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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:47:52 1997
From: S Hill <shill@wcnet.org>
Subject: Re: Nappy Hair
I read Nappy Hair and recommended it for purchase. When I was a child...
everytime there was a family event I was the center of attention because
of either my pug nose or my white hair. I remember how relatives went
on and on and on to the point I was respectfully yet reluctantly tolerant
of the attention. When I read Nappy Hair I remember thinking YES, that's
how I felt.
I haven't read the book since earlier this year, but reading the pubyac
posts makes me want to read it again... this time for possible racial
overtones. And now I think... isn't that a shame. Why can't a book be
accepted on merits alone? Why must we always be reading between the
lines and so concerned that this book may offend this or that person. If
we do that with all our titles, we'd have no titles to offer at all.
Let's be careful. I've decided to remember the pleasure I had in reading
Nappy Hair and not re-judge or re-think it. And, my recommendation still
stands. Let's all lighten up a bit. Susan
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Susan N. Hill, Youth Service Consultant (419) 352-2903 Voice
Editor, Rural Library Services Newsletter (419) 353-8310 Fax
Northwest Library District (NORWELD)
181 1/2 S. Main Street
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 shill@wcnet.org
Visit our website! http://www.norweld.lib.oh.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:47:52 1997
From: KHoblet@aol.com
Subject: Re: Goosebumps Program - HELP!
One of the most well received Goosebumps programs at my branch revolved
around mummies. I opened the club by reading a particularly suspenseful
chapter out of either Stine's Curse of the Mummy's Tomb or Return of the
Mummy. Activities included writing their names in hieroglyphics on
bookmarks, a treasure hunt in the "tomb", and a mummy wrapping
contest. (The
kids really went wild over the last activity.) Depending upon length of the
program and age of the children, you could also have them make mummy
pins/magnets out of felt. The instructions are in either the October or
November 1996 issue of Pack-O-Fun. Good luck, Kim Hoblet, Southwark Branch
of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:47:52 1997
From: Rose Bryan <rbryan@r8esc.k12.in.us>
Subject: Re: Christian Literature Journal
Here's the name of the review journal for Christian literature:
Christian Library Journal
1101 S. W. Rogue River Ave.
Grants Pass, OR 97526
541-479-5277 phone
541-479-5178 fax
nancyhclj@aol.com email
Cost:$45/year-bimonthly issues Sept-May
About 250 reviews of books, cassettes, and videos from both Christian and
secular publishers.
An editorial note in the Nov. 1996 issue states that "the ... Journal is
an independent journal, not connected with any publisher or distributor."
Content includes detailed reviews and a rating system based on quality
and acceptibility.
As my copies are donated from a friend, I am always behind on issues.
However, the Nov. 1996 issue reviewed Katherine Paterson's _Jip_, Scott
Orson Card's _Pastwatch_; Sharon Creech's _Walk Two Moons_; Lowry's _The
Giver_; and W.D. Myers _Shadow of the Red Moon_ along with many from
"Christian" publishers. Those listed here from the secular press were
all given very detailed reviews, and rated 4-5 in quality and 4-5 in
acceptability. To me, it seem the reviewers are willing to look at the
overall quality of a book. This is important to me and I'm sure to all
who asked about this publication.
Rose
Geneva PL
Geneva IN
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:47:52 1997
From: "Paula A. Shelton" <sheltonp@esuvm.emporia.edu>
Subject: Re: Smoke
HiJulie Ann Rines wrote:
>
> We are planning a Haunted Hallway this October and I am wondering if
> anyone knows of a way to generate smoke or steam that doesn't involve dry
> ice or a big smoke machine. I've checked a few huanted house books but
> haven't come up with anything yet. Thanks for the help.
> Julie Rines
> Thomas Crane Public Library
> Quincy,MA
> jrines@ocln.org
Hi Julie,
I don't know precisely what you mean by "big" smoke machine. I found a
mini fog effect device in a Things You Never Knew Existed catalog. The
device is approx. 2 inches in diameter and costs $69.95 plus S&H. The
number for questions and catalog requests is 1-941-747-5566 (M-F, 8-5PM
ET). Product number is 11241. The device claims to always be cool to
the touch and plugs into a standard electrical socket.
Hope this helps.
Paula Shelton
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:47:52 1997
From: Betsy.Fraser@public-library.calgary.ab.ca (Betsy Fraser)
Subject: New teen web page
I am pleased to announce that Calgary Public Library has launched a new
section of their home page, dedicated entirely to teens. The page is
called "NFA" (Not For Adults), and contains information, links, and
content from local organizations (giving fashion, health, music tips and
information) as well as from CPL. I hope that anyone who has a browser
that supports (gasp!) Frames will give it a try. I'm curious to know
what you think.
