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From: Diana Tixier Herald <dherald@wic.net>
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Jo-Anne Cooper wrote:
> Hi, I just started my new position on June 1st. The YA collection here
> is a tiny, dated, hardcovered archive. I would like to order 200
> popular attractive paperbacks to put in spinners. What titles would you
> suggest for must haves or a core collection? Thanks for your help.
>
>
Check out Patrick Jones' site at http://members.aol.com/naughyde/
where he provides updates, bibliographies, links to web sites from his
terrific book Connecting Young Adults and Libraries and best of all for
your query, a YA core collection list!
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Happy reading,
Di Herald
dherald@wic.net see the Genreflecting page at
http://www.mancon.com/genre/
Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading
tastes."
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:09:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: chapinli@sccoast.net (cathy wiggins)
Subject: Birthday summer reading theme
Next June 1 our library is celebrating it's 50th year. We would like to use
a birthday theme for our 1999 summer reading program. Has anyone used this
theme? Could you share with us what clip art you used? What were some of
your programs?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Cathy Wiggins
chapinli@sccoast.net
Library Director
843-918-1275 (Voice)
Chapin Memorial Library
843-918-1288 (fax)
400 14th Ave. N.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:19:38 -0400
From: "Christolon, Blair B" <bchristolon@pwcgov.org>
Subject: RE: Soap Box Derbies
For patrons looking for Soap Box Derby information-- our library system
contacted the National Association at P.O. Box 7233, Akron, OH 44306,
telephone (216) 733-8723 and bought their All-American Rule Book. We
also found some information on making a similar structure called a
"Cubmobile" in the Bear Cub Scout Book (p.178) put out by the Boys
Scouts. Blair
All comments expressed here are my own and may not reflect the policies
of Prince William Public Library System
Blair B. Christolon
Librarian, MLS-Collection Specialist J, YA &AV
Prince William Public Library System
13083 Chinn Park Drive
Prince William, VA 22192-5073
703-792-6251
FAX 703-792-4875
bchristolon@pwcgov.org
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 07:57:15 -0400
From: Sherri McCarthy <smccarth@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
Subject: [Fwd: J and YA Book Clubs--Compiled Responses]
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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 08:15:58 -0400
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These are the compiled responses I received to e-mail requests
(in
4/98) to FICTION_L and PUBLIB listservs for information on J and YA Book
Discussion Groups. --Sherri McCarthy (5/2/98)
RESOURCES:
Nearly everyone mentioned Shireen Dodson's book: _The
Mother-Daughter
Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk,
Laugh, and Learn through their Love of Reading_. HarperPerennial,
c1997. Note that membership in the Mother-Daughter Book Club of
America, 6100 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011 includes a
subscription to a bimonthly newsletter, _Passing Thoughts_ ($14.95).
Also, Phalbe Heriksen offered these two resources: Sarah G.
Borders
and Alice Naylor. _Children Talking About Books_. 1993. Oryx Press.
ISBN 0897747372.
Alice Naylor also made a video called, "Grannies Can Live Longer
If
They Eat": Children's Responses to Notable Books.
I would like to add that the GREAT BOOKS FOUNDATION, 35 West
Wacker
Drive, Chicago, IL 60601-2298, 1-800-222-5870 (www.greatbooks.org)
sponsors Junior Great Books discussion groups and training for leaders
of those groups.
Also, GO ON, GIRL!, P.O. Box 3368, NY, NY 10185 (www.GoOnGirl.org), a
national book club of black women, is planning to start Junior Go On,
Girl! Groups for high school girls.
Also see these excellent articles: _Book clubs give moms, daughters time
to share_. Knight- Ridder/Tribune News Service, December 16, 1997.
(Available full-text in Infotrac). / Caywood, Carolyn, _The cinderblock
cafe_. School Lib J, Jan 1997, p.45 / Farber, Susan, _Bonding through
books: a librarian finds that mothers and their pre-teen daughters have
a lot to talk about over books. School Lib J, April 1997, p.57 / Knoth,
Maeve Visser, _Sparking conversation at home_. The Horn Book Magazine,
May-June 1997, p.370 / Ward, Caroline, _Having their say: how to lead
great book discussions with children_. School Lib J, April 1998, p.24.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone aware of other books or
articles
on the subject of J and YA book clubs.
