Children Enjoy Stories, Receive Books
On Friday, January 9, Comanche Nation Child Care Development Fund hosted a "Books and Pajamas" event at Watchetaker Hall.
Director Desiree DeVine said the gathering featured several readers.
“The Comanche Chairman, Mr. Forrest Tahdooahnippah,” she said. “Our second was Ms. Kathy Figueroa Parker, and she read a book that she actually wrote, and then we have, third up was from the Comanche Nation Language Department, Ms. Billie Krager and then our last reader was Ms. Angela Passi, and she is our director at the Numu Turetuu Early Childhood site.”
DeVine said everything planned for the youth is special.
“Reading, storytelling, that's an art that natives done traditionally,” she said. “So, I think being out there, putting different readers out there. We had everything from modern books to traditional stories tonight. So, I think that giving the kids a widespread of storytelling was a good thing.”
Those who attended received two free books.
DeVine said Comanche Nation Administration Office also helped put on the night’s reading event and future ones as well.
“We were approached with that they wanted to do some events for the children, some family nights, some engagement activities,” she said. “So, we kind of had a few meetings; did some back and forth [on] what we wanted to do…we had several things out there. And so, it was just like, ‘Well, we'll start with storytelling.’ And then that was tonight. And then our next event is on January 23, all the events are on Fridays, and January 23rd is going to be Coco with the Chairman. And we're going to have a short film, pickles, popcorn [and] a light meal. And so, all the youth are invited again with their families. And then in February, we have two events. The first one being on February 6th, and that is our family game night. And so, it's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to have some games. We got…some Jenga, some giant Jenga, giant connect four, Twister, musical chairs [and] another meal for the families. And then our last event is going to be the family fun night. We're going to, I'm not going to tell what's all going to be there, but we're going to have some, some nice things for the kids to do and the families.”
She said they wanted to accommodate all ages and incomes of Comanche youths.
