Adventures in sound: Cockney Otters & Wiseacre Mockingbirds

Live Audio/Visual presentation

with author at Westport public Library Thursday, June 23 at 7pmFrederick Thurber

Listen to wiseacre mockingbirds, blowhard toads, impish chipmunks, Cockney otters, obnoxious literary agents, conspiratorial weasels, badgers with a brogue, and sweet singing water rats tell their story in this entertaining and amusing audio/visual presentation.

In this show Frederick and Amy Thurber describe their long quest to find a voice for the characters in their book, . This book is a sequel to , but set on our very own Buzzards Bay, Cherry & Webb beach, Allens Pond, and in the Paquachuck Inn. The book features sailing adventures in wooden boats, scavenger hunts, beach parties, amusing characters, and a mysterious prophecy.In the Wake of the WillowsThe Wind in Willows

was a successful, locally-published book, but an audio version was lacking. This show will follow the Thurbers’ search for the perfect voice of their little friends along…