From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:27:57 1998
From: "Lynn S. Cockett" <cockett@scils.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: Complaint about Boys and Sex
good question. tangentially related, wasn't it pointed out some years ago
that these books contained incorrect information about AIDS and how to avoid
or contract it (or something)? I might be wrong about this, but if it's the
case, and the '91 copyright is on the shelf in anyone's library, you might
want to check it out for all of us.
Thanks.
Lynn Cockett
Roseville Public Library, Youth Services wrote:
> Has anyone dealt with any complaints about either of these two books by
> Wardell B. Pomeroy: Boys and Sex or Girls and Sex (Third Ed., 1991)? I
> have recently had a written complaint about them by a parent who wants
> us to move them to the adult collection. We presently shelve the books
> in our Youth Non-Fiction collection, which is for everyone up through
> about age 14. The parent refers to current litigation about alleged
> child abuse in the creation of data for the Kinsey Reports, which
> Pomeroy co-authored with Kinsey. Pomeroy does quote from some of
> Kinsey's research in these later books. Both School Library Journal and
> Bulletin gave positive reviews, and recommended them for grades 6 and
> up. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has spent some time with
> these books.
>
> Celia Dirks Hall
> libyouth@roseville.ca.us
> (916) 774-5225
> Roseville Public Library
> 225 Taylor St.
> Roseville, CA 95678
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Roseville Public Library, Adult Services
> 225 Taylor Street
> Roseville, CA 95678
>
> Life is just a bowl of queries!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:27:57 1998
From: Walter Minkel <walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
Subject: Re: National Storytelling Festival
For those interested in the Nat'l Storytelling Festival, here's their
website:
http://www.storynet.org/index.htm
Walter Minkel, School Corps Technology Trainer
Multnomah County Library, 205 NE Russell St., Portland, OR 97212
Voice (503)736-6002; fax (503)248-5441; walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us
==============
("Rats...") "Oh, Web pupil, _refer_! Lip up! Be who? Star!"
--Palindrome
of the Month
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:27:57 1998
From: RichardGuy@aol.com
Subject: Re: awards for science books for children
>>>Does anyone one know of an award for children's science
>>>books? What is it?
>>>How do I find it?
Rosemary, et al --
The Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children are posted at:
http://www.nsta.org/pubs/sc/ostb97.shtml
while we're at it, the Social Studies winners are at:
http://www.ncss.org/resources/notable/home.html
Richard K. Moore, Librarian
Bolsa Grande High School
Garden Grove, CA
Email: RichardGuy@AOL.COM
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:27:56 1998
From: Victoria Kozich <vkozich@amon.pub-lib.ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
Subject: "furry tails"
Hello all. I am in need of some suggestions. We at the FWPL are having a
party for our Reading club in July and we need to make approximately 600
"tails" for the kids to wear. I am in charge of making these tails and
am completely baffled on how to make them in a cost-efficient and safe
way in that large of number. I would appreciate any ideas on how to make
a tail, and how to do it cheaply. I have about 2 months to make 600 of
these things, but figure I'll need the time:) Thanks in advance and
reply to me directly at: vkozich@amon.pub-lib.ci.fort-worth.tx.us
Thanks and wish me luck
-Victoria Kozich
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:27:56 1998
From: Sherrie Keshner <proud@aug.com>
Subject: AD: children's music sources
Hello,
Forgive me if I'm breaking netiquette here, but we also offer children's
music. We're a nonprofit organization that promotes goodness and positive
character through music, books and activities. Our offerings feature works
independently published by music teachers and performing and recording
artists. The music ranges from character-building to environmental
awareness to multi-cultural songs. All are high quality works that kids
truly enjoy.
Send us an email if you'd like a catalog.
