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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 00:41:47 1997
From: bridgett@sunrise.alpinet.net (Bridgett Johnson)
ubject: Stumper:elephant with clothes/mystery
A young patron is looking for a book, that is a mystery?, on the cover it
has an elephant or a hippo with clothes on, standing on a road looking
toward a mansion.
We tried Frank & Ernest not them. Any clues? Please send to
bridgett@alpinet.net. Thanks.
Bridgett Johnson, Youth Services Librarian, Lewistown Public Library,
Lewistown Montana 59457 406 538-5212 bridgett@alpinet.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 01:42:44 1997
From: Michael Rank <mrank@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Unattended Children Policy
Hi,
My supervisor has asked me to ask a question of you kind folk.
Our library is currently working on a new policy manual for our district.
They've reached the area for unattended children on library grounds, and
are wondering what other libraries do about this situation.
So if any of you out there can e-mail your policy to me personally on
unattended children for your district, I and my superior would be much
obliged.
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Michael Rank
Children's Services Assistant
Fountaindale Public Library
(815) 886-2030
"Life is a placebo masquerading as a simile."
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 02:28:26 1997
From: Scott Lewis <sclewis@freenet.columbus.oh.us>
ubject: Re: Info on Ella Jenkins
I think you might consider raising that a grade or two. On Tue, 26 Aug 1997,
Jim Horan wrote:
>
> Has anyone had Ella Jenkins in concert at their library? We're
> having her in a joint schools-and-public library program and want to know
> what grades to invite.
>
> I'm assuming grades k-3 are appropriate, but would love to hear
> comments from any Pubyakkers who have seen her.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Horan
> Monroe County Library System
> jhoran@monroe.lib.mi.us
>
>
>
>
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 03:07:35 1997
From: PFD Susan Erhardt <pfdse@lakeland.lib.mi.us>
ubject: Blue Jean/New Moon/Jump
We subscribe to Blue Jean and New Moon -- the first gets read, the second
doesn't. I think it's a matter of New Moon looking too young for the ya
section, with content too "old" to go in the J section with Ranger
Rick and
American Girl, etc. I saw Jump in the store last weekend and thought it
looked good, but it's brand new so who knows?
Susan Erhardt
Youth Services
Kent District Library
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
pfdse@lakeland.lib.mi.us
*opinions are entirely my own and may not reflect those of the library!*
On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, pubyac wrote:
> I am thinking of subscribing to either Blue Jeans or New
> Moon magazine. Does anybody currently get these, have an opinion either way
> or any pearls of widsom they can share? Also has anyone heard or seen
> anything about Jump, a new YA magazine geared to girls who like sports?
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 03:08:48 1997
From: Dzierzbicki <dzierzbi@sls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Stumper-sick boy
I have a student(5th gr) who remembers a book(possibly non-fiction) where a
boy(child) is sick in bed and the father(?) tells him ghost stories to
pass the time. She believes there are 7 stories told and the telling may
have been shared by a grandmother.
I have searched our systems online catalog and the collective
minds of the PPS staff. I now turn it over to your capable minds. Please
send ideas directly to my email.
TIA
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"But wherever they go , and whatever happens to them on the way, in that
enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his bear
will always be playing." A.A. Milne
Monica A. Dzierzbicki dzierzbi@sublibsy.sls.lib.il.us
Children's Librarian (708)448-1530
Palos Park Library
Palos Park, Il
(formerly from Grande Prairie Lib., IL)
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 03:45:13 1997
From: Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com>
Subject: Job Opening: Chicago Area
LIBRARIAN I / YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVICES DEPARTMENT / BARRINGTON AREA
LIBRARY
Full time position, 37.5 hours per week, including one evening a week and
one weekend a month. Innovative, energetic individual to work as part of
an eight-member team in a busy department serving infants through eighth
graders. Duties include providing reference and reader’s advisory
service, programming, assisting patrons with online catalog, Internet,
and local area network, collection development, school visits and all
areas of service to children. Requires MLS from an ALA-accredited
program, knowledge of children’s literature, reference procedures, and
library programming for children, and the ability to work pleasantly and
effectively with children and adults. Salary $28,788/year + benefits.
Send resume to Catherine Mau, Head of Young People’s Services, Barrington
Area Library, 505 N. Northwest Highway, Barrington, IL 60010.
Applications accepted until position is filled.
--
Catherine Mau
Head of Young People's Services
Barrington Area Library
505 N. Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010-3399
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 03:52:51 1997
From: Konieczka <konieczm@sls.lib.il.us>
Subject: re:first time cardholders
Tried to send this direct and it got bounced back so I'm replying via the
list.
