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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:47:56 1997
From: pamd@bville.lib.ny.us (Pam D)
ubject: Poetry contest for Teens
Hi,
My name is Pam Dano and I'm the Young Adult Librarian of the
Baldwinsville Public Library, a small to medium sized library and member of
the Onondaga County Public Library system. The Baldwinsville Public Library
is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this January. To take part in this
celebration, I would like to have a poetry contest for teens where they read
the poetry they have written in front of an audience and a panel of judges.
Anyone who has done a similar program and could give me some
suggestions, advice or ideas to make this a fun time for teens, please write
directly to me. I'm interested in any ground rules you had, such as dealing
with language, etc.; what to use for prizes, and how to choose judges. I'm
thinking of printing the poems into a booklet to hand out to the audience.
Thanks in advance.--Pam Dano
From: pamd@bville.lib.ny.us (Pam D)
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:47:56 1997
From: mchelton@cadvantage.com (marykchelton)
ubject: filters discussion at Midwinter
Sender: publib@sunsite.berkeley.EDU
Precedence: bulk
To: Multiple recipients of list <publib@sunsite.berkeley.EDU>
Subject: [PUBLIB:7425] PUBLIB digest 338
X-Comment: publib Information - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/PubLib/
I'm supposed to give a technical session on how filters work at MidWinter
(I'm not sure when it is, but as soon as I know I'll put it on my online
speaking schedule); I am greatly expanding the "web rating" portion of
the
discussion to walk folks through these tools. They ain't too hard to
figure out, all said and done; their impact on information services, on the
other hand, is a great and troubling mystery.
_____________________________________________________
Karen G. Schneider | kgs@bluehighways.com
Director, US EPA Region 2 Library | Contractor, GCI
Councilor-at-Large, American Library Association
Internet Filter Assessment Project: http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap/
Author: A Practical Guide to Internet Filters *** Now Available! ***
Neal Schuman, 1997 ISBN 1-55570-322-4 http://www.neal-schuman.com
Information is hard work
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Mary K. Chelton, MLS, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University
1200 Commercial
Emporia, KS 66801
phone: (316) 341-5071 work
(316)342-9277 home
fax: (316) 342-6391 home
e-mail: mchelton@cadvantage.com
"Always make new mistakes."
Esther Dyson, Release 2.0
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:47:57 1997
From: mchelton@cadvantage.com (marykchelton)
ubject: forwarded: kids issues at Internet summit
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:30:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Jean Armour Polly <mom@netmom.com>
To: publib <publib@sunsite.berkeley.EDU>
Subject: Report on the DC Internet Summit: Focus on Kids
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.971208103042.16545A-100000@sunsite.Berkeley.EDU>
Educators, librarians, law enforcement officials, child advocacy groups,
industry representatives, and others, including myself, met in DC last week
to try to
figure out how to keep kids safe online, without trampling on First Amendment
rights to free speech.
I was a speaker at the Summit this past week. As some of you know, I write
a free weekly newsletter called Net-mom News. This week's issue is huge and
it's all about the Summit. One thing you may find of interest: I took lots
of stuff from the literature table and gave a brief description of each
item. You can find copies of many of the safety rules brochures, white
papers, etc, online, and I list their URLs. Hope it is of use!
I won't inundate your mboxes with the e-mail version of Net-mom News; you
can find the online copy here http://www.netmom.com/news/issues/current.htm
until the next issue goes up. After that this issue will be in the archives
area instead.
best, JP
Jean Armour Polly, Net-mom<R> mom@netmom.com
4146 Barker Hill Rd. Jamesville, NY 13078 +1 315 469 8670 -4 UTC
http://www.netmom.com/
west coast mirror: http://www.well.com/user/polly
Author, The Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages, 2nd Edition
Osborne McGraw-Hill (June 1997)
Net-mom is a Registered Service Mark of Jean Armour Polly.
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Mary K. Chelton, MLS, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University
1200 Commercial
Emporia, KS 66801
phone: (316) 341-5071 work
(316)342-9277 home
fax: (316) 342-6391 home
e-mail: mchelton@cadvantage.com
"Always make new mistakes."
Esther Dyson, Release 2.0
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:47:59 1997
From: "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us>
Subject: (Fwd) Characteristics
Hello list. This message was (I believe) mistakenly sent to me
instead of the list. Here it is.