Thank you,
Sherrie Keshner, Director
Proud to be Good! Foundation
St. Augustine, FL
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:27:56 1998
From: Robin Works Davis <rgwd@sprynet.com>
Subject: Practical Web Resources for Librarians
I am in the process of creating a web page of resources for Children's
Librarians. The sites that I have linked to the page are all sites that
feature practical, useful information for programming. What I mean by
this is sites that feature songs, songwords, fingerplays,
bibliographies, book suggestions, storytime information, program
outlines and the like. Please look at the site, which has several of my
favorite places to get fingerplays and crafts at:
http://members.tripod.com/~RGWDavis/index.html
If anyone has any links to suggest, please e-mail them to me at
rgwd@sprynet.com.
Thanks!!
Robin Davis
Youth Services Librarian
Farmer's Branch Manske Library, TX
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:27:59 1998
From: DAISYWAGES@aol.com
Subject: Re: Tales told in different cultures?
Have you checkedthe Storyteller's Handbook-it is 2 volumes. I recently
researched
the "Fat Cat" by Jack Kent and found about 8-10 different versions in
this
book.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:27:56 1998
From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick
Subject: Re: request for program ideas
I know you said "no crafts," but KNOTS are great to do with this age.
if
you have BSA Handbooks (gasp! the BS word) they have good ones.
Mary Ann Gilpatrick
Young Peoples' Librarian
Walla Walla Public Library
238 E. Alder
Walla Walla, WA 99362
509-527-4550
fax: 509-527-3748
magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us
opinions my own, not WWPL, etc etc
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:31:08 1998
From: PUBYAC Moderator <pyowner@pallasinc.com>
Subject: Re: Rudeness on PUBYAC
It's interesting, as moderator, to watch these kind of exchanges. Point
and counterpoint, thrust thrust parry thrust. Detractors one day,
defenders the next. In all past exchanges, cool heads have prevailed,
and I think the issues were explored more deeply than perhaps we usually
explore the issues. Not that flame wars are the best way to temper an
issue!
Mary K wrote:
> 1) I have a repetitive motion injury and tend to ignore questions that are
> decontextualized, meaning that a reader can get no idea where the person
> has already looked for information or how much the person already knows, in
> order to help them, and I try to get my students to ask very contextualized
> questions on listserves so as not to waste a lot of other people's time
> (although that sometimes fails).
Actually, I find Mary Kay's students are usually very good with their
questions. She and I have had discussion on this in the past, when there
were complaints about MLS students posting queries on PUBYAC. Y'all need
to remember, PUBYAC was started BY an MLS student, because that MLS
student wanted a forum like this for Public Library Young Adult and
Children Librarians. Sometimes as moderator, I can tell that a
question is from an MLS student, a "quick hurry up and give me the answer
I don't want to bother cracking a book." They're pretty obvious. In most
cases, I return that post and ask them to, like we do for Stumpers, cite
the sources they've already checked. I think it must bring the students
up short, because on only one occasion was the request resent with
sources. I don't think this is bad. It is part of learning how to be a
professional librarian, both "professional" in that you let others
know
which sources you've checked, and "librarian" in that you know or
learn
your sources.
> 2) I was pretty viciously flamed here as a no-nothing academic for one
> response I did make to somebody, which is when I added the "+ 25
years"
> crap to my signature. I seem to have attracted a new class of flamers with
> that. Having gotten a difficult PhD in another field in my 50s, I make no
> apology for that. I also scapegoated enough LIS profs in my day to take a
> few hits, too.
There IS a perception among frontline librarians that many library school
profs have forgotten what it's like in the trenches. I believe that some have. I
believe others haven't. I do know that Mary K's questions on
PUBYAC consistently strike deeper into the issues than many of
us frontliners have the time to ponder about. Frontliners, particularly
*understaffed* frontliners, hardly have the luxury to think about making
changes to our schedules, much less changes to our treasured views of YA
or Children's Services. So as far as Ph.D.s and practicing MLS's go, we
need each other. Frontliners bring reality with all its sweat into the
offices of the profs; the profs can splash us with paradigm shifting
ideas. And the MLS students can sit there and soak it all in and wonder
what they're getting themselves into.