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To: Charlotte Lesser <clesser@keene.edu>
Subject: Re: First time cardholders
Charlotte,
Hi! We give kids a sticker that says "I just got my library card" or
"Libeary Lover" w/a litttle bear on it, or similiar. We also give out
bookmarks that say "Riverdale Public Library, Youth Services Dept., our
address and phine". The caption at the top is "Reading Is Fun"
w/a
little alien reading a book and smiling. On the bottom of the bookmark it
says "Read To Succeed". The bookmarks are shaped similiar to an awards
ribbon, are laminated, and very sturdy. Not sure what they're made of,
might even be plastic. I ordered the bookmarks from Union Pen Company.
Circulation gives them out when a kid gets a new library card and YS
gives them out whenever we see fit. They have been very popular w/kids
of all ages. Older kids we offer the sticker but most just take the
bookmarks, which were paid for out of the YS budget. It was my idea to
do this so I paid. Where did you order your magnets from and where they
very expensive?
Mary J. Konieczka
Youth Services Librarian
Riverdale Public Library
708-841-3311
e-mail:konieczm@sls.lib.il.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 04:48:42 1997
From: Jacqueline Partch <jacquelp@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
Subject: Library Card Campaigns
Several people were interested in the responses I received about
slogans/incentives/etc. for library card campaigns, so I've decided to
post them to the list. Thanks to Lynn Linton, Enid Costley, Maryjane
Hyatt, Cynthia Webb, Lynn Hoffman, Frances Thomson, and Mary K. Chelton
for their ideas.
By the way, we chose the slogan "The Great Library Card Adventure" for
our
K-5 campaign. We're still working on incentives.
Ideas:
-For library card sign-up month: a bulletin board with a bear and the
slogan "Life without a library card is unBEARable!"
-"Librarians in Black" or "Librarians in Blue" (LIB)--a
poster with a
group of librarians all dressed in blue or black holding out library cards
and wearing sunglasses. Caption could be: "The Library... Your first and
final line of defense for education, entertainment, information."
-"Caught Red-Handed with a Library Card" Library staff wear red gloves
and give out prizes to anyone on the street "caught" with a library
card.
-Popcorn Parties for every school class in which everyone has a card.
Slogans: "Get Poppin' at (blank) Library" or "Here is What Is
Poppin' at
(blank) Library"
-"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! (zoo theme) or "Books and cdroms
and
videos, oh my! (highlighting library's various collections)
-One library gives away a free paperback book to children (grades K-5)
signing up for cards during National Library Card Sign-Up month.
-"I Got It!" campaign--Staff wear buttons which say, "You Got It?
Ask me
how to get your (blank) Library card." When the child signs up for a
card, she gets a ribbon which says, "I Got It! My library card--(blank)
Library."
-"Ride the Reading Express"--a railway theme
-a library card blown up large enough to wear as a sandwich board,
named "LL Card"
Jackie Partch Voice: (503) 736-6004
School Corps Librarian Pager: (503) 202-8384
Multnomah County Library Fax: (503) 248-5441
205 NE Russell, Portland, OR 97212 jacquelp@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 05:01:54 1997
From: mchelton@cadvantage.com (marykchelton)
ubject: Accreditation of Berkeley (non)library school
Hi Guys!
I sent this off to the presidents of ALSC, AASL, YALSA, PLA and the Chair
of SRRT's Action Council on Monday. Feel free to comment or write
yourselves. The WIRED article alluded to you'll have to find yourselves
unfortunately. It's copyrighted so I can't distribute it on the net.
Mary K.
August 25, 1997
Dear ________:
I would like to call your attention to something which I feel should be of
immediate concern to ALA's youth divisions, PLA, and SRRT, namely, the
report in Wired, August, 1997, called "Morphing the Librarians"
(attached)
in which the dean of the University of California at Berkeley's School of
Information Management and Systems discusses the changed direction of the
school from producing librarians for public service in a diminished public
sector job market to "a profession more oriented toward managing the
information needs of business and government" (p. 64). At the same time I
call your attention to a new electronic press release from ALA announcing
the increased numbers of kids who will soon be in public schools because of
a demographic boomlet (attached).
Now, I am in no way saying that ALA should interfere in the management
decisions of academic institutions to control their programs. In fact, I
think it is useful to have multiple models and choices available to
prospective students. I do question, however, why we should accredit
schools who have abandoned the public sector in their missions when that is
where children and adolescents are primarily sequestered in formal and
informal learning environments like schools and public libraries. In fact,
public libraries have a virtual monopoly on the preschool audience.
