welcome to join whether you have come to earlier session or not! Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows.

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Plymouth
2. Hingham
3. Carver
4. Kingston
5. Cohasset

My shows at the Steeple School this week are celebrating National School Choice Week and Wicked Local did a nice write up of the event.  Click on the Hulk above for the link and enjoy!

The snow has played a bit of havoc on the schedule this week.  The Preschool Building Stories for today has been cancelled – but will be rescheduled as soon as I get in touch with the librarian.  My Steeple School show on Tuesday, and even the Growth Unlimited show I had scheduled for yesterday and today are being moved to other days.  No worries though – people always work together when the weather hits us hard!

2015 has been a mild winter but it looks as though we may be making up for it this week!  I am booked the entire week – so of course the snow would wait till now to make an appearance!  I don’t mind though – if I have something with me this week and have to reschedule just let me know as soon as you can and we will work something out!

The latest rounds of Preschool Building Stories are ending this week in the Carver and Plympton Libraries.  If you haven’t had a chance to join us yet - come this be the week!  It will be loads of fun discussing wordless picture books!  Onto this week’s schedule:

• Monday: Steeple School at 9:15 & 10:15am
• Monday: Teacher Training at the Ridgehill School at 6:00pm
• Tuesday: Steeple School at 9:15/10:15am & 1:00pm
• Wednesday: Growth Unlimited at 9:00am
• Wednesday: Final Week of Preschool Building Stories at the Carver Library at 4:30pm – This week: Wordless Picture Books!
• Thursday: Final Week of Preschool Building Stories at the Plympton Library at 4:00pm – This week: Wordless Picture Books!

As always, the Preschool Building Stories Workshops are open to the public and all are welcome to join whether you have come to earlier session or not! Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows.

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Marshfield
2. Norwell
3. Kingston
4. Carver
5. Plympton

I think I did a double posting of a cartoon – well, I will make up for it another time.  Here is a cartoon that teachers may be able to relate to.

 

Another week into 2015 and I have been feilding many calls for new winter shows – but also a ton of spring and even summer shows already!  I look forward to a new year of tales – but I also recieved one of the best emails!  It came from the Children’s Librarian at the Kingston Library who had a very special request:

“I am thinking forward to the summer (oh boy), and this year the theme is “Every Hero Has a Story” and I was wondering if you would like to do a one-session story telling (or writing) program around the HULK?

Thanks,

Stephanie

Stephanie Legg
Kingston Public Library”

As most of you know, if you come to this site, I have been busy performing the Preschool Building Stories in many of the surrounding libraries.  Building Stories, though, started as a writing workshop for elementary school children from the first to fifth grade.  I love the writing workshop as I get to see children’s eyes get excited when given an assignment of creative writing.  They have the opportunity to create something straight from thier mind.  Now, with this challenge, I get to base the ideas around my favorite comic character of all time!  I will be discussing this with the Kingston Library a bit and secure a date for this super great idea!  Details to follow!

Also, speaking of the Building Stories, we are entering our third week of the workshops at the Carver and Plympton Library – so if you haven’t had a chance to come to one – let this be the week!  Here is this week’s schedule:

• Wednesday: Bright Horizons at 10:00 & 10:30
• Wednesday: Week 3 of Preschool Building Stories at the Carver Library at 4:30pm – This week: Making Puppets!
• Thursday: Week 3 of Preschool Bilding Stories at the Plympton Library at 4:00pm – This week: Making Puppets!
• Friday: ECDC Nursery School at 6:30pm
• Saturday: Arnone School at 11:00am

As always, the Preschool Building Stories Workshops are open to the public and all are welcome to join whether you have come to earlier session or not! Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows.

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Bedford, NH
2. Carver
3. Plympton
4. Sherborn
5. Brockton

One of the things that I’ve been told is that my monster under the bed cartoons are the best.  While I don’t disagree I do like others better.  Of course with punchlines like this – how do you argue?