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Summer at the Library: How Color Came to the World-Shadow Puppet Show

  • When: Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 11:00 am
  • Location: Headquarters Library and Millhopper Branch, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: free

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.

Headquarters Library (Meeting Room A & B) 401 East University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601 from 11 am-12 pm
Millhopper Branch (Combined Meeting Room) 3145 NW 43rd Street Gainesville, FL 32606 from 3 pm-4 pm

Elementary (6-11 years)

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