Betsy Fraser
--
Betsy Fraser
Calgary Public Library
Betsy.Fraser@public-library.calgary.ab.ca
http://www.public-library.calgary.ab.ca
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:48:31 1997
From: Anne Leon <sweetie@bc.seflin.org>
ubject: Re: Nappy Hair
I read this book and the whole tone seemed to be an absolute celebration
of the beauty of African-American women, praising what used to be
considered "bad" hair (a value judgement comparitive to Caucasian
"good"
hair). The call-and-response style, the ebulent language was delightful.
After reading some criticisms, I thought "Maybe there's something I'm
missing here" so I handed the book to an African-American girlfriend and
asked her what she thought. As she came to the conclusion, she broke out
in a grin--she loved it! So, I stick to my gut feelings on this one. I
think it's a sassy, irreverent poem to thestrength and beauty of this
child. Two thumbs up. :)
that's my story and i'm stickin' to it
Anne Leon
sweetie@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:48:37 1997
From: cathy ryne <cryne@sierramadre.lib.ca.us>
ubject: rain sticks
I am a children's librarian who just purchased a beautiful rain stick. I
was wondering if anyone could recommend stories I can tell while using this
prop. I would really appreciate your help! Thank you.
Cathy Ryne
Sierra Madre Public Library
Sierra Madre, CA
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:51:19 1997
From: Beth Peaden <peadenb@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
Subject: BIB: Killing Me Softly
OUCH! I was just sucker punched by Faithful Elephants, an Easy Fiction
title which is definitely not for the young and tender. Love You Forever,
another Easy title also produces resonant effects on adult readers, while
leaving the young unplucked. Don't let the labels fool you. Some of
these...Cages by Peg Kehret..for instance...
are deadly...
Here is the compilation of my "Tear Jerkers" Bib querie. I was
interested
in duplicating a display where kleenex tissues were used to rate the "cry
appeal" of certain books. A peice of kleenex was attached to a peice of
tagboard indicating the titles with "one tissue appeal", two tissues
for
titles with "two tissue" appeal, and finally three tissues for the
most
challenging tear jerkers. I was interested in Easy and Juvenile Fiction
titles. I included the Young Adult and Adult Fiction titles which were
also sent along.
Easy and Juvenile Fiction
Little Women. Louisa May Alcott.
The Barn. Avi. (1994)
Tuck Everlasting. Natalie Babbit.
Bristle Face. Zachary Ball. (1962) ***
On My Honor. Marion Dane Bauer.
A Gathering of Days. Joan Blos
Something Very Sorry. Arno Bohlmeijer. (1996) ***
Fly Away Home. Eve Bunting. * EASY
The Wall. Eve Bunting. ** EASY
Little Princess. Frances Burnett.
Secret Garden. Frances Burnett.
Incredible Journey. Sheila Burnsford.
The Accident. Carol Carrick. ** EASY
Where the Lillies Bloom. Vera & Bill Cleaver.
Frindle. Andrew Clements. (1996) * or **
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Eleanor Coerr. (Juv Bio) ** or ***
My Brother Sam is Dead. James Lincoln Collier.
What Jamie Saw. Carolyn Coman. (1995)
Trout Summer. Jane Leslie Conly. (1995)
Prairie Songs. Pam Conrad.
Walk Two Moons. Sharon Creech. (1995) *
Children of the River. Linda Crew. *
Dorp Dead/Drop Dead. Julia Cunningham.
Hurry Home, Candy. Meindert de Jong.
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs. Tomie dePaola. ** EASY
Absolutely Perfect Horse. MaryLois Dunn. ***
Faithful Elephants. Tomoko Tsuchiya Dykes. ***
Eleanor, Arthur, and Claire. Diana Engel. EASY
The Hundred Dresses. Eleanor Estes.
Monkey Island. Paula Fox. (1991)
Western Wind. Paula Fox. (1993)
Diary of Anne Frank. Anne Frank.
Stone Fox. John Reynolds Gardiner. ** or ***
Blue Willow. Doris Gates.
Old Yeller. Fred Gibson. ***
Beat the Turtle Drum. Constance Greene.
Jenny of the Tetons. Kristiana Gregory.
Cousins. Virginia Hamilton.
Night Birds. Tormod Haugen.
Dribbles. Connie Heckert. (1993) *** EASY
Mama Let's Dance. Patricia Hermes. (1991) ***
You Shouldn't have to Say Goodbye. Patricia Hermes.
