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Show ' v .' " .' .. ,...s ' , . .- . t . ,wi,- f- SHANNAL.EE, ALISON and baby Angela enjoy reading a book with mother, Pamela Winder. Clonal Children's Book Week Nov. 16-23 'lefl flfoe book bug bie' vmber 16 opened National "'"tan's Book week with the theme ' Time, Any Place, Any Book." 1J ot e local schools are using the ;te theme, "Let the book bug tak is an escape hatch into ad- land' an open door to pp s we world around us, and an ming 0 new skills. five valley elementary schools observing national Children's in a variety of ways. Each 911 a having a book fair. fcIery Elemental7 eT fair 8011001 hours m Wednesday. Ks are available at the school c Vi not have to be ordered. jral Elementary PTA is spon-5,"?na(,fair spon-5,"?na(,fair on the 19th and 20th in ei with Parent-teacher Juices so parents may buy books "lr children. Maeser Elementary the sixth "sponsoring the book fair and books wiU be taken Wed-y Wed-y and Thursday. Cw? Elementary held their book QhniH and Ashley Elementary m weir fair from Dec.7to 11. Other activities the schools are participating in during the week are book talks by both students and parents, some using flannel boards. Maeser Elementary is having a read-a-thon. Ashley students may choose from 300 new books the library ordered especially to celebrate book week. At Discovery the younger grades are making book markers and others are making book covers. Media specialists from the area schools agree that although many new books are available and enjoyed by the children, the old favorites are still the most popular. Books in great demand are "Old Yeller," "The Black Stallion," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "The Little House on the Prairie" series, and mystery series like "The Hardy Boys." For the fifth and sixth graders new-books new-books they seem to enjoy include "A Wrinkle in Time," "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak and books by Maud and Miska Petersham. For younger children some favorites . which are also learning books are "The Rooster Crows," "The Egg Tree," and "Make Way for Ducklings." The public library should be a part of each child's reading experience. Children can learn responsibility from selecting their own books, bringing them home, caring for them and returning them by due date. The Uintah County Library has from 1500 to 2000 books in their young peoples section. How lucky is a child who has parents who read to him. Reading to children helps a child become familiar with the reading process and prepares him to recognize and appreciate reading. If a parent reads to his small children with the idea that reading can be a learning experience, many concepts such as large and small, on and off, top and bottom, can be stressed. Illustrations are important in books for small children, they help the child develop mental pictures about the story or poem. Pre-schoolers especially enjoy the personal attention involved when a parent reads to them. During this week remember any time is a good time for a book and let the book bug bite you. |
