THE GIFT OF GAB.Byline: - Jaime Spangrude If you love reading and you love to be around kids, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Public Library's Grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl and Books program may just be right up your alley. Started in 1989, the intergenerational in·ter·gen·er·a·tion·al adj. Being or occurring between generations: "These social-insurance programs are intergenerational and all program has successfully drawn about 300 active volunteers every year. Made possible by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, it promotes the love of reading and serves as an outreach to children and their families. Adult volunteers are required to make a six-month commitment to read with children two or more hours a week at a branch or at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . Training is provided to volunteers, who learn about the latest in children's literature children's literature, writing whose primary audience is children. See also children's book illustration. The Beginnings of Children's Literature The earliest of what came to be regarded as children's literature was first meant for adults. and how to gain a child's interest in reading. ``The program made the library a more community-centered place for our patrons to come to,'' says Maureen Wade, project director for GAB. ``The volunteers truly show their generosity of spirit in reading to the kids, getting the kids excited about reading and watching the kids improve in their reading.'' Judie Mount, better-known by the kids as ``Grandma Judie,'' has been volunteering at the Platt Branch Library in Woodland Hills for the past three years. A West Hills resident and former teacher, Mount says she is trying to give back all the nice things that people have done for her. Clad in her apron apron, n a piece of clothing worn in front of the body for protection. apron band, n a labioincisal or gingival extension of an orthodontic band that aids in retention of the band and in proper positioning of the bracket. with ``GAB'' pasted across the front, Mount spends her Monday mornings reading kids books like ``The Very Hungry Caterpillar'' and ``Caps for Sale.'' She also uses flannel flannel, large group of napped plain-weave or twill-weave fabrics made of cotton, wool, or man-made fibers. Flannel fabrics vary in closeness or firmness of weave and in degree of napping. boards and puppets as props to accompany her reading and to maintain the children's enthusiasm. ``I enjoy children,'' she says. ``It keeps me close to children and I enjoy reading to them. It's a nice program for seniors, and it's a very important thing for young kids.'' The Grandparents and Books program needs adult volunteers to read to children. Training workshops will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday and May 4 at the Northridge Library, 9051 Darby Ave., Northridge. (818) 886-3640. Pre-register with your nearest L.A. City Library. For additional information, call (213) 228-7487 or visit www.lapl.org/admin/gab or ask your local librarian. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Judie Mount - known to the kids at the Platt Branch Library as ``Grandma Judie'' - reads to children every Monday. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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