The Children's Book Club & Performance Series

QPAC's Children's Book Club & Performance Series presents two Christmas events this December. The program combines entertainment with motivating children to read by allowing them to experience fully-staged musical adaptations of the books they will be encouraged to read or have read to them.

Poko Puppets' Jack Frost Holiday Revue Friday, December 1, 2006, 11a.m. Saturday, December 2, 2006, 11a.m. Sunday, December 3, 2006, 11a.m.

Back by popular demand! Jack Frost is the host for a musical extravaganza featuring the space-age adventures of "Little Red Rocket Hood" and a rollicking country-western "Three Little Pigs" written by Broadway veterans Peter Howard and David Axelrod. It's fun for all as the audience sings along with Jack and a cuddly Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, who are joined by a larger than life "Frosty the Snowman," and a full company of life-sized "Toy Soldier" puppets. Pictures with Santa following Saturday's performance. Appropriate for ages 2-10. $10 All Seats.

Sign-interpreted for the hearing impaired.

Recommended Book: The Three Little Pigs by Steven Kellogg

The Shoemaker and the Christmas Elves Friday, December 15, 2006, 7p.m.

A heartwarming holiday musical which takes a yuletide spin on the classic Brothers' Grimm fairy tale The Elves and the Shoemaker. The magical story of a poor shoemaker and the magical elves who show him the true meaning of the holidays is a terrific prelude to having children read the original fairy tale while helping to create a great anticipation for the holiday. Appropriate for ages 4-10.

$10 All Seats.

Recommended Books: The Elves and the Shoemaker by Paul Gladstone; book and cassette narration.

The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jacob Grimm, Jim Lamarche

For tickets and information contact the Box Office at 718.631.6311, Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased on-line at www.visitqpac.org. The center is located on the Q u e e n s b o r o u g h Community College campus in the heart of Bayside, with ample free parking.