(smccarth@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us). Here are others' experiences:
"J" BOOK CLUB — GRADES 3 - 5 — ANN ARBOR, MI
I'm a youth services librarian at a branch of the Ann Arbor
District
Library. I have attempted a book discussion group the last two summers.
This was for kids going into grades 3, 4 or 5. I'm going to try again
this summer . . .
The first year I decided to do it by genre. For the first week I
told
them to read a mystery. I figured that would give us a lot of different
books to talk about. I only had about eight kids in the group but they
all read Goosebumps. The second week's theme was fantasy. They all read
Goosebumps. Sigh . .
So the next summer I picked the titles. I picked books that had
Michigan connections. That worked a lot better. The trick is to have a
stack of related books prepared to book talk. That stack is guaranteed
to be gone by the time the kids leave. (_Finding Buck McHenry_ by Al
Slote is good discusssion starter.) We also found that it helps to have
some sort of activity planned, too. Kids really like puzzles of all
kinds so any kind of find-the-hidden-picture or maze will work. One
thing that worked exceptionally well was a pack of story cards. This is
a deck of cards that depicts one object or place or activity on it. The
kids randomly draw a card and then use it to tell a cumulative story.
That's a lot of fun. If you can't find a commercial deck you could
probably make one using pictures cut out of magazines.
[NOTE -- BORDER'S BOOK STORE MOTHER-DAUGHTER GROUP]
Our local Border's store has a very successful mother-daughter
book
club. It's so popular they had to form two groups. You could call them.
The number is 734-668-7652. Ask for Helen Smith.
I hope this helps. Ieva Bates, Loving Branch Library, Ann Arbor
District Library
4th - 6th GRADERS — NEBRASKA
I worked with our local library (small community of 30,000 in
Nebraska)
in such a program for 4-6th graders a few years ago. We ran a short
program - 4 meetings only. We had about a dozen kids each meeting and
met once a month. Books used were: _Lion Witch and Wardrobe_ -- the
easiest book so we started with it -- _Tuck Everlasting_ — dealing with
everlasting life and the pros and cons. One of the questions we asked
was if they would drink the water and, if so, at what age? Fascinating
answers! Every kid said yes they would drink it but at ages ranging
from 16 to 45! _Shiloh_ — good discussion on the subject of abuse --
not just with animals but with people and would they turn in potential
abuse cases. _Bridge to Terabithia_ — the best of the discussion times.
Kids are fascinated by death and never seem to find anyone who will talk
to them about it.
The leaders set standard discussion ground rules and did
background on
each author in advance. We had questions prepared to ask but also went
with the flow of the discussion. We also served refreshments each
month. There was never a lack of someone talking! In fact, we often had
to cut the meeting short as we ran out of time.
Why didn't it continue? Lack of time or money commitment...
Hope this
helps!
Sharon Osenga, sosenga@nol.org
MOTHER-DAUGHTER — 4th - 6th GRADERS — LINCOLNSHIRE, IL
We just completed a very successful three-session Mother
Daughter Book
Club program which met once a month this past January, February and
March. It was a joint effort between our Youth Services and Adult
Services departments, with one librarian from each department acting as
the program coordinators. Program costs were also split between the two
departments.
We limited the group to twelve mother-daughter couples, who
signed up
for the whole series. The club was intended for girls in 4th-6th
grades, but most of the participants were 4th graders. We are very
fortunate in that Teresa Barker, co-author of the book, The
Mother-Daughter Book Club, lives in our community and is one of our
patrons. She met with us during the planning phase of our program, and
she and her daughter attended the group's first meeting.
The three books we used were selected to represent various
genres and
included: _Afternoon of the Elves_ by Janet Taylor Lisle (contemporary
fiction), _In the Year of the Boar_ and _Jackie Robinson_ by Bette Bao
Lord (historical fiction) and _Dominic_ by William Steig (fantasy).
Prior to each meeting, the YS librarian and I would get together and
develop a list of discussion questions to keep things rolling. We had
very lively discussions for each book.