>
> 3) I am very disheartened by the number of "old-timer" YA
specialists who
> carry a great deal of collective and helpful wisdom around in their heads
> who won't deal with this list at all, partly because it's outside their
> pre-Internet culture frame, partly because they are not children's
> librarians and get bored with those questions, some of the YALSA listserves
> better cover their interests, but also because they cannot deal with the
> inherent laziness that has come with Internet. (The worst offenders are the
> LM_Net people whose first recourse for ANYTHING is their list.)
My greatest concern about this is that the majority of libraries in
Canada, the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, Iceland, etc. etc. employ
Youth Specialists that serve both children and YAs. And there are only so
many hours in a day to read listserves. I worry about the increasing
fragmentation of interests into such narrow specialties that we lose
discussion because the topic is so narrow there's very little to say and
no one talks anymore, OR that there are so many narrow specialty
listserves that a person can't monitor them all. I suppose that there is
nothing any of us can do about YA librarians who want YALSA to supply their
needs, but it should be pointed out that YALSA is a U.S./ALA
institution. PUBYAC is not country bound or bred. Perhaps YA librarians
from countries other than the U.S. find PUBYAC more relevant. The U.S.
is, after all, a fairly violent country, which is reflected in our youth.
>
> I think the more often we use a list like PUBYAC for non-emergency
> questions that have been well-documented in library literature, the more
> often we drive people off the list. Why do we teach online and print
> searching in library schools if librarians refuse to use these tools for
> themselves? Ironically, it's like adolescence, there seems to be collective
> amnesia about those skills as well as that stage of life.
This is a tough one. You could say the same thing about professional
conferences. Many programs are repeats of programs done previous years,
or slight variations thereof. Could that be driving people away from
conferences? How much is new under the sun? The problems we have now are
the problems that librarians had, in one form or another, 50 years ago.
They might look different, but under it all, they're the same problems.
But the problems are always new to someone who has never landed in that
problem before. And that is where many questions from PUBYACkers come
from. I know that just recently someone posted a question about
circulating theme kits, and received numerous private answers back. I had
posted a similar question about 3 years ago, and received only two
answers. In the intervening years, many libraries had started up
circulating theme kits. Questions are also sometimes about those details
not recorded in the journals, the little piddly details that trip us all
up.
> Some years back,
> I posted a notice about a non-alphabetic keyboard of possible interest to
> children's services people from the Edupage list and got flamed for
posting> "commercial" messages to the utterly "pure"
PUBYAC list. It seems one can't
> win here.
Pure? Hmmm. This may be due in part to me as your moderator. I won't
apologize that this is a listserve for librarians, librarians-in-training,
or teachers of librarians. It is *not* a listserve for the general
public to ask reference questions on. Publishers also use this list to
see what librarians are talking about, what our concerns are, what
frazzles and frustrates us. The mission of PUBYAC is, and always has been,
discussion of issues concerning YA and Children's librarians in Public
Library. Consequently, from the very beginning it was clear that I had to
make a few decisions about certain types of postings. Book reviews are
not posted here. Book advertisements are not posted here. If they were,
you would receive more than double the mail you already receive from
PUBYAC. During the time PUBYAC was being born, two fine listserves
dedicated to discussing children's literature came up. Although I was
disappointed at the time, in hindsight I'm glad they did. Because of
their existence I was able to make the decision to focus on issues
relating to our daily work, rather than on book discussions. You'll
notice we don't talk much here about the literature--that's pretty
deliberate. If we did, again, you'd have more mail than you'd be able to
handle. There are now several fine listserves that discuss literature
for children or YAs.
You'll also notice that a Stumper question and final answer is
posted here by the same person--all possible titles are sent *directly* to
that person, who is the only one who really knows the answer. Chain
letters are trashed. And finally, yes, advertising is discouraged. I can't
*tell* you how many times I've deleted a "click here to see nude
women"posting. Vendors who are selling items that are not book
advertisements
are asked to begin their subject line with AD: and to write a brief
description of their product that must be directly helpful to the work
of YA or children's librarians (that's who we are). They are limited to
one post per calendar year. Of course, vendors can contact anyone who
posts to PUBYAC directly, as can anyone in the entire world.
