The West Rutland Free Library will be presenting The Princess and the Pea at the Vermont Fairy Tale Festival at Sherburne Library this Saturday. We will have a craft, something special to take home and a great presentation of this tale. Of course, there will be many more tales to discover.

This first of its kind festival in Vermont is a celebration of Vermont’s public libraries. The festival is similar in structure and schedule to a Renaissance Faire, except every booth will feature a different fairy tale. Twenty public libraries have signed on to sponsor booths which range from the lesser known tales like Tam Lin, through traditional tales like Alice in Wonderland and Robin Hood, to more modern tales like Harry Potter. Families can visit each tale, learn the story, and create something to take home at each booth they visit. The event is free to the public with the donation of a non-perishable food item for the food bank or an item for the humane society. Costumes are encouraged and there will be characters available for photo opportunities throughout the day.

Please join us! We'd love to see your costumes!

Killington Fire and Rescue along with the Killington Pico Rotary Club are our food vendors and we’ll have craft vendors from across New England on site selling all sorts of fairy-like wares. The Vikings of Ullr are setting up an encampment and are doing fight demonstrations as well and interacting with the crowd. We are pleased to have two Vermont artists for the event, Lynn Spencer of West Berlin and Peter Gould of Killington, to encourage creativity as well as two professional storytellers, Simon Brooks and Norah Dooley, spinning wonderful tales throughout the day.

The event will be held rain or shine at the Sherburne Memorial Library in Killington, Vermont, and we hope to encourage visitors to become more aware of the wonderful services their own public libraries offer as we celebrate libraries, families and lifelong learning. For more information, please contact Jane Ramos, Library Director, at 802-422-9765 or director@sherburnelibrary.org For a list of participating libraries, check out the events pages at www.sherburnelibrary.org or visit us at Vermont Fairy Tale Festival on Facebook.