Our meetings were held on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 8 p.m.
but we
usually ran about 15 minutes over. For the first two meetings, we began
with a simple"warm-up" activity, but by the third meeting, we didn't
feel this was necessary. We also served refreshments at the end of each
meeting, and the YS librarian and I had a lot of fun trying to come up
with foods based on the theme or plot of each book. We also gave a lot
of thought to the room "set-up" as we were very concerned about
creating
a comfortable and informal atmosphere. We ended up purchasing floor
pillows for the girls and had their moms seated behind them in chairs,
with everyone in a circle.
We have had a lot of interest in mother-daughter clubs in our
community. There are 5 such groups that I know of which are independent
of the library but use our ILL service to acquire books. We also had a
local newspaper cover our last meeting (which did not inhibit the girls
or moms in any way!)
Future plans are still up in the air. We hope to offer another
club in
the fall but this may be "parent-child" rather than mother-daughter.
Personally, I'd prefer to stay with mother-daughter because I feel
adolescent girls really benefit from the opportunity to express
themselves in this kind of non-threatening environment. However, I
believe any type of parent-child group would provide a beneficial
experience for all participants.
I also recommend that you take a look at The Mother-Daughter
Book Club
(HarperPerennial, 1997) by Shireen Dodson and Teresa Baker.
Good Luck!
Gina Sheade, Adult Services Librarian, Vernon Area Public Library, 300
Olde Half Day Road, Lincolnshire, IL 60069
P.S. From Gina: I thought of two other things I meant to
mention.
First - there was no charge to our patrons for this program. Also, each
mother-daughter couple received one copy of
each book we discussed free-of-charge from the library.
Second - at the end of the third (last) meeting, we talked about
how
the group could continue the club on their own, with the library
providing meeting space, recommendations of titles, and assistance with
acquiring books if needed. All participants seemed interested in
continuing the group on their own.
MOTHER-DAUGHTER GROUP — 10 year olds
I don't know how much help this will be to you since I am not a
librarian, just a former teacher and current mother who stumbled across
this mailing list and subscribed because I love literature.
I started a mother-daughter book club for myself and my
10-year-old
last year. I began by sitting down with my daughter and picking four
other mother-daughter pairs who we thought would be a good fit and would
be interested. Out of 10 original members, we have 8 who are active and
general everyone attends the meetings. The hostess daughter is
responsible for writing questions and leads the discussion. The hardest
part is keeping the mothers from dominating the discussion. The one
thing that I wish I would change about our group is that we invited two
girls who are in the 4th grade and the rest are in 5th. The difference
in the level of sophistication as well as reading and reasoning between
the younger and older girls sometimes keeps us from choosing titles
which I feel would be great for the older kids.
The best book we've read this past year was _Walk Two Moons_ by
Sharon
Creech. I highly recommend it. The children also enjoyed _The True
Confessions of Charlotte Doyle_ by Avi and _The Midwife's Apprentice_ by
Karen Cushman. Another book that hasn't been read by the group yet but
I have previewed and is a phenomenal piece of literature and very
thought- provoking is _Out of the Dust_ by Karen Hesse.
This mother-daughter book club is the best thing I've ever done
with my
daughter and I'd love to see more people get involved. I'd also be
interested in any ideas you have for good books for the group or any
information you receive from people on mother-SON book clubs.
Susan Rothenberg
MOTHER-DAUGHTER CLUB — GRADES 6 - 8 — BRIGHTON, MI
Our Mother/Daughter Book Club is a little less than a year old.
I have
been leading it during this time and have really enjoyed it. The
inspiration for the club came from a book by Shireen Dodson entitled The
Mother Daughter Book Club. I have pretty much used her suggestions as
a blueprint for the class, making changes only to help it fit a public
library setting.
Our group is open to girls that are in grades 6-8 and their
mothers (or
other female adult sponsor). The studies which support a female-only
group are readily available, but I haven't had a boy ask to join yet.
To recruit girls for our group we did some in-house advertising and sent
flyers to the English teachers at all of the area middle schools. We
have a core group of about four girls and their mothers who show up on a
regular basis and a couple others who come when they are free. At my
last meeting, we had a total of ten and it was very boisterous. I think
small is the key.
