I'm pleased to announce the release of TheVelveteen Rabbit, a play-at-home audio play for kids available now for free! Produced by the Cincinnati-based multimedia arts company Walterhoope, The Velveteen Rabbit is a storytelling and puppetry learning experience for kids at home or at school. Learn about audio plays, puppetry, and storytelling, and experience Margery Williams's timeless story of how toys become real, as brought to life by a cast of professional voice actors. Walterhoope's materials will teach children how to build their own puppets and accompany the audio play with their very own live puppet show. Adapted with contemporary twists for the 21st century child by Teresa Spencer, with original score by Nautilus Compositions, and rendered by the original illustrations of Nytaya Babbitt and the puppetry tutorials of MoonBull Studio, The Velveteen Rabbit allows kids and adults to engage at the level they want to--just sit back and enjoy the audio play, or put on a live puppet show for friends, classmates, and family. The Velveteen Rabbit is a complete learning and play experience for children.

The Velveteen Rabbit is made possible in part by generous funding from ArtsWave Cincinnati.