Puppeteer Mary Shaver, above, works to prepare the lines of the Shoemaker before the start of her recent puppet show at the Bainbridge Public Library. The show “The Shoemaker & the Elf” went off without a hitch before a capacity crowd of enthusiastic youngsters.

Shaver, billed as a Puppeteer Extraordinaire, is an award-winning puppeteer. Her productions are seen from universities to preschools, libraries to museums, from the United States to Europe.