I chose the first book, _A View from Saturday_, and handed it
out at
the first meeting. We played a short literary game as an ice-breaker.
Since we did not have a book to discuss, I gathered about 30 books that
I thought might interest the girls and gave a brief description of
each. The girls and moms each received a ballot to write five choices
on to help me in selecting future titles for our club to read. We
passed all the books around for the remainder of the meeting, then I
collected the ballots. We did read the book which received the most
votes: _Granny the Pag_, but I have also selected other books which were
not even part of that original discussion. During the holidays, we read
_Remember Patience Whipple_ and _A Miracle on 34thStreet_. We read
_Ella Enchanted_ just because I loved it so much and we were happy to
find it on the Newberry List later. One of the moms pointed out that we
hadn't done a mystery yet, so we read _The Westing Game_. I thought
about her comment and realized we hadn't done a science fiction book
either. So, we are currently reading the ALA recommended book _The Dark
Side of Nowhere_. It is excellent and if your library doesn't have it
yet, I highly recommend it.
In order to keep things fresh, we often supplement our
discussion with
other activities. When we read _A View From Saturday_ I got local
Calligraphy Artist to come and give us a free demonstration. We
explored Mayflower and Pilgrim sites on the Internet after our _Remember
Patience Whipple_ discussion. We even did some movie-to-book
comparisons with _A Miracle on 34th Street_.
The cost of running the club is relatively small, just a few
dollars
for coffee, punch, and cookies. We interloan all the books needed.
As for your question, do the moms take over? They sometimes
try, but
the girls won't let them. They are the first to say, "enough about
that, I want to talk about this." I try to steer the conversation now
and then by asking leading questions, but all in all this is a group
effort. At first I was worried when one member seemed quiet, but I
realized that even though she is shy, it must not be interfering with
her enjoyment of the group because she attends regularly. I still try
to bring her into the conversation now and then.
My largest concern when I started this group was that I wouldn't
be
able to fill the whole hour. Now my concern is how to wrap it up in
less than an hour and a half. Tardiness is often a concern, but I think
it is just the personality of my group. Our other storytimes always are
punctual.
Mary Vanstone, Brighton (MI) District Library
MIDDLE SCHOOL — 7th GRADE + UP TO AGE 15 — MARQUETTE, MI
I run a book discussion group for teens at my public library.
We
started last June. I asked a teen I recognized as an avid reader and
whose parents are in the library a lot if she would like to join a teen
book discussion group at the library. She was very happy to and so I
asked her about day and time, set that, and invited her to bring her
friends. She brought about 5 friends and since then only two other
girls come and go. Attendance is about 6 at the hour long monthly
program.
We choose books two-three months ahead, books they liked or want
to
read and some I've suggested. The girls are in Middle School, 7th grade
I believe. I advertise in the media and with posters at the library;
however, the group doesn't grow. The girls asked to keep the age level
at the lower end (I think they are shy of older teens). I did raise it
up a year to age 15. [NOTE: Interesting point about younger teens shy
with older teens.]
The girls are very dedicated. They keep going over summer and
when the
library was closed for three weeks to move to a temporary location they
wouldn't think of not meeting. They even suggested a place to meet!
They are very fun to work with and also are the teens on our teen
advisory board. So they do quite a bit around the library, helping with
last summer's puppet show, this past fall's haunted House, Reading Day
at the Mall, etc.
We meet after school on the first Tues. of the month for an
hour. We
spend a little time on business, and between their talk about school and
other books, we do manage to say something about the book of the month.
Sometimes I feel guilty about not spending much time on the book, but
this isn't homework. And they really are listening even if they have
magazines in their laps and munch and crunch constantly. I allow them
to break the rules about no food or drink for this one hour. (We allow
the adult book discusion group members to eat also.)
