This week Lamplight Books hosted its first "book reading" for children.Fifteen extraordinarily well behaved five years old kids from a pre-school in north Seattle sat on a blanket, nose up and mouth open , listening to one of those children books even adults enjoy re-reading a thousand times.
The missing Piece Meets the Big O. By Shel Silverstein.
Usually the triangle missing piece ends up being interpreted with a high pitch tone ( I think you are the one I have been waiting for)while the Big O is obviously played by a baritone ( But I am not missing a piece ).
The lively aspect of reading this book to children is that the adult can really let his/her creativity run wild on a huge variety of noises to keep the attention going: the rolling, the bouncing, the flipping and the flopping are very "noise inspiring" themselves
Not to mention the pages that bear no text, then you can press play and have the soundtrack going ( see the scene where a pac-man like piece is bumping along a flowery field with the missing piece in its mouth, any mumbled song in the style of Chariots of Fire will do ).
The kids had a terrific time and the reader was left completely dehydrated and voiceless for the following hour but loved it nonetheless.
Last but not least, this year Lamplight Books was glad to be part of the initiative " Walk for Kids" ,as one of the sponsors , promoted and organized by The Pike Place Market Child Care and Preschool, that took place June 4th 2011.Both the bookstore and the preschool hold dear at heart the concept of high standard education, whether that be in the form of self-education through books from a bookstore or with the help of great teachers that you remember for life at the preschool, it is a privilege and an honor to be part of such a caring community. Thank you Pike Place Market! And thank you Kiddos!
Read on
Una libreria animata da bambini, a bocca aperta e con il naso all’insù, è quanto di più promettente ti potessi augurare per la riapertura.
ReplyDeleteHo trovato un bel video su you tube che mostra in animazione e con la traduzione italiana di Luca de Florio la storia del pezzo mancante:
è a questo indirizzo, se volessi farla ascoltare ai nostri in italiano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9FR-7_56aU
Alcuni commenti appaiono molto centrati.
Non bisogna vivere in funzione di qualcuno per sentirsi bene....la vera completezza sta nel sentirsi bene con se stessi.
E poi, nessuno deve adattarsi a qualcuno per "piacere", bisogna solo camminare insieme per essere felici.
Se c'è la volontà, dopo tante fatiche ci si riesce e si "rotola" lontano.
E’ un bel post, pieno di entusiasmo e solleva lo spirito quel palloncino colorato incorniciato dall’azzurro di un limpido cielo.
Thank you Kiddos!
....e quando poi m’imbatto in frasi come:
ReplyDelete“ It is a privilege and an honor to be part of such a caring community. Thank you Pike Place Market! “
beh allora è davvero un calice meno amaro quello di saperti così lontana.
Non c’è distanza che valga come il tuo star bene.
bacio