Is that being too pure?
Mary K, don't stop asking questions. If people don't want to read them,
the D button is easy to hit.
Shannon VanHemert
PUBYAC Moderator
pyowner@pallasinc.com
PUBYAC Web page: http://www.pallasinc.com/pubyac
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 11:34:10 1998
From: "new haven" <elmnewhaven@hotmail.com>
Subject: Family Storyhours
Our children's department is teaming up with the regional Literacy
Volunteers to develop Family Literacy programs for next fall. One
component we would like to develop is a bilingual Family Storyhour and
an English Family Storyhour. The children's ages would range from
birth- about 8 years old.
So far we have pulled some literacy models from several websites, but
we could use some good resources or suggestions for the Family
Storyhours. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Sue Foster
New Haven Free Public Library
elmnewhaven@hotmail.com
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 12:12:24 1998
From: Hodgins Linda <aglh1@nsh.library.ns.ca>
Subject: Parental access to minors' records
I am interested in hearing from other library systems as to what
policies they have in place regarding parental access to teenagers'
borrowing records.
Recently our library system received a legal opinion that parents
have the right to see what their adolescent children have borrowed, even
if the library has issued them an adult card. Our system has a policy on
the confidnetilaity of patron records which makes no reference to the age
of the card holder even though adult cards are issued to junior high age
patrons (12 and up).
The opinion is based on Canadian law which is interpreted as meaning that
parents are responsibile for their children up to the age of 19.
"It would appear that provided the child is living at home
and still under parent/guardian's care, the child has no right to privacy
from the parents." Any privacy the child has is "allowed" by the
parent.
In light of this opinion, and in response to a complaint, we are reviewing
our policy of issuing adult cards to minors and exploring alternatives
that still offer some balance to the rights of the young person. I am
interested to hear if other library systems have dealt with this
issue and what written policies you might have.
Linda Hodgins 60 Alderney Drive
Branch Services Manager Dartmouth, NS
Halifax Regional Library B2Y 4P8
e-mail: aglh1@nsh.library.ns.ca (902)490-5864
Fax: (902) 490-5762
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 12:12:25 1998
From: Park Ridge Public Library <cwitek@park-ridge.lib.il.us>
Subject: Rudeness on PUBYAC
Hello pubyacers!
In response to Dr. Chelton's "semi-rant" I must say that I didn't know
PUBYAC was for emergency questions only. I have truly enjoyed all the
"non-emergency" information that is shared on this list and tend to
not worry about who we may or may not be driving away with our "lazy"
questions. As a "new-timer" to this profession I learned online
searching in Library School and I feel fortunate to have a resource like PUBYAC
to use IN ADDITION to and not instead of other resources. Having never worked a
day in a library before attending Library School, much of what I learned was
"out of context" for me and is just now sinking in as I have been
putting it into practice over the past 2 years. There is much I have learned on
the job that was not taught in Library School. PUBYAC is part of my learning
process and I have learned of many print and online resources that I was unaware
of from pubyacers (including you Dr. Chelton) and for that I am grateful.
Especially since I am very !
!
busy doing my job and don't always have the time to read all of the library
literature, though I try to read as much as I can. To all of you "old
timers"--please be patient with us, we need your collective wisdom and
experience. When a patron can't find a book on the shelf and I go back to look
and I find the book on the shelf I do not say "Why do they teach reading in
school if you refuse to find a book on the shelf?", instead I say,
"Well, sometimes four eyes are better than two I'm just glad you got the
book you wanted!"
