SIMI FESTIVAL CELEBRATES JOY OF READING BOOKS.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Daily News Staff Writer Children sat on the floor in front of the stage at the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Library Saturday, staring up at a storyteller's aide as she chanted chant n. 1. a. A short, simple series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes. b. A canticle or prayer sung or intoned in this manner. c. a song and rapped a bamboo bamboo, plant of the family Gramineae (grass family), chiefly of warm or tropical regions, where it is sometimes an extremely important component of the vegetation. It is most abundant in the monsoon area of E Asia. instrument on her hand, trying to wake up a sleeping bear. Suddenly, from behind them came a mighty growl, and in came American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. storyteller Gilbert Unzueta, stooped stoop 1 v. stooped, stoop·ing, stoops v.intr. 1. To bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back: had to stoop in order to fit into the cave. over almost on his hands and knees and wearing a bearskin over his head. As he took the headdress headdress, head covering or decoration, protective or ceremonial, which has been an important part of costume since ancient times. Its style is governed in general by climate, available materials, religion or superstition, and the dictates of fashion. off and began his presentation, the crowd of parents and children began to clap. He stopped them and told them that in his culture, audiences whooped and hollered their appreciation. ``I know you can do that,'' he told the children. ``You do it all the time at home, that's why your parents are always saying shhhh.'' Under ordinary circumstances that's what the librarian would be saying as well. But at the second annual Children's Book Festival, anything goes as visitors got their face painted, carried around balloon animals and had their new books signed by authors. ``People are learning that we're not the stuffy, quiet library that some have in their minds,'' said principal librarian Dale Redfield. ``There's a time to be quiet, but one or two days out of the year, it's nice to open the doors and say, Whatever happens, happens.'' The event was sponsored by the the Simi Valley Friends of the Library through a grant from Target stores. It featured storytellers in different genres set up in the Children's Room of the library as well as in an outdoor plaza made up to look like the locale (programming) locale - A geopolitical place or area, especially in the context of configuring an operating system or application program with its character sets, date and time formats, currency formats etc. Locales are significant for internationalisation and localisation. featured in the book ``The Secret Garden.'' The event also features a contest among local schools, where the campus with the most registered participation will receive a visit from a children's book author. ``I thought the kids would love this,'' said Marian Benavente, who brought her four children, ages 3 to 11, to the festival. ``I knew they would totally enjoy coming here. And it's nice to have someone else sit there and read to them for a change.'' She said she has raised her children to love books, a philosophy that is evident in the way her eldest ELDEST. He or she who has the greatest age. 2. The laws of primogeniture are not in force in the United States; the eldest child of a family cannot, therefore, claim any right in consequence of being the eldest. , Stephanie, talks about reading and listening to library volunteers read in the Secret Garden. ``I liked the peaceful music,'' the girl said. ``And for her to be telling the story, I thought that was real neat. I love to read. I have two to 10 books in my backpack that I carry to school.'' The family was already practicing what library officials said they wanted to foster with the festival. ``We want to get families to read together for 20 minutes a day,'' said Alexis O'Neill, president of the Simi Valley Friends of the Library. ``When kids do things with their families, they are likely to repeat those activities when they are older.'' The festival will continue today from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the library, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour Simi Edition only) Joy Merritt reads a story Saturday during the second annual Children's Book Festival at the Simi Valley Library. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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