Kaden Bliss, 4, a preschooler in Minidoka County, explains his favorite book to the Rupert Kiwanis, while his teacher, Judy Woodward, looks on.
By TERRI JOHNSON
The Voice
RUPERT – As part of a promotion for the Mini-Cassia Reading Foundation and to thank the Rupert Kiwanis for their support, three children were selected to present their feelings about reading on November 8 during the regular Kiwanis meeting at the Rupert Elks.
“We always seem to do a slide show or a video,” said Helen Almanza, administrative assistant for the Foundation.
“We wanted to do something different and more interesting this time.”
“The children were chosen because they love reading and love books,” explained Almanza.
“They each shared an excitement about books and had a cute way of telling about their book.”
The children each noted that their parents and other family members read to them every day and that their teachers read to them. They seemed to like most the books that had lots of pictures and bright colors.
Anthony Jensen, 5 year old son of Mark and Laura Jensen of Burley and a Kindergarten student at Dworshak Elementary shared a Dr. Seuss book, The Cat in the Hat.
“I like this book because it is my new one I got from the Book Fair,” he said.
“I like the pictures and I like it because they learned about night animals.”
“This is where the hammer is,” said Kaden Bliss, 4 year old son of Gary and Tiffany Bliss of Rupert, who attends the Minidoka County Preschool Center in Rupert.
His book was one with lots of textures and pictures. The book has built in windows to open where things are hidden.
“This is kind of tricky,” he said as he turned the last page and lifted the flap to show where the hammer was located in his book.
“It has a lot of different stories, “said Julissa Lopez, 6 year old daughter of Francisco and Marta Lopez of Burley and a second grader at Dworshak .
Her book was Disney’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales.
“My mom reads to me before I go to bed and then she can read a different story every night,” Lopez said.
Almanza reported that the Reading Foundation has given over 41,000 free books to low income families over the past six years, and over 7,000 baby packs. The baby packs contain a baby bib, a new book and support material on the importance of reading to your newborn child.
“(The children’s presentation) was received very well,” said Almanza.
“We had members (of the Kiwanis) commenting after the lunch how much they enjoyed the kids sharing in their own words how they love books and reading.”
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