HOLIDAY OF BOOK

Semipalatinsk 16.10.2006

"Hare was thrown by his mistress ", "Dropped the bear on a floor ", " We with Tamara go in pairs" - lines familiar since childhood not to one generation. Semipalatinsk Hesed in frameworks of Community Festival of Jewish Book was conducted the activity devoted to 100-th anniversary of birthday of Agnia Barto.

Second year at realization of this holiday Hesed cooperates with the Central children-youth's library, where the Jewish organization kindly is given the large reading hall decorated with illustrations to the books of Agnia Barto and balloons.

The coordinator of the program " Development of traditions " Victoria Baturina has told to the visitors of CFJB about life and creative way of Agnia Barto, and children - Igor and Pavel Barbarat, Nikita Levanov, Lilya Livit, Tolya and Yulia Ostanko- acquainted their coevals from city schools with creation of the writer. Gathered took alive participation in realization of a holiday and many began to quote poems, known from childhood.

And, probably, main result of a holiday became that in the Jewish library of Semipalatinsk as the readers seven men have entered the name at once.


Helena Volkova