Artist: Shakespeare-in-the-Schools

It’s not easy being green, but as Rachel Carson wrote, children have a unique ability to appreciate their environment. Celebrate her pioneering spirit, enduring legacy and the 50th anniversary of her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring with this puppet play! Lessons from the Birds: A Rachel Carson Puppet Play, brings its namesake’s love of ecology, science, and conservation to an audience who will literally inherit our earth. Using creative puppetry, familiar places and animal faces, students gain an understanding of how pesticides can influence the health of our rivers and oceans. True to Carson’s cause, children will leave with a greater appreciation for the world’s natural beauty and an enhanced desire to protect it. Lessons from the Birds is written by award-winning playwright and environmentalist Attilio “Buck” Favorini; performed by Elena Alexandratos; features puppets by Cheryl Capezutti; and is directed by Kellee Van Aken.

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available: Oct 18, 2011–May, 2012

Grades: K-5

Site Requirements:

Classroom or library space only.

Audience Limit:

75

Prices:

PA Academic Standards:

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