GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
TOM IS OUT TODAY.
BUT LOOK WHO'S JOINING ME!
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
YOU REMEMBER ANNIE BUSCH, THE
FORMER DIRECTOR OF
SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY
LIBRARY.
HOW ARE YOU?
GREAT, JOY.
GREAT TO BE HERE.
Joy: IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE REASON
ANNIE IS HERE.
Joy: COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.
BACK UP, ANNIE AND TELL ME HOW
THIS THING GOT STARTED.
Guest: FIRST OF ALL, LET'S
NOT SAY WEEKEND.
IT'S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
Joy: TRUE.
Guest: JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR.
Joy: THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS
HAPPENING OVER THE WEEKEND.
BUT THIS IS HAPPENING THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY.
CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL.
Joy: RIGHT.
BECAUSE A LOT OF AUTHORS WERE
GATHER THERE.
AND EVERYBODY SAID LET'S DO
SOMETHING WITH AND FOR THE
CHILDREN.
SO REAL QUICK, TELL ME WHEN THIS
HAPPENS.
YOU MENTIONED THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE LOCATION.
SO YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION.
Guest: IT WILL TAKE THOUGHT
AND ORGANIZATION.
IT'S FROM 9:00 TO 3:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
AND THERE WILL BE TWO DIFFERENT
THINGS TO DO.
IN -- I ALWAYS HAVE TO -- IN
MARSH FIELD, THE AUTHORS WILL
NAZAREEN OFF THE SQUARE IN MARSH
FIELD.
THERE WILL BE AUTHORS THAT
CHILDREN CAN TALK TO AND BUY
THEIR BOOK AND HEAR
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE AUTHORS.
MANY OF THESE AUTHORS HAVE LOCAL
CONNECTIONS.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONNECTIONS TO
LAURA INGLES WILDER OR COME FROM
THIS REGION OF THE STATE.
SO PEOPLE YOU CAN REALLY RELATE
TO.
AND THEN, THE OTHER IS IN
MANSFIELD ITSELF AT THE MUSEUM.
HALF PRICE TO GET IN.
Joy: UH-HUH!
Guest: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A NUMBER
OF YEARS, IT HAS BEEN RENOVATED,
BROUGHT BACK TO WHAT IT USED TO
BE LIKE.
AND EVEN BETTER FOR SOME OF US
THAT LIKE HISTORY.
THEY HAVE NOW CREATED A MUSEUM
ITSELF, WHERE THERE'S A PLACE
FOR RESEARCHERS TO LOOK AT THE
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS WHERE LAURA
WROTE THE STORIES ON PEN IN A
TABLET.
RIGHT THERE IS WHERE SO MUCH
THIS HAPPENED.
YOU HAVE MARSH FIELD, MANSFIELD.
TWO LOCATIONS.
TWO DAYS.
Guest: THAT'S RIGHT.
Joy: WHAT CAN CHILDREN AND
PARENTS EXPECT TO DO WHILE
THEY'RE THERE?
Guest: AT THE MUSEUM, THE
CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO DO A
SCAVENGER HUNT.
Joy: FUN.
Guest: AND THEY WILL HAVE A
LIST OF THINGS TO FIND THAT WERE
LAURA'S THINGS.
AND THEY TAKE THAT AND GO AROUND
AND FIND THOSE ITEMS.
AND IF THEY FIND THEM ALL, THEY
GET A PENCIL WITH LAURA INGLES
WILDER MEMENTO SYMBOL ON IT.
Joy: ONE OF THEIR LOGOS.
Guest: LOGOS, THANK YOU.
Joy: SURE.
AND KIDS LOVE SCAVENGER
HUNTS.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FUN.
Joy: ABSOLUTELY.
Guest: THE ENTRY PRICE COST
FOR THE MUSEUM IS HALF PRICE.
IT WILL BE CHEAPTER TO GET IN.
AND THE OLD HOUSE IS THERE.
YOU WILL GET TO THE SEE HOW THEY
LIVED IN THOSE DAYS.
THE INTEREST THING WAS, SHE WAS
WHO LIVED ALL OVER THE MIDWEST.
AND HAD THOSE INTERESTING
EXPERIENCES.
AND THEN, THEY ENDED UP HERE
WITH A FARM.
Joy: RIGHT.
AND SHE REALIZED -- HER
DAUGHTER SAID WHY DON'T YOU
WRITE, MOM?
Joy: AND GUESS WHAT?
MOM WROTE AND MADE HISTORY.
Guest: SHE HAD NOT WRITTEN
BEFORE.
WHEN SHE MOVED TO MISSOURI, SHE
STARTED WRITING FOR A RURAL
NEWSPAPER AND WENT TO WRITE
ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES.
INTO OVER 40 LANGUAGES.
Joy: UNBELIEVABLE.
Guest: PEOPLE COME FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD TO VISIT THE
MUSEUM.
Joy: YEAH, WE'RE VERY LUCKY
TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HERE.
AND THE ATTENTION THAT IS PAID,
PARTICULARLY THIS WEEKEND AT THE
FESTIVAL TO THE CHIRP AND
GETTING CHILDREN INTERESTED IN
READING AND LITERATURE AND THE
9:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 3:00
IN THE AFTERNOON.
Joy: PERFECT.
Guest: YOU CAN GO AT 11
MORNING AND THE OTHER IN THE
AFTERNOON IF YOU'D LIKE OR ONE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
LAURA LEGACY.
IT'S GREAT.
Joy: ABSOLUTELY.
AND ALL FOR THE KIDS, TOO.
ANNIE, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU.
Guest: THANKS SO MUCH.