Above you see Diane Bergeron, a circulation paraprofessional and our resident sign language expert, interpreting "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" (puppetry and voice performed by the unseen Librarian Colleen Crowley and valued volunteer Kathleen Larson) for an audience including Deaf and hard of hearing children...Ms. Bergeron has worked extensively for the Wisconsin Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and is fluent in this amazing language of gesture.
It's fascinating to watch the two parallel interpretations going on...
If you want to see it first hand, come by on the 21st of July at 2pm; we'll be presenting it again.
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