Charlene Witek
**Opinions Expressed Are My Own and Do Not Reflect Those of the Library**
Charlene Witek
Children's Services Librarian
Park Ridge Public Library
20 S. Prospect
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Phone: (847) 825-4527
Fax: (847) 825-0001
Email: cwitek@park-ridge.lib.il.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 12:47:28 1998
From: Rebecca Singer <rsinger@ala.org>
Subject: After School Readers Club -Reply
ALSC administers the Econo-Clad Literature Program Award. I
think that the 1997 winner would be of interest to you. The
program which took place at the Richland County Public Library
in Columbia SC was a Coffee House Program. The program
connects kids and literature through book talks, poetry writing
and poetry sharing in a coffee house atmosphere. The program
was developed by Becky Kornman. The phone number of the
library is 803/799-9084.
I hope that this is helpful
Rebecca Singer
Program Officer, ALSC
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 13:50:44 1998
From: "Rebecca Friedmann" <rfriedmann@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: children's music sources
I have another catalog source for children's music that just came in the
mail. It's called the Family Planet Music's Catalog. The cover says,
"Pre-School to Pre-Teen. . . Good Music for Kids to Grow On." There is
also an online version of the catalog with sound clips at
http://www.family planet.com The catalog covers a wide variety of
genres. They have a toll-free ordering line at (800)985-8894, Mon-Sat,
9am-10pm. EST Hope this helps :)
Rebecca Friedmann, recent MLS
Children's Librarian
Union Township Library
7900 Cox Rd.
West Chester, OH 45069
rfriedmann@hotmail.com
rfriedmann@mail.mpl.lib.oh.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 14:47:31 1998
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: Rudeness?
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Mary Seratt, Sr.Manager, Main Children's wrote:
> One more thing- about the whole staff just learning to cope. That is
> not something you can automatically count on...and it often takes just
one> encounter with a nasty adult who thinks noisy, funny looking, hormonally
> beset teens have no place on the planet, let alone in the library to turn
> them off for years.
Just a brief note: Ms. Seratt's point is a good one. For some reason,
those teen-age memories can have considerable emotional force attached to
them. I'm married to a person who has had a rather poor opinion of public
libraries; it all started when he was a teen-ager....
Kirsten Edwards
kirstedw@kcls.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 14:51:53 1998
From: Lesley Gaudreau <lesley@sealib.org>
Subject: ?Internet trivia hunt
Hi all!
I did a trivia contest last year as part of the summer program & this
year we'd like to expand it to using web resources as well as print.
Have any of you done this, and if so, are you actually able to direct
people to "good" information on the internet? How do you make up the
questions; by finding a site & taking info off of it? And do you give
"hints" about good ways to search for the answers?
TIA!
lesley
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If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.
-- Professor Irwin Corey
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Lesley Gaudreau
YA/REF Seabrook Library
Seabrook, NH
lesley@sealib.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 15:38:56 1998
From: Mary Beth Oliveto - Farmington Branch
Subject: Re: YA in Youth or Adult?
Hi Erin--Our Young Adult departments are connected to the adult sections
in both Farmington and Farmington Hills branches. I find this works out
very well and I'm sure it will continue to be this way!
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Merry Beth Tacy
Children's and YA Librarian
Farmington Branch Library
23500 Liberty Street
Farmington, MI 48335
248-474-7771 Phone 248-474-6915 Fax
olivetom@metronet.lib.mi.us
"Come, my best friends, my books, and lead me on."
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 15:48:26 1998
From: Christian et Nancy Meloche <meloche@worldnet.net>
Subject: I scream, you scream we all scream for ice-cream !
Thanks to all who helped me recently with the quote question of "When a
tree falls..."
I scream, you scream we all scream for ice-cream !
I am hoping the collective idea jar of PUBYACCERS will have some helpful
story time ideas around an ice cream theme. I am having a story time for
3-5 year olds based on an Ice Cream theme yet I have discovered our library
does not have an abundance of books on this subject so I am looking for
helpers! Ryhmes, songs, finger plays, activities, poems and flannel board
story ideas are welcome. Thanks so much for your help.
Nancy Meloche
Head of Children's and YA Services
American Library in Paris
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 16:28:03 1998
From: "Julie Abbott" <jules@cooklib.org>
Subject: Re: Public Library Sued for NOT Filtering
I'm not a lawyer, but...
