John Cech

As part of our ongoing exploration of how children’s books matter throughout our lives, today we’re speaking with Brother Blue, the internationally known storyteller, from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

It’s the puppeteer Jim Henson’s birthday today, and John Cech and Elaine Needelman are here to discuss his life and influence.

That’s Jack Prelutsky, whose birthday it is today, with part of his poem, “I am Diggin a Hole in the Ceiling.”