Come to this very special Fairy House Festival at Camp Ketcha – a fundraiser for Hearth and Home
Montessori School playground equipment. Camp Ketcha programs focus on creativity, self-discovery, experiential education, physical activity and environmental education.

Enjoy a fun fairy house workshop with Tracy Kane at 10:30am. Also enjoy pony rides, maypole dancing, and of course, building fairy houses!  Plus crafts, face-painting, lunch and more!

336 Black Point Road
Scarborough, Maine 04074
Tel: (207) 883-8977
www.campketcha.org

Where the Children Play:

Discovering, Creating and Using Outdoor Spaces

October 5, 2011 · Cody Outdoor Center, Freedom, NH
8:30am – 4:30pm

Join us to explore the many ways we can reconnect children, youth and families with nature, whether by discovering new ways to use our backyards, city parks and other existing outdoor spaces; creating new outdoor spaces in schoolyards and neighborhoods; or conserving community land and providing access to community spaces.

Explore the many ways teachers, city planners, environmental educators, artists, park and recreation professionals, business owners, health practitioners, and community members can reconnect children, youth and families with nature. Discover ways to use our backyards, parks and existing outdoor spaces; create new outdoor spaces in schoolyards and neighborhoods; or conserve land and access to outdoor spaces.

One of the concurrent workshops will be presented by Tracy Kane:

B-1 – Building Fairy Houses Connects Children with Nature (Tracy Kane, Author and Illustrator)

What is a fairy house? How do Tracy’s books motivate children to enjoy their creativity? Building fairy houses with natural materials is an enchanting way to explore the outdoors. This activity reminds children of Nature’s daily magic while stimulating their design and construction skills. Educators, Environmentalists, Horticulturalists and nature lovers will appreciate this insight to discovering Nature’s wonders!

$45 registration includes:
keynote · workshops · lunch · networking…all on the wooded shores of Ossipee Lake in view of the White Mountains!

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephen Kellert
“The Human Need for Nature, Childhood Development and the Built Environment.”

More info and Registration at: http://www.nhchildreninnature.org/events/conference

October 1st & 2nd, 2011
11am – 4pm each day

Featuring: Author/Illustrator, Tracy Kane & Author Kelly Sanders

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Come to the “Fifth Annual Nature’s Open House Tour” and see 100+ custom built fairy & gnome dwellings set along a half mile stroll through wooded trails during fall foliage season. Also meet and greet award winning authors, Tracy Kane and Kelly Sanders, who will be reading and signing their award-winning books.

The tour involves the creative participation of several schools and other community organizations. Tour ticket proceeds benefit Elementary Schools & Trails Fund

Visit our permanent “Gnome and Fairy Village” for families and friends inspired to build their own houses, year-round. This tour was inspired by “The Fairy Houses Series®” of books by Tracy Kane and the amazing annual tours of “Fairy Houses in Portsmouth, NH.”

Enjoy a multi-generational family and community event celebrating nature awareness and literacy. We hope to inspire children and adults to experience the joy of reading and to interact with nature through building these unique habitats for fairies, gnomes and nature’s friends.

• Excites children to explore the natural world
• Teaches respect for nature
• Provides quiet time to observe and discover
• Connects the written word to the natural world

Tickets: On sale Aug. 1st
Ticket proceeds benefit local Elementary Schools & Trails Fund

In Advance: $5
Day of Event: $8
Ticket Sales Info

Winding Trails
50 Winding Trails Dr.
Off Route 4 in Farmington, CT.
860-677-8458

For more information visit: Winding Trails Website

Read a letter from Mark Dale, Education Coordinator

Pictures from the 2011 Tour

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Come hear renown author/illustrator, Tracy Kane,  read from one of her award-winning Fairy Houses books.

Learn how to be fairy architects using natural materials found on a farm!

Bring some of your own materials too and enjoy many other activities, such as the famous Corn Maze.