Might the library not counter-sue the parents for allowing their
child to violate the law and the library's policy by using the
library's computers to obtain pornography? Since when is a child's
behavior in the library the responsibility of the librarian?
Just curious...
> On May 27, 1998, the Livermore (Calif.) Public Library became the first
> public library to be sued for failing to protect children from pornography.
> Earlier a lawsuit was filed in Florida against the Broward County Public
> Schools for allowing children to access pornography.
>
> The complaint, filed by a parent with the assistance of the Pacific Justice
> Institute , says that a minor accessed sexually explicit websites using the
> library's computers, downloaded images harmful to minors to a floppy disk,
> and then printed them out at a relatives house.
>
<snip>
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 16:28:09 1998
From: Guarria <cguarria@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: Public Library Sued for NOT Filtering
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Filtering Facts wrote:
>
> On May 27, 1998, the Livermore (Calif.) Public Library became the first
> public library to be sued for failing to protect children from pornography.
> Earlier a lawsuit was filed in Florida against the Broward County Public
> Schools for allowing children to access pornography.
> >
> Fail to Protect Children, and You Can Be Sued.
I'd be interested to know what the library's policy is as far as access to
internet for children. Did the parent sign anything giving permission for
her child to have internet access, as my library requires for anyone under
18? Did the child access this material in the children's room?
How old was the child? (Obviously old enough to know how to download from
the internet.) I'm not suggesting that libraries should encourage
"children" or teens to access such material, but there should be some
policy in place which leaves the ultimate responsibility for the child
where it belongs--with the parent.
Carrie Guarria
cguarria@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 16:47:40 1998
From: Sharon Henegar <henegars@pls.lib.ca.us>
Subject: re: daycare outreach
I'd like to put in a word regarding service to home day cares. We have an
outreach program called Get Ready, Get Set, Read, in which we train
volunteers to take storytimes to child care centers and day care homes.
When we were setting up the program, we looked at the number of sites in
our town and thought, how in the world are we going to do this? But the
real need often is in the day care homes. I know the groups are smaller,
but here they are licensed for 6 or 12 children. Often the ages vary widely
from babies to 5 year olds. The logistics of transporting even 5 or 6 young
children are pretty daunting. Some people do day care at least in part
because they have no transportation. We have found that children are much
more likely to be read to on a daily basis at a center than in a day care
home.
By training and sending out volunteers, we provide fun volunteer work for
people who want to read to kids, plus the kind of early literature
experience we know is good for the kids, plus modeling of the read-aloud
behavior for the caregiver. It's been a terrific program for us.
I did a presentation at PLA last March on Get Ready, Get Set, Read; it was
one of the programs that was taped and I imagine those are still available
from PLA. I also have a 95-page manual on how we put together the program
which I will be happy to send out (as long as they last) if you'll send $4
for p&h. My address is San Mateo Public Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San
Mateo, CA 94402.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Sharon Henegar
San Mateo (CA) Public Library
henegars@pls.lib.ca.us
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 17:43:19 1998
From: "kscalley" <kscalley@capecod.net>
Subject: Re: Cat & Dog Day
The children at our preschool would like to have a cat & dog day at
preschool. This has been a favorite theme in their dramatic play all year.
Any suggestions for
your favorite interactive books, stories, poems, flannels, games,
activities? Thanks in advance!
I will compile a list for the group if there is interest.
Ann Scalley
kscalley@capecod.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 17:44:01 1998
From: "Nina Walsh" <nwalsh@lib.naperville.il.us>
Subject: Grade 3 historical fiction
A couple of weeks ago, someone asked for historical fiction for 3rd
graders. The address given was
roudman@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us
But my message was returned. I have compiled a list for this person,
if s/he would like to respond to me directly.