See Ya, Simon. David Hill. (1994)
Toning the Sweep. Angela Johnson. (1993)
Hero of Lesser Causes. Julie Johnston. (1992)
Dogsbody. Diana Wynne Jones.
Losing Uncle Tom. Marykate Jordon.
Cages. Peg Kehret. ***
Karen. Maria Killilea. (Non-Fiction)
Northern Lights. Michael Kusugak.
Wrinkle in Time. Madeleine L'Engle.
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis.
Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird. Jean Little.
A Summer to Die. Lois Lowry.
Baby. Patricia Maclachlan. ** or ***
Journey. Patricia Maclachlan.
Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia Maclachlan.
Anne of Greene Gables. L.M. Montgomery.
Waiting for Anya. Michael Morpurgo.
Polly Vaugh. Barry Moser.
Love You Forever. Robert Munsch. EASY
Gold Star Sister. Claire Rudolf Murphy. (1994)
Island of the Blue Dolphins. Scott O'Dell.
Mick Hart Was Here. Barbara Park. (1995) **
Bridge to Terabithia. Katherine Paterson. ***
Jacob, have I Loved. Katherine Paterson.
Christmas Sonata. Gary Paulson. (1992) **
Nobody's Daughter. Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Pink and Say. Patricia Polacco. (1994) ** or ***
Life's a Funny Proposition, Horatio. Barbara Polikoff. (1992)
Pollyanna. Eleanor Porter.
Where the Red Fern Grows. Wilson Rawls. ***
Remembering Mog. Colby Rodowsky. (1996)
Missing May. Cynthia Rylant. (1992) **
The Bear's House. Marilyn Sachs.
Pocket Full of Seeds. Marilyn Sachs.
Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect. Richard Schneider. **
Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear. Susan Shreve. *
Taste of Blackberries. Doris Smith.
Liza's Blue Moon. Diane Stevens. (1995)
The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien.
Saying Goodbye to Daddy. Judith Vigna. EASY
Beauty. Bill Wallace.
Charlottes Web. E.B. White.
Trumpet of the Swan. E.B. White.
Very Best of Friends. Margaret Wild.
I'll Always Love You. Hans Wilhelm. EASY
Kelly and Me. Carol Lynn Williams. (1993)
Long Silk Strand: A Grandmother's Legacy to Her Granddaughter. Williams
(1995) EASY
Faithful Elephants. Tsuchiya Yukio. EASY ***
Young Adult Titles
Go Ask Alice. Anonymous.
Say Goodnight Gracie. Julie Deaver.
Slake's Limbo. Felice Holman.
One Last Wish series. Lurlene McDaniel. or any other title
After the Rain. Norma Fox Mazer ***
How Could You Do It, Diane? Stella Pevsner.
Out of Nowhere. Ouida Sebestyen.
Izzy, Willy-Nilly. Cynthia Voight.
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You. Jacqueline Woodson.
Adult Titles
Midnight Hour Encores. Bruce Brooks.
Mama's Bank Account. Kathryn Forbes.
Blain's Way. Monica Hughes.
Good Night, Mr. Tom. Michelle Magorian. *** multiple recommendations!
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 19:51:39 1997
From: Beth Peaden <peadenb@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
Subject: For a Good Cry...
These two titles were left off of the tearjerkers Bib. I also want to
thank everyone who responded to my request.
Memory Box. Mary Bahr. (1992) EASY **
Wednesday Surprise. Eve Bunting. (1989) *
Thank You!
Beth Peaden, Youth Specialist
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
Tampa, Fl
peadenb@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 22:50:14 1997
From: "Mary K. Rice" <mrice@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Halloween pass-around story
Hello,
My name is Mary Rice. I'm a children's librarian in Waterford, Michigan.
I have a patron who is looking for a story or poem to go along with the
Halloween activity in which participants touch different objects thinking
they are body parts (cold spaghetti as guts, olives or grapes as eyeballs,
etc.). We have the instructions for what to use for the "body parts",
but
she wants some kind of story to do as the kids are touching them. I found
some brief examples in the book How to Haunt a House for Halloween by
Friedhoffer. I have checked the Alvin Schwartz books, Short and Shivery,
When the Lights Go Out, The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and numerous
Halloween activity books. If anyone knows where to find something like
this please respond to me directly at
mrice@tln.lib.mi.us
Thanks!