------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 11:45:15 -0500
To: vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us
From: Elaine Loehmann <eloehmann@millbury.k12.ma.us>
Subject: Characteristics
Off the top of my head:
1. You need patience.
2. You have to like people and children in particular. This includes
kids in junior high or middle school.
3. A sense of humor, the wackier the better.
4. You have to be able to forgive.
Elaine Loehmann
Assistant Director
Millbury Public Library "and so it goes..."
128 Elm St. Slaughterhouse-Five
Millbury, MA 01527 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
(508) 865-1181
(508) 865-0795 (FAX)
Vicky Smith
Children's Librarian
McArthur Public Library
Biddeford, ME 04005
(207)284-4181
vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:47:57 1997
From: Lesley Gaudreau <lesley@sealib.org>
Subject: Re: teen meeting room
Hi all!
Victoria Vannucci wrote:
> So... the idea I had was this...
> The new library will have about four meeting rooms. I was thinking of >perhapd
booking a regular weekly time slot to use one of those rooms as >a place that
teens could go, <snip> This would probably occur once a >week.
> My question is do any of you have something like this in your library?
> If so, how does it run, and what space do you use? Do you have >behavior
guidelines?
I hope that anyone with info on this will post to the list or cc me,
because it is exactly an issue that I am working with. I had a "trial
run" this summer with a weekly hangout night for teens. It was popular,
but could get over-rowdy. I'm not sure if it would work as well during
the school year because of homework concerns etc. If you have something
like this do you offer it after school or in the evening??
TIA!!
lesley
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The University is not engaged in making ideas safe for students.
It is engaged in making students safe for ideas.
-- Clark Kerr, president of the University of California, 1961
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Lesley Gaudreau
YA/REF Seabrook Library
Seabrook, NH
lesley@sealib.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:47:58 1997
From: North Bay Cooperative Library System <nbclsref@sonic.net>
Subject: Christmas customs around the world
The Worldview Christmas web site has information on Christmas
customs in other countries, including such nontraditional countries
as China and Zimbabwe. Address is
http://www.christmas.com/html/worldview.html
Thw Christmas Celebrations site also has information, but for a much
shorter list of countries: http://www.soon.org.uk/country/christmas.htm
Other winter holiday sites I currently recommend are:
1. Christmas in Cyberspace (Religious focus, Protestant and Catholic)
http://members.aol.com/churchweb/christmas/
2. Hanukkah
http://www.jcn18.com/holiday/Hanukkah/index.htm
3. Kwanzaa Information Center
http://www.melanet.com/kwanzaa/
Jean Hewlett
North Bay Cooperative Library System, Santa Rosa, CA
nbclsref@sonic.net
Vicky Smith wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> The schools in my area, both public and parochial, are
> seemingly mired in the Dark Ages, and require the kids every year to
> investigate Christmas customs around the world. Well, we can handle
> Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Britain, etc. But what about the kid
> who needs to know how they celebrate Christmas in China. <snip>
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:47:57 1997
From: Rosemary Moran <rmoran@ns1.tccl.lib.ok.us>
ubject: mystery scripts
We've had good luck in YA programming doing "Murder In The Library"
programs, where the kids have to interview suspects and then choose the
murderer. We have had good turnout and kids seem to enjoy the process. We
usually include some sort of library skills in the solution to the
crime--that is, a clue requires them to look in a reference book, on the
internet, library catalog, etc. We've had 3 scripts that we've used
several times,
and we feel we need some new scripts.
There was an article in VOYA, October 1995, that referred to some scripts
by Penny and Tom Warner--Deadly Game of Klew, Greetings From The Grave, etc.
Also a place called Murder a la carte.
As I'm sure most of you understand, we have very little money to produce
these programs, and certainly not the $150 I've found so far on the 'net to
purchase scripts. And I haven't found any thing that looks good for YA use.
Does anyone out there have a script or scripts you'd be willing to share?
Or do you know of a good source for these mystery scripts?
I've tried BIP+ and didn't come up with much there, either. I'm still
digging, but I thought that maybe there's a resource out there that I'm
overlooking.
Thanks for your help.
Please reply to me, and I'll summarize for the list if I get some good
leads.
