[Libs-Or] OLA Quarterly Author Showcase | Jaime Thoreson, Sherwood Public Library | ¡Bienvenidos! Cuentos en el Parque: Taking Library and Other Community Services on Location

[OLA Communications Committee]

Jaime Thoreson works as a Youth Services Librarian II at Sherwood Public
Library, and has been working in the libraries of Washington County
Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) since 1996. Please download and read
her latest article, “¡Bienvenidos! Cuentos en el Parque: Taking Library and
Other Community Services on Location,” here:
http://journals3.library.oregonstate.edu/olaq/article/view/vol25_iss4_5



>From Jaime’s article: “During the middle of the summer in Sherwood, Oregon,
if you are walking through the grounds of one of the largest parks in town,
you will see tables set up for lunch for a crowd, other tables with free
books and community information, bubbles filling the air, and about 100
kids and their grown-ups enjoying a camp-like experience. You will see
families of all demographics enjoying stories and songs in Spanish and
English. You will see happy faces lined up for lunch, and a riotous
enthusiasm that only kids exude during a fun craft or outdoor game
activity. You might wonder what is going on. Is it a school gathering? Is
it a city event? Is it a community fair? The answer is all of the above.
It’s Bilingual Storytime in the Park/Hora de cuentos en el parque, an
annual storytime session that runs once a week for six weeks during the
summer, now in its fourth year.”



Jaime says the best part of her job is getting to work in her hometown
community. Her passion is providing readers’ advisory to youth, especially
reluctant readers. When she is not at work she is knitting, biking,
reading, gardening, and discouraging rebellious chickens from crossing the
road at her small farm in the country.



This article was written before the events that began this spring. The OLA
Quarterly Coordinator takes full responsibility for the lateness of this
issue."

Thank you,
Charles Wood
OLA Quarterly Coordinator
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