Review by Aedan Mulligan, age 6, St Theresa’s Primary School
- Storytelling by Diane Ferlatte and Anna Jarrett
- A Bit of a Yarn: Re-Stitch
- Michele Beevors: Anatomy Lessons 2005-2018
Mum decided that Brendan and me needed some culture so on Saturday morning, into town we went.
First of all, we were impressed with the yarn bombing by the umbrella in Don Street and in front of the library. My favourite yarn creatures were the pūkeko because they are native birds in New Zealand and I was easily able to recognise them recreated in wool. We posed for photos by many of the colourful birds and animals. I am looking forward to taking my dad to see them. There are other sites around town where you can stumble across woollen creations. These will be up until 20 May.
Our safari continued into the city library where we attended a storytelling event hosted by the Celebrate Story Committee of the Southland Literacy Association. This did not start well for us as the introduction by Diane Ferlatte did not grab Brendan’s attention and, like some other preschoolers, he went out to read books instead.
My favourite story told by Diane was about a frog who stood up to bullies who were destroying his home and killing his friends and family. While I enjoyed listening to both storytellers very much, my favourite story was by Anna Jarrett. It was about a crocodile named Crunch in the north of Australia. He ate everything he saw and sang a song that had CRUNCH and MUNCH in it. Watch out or you’ll be dinner! The animals all scared Crunch away and he didn’t come back. I liked this story because it was exciting as we got to make kookaburra and other animal sounds during the story. It was good how the storytellers involved the audience with helping to make actions and sounds. I would go to see the storytellers again.
Finally, we went to see an exhibition of knitted skeletons. These were very interesting. My favourite was a horse which I first thought was a dinosaur. When I looked more closely I recognised its hooves and horse head. It was standing over a human skeleton. It was at a pop-up gallery in Don Street
I’m glad that Mum took us to see some of the arts events in town. I want to bring Dad in to see it all too.