Rosemary Moran
Coordinator of Young Adult Services
Tulsa City-County Library
400 Civic Center
Tulsa OK 74103
(918) 596-7931 (Voice)
(918) 596-7907 (Fax)
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:47:56 1997
From: "Masha K. Rudman" <rudman@educ.umass.edu>
ubject: Re: bibliotherapy
Hello, everyone,
This entire semester I've had the opportunity to experience
personally the healing effects of books and reading. My husband, Sy,
died last Tuesday after a two-month struggle. In addition to the warmth
and love of friends and family, books, poetry, articles, and letters were
my salvation.
The term, bibliotherapy sounds so clinical and awkward that I rarely
use it except to describe the process. I never recommend a prescriptive
approach, that is, a specific book to "solve" a particular problem. I
just believe strongly that well written books that convey the human
experience in the context of the plot and character development, and
books that provide models for how people cope, and well as books that
involve the readers in vicarious experience are nurturing and informative
in the deepest sense of the the word. These books offer readers the
opportunity to see themselves and to work through their issues in a safe
and unhurried situation. I think it was the library in Alexandria that
had carved into its doors that it was "The healing place of the soul"
My focus in literature study is critical thinking and analysis, but
I do acknowledge the powerful effects that well-constructed, beautifully
written literature has on readers beyond the aesthetic, but certailny
including the aesthetic.
Masha--
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 16:48:22 1997
From: bwilliams@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us (Bina Williams)
Subject: RE: query: behavior problems during programs...
I disagree with this recommendation-- Why put a damper on the father's =
enthusiasm? After all, we need to encourage all kinds of volunteers and =
boosters for the library. Perhaps next time, he can prepare his daughter =
for the sharing of his talents. Someone else suggested that she turn the =
pages--that's also a great idea. The problem is with her jealousy =
issues, not with his reading and should be dealt with by the parents and =
the child, not the library. How to handle a distraught child mid-program =
(and the mother's oblivion to it all) is another story all together... I =
often wonder how to keep on going and to silence the disruptive child at =
the same time...
Bina Williams
Bridgeport (CT) Public Library
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From: Sharon Lamberson
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 1997 6:50 PM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Re: query: behavior problems during programs...
Dawn,
"This too shall pass." Don't invite the father to read again.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:30:19 1997
From: Caroline Ward <cward@lilrc.org>
Subject: USBBY PROGRAM AT ALA MIDWINTER
UNITED STATES BOARD ON BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Announces ALA Midwinter Program
THROUGH AMERICAN EYES
All members attending ALA’s Midwinter meeting
are cordially invited to come to the USBBY program
on Friday, January 9th from 8:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott Hotel Room Mardi Gras D
featuring these great children’s writers
Alma Flor Ada
author of Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in
Spanish and English
Gayle Ross
Cherokee storyteller and author of
How Turtle’s Back Was Cracked
Graham Salisbury
author of the Scott O’Dell Award-winner
Under the Blood-Red Sun
A short business meeting will precede the program.
USBBY gratefully acknowledges the support of the following publishers in
helping with arrangements: Penguin Putnam, Scholastic, Lothrop, Simon &
Schuster, and Bantam, Doubleday, Dell
United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) patron members:
American Library Association, Children’s Book Council, International
Reading Association, and the National Council of Teachers of English
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:30:21 1997
From: carolr@ci.hillsboro.or.us
Subject: Stumper: bird & cat picturebook
A patron and her daughter remember reading a picturebook about a cat and
a bird in a park. The cat keeps pestering the bird & there's a
recurring line throughout: "Stop, cat, I do not like that!" The
publication date would be pre-1985. The patron is certain this is not a
Dr. Seuss or Eastman title. The word "park" may be in the title.
We've checked A to Zoo and our local database with various keyword
searches.
TIA.
Carol Reich * carolr@ci.hillsboro.or.us
Head of Youth Services
Hillsboro Public Library
So many books, so little time.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:30:26 1997
From: Junior Room DGS 630-960-1200 <dgjrrm@sls.lib.il.us>
Subject: November stumper
Hello Pubyac!
We have a stumper. The patron remembers a book about ten years ago that
started (she thinks)
November, grey and cold the day, and follow me the leader.