For more info visit the Coppal House Farm website

Rain date:  on Sunday 25th 1pm-3pm

Coppal House Farm
118 North River Road
Lee, NH
603-659-3572

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World’s largest Fairy Houses event!

The Seventh Annual Tour is now scheduled!

Saturday & Sunday
September 17 & 18
12 Noon till 4pm each day

Pictures from the 2011 Tour!

This magical “one of a kind” Tour includes entry to Strawbery Banke, Prescott Park and the Wentworth Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses.

As always, Tracy Kane will be present to chat with fairy houses fans and sign her books.

Build a Fairy House to display at the Tour – for details click here

Southern New Hampshire Dance Theatre will present excerpts from “Fairy Houses – The Ballet”.

Plus, help build what may be the world’s largest Fairy Houses Village!

Download Event Poster (PDF)

Tour Summary

• Ticket includes entrance to Strawbery Banke and the Wentworth-Gardner house.
• See many Fairy Houses inspired by children’s literature and other fairy fantasies.
• Excerpts from Fairy Houses – The Ballet! An original work based on Fairy Flight, a book by Tracy Kane. Adapted and performed by The Southern New Hampshire Youth Ballet.
• Meet Tracy Kane, author/illustrator of the multi- award winning Fairy Houses Series® of books and video.
• Build your own fairy house on Peirce Island and help create a Fairy Houses Village!
• All within walking distance
• Enjoy the Amazing Bubble Machine!
• FREE Parking available at Peirce Island

Tickets

Children (3-12) advance $4, day of tour $5
Adults advance $10, day of tour $15
Seniors (62+) advance $8, day of tour $10
Family advance $20, day of tour N/A

Ticket proceeds benefit local non-profit organizations. Last year’s tour raised $30,000 for local non-profit organizations!

Advance tickets may be purchased at:
Prescott Park Arts Festival Online Order Form
Prescott Park Arts Festival membership booth
G. Willikers Toyshop, 13 Market Street, Portsmouth
Strawbery Banke Museum at the Visitors Center

For more ticket info call Prescott Park at (603) 436-2848

Tickets and tour maps are available by the flag pole at Prescott Park and on Peirce Island (by the main parking areas) for those who have not bought them in advance.

Sorry, no pets allowed.

Suggested Directions

(to avoid congestion)
From I95 take exit 3, Rte 33 towards Portsmouth along Middle Road. Soon after crossing Rte 1 take a right on South Street.
Take a left on Marcy Street.
Take a quick right to stay on Marcy Street.
Take a right on Peirce Island Road for parking.

Contacts & Media Opportunities

Interviews
Advance interviews can be arranged with Tracy Kane, children’s book author and illustrator of the award-winning Fairy House Series and author/photographer, Barry Kane.
Contact tanya@light-beams.com

COMPLIMENTARY PRESS TICKETS AVAILABLE WITH CREDENTIALS AT THE INFORMATION BOOTH ON MARCY STREET, ACROSS FROM PRESCOTT PARK.

Media Contacts
Judy Nerbonne (603) 431-8439 e-mail

Media Information
Visit the Media Center for media related documents and images.

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“Fairies Among Us” StoryWalk and fairy village-building event.

Note: Tracy Kane will not be able to attend this event.

Come enjoy Tracy Kane’s “Fairy Houses” as you stroll through the enchanted Rose Garden and help transform a piece of Elizabeth Park into a magical fairy village. Watch as the process of play brings the book to life. The StoryWalk begins at the main entrance to the Rose Garden, directly across from the Perennial Garden, and is self-led. Experienced fairy house builders will meet you at the end.This program is free and is sponsored by Tell Me a Story, literary gift baskets for children. The first twenty participants will receive a certificate for a free soft serve at “The Dog House”.

FREE.  In case of rain, check www.tellmeastoryCT.com for cancellation.

For More Information call: 860-763-0576

Aug 6-7
Saturday 10am till 4pm
Sunday 10am till 2pm

Pictures from last Year’s Event ~ see below!

