Third graders at Rowe Elementary School recently participated in a Side x Side program that helped to teach a literacy unit on fairytales through art and storytelling. Students worked with teaching artist Cat Labarre to create fairytale characters and turn them into hinged puppets. They then learned storytelling techniques from teaching artist and master storyteller Antonio Rocha to bring their fairytale characters to life. The program culminated in an Author’s Tea celebration where students enjoyed iced tea and lemonade and shared their puppets and stories in small groups.