If Berkeley wants to say "Let somebody else do that," fine. That is
their
autonomous right; however, staff support for the Committee on Accreditation
is maintained by ALA membership dues. As someone with a documented lifelong
commitment to library/information service to youth, I am very upset that
one cent of my dues would contribute to the accreditation process for a
school such as the one Dr. Varian describes in Wired.
I would like to see you give this matter early and high priority on your
division's board agenda at Midwinter and consider a division resolution on
the matter to be forwarded to the Committee on Accreditation by the end of
that conference if not earlier. I will be at Midwinter barring anything
unforeseen if you need to talk to me in person.
Sincerely,
Mary K. Chelton
ALA Member
ALA Grolier Award Winner, 1985
2025 Prairie Lane
Emporia, KS 66801
(316) 342-9277
cc: Barbara Ford
Ann Symons
Office of Accreditation
Chair, Committee on Education
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 17:34:37 -0400
Sender: owner-ala-wo@ala1.ala.org
From: ALAWASH E-MAIL (ALAWASH E-MAIL) <ALAWASH@ALAWASH.ORG> To: ALA
Washington Office Newsline <ala-wo@ala1.ala.org> Subject: ALAWON v6, n73 -
RISE IN STUDENT NUMBERS ANNOUNCED X-To: ala-wo@ala.org
Status:
ALAWON Volume 6, Number 73
ISSN 1069-7799 August 21, 1997
American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
In this issue: (108 lines)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES RISE IN STUDENT NUMBERS
America's schools will continue to bulge at the seams this fall as another
record number of students fill up conventional and portable classrooms,
according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Education.
At a press conference today, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley
said that 52.2 million students are expected to attend school this fall,
with the bulk of the increase at the high school level. Total public and
private school enrollment this fall will surpass last fall's all time high
of more than 51 million students.
Riley added that the increases will continue unabated for the next decade
and call for serious solutions to the school overcrowding problems that
many school districts are experiencing. Increases are expected to peak at
54.3 million in 2007.
"Portable classrooms and short term solutions just don't cut it,"
Riley
said. "We need to build some 6,000 additional schools in the next 10 years.
Children shouldn't spend their entire educational experience going to
schools in portable classrooms. Right now school overcrowding is a local
concern, but it has the potential to become a national crisis."
The second annual "Back-to-School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo:
Here Come the Teenagers", prepared by the Education Department's National
Center for Education Statistics, cites the largest increase will be among
teenagers. From the fall of 1997 through 2007, the nation's schools can
expect a 13 percent increase in grades 9 through 12, a five percent
increase in grades six through eight, and a one percent decrease in grades
one through five.
Overall, public elementary and secondary enrollment is projected to
increase by four percent over the next ten years, with western states
having the largest increases--California is expecting the largest percent
increase of almost 16 percent. Idaho, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, New
Mexico, Texas, and Georgia join California as states with increases of more
than ten percent. Twenty states and the District of Columbia can expect a
decrease.
Riley also stressed that the demand for teachers would rise with increased
student enrollment. He said that about two million more teachers will be
needed for the next decade. While the enrollment increases will not bring
about teacher shortages in all schools, many schools, particularly those in
high poverty urban and rural areas, already have difficulty attracting and
retaining qualified teachers.
And many schools may need more teachers in specific subjects such as math
and science. "We need to do all we can to ensure that all students have
qualified teachers who can teach to high standards," Riley said.
The report said that the number of high school graduates will increase by
18 percent over the next ten years, with about half of the states having at
least a 15 percent increase; western states will have a 25 percent increase
in high school graduates. Full time college enrollment is expected to
increase by 21 percent in the next ten years.
In answer to a reporter's question on specific problems due to
overcrowding, Florida principal Rayfield Henderson said students are
attending school in double sessions, a cafeteria built for 700 is trying to
feed 1,000, bathrooms facilities are inadequate, and there is overrun on
the library facilities.
