Performers

Sarah Lamstein has been performing for more than twenty-five years, providing an intimate puppet theater experience with a variety of puppets. FUNNY BONE TALES is a show filled with warm good humor.

A writing workshop focusing on ways of expressing feelings other than saying, "She was happy." We focus on using dialogue and action to show rather than tell emotion.

Children's author and puppeteer Sarah Lamstein uses her picture book I LIKE YOUR BUTTONS! - the story of a young girl who compliments her teacher and starts a chain reaction of good feeling - as a springboard

A writing workshop on structuring a story. We decide what makes a good story - a character in need struggling toward a goal - then we work on shaping our memories into stories.

A writing workshop on the use of details to enliven writing. We write about family celebrations of birthdays or holidays, focusing on what is unique to a particular family's celebration.

A multimedia presentation explores the exotic, far-off Himalayan kingdom of Nepal through the country's folk literature. The two tales dramatized are from my book FROM THE MANGO TREE, a collection

A multimedia presentation about the delights of the Sabbath. A slide show of my book ANNIE'S SHABBAT, the story of a young girl's celebration of the weekly holiday, starts off the tales. It is followed

In my book talk, The Writing Life, my aim is to encourage reading and to excite students to exercise their own voices as writers. I share with students what led me to be a writer and how my books were