Mary Rice | Phone: (248) 674-4831 Ext. 104
Children's Librarian | Fax: (248) 674-1910
Waterford Township Public Library | E-Mail:mrice@tln.lib.mi.us
5168 Civic Center Dr.
Waterford, MI 48329
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 22:50:19 1997
From: "Peggy (Mary) M. Morgan" <pmorgan@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Garrett Morgan bios
Thanks so much to everyone who replied to my request for biographical
information on Garrett Morgan, inventor of the traffic light and the gas
mask. Here's a compilation of what I received.
Jackson, Garnet. _Garrett Morgan, Inventor_ (Modern Curriculum
Press, 1993) ISBN: 0813652316, $9.95
Sweet, Dovie Davis. _Red Light, Green Light: the life of Garrett Morgan
and his invention of the stoplight_ (Kitwardo Publishers, 1988) ISBN:
0682490881, $5.00, pb.
Collective Biographies:
Altman, Susan. _Extraordinary Black Americans from Colonial to
Contemporary Times_ (Children's Press) 1989: ISBN: 0516005812, $35.00,
lib. 1993: ISBN: 0516405810, $15.95, pb.
Amram, Fred _African-American Inventors_ (Capstone Press, 1996) ISBN:
1560653612, $18.40.
Haber, Louis. _Black Pioneers of Science and Invention. (Harcourt, 1992)
ISBN: 0152085661, $6.00, pb.
Haskins, James. _Outward dreams: black inventors and their inventions.
(Walker, 1991) ISBN: 0802769942, $14.85.
Hudson, Wade. _Great Black Heroes: five notable inventors_ Series: Hello
reader! Level 4. (Scholastic, 1995) ISBN: 0590480332, $3.99, pb.
McKissack, Patricia and Frederick. _African-American Inventors_.
(Millbrook, 1994) ISBN: 1562944681, $19.00.
Turner, Glennette. _Take a Walk in Their Shoes_. (Dutton, 1989) ISBN:
0525650067, $15.99.
Reference Sources:
_African-American Almanac_ (Gale Research, 7th ed., 1997) ISBN: 810378671,
$165.00.
_Grolier Library of North American Biographies_, vol 3, pp. 149-152.
(Grolier, 1994) ISBN: 071727246X, $319.00
All of the above are listed as still in print in BIP.
In addition, there is a pamphlet available from Empak entitled _Salute to
Black Scientists and Inventors_ for approximately $3.50. Their phone is
1-800-477-4554.
Thanks again for all your help!
Peggy Morgan
Youth and Young Adult Materials Specialist
The Library Network
13331 Reeck Rd.
Southgate, MI 48195
313-281-3830, ext. 131
(area 734 in December)
pmorgan@tln.lib.mi.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 22:51:20 1997
From: Rachel MARTIN <Rachel.MARTIN@ci.corvallis.or.us>
Subject: stumper - boy with illness who visions himself as knight
Please help!!! I am searching for a book a patron heard about on a
news/television show no more than five years ago but not within the
last two years. The book is about a boy with an illness (possibly
leukemia) who visions himself as a knight fighting dragons. Diamonds
are also part of the story possibly representing blood cells. The patron
doesn't know if it is a picture book or chapter book but she has the
feeling that it is a book for older children. Also, the family who came up
with the idea for the book was on the television show.
I have checked the following sources:
Books to Help Children Cope with Separation and Loss
Growing Pains Helping Children Deal with Everyday Problems through
Reading
Bibliotherapy Books to Help Young Children
Bookfinder
and
Children's Books in Print
Thanks for your help!
Rachel Martin
Youth Services Librarian
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
rachel.martin@ci.corvallis.or.us
541-757-6794
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Sep 24 22:51:12 1997
From: Deborah McClish <dmcclish@sinnfree.org>
Subject: Stumper-fruits of the spirit
Hello,
I have another stumper. A patron is looking for a book she read as a child about
20 years ago. She remembers it being about the Christian fruits of the spirit.
It was a compilation of short moral stories. She remembers one of them being
about the long suffering lemon. The lemon tree was about to be chopped down, but
a woman said, "Let me see what I can do with them (the lemons)."
I have looked in A TO ZOO; CHILDREN'S RELIGIOUS BOOKS by Pearl; BEST BOOKS FOR
CHILDREN; FICTION, FOLKLORE, FANTASY & POETRY FOR CHILDREN; and BIP
She also remembers reading HIVE OF BUSY BEES by Effie M. Williams and believes
there is a sequel. I checked in the above and didn't find one.
Any ideas? Thanks so much for your help.
Deborah McClish
Librarian, Youth Services
Rockford Public Library
Rockford, IL 61101
dmcclish@sinnfree.org
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