Last night I stayed up until ten o’clock working on two more feltboard stories:  versions of Mouse’s First Halloween by Lauren Thompson and Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian.  I’ll use the mouse story with this morning’s toddler storytime (replacing the hugely unsuccessful Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert that I used in the two Monday toddler storytimes), and I’ll use both stories with this afternoon’s preschool storytime. 

Halloween is just about my favorite holiday, and I’m really looking forward to these two storytimes.  It’s a great feeling when I find a story that translates well to a feltboard retelling, and an even better feeling when I actually have the time to create the felt pieces.

In other feltboard news, last Friday I hosted a preschool class for a storytime, and used my in-process pieces (in-process because this is such an involved story to translate to the medium of felt) for Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill.  The kids loved the story, and one even cried out mid-story:  “This is cool!  It’s just like a puppet show!!”

Someday, I promise, I’ll post a few photos of my felt stories.  I’m having so much fun making and using them that I’d really love to share them with the three people who read my blog…or is it four?  🙂