We've read: _Catherine_, _Called Birdy_ (+); _Troubling a Star_
(-);
_Time to Keep Silent_ (+); _Jenny of the Tetons_ (+); _Murder on the
Orient Express_(++); _What Jamie Saw_ (+);_ We Are Witnesses_ (+);
_House on Mango Street_(++); _Arsenic and Old Lace_ (++); _Romeo and
Juliet_ (++). Today we will discuss _Deerskin_ by Robin McKinley. Two
of the girls already told me they were not liking it so it should be an
interesting discussion.
Cathy Sullivan Seblonka, Youth Services Coordinator, Peter White
Public
Library, 217 N. Front St., Marquette, MI 49855, (906) 228-9510, fax
(906) 228-7315,
e-mail: cathys@uproc.lib.mi.us
P.S. from Cathy: I mentioned your request for information to my
teen
book discussion group yesterday. They were thrilled that I responded to
you and hope that if you start a group, my teens could communicate via
E-MAIL with your teens. They'd like suggestions for titles and hope to
discuss books, etc.
MENTORING PROGRAM — 6th GRADE GIRLS — OLD TOWN, ME
The following is excerpted by S.Mc. from an article in the
_Bangor
Daily News_: "GirlsTalk" is aimed at promoting self-esteem and raising
aspirations among local middle school girls through literature that
portrays adolescent girls in a positive manner and by matching each girl
with a positive female role model from the community. The program will
follow girls through their 6th, 7th, and 8th grade school years.
Between now and June, the girls and their mentors will read _Sarah Plain
and Tall_, _Cassie Binegar_, _The Exiles_, and _Ellie and the
Bunheads_. The group will attend at least one cultural performance a
year, likely at the Maine Center for the Arts. Other events will
include library sleepovers and an overnight trip as the girls complete
the 8thgrade (canoe trip, horseback outing, mountain climbing, etc).
Librarian Valerie Osborne's expectation was that maybe 10 or 15 girls
would sign up. To date, 43 of the 64 girls at the middle school have
signed up! An equal number of area women have made a 3-year commitment
to serve as their mentors. The budget (between $30-40,000) will come
from private funding sources including "Friends" groups, the Maine
Humanities Council, etc.
Valerie Osborne, Library Director, Old Town Public Library, 65
Middle
Street, Old Town, Maine 04468, (207)827-3972, web address
www.old-town.lib.me.us
TEENS — COFFEE HOUSE — BETHEL, CT
This message was forwarded to me by our director so I hope we
can be of
some help. I started here last March as a YA librarian. I knew I wanted
to do a book group and saw an idea in the January 1997 issue of SLJ
about a teen coffee house book discussion group. Originally we were
going to have it here in the library, but then talked to the owner of
our local coffee shop who invited us to meet there instead. He gives us
one coupon per person for a free refreshment each meeting. Most of the
kids prefer the sodas or Italian ices to coffee!
I started the group last summer so we met twice a week, but
during the
school year we meet once a month on the Saturday I work. Because of the
many activities they have after school and on Saturday mornings, we hold
our meetings from 3-4 p.m Sat. afternoon. I let them read anything they
want and bring it to the meeting to share. My one rule is that they
can't give away the ending in case someone else wants to read the book.
I tried picking out one book for everyone to read but it didn't work. We
are not part of a county system and only had one or two copies at most
of a title. Our interlibrary loan librarian couldn't get enough copies
fast enough and we seemed to be discussing two books at a time; the
girls who got their books late hadn't finished the book in time and
would want to discuss it during the next meeting, when others were on to
the new book. (Also, the girls who did finish couldn't talk about the
ending in front of those who hadn't read it yet). I try to bring new
books to booktalk as well. My hope is that they will hear about
something and be intrigued enough to try it on their own.
I started off with 15 students, and 4-5 were boys. However,
within the
first 3 meetings, all the boys dropped out. They couldn't count on each
other to show up, and didn't want to be caught alone with a table full
of girls. So I am trying to figure out now what to do about this. A
staff member of mine has a daughter who will be eligible this summer for
my group, and she has some friends who are boys so I am hoping they will
all come and make it "ok" for boys. I now have about 7 girls who come
regularly. I went to the schools last spring to booktalk and promote my
summer programs. The timing was excellent because these kids had been
used to participating in the children's program the previous summer so
they didn't miss a beat, and I am lucky to have a great middle school
librarian who really talked things up for me. I plan to go again this
year and get the next crop of sixth-graders.
