28 - Wednesday, July 15, 1992 - North Shore News From page 24 read aloud to fives and sixes and as an early reader for sevens and eights. Sure, it has an unlikely happy ending but Michael is stl teaching me about optimism. ; The most important book in our selection has to be Kids To The Rescue! This is the best “‘first’’ first aid book that | -have seen. It is so sim- ply and logically laid out that it truly can be used to teach children as young as four years old to make the right choices in emergency situations. Starting with nase bleeds and progressing through bleeding and dog bites to electric shock and clothing on fire, Marribeth and Darwin Beoelts lay out 14 emergencies and the correct response to each. Every unit begins with a mini story/situation tnat results in an accident. The next page gives two, Whistler fest will feature NV pianist’s performance JUST. WHEN you thought the arts were drying up in 8.C., there’s a new-young artists’ festival coming to‘Whistler village. Local pianist jane Coop heads the 16-day festival which opens Ju- ly 19. and includes music by . Canada’s top young musicians. ’ Coop and Toronto pianist Anton Kuerti will kick off the festival with performances. on the July 19, preceded by a talk by Music in the Mountain artistic director June Goldsmith ‘on the life and genius , of Beethoven. . Then, from July 27:30, concerts featuring young artists. will be of- _ fered: daily at 5 p.m. One of the performers is. North Vancouver's © Karen. Wong, 16, a former CBC Vancouver Orchestra soloist. Apparently Coop had long envi- sioned.a summer music school for * gifted young artists — in this case . high school aged students ~— which’ would help prepare stu- dents for professional careers: -. Twelve young pianists from across the country have been in- vited to take part in twa.weeks of master classes which will explore all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas. During the week of July 27 festi- val concerts will be free to the public. For more information, phone 682-5248. JLT 16 -/8 10-6 pt" 3 Floor. 55 Water st. 4 exctptiovat. prices Serine “F2 MEMCHANGLISE 4 or at the most three, actions to take, while a third page highlights the most important corrective ac- tion with an iflustration presented asa “hint.” Not all situations and responses are going to be within the capabil- ities of a four-year-old, 50 some adaptation is required depending on your audience. {n fact, older children could be given some additiona! instruction on the effect and treatment of shock which the book ignores. but who am f to quibble with the eminent doctors who advised on the text? Keeping it simple will hopefully ensure retention. : Acting out the scenarios is 18 memory presets © AM/FM digital tuning ¢ Built-in alarm clock © Headphones recommended by the authors, and indeed this is the only way to ef- fectively child-proof. Michael and | have worked our way through the book and the quiz at the back is his favorite means of ensuring that we take his new-found skills seriously now that | refuse to have my chemically burned eyes washed under runn- ing water more than once a week. The Flying Dinosaurs is a keeper. Top shelf, out of reach of spills and accidents until high school science projects. Of course Sovak’s illustrations will ensure that this book does not gather dust until the concept of evolution is understood and ex- plored by the young scientist. Michael says, ‘‘The pictures are scary,” and yet he will happily flip © through the book by himself drawn, as | am, to the colors and romantic excitement of the il- lustrations. Not that Sovak needs our ap- preciation, This year a selection of is artwork from this book and two others begins a three-year tour of museums across North America. However, this is not a book to buy for a young child. 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