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Mark Your Calendar!
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Family Literacy Day – November
3, 2007
“Rock – N – Read,” Family Literacy Day in Sequim, Port Angeles and
Forks will include lots of activities related to the theme for
parents and kids, prizes and a book for every child in attendance.
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Forks: Will meet in the Forks
Library from 11 – 1 pm
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Port Angeles: Will meet in
the Port Angeles library from 1 – 3 pm
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Sequim: Will meet in Greywolf
Elementary, 171 Carlsborg Road, Sequim from 1 -3 pm
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KidsFest - March 23, 2008
11:00 to 3:00 at Vern Burton in Port Angeles
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RainFest – April 20, 2008
– 10:00 am at Peninsula College in Forks
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Kids Day – Sequim Irrigation
Festival – May 4, 2008 – 11:00 – 3:00 at the Boys and Girls Club
in Sequim
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Clallam Bay Sekiu Fun Days –
July 13, 2008 – 9:00 am at the Bus Depot
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Family Fun Day – August 3,
2008 at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles
The Literacy Council will be encouraging kids to read by giving all
children & youth a free book of their choice and helping them to
make very creative bookmarks at each of the above events.
Check with your local library for
fun summer reading programs!
Literacy Factoid
A wonderful thing about a book, in
contrast to a computer screen,
is that you can take it to bed with you. ~ Daniel J. Boorstin ~
Reading Tips
 
READ WITH YOUR FRIENDS!
You know you've read a good book when you
turn the last page and feel a little
as if you have lost a friend. ~Paul Sweeney
Choosing a Book
  
50 multicultural books every child should read
This list of must-have
multicultural books was compiled by the Cooperative Children's Book
Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is
reprinted here with their permission. The list below is recommended for
ages 5-7. Most, if not all, can be found at your local library!
Ages 7-9
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My Name Is Maria Isabel
by Alma Flor Ada. Atheneum, 1993. (Latino)
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From the Bellybutton of
the Moon, and Other Summer Poems/Del Ombligo de la Luna, y Otros
Poemas de Verano by Francisco X. Alarcon, illustrated by Maya
Christina Gonzalez. Children's Book Press, 1998. (Latino
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Golden Tales: Myths,
Legends and Folktales from Latin America by Lulu Delacre.
Scholastic, 1996. (Latino)
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The People Could Fly:
American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by
Leo and Diane Dillon. Knopf, 1985. (African American)
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Maples in the Mist:
Poems for Children from the Tang Dynasty by Minfong Ho,
illustrated by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng. Lothrop, 1996. (Asian
Pacific)
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John Henry by
Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1994. (African
American)
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Baseball Saved Us
by Ken Mochizuki, illustrated by Dom Lee. Lee & Low, 1993. (Asian
Pacific American)
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Wings by
Christopher Myers. Scholastic, 2000. (African American)
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The People Shall
Continue by Simon Ortiz, illustrated by Sharol Graves.
Children's Book Press, 1988. (American Indian)
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Tar Beach by Faith
Ringgold. Crown, 1991. (African American)
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What's the Most
Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses? by Richard Van Camp,
illustrated by George Littlechild. Children's Book Press, 1998.
(American Indian)
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Justin and the Best
Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter. Lothrop, 1998.
(African American)
Potpourri
“Once Upon a Time…” Four little words, “Once
upon a time” immediately take us to far away places. Maybe we imagine
lands where princes ride white horses or giants stomp around castles.
Maybe we imagine little children lost in magical forests or dragons
breathing fire. Whatever our memories of fairy tales,
whether of books with golden edges or the colorful characters that fill
their pages, the stories almost always started with those four little
words –“Once upon a time…”
Today’s world can be a troublesome place for children
and adults alike. The Big Bad Wolf may not huff and puff the same way he
used to but he’s still out there. Biting a poison apple today may have a
totally different result than in Snow White’s day, so we teach our
children to be mindful.
But snuggled on a parent or grandparent’s lap,
reading together, a child can feel safe in their arms and take comfort
in the words that end every Once Upon a Time story – “…and they lived
happily ever after.”
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