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Nina Walsh
Children's Librarian, Naperville Public Library
200 W. Jefferson St.
Naperville, IL 60540
nwalsh@lib.naperville.il.us
ninawalsh@aol.com
630-961-4100 x 222
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 18:50:02 1998
From: "Leslie" <llangley@osu-extention.lctc.poteau.ok.us>
Subject: EZ and Juvenile books about physically handicapped
I have a patron who is currently enrolled in a Children's Lit. class at =
a nearby University. She is required to read EZ and Juvenile books that =
feature physically handicapped/disabled Americans. Anyone have title =
suggestions?
=20
Thanks in advance,
=20
Leslie Langley
Children's Librarian
Buckley Public Library
Poteau, OK (yes, there is such a place)=20
"I cannot live without books......." T. Jefferson
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 20:13:51 1998
From: Morag Willey <mwilley@mail.wrl.org>
Subject: Jackeroo
Thank you to everyone who replied to my query concerning a young serf girl
teaching a young lord survival skills in a medieval setting. The book is
indeed Jackeroo by Cynthia Voight. The book is a great read too, for
anyone interested.
Morag E. Willey,
Youth Services Department,
Williamsburg Regional Library.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 20:13:29 1998
From: "Sara Levinson" <saramador@hotmail.com>
Subject: book search
I am looking for a book or books at a level that a three-year-old
will understand about strangers. I know that there is a
Berenstein Bear one, but does anyone know of anything else that I
might be able to find?
Thanks,
Sara in Brooklyn
saramador@hotmail.com
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 20:58:40 1998
From: Elizabeth Prior <eprior@bc.seflin.org>
Subject: stumped
I have a patron that remembers reading a small chapter book in the early
seventies about a child whose father is off chasing rainbows while she/he
deals with lifes little problems. The father eventually returns having
found a pot of gold at the end of one of the rainbows. There is a slim
chance that it is a picture book. Any help will be appreciated. TIA
Elizabeth Prior
eprior@bc.seflin.org
BCL Sunrise Dan Pearl Branch
Sunrise, Florida
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 21:51:01 1998
From: cathy ryne <cryne@sierramadre.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Dog stumper
Thank you to everyone who answered my dog stumper question. The answer is:
THE VISITOR by Gene Smith and published in 1971 by Cowles Book Company. I
will be ordering this book through ILL for my patron. I appreciate
everyone's help in locating this information!
Sincerely,
Cathy Ryne
Children's/YA Librarian
Sierra Madre Public Library
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 21:52:35 1998
From: "ANN Owens" <AOWENS@sacramento.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Hawaiian hand sign STUMPER
Although it's been a while since I lived there, I remember a "shaka"
sign that is *thumb* and pinkie... like the ASL sign for "y". I think
it originated sometime in the late '60s or early '70's, but why, I don't know.
It's an all purpose greeting, approval, exclamation...and definitely not a gang
sign. Perhaps someone from Hawaii will be able to elucidate further.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 22:20:44 1998
From: "Rebecca Smith" <rsps@hotmail.com>
Subject: stumper: penguin and lion
A Patron is looking for a picture book she read recently, but it is
probably older (it has black and white illustrations). About a lion who
gets lost at sea in a storm and ends up on an island with a penguin and
they fall in love. We checked A to Zoo, and keyword on our catalog with
no luck. Any help will be greatly appreciated
Rebecca
*********
Rebecca S. Smith, MLS
Youth Services Librarian
San Carlos Branch
San Diego Public Library
rsps@hotmail.com
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 22:33:19 1998
From: "Joel J. Rane" <expopkch@lapl.org>
17:43:51 -0400 (EDT)
----------
> From: Goldsboro High School <goldsh@pindigital.net>
> To: School Library Media & Network Communications
<LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: HIT: ConcCamp Boy Book Found
> Date: Monday, June 01, 1998 9:53 AM
>
> Thanks to all who replied to my querie. You really helped to raise the
> opinion of librarians around here.
