Storytelling at its best

And that's what some Laval families have been finding out since the end of December, when the Laval Multicultural Library's "Story Hour With Ellie & Marylin" was put on hold for a few months.

Was the popular Saturday morning children's reading series missed? You bet! I'm sure the children, ages 3 to 6, missed out on some quality learning and sharing experiences that would have brought them into the magical world of fun, flight, and fantasy created by the dynamic duo of Eleanor Tylbor and Marylin Silverman who have been reading to children at these Saturday morning sessions for several years.

But not to worry, the reading series is coming back, and it promises to deliver a whole slew of new and exciting stories that will enchant the youngsters every second Saturday of the month between now and June.

If you haven't yet met Ellie and Marilyn, you've got a treat coming. Regardless of your age, you'll get a real kick out of the way these two can take a simple children's story and raise it to an adventure of the imagination, creating for the listeners a world into which they can leap with the unbridled enthusiasm of the child's heart.

And why do these two talented and dynamic women reach out to youngsters and their families twice a-month when they could be doing myriad other things with their precious time? "Ah, it's just great fun for us. We love to see kids enjoying themselves having a good time with the stories we read," they've said in the past, following one of their renowned command performances in front of appreciative children and their parents or grandparents.

It's a simple truth, really. Give children a little bit of attention, speak to their receptive hearts, stimulate their ever-inquisitive minds, and reach into their yearning souls – that's the labour of love that Marylin Silverman and Eleanor Tylbor perform every time they welcome children to

their Story Hour.