Please note: Tracy Kane will not be appearing at this event

A new musical production based on the best-selling children’s book, “Forest Secrets: A Fairy Houses Mystery” by Tracy Kane and Kelly Sanders.

This enchanting musical production reveals how nature inspires children’s imaginations and captures their hearts encouraging them to go outside to cherish and respect wildlife and their habitats.

The muscial is followed by a Fairy House Village tour on the Playhouse grounds. This annual event attracts hundreds of people of all ages to the Playhouse to walk through the woods on the 27-acre campus and enjoy the many Fairy Houses built by local families, floral designers and artisans.

Build your own Fairy Houses along the path! Take an enchanting nature walk, plus enjoy other activities along the way.

Saturday: Matinees at 10am & 12pm
Sunday: Matinee at 10am

Tickets:
Fairy Houses – The Musical $10
Fairy House Tour Only – $8
Combo ticket for show and tour – only $16

Ogunquit Playhouse
Main Street
Ogunquit, ME
Ticket Office 207-646-5511
Ogunquit Playhouse Website – click here

Fairy Houses – The Musical!

Fairy Houses Tour

August 5,6,7 (Fri thru Sun) 1pm-4pm each day.

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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Boothbay, Maine

This magical and popular event that’s free with Gardens admission is returning for its fifth year, better than ever thanks to the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden, which opened in 2010, and the brand new Bosarge Family Education Center. Girls and boys will enjoy building fairy houses, fairy arts and crafts, and games including the Gnome Toss and Gnome Bowling.

Enjoy stories and readings by renown author, Tracy Kane. Plus build your own Fairy Houses! Enjoy a parade (costumes are welcome at the Festival), fairy teas, live performances, workshops, designer fairy houses on display, and the great bubble machine!

Festival hours are 1:00-4:00 p.m. daily.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Barters Island Road
Boothbay, ME

To learn more about the event call 207-633-4333 or e-mail Valerie Augustine, valerie@MaineGardens.org
website

Location and Directions to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens:
The Gardens are in mid-coast Maine, about an hour’s drive northeast of Portland and just 10 miles south of coastal Route 1.

From southern Maine: Follow signs to the Boothbay region. Soon after crossing the Wiscasset bridge on Route 1 North, turn right onto Route 27 South towards Boothbay. After 9.3 miles, bear right at the Boothbay monument, across from the town common and gazebo. Go straight at the stop sign immediately ahead. After 0.25 miles, turn right onto Barters Island Road. The entrance to the Gardens is about 1 mile ahead, on the left.

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Come to the Armstrong-Kelley Park on Main Street in Osterville Village, Cape Cod for a book reading by Tracy Kane and build your own fairy house along our trails.

Dress in your fairy finery. Bring a brown bag of supplies including acorns, feathers, shells, grasses, twigs, flowers, moss and anything else Mother Nature provides us. Imagine building a house where milkweed becomes a fairy bed, a sea shell becomes a bathtub, and stones make a front walk.

Tracy Kane will read from her award winning children’s books and describe how to build a fairy house. Then we’ll spend the rest of the afternoon roaming the park and creating fairy houses of our very own. We hope you will have a fun afternoon with us and return often to see if any fairies have visited! Prizes.

The park is privately owned by The Cape Cod Horticultural Society ~ enjoy the boardwalks, flowing trees, flowers, singing of the birds, rabbits scurrying around, watch the fish in the fish pond and the ring bell on Liam’s train.

This event is co- sponsored by
The Cape Cod Horticultural (armstrongkelleypark.com) and
The Osterville Village Library (ostervillefreelibrary.org/Osterville)

For further information, email Dee Dow-Chase or call 508-428-9936.

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Come to this wonderful garden festival and meet Tracy Kane who will be at the Nantucket Lighthouse School on all three mornings from 9am till 10:30am.

She will have a book reading and presentation on Fairy House building followed by participants building a special island Fairy Houses Village outside on the school grounds!

Explore nature’s wonders through this unique and fun activity. For all ages – just bring your creativity and imagination!

For more info visit the Nantucket Garden Festival website click here

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