Librarian.
For children, the word often conjures an image of someone who hushes you and forces you to read boring books. On November 3rd, however, the first and second graders of R.L. Stevens’ Cool School program had a vastly different experience. As part of our mission to make reading the exciting thing we know it can be, we invited a librarian from Sonoma County Library to come to our after school program. She arrived with giant books, an impressive repertoire of children’s songs and a strong subliminal message – reading is a REALLY good time.
As she read stories to an entranced crowd sitting in a half-moon on the floor around her, the librarian took the students from a farm with talking animals to books written in Spanish to books written entirely in song.
The interactive presentation produced some hilarious moments. While reading about safari animals, she asked what noises all the animals made. When asked what a zebra said, literacy specialists will be happy to know that both classes let out an enthusiastic, “Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!”
The children received book marks, applications for a library card, contact information for the libraries in the area, suggested reading lists for their grade and “Read” tattoos. Clearly, reading does not have to be silent and boring. Reading can mean exciting and sometimes noisy participation as a community. Most importantly, reading can mean a really good time.
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