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Seligson said.
In spite of their heavy loads. Kaufman believes that the Universi
ty community has groups and individuals who could find 30 min
utes once a month to "lake on a little addition to help the commu
nity."
"Wo no longer live in a world whore we can consider only our
home, our family, our children And this program has no negatives
It's all positive." Kaufman said
Rebecca Hammons is a University English major, mother and
court reporter who knows the fun involved in storytelling
Hammons took a pot. a potato, stones, salt, barley and other in
gredients to her last visit at Maplewood Meadows, a low-income
housing project The children hid food and made "stone soup” as
she narrated the story of three hungry soldiers trying to make soup
in a village where food was being hoarded
Talking Books members from lf> to ttS years of age practice with
each other and at Washington I’ark I’reschool, an easy location
when- ennaren Know now m nsien
und behave in a group, Seligson
said.
However, each site has different
characteristics Some of them t an
present problems and few situa
tions fit a perfect image of quiet,
rapt children enthralled by the sto
ryteller's every word.
For instance, Matt Henry, 38, of
ten finds children at Brethren
Housing excited and wanting to
climb all over him.
"They are very physical and
want to touch and tie touched.
They long for nurturing, physical
contact It won’t work if you're just
there to give a show," Henry said.
"We're not just entertainment for
these kids," Hunt-Thompson said
The children's generally enthusi
astic response to storytelling keeps
the volunteers striving for success
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and solve problems through understanding.
"We try to warn volunteers that these children may bo in trauma
and in huge amounts of stress,” said Jo Fanning, u mother and pot
ter who schedules Talking Books volunteers
Fanning s mother was a professional storyteller wiio instilled in
her a love for ethnic and folk tales But a story nets! not come from
a b<K)k, Fanning said
Fanning's four children often asked her to repeal family tales
Unfortunately, mothers who are involved with alcohol and drug re
covcry, abuse or stricken by poverty may not realize the Impor
tance of books for children
It is frustrating if a volunteer selects and rehearses stories and
then mothers forget to firing the children or they remove them be
fore the session is finished. Fanning said
"But most of the time the children are sitting there waiting, and
you can't disappoint them because they may have already had so
many disappointments in their life and they nets! reliable adults
Children may not have happy families, hut Ixioks can be friends
they can carry with them their whole lives,” Fanning said
Little Caesar's Pizza of Eugene is a corporate sponsor of Talking
Books that helps the organization with expenses Occasionally,
members will accept a contract to raise funds.
Talking Books' major goal is to establish its own library of story
telling demonstration tapes, books and other materials that would
help memfiers plan stories and develop storytelling skills
On Dei (>, Talking Books volunteers will tell stories at the Satur
day Market Christmas Fair at 11 a m
r
‘Most of the
children we work
with come from
disadvantaged,
dysfunctional or
disrupted homes.
They may be
homeless, in
domestic crisis
or living in
transitional
institutions.’
— Sue Hunt-Thompson,
site coordinator for Talking
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