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Storyteller entertains children at Lutz Community Center

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Professional storyteller and puppeteer Katie Adams had children spellbound, as she told them a story about Anansi, a mischievous spider at the Lutz Community Center, 98 First Ave., N.W.

After the show, storyteller and puppeteer Katie Adams, of Katie Adams’ Make Believe Theater in Tampa, shows the children in the audience how they will be able to make their own spider puppet at home with supplies she provided. The event was made possible by funding to the Lutz Branch Library from the Tampa-Hillsborough County Children’s Library Foundation. (Christine Holtzman)
Anansi the spider hangs from his web on the great Baobab tree while talking to a pair of birds during a performance by professional storyteller and puppeteer Katie Adams at the Lutz Community Center. The show, on Feb. 25, which included puppets, came from a collection of three African tales about a mischievous spider.
Two-year-old Carolina Mellor, of Wesley Chapel, giggles with her mother, Alissa Rodriguez, after the Katie Adams’ Make Believe Theater performance of ‘The Red and Green Hat.’

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