She thinks the author was in the A's or B's, and it was a picture book.
We've racked our collective brains, and can't find anything. Now it's
your turn! ;-}
Any thoughts?
TIA,
Sharon Lawrence
Downers Grove PL
1050 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515
dgjrrm@sls.lib.il.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:30:29 1997
From: "Johnson, Deidre" <djohnson@wcupa.edu>
Subject: Looking for article on Judy Blume
I'm trying to track the source of an article on Judy Blume that *probably*
has the phrase "Sibling Rivalry, Character Transformation, and
Realism" in
the title and examines Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, and
Fudgemania. I've checked ERIC online and the Academic index in Searchbank,
but our library doesn't have _Library Literature_ or the Twayne books on
Blume. Does anyone recognize an article or chapter from the Twayne books
that deals with those three books about Peter (and probably begins "Judy
Blume depicts life at home, school, and in the community as a medley of
authentic experiences for children...")?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Deidre Johnson
djohnson@wcupa.edu
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:30:31 1997
From: rmcdonal@prairienet.org (Rich McDonald)
Subject: Stumper: willow tree, "I love you"
Here are the responses received: What is a Whispery Secret by Lois Hobart.
Also Say it by Charlotte Zolotow.(another "I love you" but without
willow
tree. Thanks for the help.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:31:18 1997
From: Public Services <pubserv@lakefield.net>
Subject: Lurlene McDaniel & VC Andrews type books
Hello!
I have a teenage patron who is looking for authors who write like
Lurlene McDaniel and VC Andrews. I have checked "What Do I Read Next
for YA" and "Teen Genreflecting" I have not found as many authors
or
titles as I would like to give her. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
Connie Jenkin
Manitowoc Public Library, Manitowoc WI
pubserv@lakefield.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:31:23 1997
From: Arlene Sandner <asandner@rcls.org>
Subject: STUMPER
Dear Pubyacers,
STUMPER--A patron is searching for a picture book about a little girl
who pats a horse on the head, then a boy, and a string of other animals,
who then chase after her in pursuit of more pats . The main character's
name may have been Molly, and the book is at least ten years old.
Please respond to me directly:
Arlene Sandner
New City Library, New City, NY
Thanks!
asandner@rcls.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:31:33 1997
From: aturner@sun.hennepin.lib.mn.us (Ali Turner)
ubject: STUMPER:bears build house with spools of thread
A patron in her mid-20's described a book from childhood she's looking for:
It's about bears who build a house out of boxes, spools of thread, and a
table. These are the only specifics she could recall, but she thinks there
was a series of books about these bears. Any ideas?
-Ali Turner, Youth Services Librarian
Plymouth Community Library
15700 36th Ave. N
Plymouth MN 55446
email: aturner@sun.hennepin.lib.mn.us
phone: (612) 551-6005
fax: (612) 551-6004
Hennepin County Library
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:31:42 1997
From: Kathy Buzzard <kbuzzard@explorer3.pioneer.lib.ok.us>
Subject: stumper
Help!!
I have a patron who is looking for a book that
her mother bought a long time ago. She had the
book but loaned it out and now can't find it.
This is all the information she gave:
She thinks the title is "The Chain" and the
author she thought was Thomas Costain but I
have searched WorldCat and couldn't find anything.
She said it was set in Kansas and it is about
a priest and a slaughterhouse.
Anything would be helpful. Does anyone out there
recognize this book?
If you would e-mail me directly and I will post
the answer.
Thanks, kbuzzard@explorer3.pioneer.lib.ok.us
hwartz | Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Young Adults' Librarian | Wakefield, Massachusetts
schwartz@noblenet.org | *North of Boston Library Exchange*
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:31:49 1997
From: "Kimberly Bears" <kimbat@hotmail.com>
Subject: Morris Mouse
Hi all,
Thank you to everyone who responded to my request about Morris the Mouse
and His Christmas Trees. It can be found in Paper Stories by Jean
Stangl. Again, you've all been so helpful and it is greatly
appreciated! Happy Holidays!
Kim Bears
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Kim Bears Phone: (603) 432-1127
Head of Children's Services Fax: (603) 437-6610
Leach Library E-mail: kimbat@hotmail.com
276 Mammoth Road
Londonderry, NH 03053
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:31:48 1997
From: Kathy Buzzard <kbuzzard@explorer3.pioneer.lib.ok.us>
Subject: stumper
Help!!
