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Toy fans of all ages: Toy enthusiast Allan Hirsch presents his interactive program, "The Real Toy Story: Folk Toys and Whistles from Around the World" from 6:30-8 p.m., Tuesday, December 13 at the Tumwater Timberland Library. This free program is designed for ages 5 and up.

Hirsch will demonstrate a selection of unusual toys and the audience will have a chance to play with many of them. There will be noisemakers, weapons and tools that became toys, the Chinese toy that inspired the helicopter, gadgets and whistles from cultures around the world, and more. A lifelong collector of toys, tales and songs, Hirsch highlights the importance of fun as well as the historical value of toys.

This is a Humanities Washington Inquiring Mind presentation. For more information, please call the Tumwater library at (360) 943-7790.

Timberland Regional Library serves the information, reading and lifelong learning needs of the Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston county public at 27 community libraries and 5 cooperative library centers. The library system is funded by local property taxes. For information on any subject, the Thurston County public can telephone Timberland’s Central Reference Service at 704-INFO (704-4636) or they can "Ask a Librarian" online at www.trlib.org. Anyone needing special accommodations to participate in a library’s program may contact the library a week in advance.

Revised 12/07/05