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Worden Public Library in February

This month’s children’s program featured Peter and the Wolf, on Feb. 17. This is a classic tale of a boy who captures a hungry wolf with the help of a small bird.

The Russian composer Sergei Prokoviev first wrote the story, along with a musical accompaniment, in 1936. In it, Prokoviev used different instruments in the orchestra to depict the characters in the story. Children that came to the program first heard a short musical introduction to the story, then a reading of a picture book version adapted and illustrated by Ian Beck. Afterwards, everyone made paper wolf marionettes to take home.

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