I have a patron who is looking for a book that
her mother bought a long time ago. She had the
book but loaned it out and now can't find it.
This is all the information she gave:
She thinks the title is "The Chain" and the
author she thought was Thomas Costain but I
have searched WorldCat and couldn't find anything.
She said it was set in Kansas and it is about
a priest and a slaughterhouse.
Anything would be helpful. Does anyone out there
recognize this book?
If you would e-mail me directly and I will post
the answer.
Thanks, kbuzzard@explorer3.pioneer.lib.ok.us
hwartz | Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Young Adults' Librarian | Wakefield, Massachusetts
schwartz@noblenet.org | *North of Boston Library Exchange*
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:32:33 1997
From: "Mary B. McCarthy" <mmccarth@mail.win.org>
Subject: ? Call the Doctor
Pubyac Brains-
I know I should know this poem by heart, but I cannot locate it anywhere
in standard sources (Index to Children's Poetry, Granger's, etc.). Can
anyone please tell me who wrote this poem and where I can locate it?
"Call the Doctors
Call the nurses
Give me a breath of air
I've been reading all your stories
but the periods aren't there.
Call the periods, call the commas..."
TIA,
MMC youth/reference
St. Charles City-County Library District
From: "Mary B. McCarthy" <mmccarth@mail.win.org>
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:32:40 1997
From: Christy Norris <cnorris@rcls.org>
Subject: Stumper answer
I posted last week a stumper about a little girl who finds a doll in the
frozen food aisle of a supermarket. Several people responded to me with
the title -- The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll by Edward and Angela
Ardizzone (Delacorte, 1966). Thanks to all who took the time to respond.
Christy
Valley Cottage Library
cnorris@ansernet.rcls.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:32:44 1997
From: "Vollrath, Elizabeth" <evollrat@uwsp.edu>
Subject: Stumper:Bear with upside down mouth
Does anyone know of a book about a bear with an upside down mouth? That
is all we know. Not in any of the standard sources.
Elizabeth Vollrath
Portage County Public Library
Stevens Pt., WI 54481
evollrath@uwsp.edu
(715)346-1290
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:32:47 1997
From: "Eastside Branch Library" <sbeast@rain.org>
Subject: 1906 Praises for THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN
THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN
(Composed by Sam Walter Foss, Librarian, Somerville
[Massachusetts] Public
Library and read by him at the 1906 Annual Meeting of the
American Library
Association
See the Children's gay Librarian! Oh, what boisterous joys are
hers
As she sits upon her whirl-stool, throned amid her worshippers,
Guiding youngsters seeking wisdom through Thought's misty
morning light;
Separating Tom and Billy as they clinch in deadly fight;
Giving lavatory treatment to the little hand that smears
With the soil of crusted strata laid by immemorial years;
Teaching critical acumen to the youngsters munching candy,
To whom books are all two classes--they are either "bum" or
"dandy";
Dealing out to Ruths and Susies, or to Toms and Dicks and
Harrys,
Books on Indians or Elsie, great big bears, or little fairies;
For the Children's gay Librarian passes out with equal pains
Books on Indians or Elsie, satisfying hungering brains;
Dealing Indians or Elsie, each according to his need,
Satisfying long, long longings for an intellectual feed.
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Life is just a bowl of queries!
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Marge Fauver Eastside Branch Library
805.963.3727 Santa Barbara Public Library System
<sbeast@rain.org> 1102 East Montecito St., Santa Barbara CA
93103
Personal email: mfauver@hotmail.com [ usual disclaimers apply
]
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Wed Dec 10 19:32:46 1997
From: EEIFERT@camden.lib.nj.us
Subject: Stumper: Homecoming video
Has anyone heard of a video that has been made of Cynthia Voigt's book,
Homecoming? My patron thinks it may be a PBS production. It is not the
Walton Christmas movie. Please answer me directly. Thanks for your help,
as always PUBYAC is great! Ellen Eifert, Children's Librarian, Pennsauken
Public Library, 5605 Crescent Blvd., Pennsauken, NJ 08110
eeifert@camden.lib.nj.us
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