>
> For the many people who requested that I post the information when I got
> it, because the book sounded good to them, here it is:
>
> Author: Ann Holm
> Titles: North to Freedom, David, or I am David
>
>
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 23:20:59 1998
From: Jenny <madison@rocketmail.com>
Subject: list of places to find skits
Thank you to everyone who replied to my enquiry. Here are different
places to look for skits for children 9 - 13 years old:
Plays magazine
PLAYS Inc.
120 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
617/423-3157
www.channel1.com/plays/
$29.00 a year
The Skitbook: 101 Skits From Kids by Margaret Read MacDonald
Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales For Readers
Theatre & Tadpoles Tales: And Other Totally Terrific Treats For
Readers Theatre both by Anthony Fredericks
Create your own scripts from stories or sections of novels (Bunnicula,
was a suggestion).
Again thank you for the suggestions and making my life a little easier.
Jennifer Knoerzer
Tuxedo Park Library, NY
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 23:30:17 1998
From: "Louise Meyers" <lbmeyers@co.douglas.or.us>
Subject: Eric and Sally stumper
Thanks to Donna george I have the answer to my stumper on the old book! It was
Eric and Sally, by Johanna Spyri! This was one of those off duty questions that
we often get at parties and other social occasions, and by the time I remembered
to look it up the next week, I had forgotten that she thought it mught be by
"that person that wrote Heidi". Thanks for everyone who looked for
this! I'm sure this sweet old ladyw ill be able to get an old copy of the book
for her son from the information Donna gave me. Louise Meyers
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 23:41:42 1998
From: Marijo Kist <mkist@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
Subject: stumper
I just had a patron in who is looking for a favorite of hers from her
childhood. The title she recalls is *Polly What's Her Name* and is about a
girl who has to go live in a military academy. The patron is 53 and she
said she read it when she was 11 or 12 which means she read it sometime
during the 40s. She grew up in New Mexico.
Thanks
Marijo Kist mkist@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
Acacia Branch Library
(602) 262-6224
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 23:43:12 1998
From: "Schwartz, Ginger J." <GJS8126a@co.prince-william.va.us>
Subject: Stumper Solved: Last Five Days of Sunshine
Thanks to M. Neiman from Welles-Turner Memorial Library for finding...
Weikel, Dana.
Death from child abuse-- and no one heard / Dana Weikel and Eve
Krupinski ;
edited by John G. Cronin. Winter Park, Fla. :
Currier-Davis Pub., [c1986]
xi, 130 p. ; 18 cm.
1. Assaid, Ursula Sunshine, 1977-1982. 2. Child abuse--United
States--Prevention. 3. Abused children--United States--Biography. 4.
Abused children--United States--Mortality--Case studies. I. Krupinski,
Eve.
II. Cronin, John G.
LCCN: 87-175239
ISBN: 0-930507-04-5 (pbk.) : $4.95
This list is my most valuable resource,
Ginger J. Schwartz
Children's Librarian
Potomac Community Library
2201 Opitz Blvd.
Woodbridge, VA 22191
(703) 494 - 8126
gjs8126a@co.prince-william.va.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Jun 2 23:54:57 1998
From: Karen Knudson <kknudson@timberland.lib.wa.us>
Subject: Poem for Father's Day needed
A patron is seeking any appropriate poem honoring fathers that she could
teach her kindergarten class to recite for a ceremony on June 18.
We looked at the Index to Children's Poetry, but discovered the first
lines weren't enough for us to tell if the poem would be appropriate.
We've also looked in "Poems for Red Letter Days" "Best Loved
Poems of the
American People" , "Poems for Fathers" by Livingstone, and at
least a
half-dozen other books. Most of the poems were either to specific, too
long, or more humorous than complimentary.
Do you have a favorite?
Please respond to me at kknudson@timberland.lib.wa.us
Thanks in advance!
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Karen Knudson
Library Associate
Olympia Timberland Library Voice: 360-352-0595
313 8th Ave. S.E. FAX: 360-586-3207
Olympia, WA 98501-1307 e-mail: kknudson@timberland.lib.wa.us
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