Jackie Padilla, one of the library’s story tellers, began the morning’s activities with a series of sing-along songs to get the children, ranging ages 2 to 5, warmed up for story time.
“I would say that I’m really more of a performer than anything else,” said Padilla.
Although Padilla may be simply known as the story teller to her audience, the county library system recognizes her by the title of youth program assistant.
“My particular position requires that I have a detailed schedule of the different stories I will read, along with any activities I plan on coordinating,” said Padilla, who continued to add “you have to audition for the role of story teller.”
The children jumped, danced and clapped along as Padilla read story books with titles like "I Like it When" and "Good Night Me", a short story about the importance of bed time that coincidentally almost lulled the young audience into a sudden nap time.
“I think it is good for the kids to have someone so engaging reading to them every weekend,” said parent Fallon Carter.
Padilla has been a story teller with the library for 6 years and says that they sponsor a multitude of reading oriented activities for age groups 2 to 14, and offer a bilingual story time the first Saturday of every month that encourages children to speak both Spanish and English.
“This was our first time doing this, and I think we will probably come back next Saturday,” said parent Jennifer Orenstein. "My roommate actually referred me to it after she took her daughter," she added.
For more information about future story times and any other library public events, visit www.ocls.info.
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