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Show Thursday, October 25, 2007 Springville Reads 2007-08 books SPRINGVILLE HERALD mm mmmmmmmmm 725 APR (PRIME FOR SIX MONTHS j ilONS BANjrP am 7. 74 APR i (0.51 BEtOW PRIME ' THEREAFTER! The Springville Reads committee launched the 2007-08 reading selections Thursday evening with an acting out of some of the book that has been chosen cho-sen for younger teens by students in Linda Lewis' class at Mapleton Jr. High. The book, "Day of Tears" tells the story of one of the biggest slave auctions in American history. "The situation is obviously obvi-ously sad, but the book is not too graphic for young readers," said Mapleton Jr. High teacher Robin Card who talked about the book by Julius Lester. "This is a powerful book, especially when acted out by kids," said Card. She said that in 1857, Bryce Butler, the slaves' master in the story, was deeply in debt from gambling. gam-bling. He had hundreds of slaves that had been handed down to him from previous generations in his family. Butler, in order to get money, held one of the largest slave auctions ever. "The book explores the idea of how slavery helped to build America and also teaches young people about this period of time in history," Card said. The title comes from the fact that it rained for two days starting right when the auction started. The slaves said that the Lord was crying, because these people were sold just like cattle. "The book says that 'ha- - - ' . mill hill -.' w... fthn f nntiH Students from Mapleton Jr. High acted out some parts of the book, "A Day of Tears," that was chosen for young people by the Springville Reads 2007-08 committee. The adult book chosen is "Barefoot Heart." It is hoped that young people and adults will take the time to read these books and discuss the issues and history involved. tred is as much a relationship relation-ship as love' and it looks at this situation through the eyes of the slaves," said Card. Springville High School Librarian LaNell Rabner presented the book chosen for older teens and adults by the committee. "Barefoot "Bare-foot Heart" is by Elva Tre-vino Tre-vino Hart and tells the story sto-ry of the childhood of a migrant mi-grant worker in the 1950s, from her perspective. It is a story of challenges and overcoming. "It is truly about the American Dream," said Rabner. "Being an American Ameri-can is wonderful and sometimes not so wonderful." wonder-ful." Rabner said that students stu-dents at the high school and jr. highs are doing projects on both of these books. She has put together to-gether a resource guide to help families to know how to share the books with their young people. She believes that reading them together is a good way to teach the history and feelings feel-ings in the books. This information is available at the Springville Spring-ville and Mapleton libraries librar-ies and at the high school and jr. high libraries. The guide explains that reading read-ing these books "begins a journey toward understand under-stand diversity through the exploration of two powerful stories that illuminate illu-minate both the injustices and opportunities of being an American. Both books vividly recount re-count the dehumanizing effects of poverty, segregation, seg-regation, discrimination and bigotry, while demonstrating demon-strating the power of the human spirit to rise above wretched circumstances and forge a better life for those who come behind." "These are both choice books to teach about American heritage," Rabner Rab-ner said. The guide suggests many activities to do to support the ideas in the books and also lists further fur-ther reading materials to supplement them. It also refers to web resources that parents and students can go to for further information. in-formation. Both books are excellent choices for book clubs, classroom study and individual indi-vidual reading. Follow these tips for a safer Halloween Halloween is a time of great fun for children, but it can be a little scary for parents and drivers. Children Chil-dren are often out after dark, crossing busy streets and perhaps going to unfamiliar unfa-miliar homes. "This year Halloween falls on a school day. With excited kids frantically going from neighbor to neighbor, drivers need to be particularly cautious," said Ray Palermo, director of public information for Teachers' Insurance Plan. "However, by following some simple advice, parents, par-ents, children, drivers and homeowners can all have a safe, enjoyable time." - If children are out at night, drivers need to be particularly careful at dusk and when driving either ei-ther over a hill or around a curve, where visibility is limited. Use high beams to see and be seen. -- Trick-or-treaters should always be accompanied accompa-nied by an adult or travel in a group. Children should be told not to eat any unwrapped un-wrapped candy or treats until they return home where their parents can see them. Making sure kids have already eaten before heading out may help. - Parents may want to limit kids to local events run by police stations, firehouses, senior citizen centers or local businesses, business-es, or organize their own through their school. - Parents should incorporate incor-porate reflective tape in costumes or add bright colors to increase visibility. visibil-ity. Make-up rather than masks should be worn to " help ensure that children have an unobstructed view of their surroundings. - Trick-or-treaters may be caught up in the excitement excite-ment of the day and not be as careful as they should. They should always cross at corners and look both ways - before crossing. Drivers need to keep a careful eye on the road and on the sidewalk, in case anyone darts out from between be-tween parked cars. " f 4 ' a nil)"'. 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