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The Pea Green Boat Discovers How Toys Become Real

The Pea Green Boat broadcasts a radio play, "Let's Draw: The Velveteen Rabbit," written by Charles Sommers, adapted by Mark Metcalf and Annie Garde.

Credit illustrator William Nicholson
Front cover of the 1922 Heinemann edition

Sommers' radio play is based on The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams. You'll hear actors Teresa Waldorf, Howard Kingston, Salina Chatlain, Kevin Harrington, Mark Metcalf, and Annie Garde, with sound effects by Ann McDowell and music by The Angel Band (Ellie Nuno and Stu Williams). Recorded, mixed and produced by Beth Anne Austein.

The photos are still coming in. (Check 'em out on our Facebook page.) But you can listen anytime. Just click on the audio button above, draw what you imagine while you're listening, and then send you picture(s) to Annie. The addresses are below.

Listeners are invited to draw pictures while they listen and then send their drawings to: Rodeo Radio Theater, c/0 Pea Green Boat, MTPR, the University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812. Or email them to annie.garde@mtpr.org. Selected images will be featured on our website or Facebook page.

"Let's Draw: The Velveteen Rabbit" is the inaugural radio play in a new Pea Green Boat series, Rodeo Radio Theater. Coming next, "Let's Draw: Robin Hood."

("The Pea Green Boat" is on the air every weekday between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. "Let's Draw: The Velveteen Rabbit" first aired on Friday, 2/13/15, with a repeat broadcast Sunday, April 12, 2015, 6:40 p.m.)

Annie Garde is the Children's Program Director and host and producer of the Pea Green Boat and the Children's Corner.
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