Category Archives: Overheard at the Museum & Theatre

Funny, touching, inspiring, baffling, or giggle-inducing quotes from young visitors, as reported by staff and volunteers.

Tall Tales: Chickens and Dragons and Bears, Oh My!

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During Tuesday’s Tall Tales program, I wrote this AWESOME story with four lovely co-authors: Emilia, Beatrice, Maeve and Annie. “The Wizard, the Princess and the Dragon Once upon a time there was a wizard named Owen. And he had a pet dragon named Magic. Rapunzel married Owen! They lived in a castle in the woods. A big bear [...]

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A Beast Fable: Birds of Prey

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I ran another Tall Tales program this weekend and a young visitor, Alex, knew so much about animal adaptations that we decided to put together this story. I hope you enjoy it. “Once upon a time there was a fox and a turtle. Then two owls appeared and one was a Snowy owl and a [...]

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Tall Tales

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On Sunday, May 16, I had an fantastic time making up some stories with a four-year-old named Madeline during Tall Tales: Forest Creatures. Here are two of the stories she came up with, one featuring our very own turtle, Eloise! Once upon a time there was a turtle named Eloise. He swam along the riverbank. [...]

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