Hannah Dworkin Tours U.S. with Famous Feline by Nicholas Leither It isn’t until I sit down in my seat and strike up a conversation with a six-year-old named Maddy that I learn that “Peg + Cat” in Castro Valley, California is actually a PBS television series. “Watch the ‘Tree Problem’ episode,” Maddy tells my…
Khalia Davis Delights with Pirates, Treasure, Adventure Galore by Nicholas Leither Judy Moody had a dull summer. Maybe it was because her parents couldn’t afford to send her to fantasy-everything camp or take her to Disneyland. Maybe her parents worked too much. Maybe she and her brother squandered it playing video games, watching Sponge…
Austin Zumbro, Andrew Mondello Rock the Show by Nicholas Leither If art is a stuffy, elitist activity that costs a lot of money and produces a lot of sneers, you wouldn’t know it watching Bay Area Children’s Theater’s new musical “Beautiful Oops!” based on the popular children’s book by Barney Saltzberg. In “Oops!” art…
Eric Carle, Simon Trumble Ask, “Still Hungry?” by Nicholas Leither The set is white paper mache. A few books sit center stage. Brianna Grey Rodriguez, dressed in white overalls, picks up one of the books and opens it. And then we enter the magical and colorful world of Eric Carle—brought to life by four…