The report also states that students are "crammed into libraries,
gymnasiums, laboratories, lunch rooms, and even closets." ALA believes the
projected student increases will have an impact on school libraries and
school media specialists as well as on local academic and public library
facilities and librarians.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 04:57:33 1997
From: lbmeyers@co.douglas.or.us (Louise Meyers)
Subject: Re: group visits
The library director who was concerned about a parochial school
demanding special privilege struck a chord with me, because we have just
gone through a similar situation here. There are numerous private
schools in this small conservative city, and one in particular began to
ask for more and more services. The school had no library, but
advertised weekly library visits as a selling point. They had a long
standing tradition of bringing classes twice a week to do researcha nd
to get books, which we all dreaded, because they sent one adult with 25
kids, who were demanding and disruptive, always came during lunch times,
so we were short on staff, and then they wanted to bring the preschool
class to our storytime--already overcrowded. Our suggestion that we do a
private storytime just for them was met with hostility. They began to
complain to people that they felt unwanted, that we were refusing
service, and it disintegrated from there. In this case, one of the
children's librarians had been sending their own kids there for the
after school program, and was very vocal about wanting to accomodate the
school, because "they are such great library supporters". We agreed,
but
did not feel that we coudl give the access they wanted unless we opened
it to all schools, preschools and groups. we just did not have the
space. their alternative request was that we do 4 programs each week,
all on Friday, at the school. This was also too much, because it would
mean that other schools would not get the same service due to lack of
staff. Our solution was to meet with the head of the school and the
teachers to find a solution. The Public services supervisor, the
children's librarians and the staff at the school attended this meeting,
whcih started out being very tense, with accusations and resentment
directed at us by the head, the teachers, and even the bus driver. We
then presented our side, with some compromises, whcih we had worked out
ahead of time. We suggested a monthly program either at the school or
the library, which would alternate between the classes, so that all
students had a storytime every other month. We encouraged them to come
for library research visits, and to call if they could not be there.
(they had earlier objected to being asked to call--we explained it was
so that other schools who wanted to come also would have a chance at
their time slot). By the time the meeting was over, we had worked out a
compromise, they understood that we did want their kids in the library,
but to give good service, we needed to have adequate notice to plan for
staffing. Well, the final upshot was that they came once for the monthly
program, continued to bring the groups for research, and they were all
much friendlier, but it seemed that getting that concession of the
programs was enough--they don;t seem to "need" the programs as much as
they used to.
It all worked out just fine, after our meeting to clear the air
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 20:10:09 1997
From: PUBYAC Moderator <pyowner@nysernet.org>
Subject: Remember to send STUMPER answers directly to the asker!!
This is a reminder to you all that Stumper answers are NOT posted onto
PUBYAC unless they are the "thank you" from the original asker. In
other
words, you MUST send any stumper possibilities (the only person who will
know the right answer is the original asker or the patron) to the person
who originally asked the question. Check the heading of the message OR
the body of the message for their e-mail address. Stumpers that are
erroneously sent to PUBYAC are NOT forwarded.
Shannon VanHemert
PUBYAC Moderator
pyowner@nysernet.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 20:16:56 1997
From: E Spicer <espicer@accn.org>
Subject: Re: Fairy Tales
Fred Muller Newton wrote:
>
> I have modified all my 398 cataloging. I add the country code without the
> 9. For example, folklore in US is 398.273. This has been a big help to
> make sense out of my 7 shelves of folklore
>
> Frederick Muller, Halsted Middle School Library
> Librarian 59 Halsted Street voice (973) 383-7440x228
> fmuller@planet.net Newton, NJ 07860 FAX (973) 383-7432
Hey, Fred! I flashed on this very solution as I read Adelaide's
request! What a great idea--take something good (Dewey) and modify it
in our own libraries to make it work better for us! Thanks for
affirming my thoughts!
Ann Perrigo, Director (Children's Librarian, Cataloguer, etc.)
Allegan (MI) Public Library
espicer@accn.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 20:17:04 1997
From: Teri Titus <titust@pls.lib.ca.us>
ubject: RE: CD-ROMS: access, process and duress
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text,
while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.
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On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Cathy Chesher wrote:
<snip>
>answer my many questions. One problem I forsee with changers is not being
>able to "lock" them so sticky fingers can't take our disks. Do you
have
>this problem? Do you have a solution? > > Thanks. > > Cathy
Chesher >
>>Adrian Public Library > Adrian, Michigan > cchesh@tc3net.com >
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There are physical locks available.. either cable that wraps around the
CPU, or single drive locks for unused floppy drives that are inserted in the
drive and locked in place, and also metal 'L' shaped locks that can be
used over the front of the CPU if your CD drives are installed there, or
over a separate changer. These come in several sizes so you need to
measure the height of the CPU or changer before ordering. We discoverd
these after losing 2 programs..don't put your CDs out without locks. We
had been relying on a shareware program that did not work 100% of the
time. We got the physical locks from Demco; they may also be available
from computer stores. Probably about $20 - $25.
