Storyteller Dave Del Rocco, a former Public Librarian of the Year and HSPLS Children’s Librarian, will be a featured performer for the 2012 HSPLS Children’s Summer Reading Program at three selected Maui and Lanai public libraries from June 8 to 20. Admission is free.
Del Rocco will present “Stories from Around the World” – folktales from Hawaii and well as other faraway lands such as Africa, Alaska, Italy, Laos, and the Philippines. Del Rocco’s tales are mostly humorous in nature and explain how different cultures view aspects of their world.
Del Rocco, who has been a student of the Hawaiian language for many years, received a Bachelor’s degree in Hawaiian language as well as a Masters degree in Library Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has translated more than a dozen children’s books into Hawaiian for the Department of Education’s immersion program. In addition, Del Rocco recently wrote the Hawaiian translation for two commercially-produced children’s books.
Listen to Del Rocco’s “Stories from Around the World” at these libraries:
Maui –
* June 8, 3 p.m. – Wailuku Public Library (251 High St.; phone: 243-5766)
* June 9, 11 a.m. – Lahaina Public Library (680 Wharf St.; phone 662-3950)
Lanai –
* June 20, 3 p.m. – Lanai Public Library (555 Fraser Ave.; phone: 565-7920)
This program is recommended for ages 5 and older. All children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.
The program schedule is subject to change. Contact the hosting library as soon as possible if a sign language interpreter or other special accommodation is needed.
Performances by Del Rocco and other featured artists from the Statewide Cultural Extension Program (SCEP) are jointly-sponsored by the University of Hawaii’s Outreach College, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 2012 HSPLS Summer Reading Programs are sponsored through a grant from the Friends of the Library of Hawaii, Marriott Resorts Hawaii, Ko Olina Hawaii, Meadow Gold Dairies, HMS Host, Hansen Distribution Group, Armstrong Produce, Bowman Connectivity Solutions, Toshiba Business Solutions, Girard’s Dressing, Roberts Hawaii, The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, National Football League Charities, and Aloha United Way.
Corporate sponsors include McDonald’s Restaurants of Hawaii, Hawaii Pizza Hut, Frito-Lay of Hawaii, First Insurance Company of Hawaii, The Islander Group, American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Candlewick Press, Diamond Bakery Co., Ltd., Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and local Friends Chapters. The State Department of Education is providing printing support.
For more information, please call the hosting library.