HTH
)
(
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Teri Titus, Belmont Branch Library, SMCo
1110 Alameda, Belmont, CA 94002
titust@pls.lib.ca.us
phone: 650-591-8365
fax: 650-591-1195
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 20:17:12 1997
From: bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bonita Kale)
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #38
I think Jim Casey's note is worth a re-read. Sometimes hierarchy is the
way to go, and in a field that has many women in it, that route can be
missed. It seems silly, maybe, but hey, if it works...
Bonita
>
>It may be useful to remember that a Public Library director reporting to a
>Board of Trustees is the chief executive officer of her/his public entity
and >in that respect should be considered to be on an equal footing with a
School >Superintendent rather than a Principal. If a problem with
uncooperative and >belligerant teachers is not handled via the intervention
of the principal, a >public library director has every right to take the
matter up with the highest >executive authority governing that school. In
situations I have had such as >this in the past, I would suggest that my
Head of Children's Services talk to >the Principal and take the matter to
the Assistant Superintendent level if >necessary (middle management levels)
and that I would go to the top executive >level (Superintendent) if matters
weren't rectified. > >K-12 public schools and some parochial schools have
large bureaucratic structures >and that working the "system" for
public
library directors might mean refusing to >accept equal or subserviant
status to Assistant Principals, Principals, etc. who >might earn much,
much higher salaries than the public library director, but who >are, in
fact, middle managers with service populations and scope of
responsibilities >which may actually be less than those of the person who
supervises your Children's >Services Department. > >I suppose it
amounts
to public librarians and librarians in general asserting >their importance
as professionals and refusing to accept subserviant status. >For example:
If you write to or call a Superintendent to discuss a matter >affecting
both of your institutions, don't allow this approach to be diverted >to an
Assistant Superintendent or Secretary or Assistant Principal or School
>Librarian. Insist upon talking to the woman or man in charge directly.
If >they refuse or are "too busy" suggest that the matter be
referred to
the >Board level.
--
Bonita Kale
bf455@cleveland.freenet.edu
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 20:17:20 1997
From: Konieczka <konieczm@sls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Re: group visits
I have been reading the postings about group visits. I am fortunate that the
former prinicpal and staff of the local parochial school was more reasonable
than the staffs being discussed . When the principal approached my director
last year, she wanted us to visit every class twice a month, every month for at
least 1 hour. I told her right off that this was not possible. Then she
requested every month, every class but I set the times. I visited every
class Sept, Oct, Nov, Feb, Mar, and April. We alternated between
buildings. I set the times- the primary grades 15-20 minutes and the
upper grades 20-30 min, preschool and kindergarten were 1/2 hour. When
they came to the library, we increased to 45 minutes for all ages, except
preschool. This worked well. The down side was that I set
the schedule with the principal instead of the teachers. Sometimes she
forgot to tell the teachers the schedule. The teachers were, for the most
part, good-natured about the unexpected interruption. Unfortunately, we
have a new principal this year so I don't know what will be happening. Keep
your fingers crossed for me.
The upside of the visits, which were very time consuming, was that kids
from that school became more involved with the library and library
programs. We are actively trying to increase the relationship with the
public schools also.
Mary J. Konieczka
Youth Services Librarian
Riverdale Public Library
708-841-3311
e-mail:konieczm@sls.lib.il.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 20:17:48 1997
From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re: First Time LIbrary Card Holders
We have Friends of the Library members make small drawstring bags that we
give the children to carry their cards in. They are approximately 5" X
5"
with a drawsrting just long enough to go around the wrist. We thought about
making them long enough to wear round the neck but for safety's sake we
decided against that. We origanlly purchased some mock suede to make these
out of but many of the ladies had fabric scraps of their own that they use.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 20:18:04 1997
From: bridgett@sunrise.alpinet.net (Bridgett Johnson)
ubject: Thanks, Elephant stumper
Thanks to all that answered, the Elephant was in Graeme Base's Eleventh Hour.
Bridgett Johnson, Youth Services Librarian, Lewistown Public Library,
Lewistown Montana 59457 406 538-5212 bridgett@alpinet.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Thu Aug 28 20:18:37 1997
From: druthgo@sonic.net (Dr. Ruth I. Gordon)
ubject: Hot Rod
Pubbers: I know I am to send my answer about G. Felsen's book "Hot
Rod" to
her directly but I want/need to share the following: My first year as a
teacher (1956?) one of the girls (a sophisticated 7th grader) wrote in her
report about the book, "I learned how much trouble some boys have in
controlling their hot rods." No one will ever tell me that she was not
exactly aware of what she was saying. I hope the 'lesson' stuck with her
through her 'teen-age years.
Big Grandma
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"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass
the guilty." Jessica Mitford (1917-1996)
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