Please email me if I can be of any more help. Good Luck!! Debby
Adams,
Bethel Public Library, Bethel, CT
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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 20:04:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Walter Minkel <walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
Subject: Re: Favorite Newbery Books
Folks-- As the person in charge of the Newbery Medal Home Page
<www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html>, it's been interesting to see the
suggestions people are putting up. It gets me to thinking--should the
Newbery Home Page include some articles about reading and enjoying both
the winners & honors? If you've read an article about the Newberys you've
felt was especially neat-o, please let me know about it & I can try to get
the rights to reproduce it from the author or publisher. While I'm at it,
should we include (or change) anything else on the site?
If there's something you all would like to see on the Newbery Home Page,
please let me know. (Also: we love libraries whose websites link to the
Newbery, Caldecott <www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html> and Coretta Scott
King <www.ala.org/srrt/csking/> official sites). Questions? Let me know.
10-Q! --W
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
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Look! A Toyota! Kool! --Palindrome of the Month
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:45:00 -0400
From: Kate McLean <katem@mail.bulloch.public.lib.ga.us>
Subject: Easy Readers
We decided to let the cataloguing dept. mark them E like all the rest of
the Picture books. When they get down here to Children's we mark them
with a yellow stripe. The kids all know what a yellow stripe book means
and are just as happy. We've sort of expanded this idea into the
juvenile fiction too. A blue stripe indicates easy fiction/chapter
books. So when they finish the yellow stripe they go on to the blue
stripe. It doesn't bother us, or cataloguing, or the kids. They kind
of like the fact that its a code and that it's not really obvious.
Hope this helps,
Kate McLean
Youth Services Librarian
Statesboro Regional Library
katem@mail.bulloch.public.lib.ga.us
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 07:34:38 PDT
From: "mary arnold" <mjarnold@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: YA CORE COLLECTION
Great! I'd suggest checking the recent Popular Paperbacks for
Young Adults lists on the ALA/YALSA website; also Core Collections
titles and authors listed in professional resources like Patrick
Jones' CONNECTING YOUNG ADULTS AND LIBRARIES and Allen and Mary Anne
Nichols' YOUNG ADULTS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES:A HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS
AND SERVICES.
>
>
Mary Arnold MLS
Medina County District Library
3649 Center Rd.
Brunswick OH 44212
mjarnold@hotmail.com
the end of reading is not more books but more life
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:56:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pryluck <mpryluck@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: Die-cutting
Accu Cut's telephone number is: 1-800-288-1670. They have an extensive
catalog which one of my staff members picked up at ALA. Marcia Pryluck,
Head of Children's Services, Brentwood Public Library, NY.
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 DAISYWAGES@aol.com wrote:
> If the die-cuts are indeed interchangeable between Ellison and Accu cut,
does
> any-
> one have phone # or address for Accu cut. We have the Ellison machine, but
I
> love to get some other ideas for die-cuts. Thanks for any info.
>
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 11:04:25 -0400
From: Lesley Gaudreau <lesley@seabrook.lib.nh.us>
Subject: Picture Books about weddings
Hi all,
This time I am the patron. A childhood friend of mine, who has also
grown up to be involved with children and books, is getting married this
fall. As part of her shower gift, I would like to get her a picture
book for her collection that is about a wedding. I don't care if the
wedding is traditional or nontraditional (Sootface is sort of a wedding
story); I just want something wonderful. Can you send me the
titles/authors of your favorite love/wedding picture books?
Thanks!
lesley
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YA/REF Seabrook Library
Seabrook, NH
lesley@seabrook.lib.nh.us
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 10:05:05 -0500
From: Linda Bostrom <lbostrom@ala.org>
Subject: Books for Babies -Reply
Hi Rhonda,
It's a great idea and you're right, there are many examples of similar
programs in operation. Many of them are Born to Read programs,
modeled after a demonstration project sponsored by the Association for
Library Service to Children with grant money from the Prudential
Foundation. The original BTR program was created to show how
community partnerships (between the public library and a health care
provider, e.g., hospital, clinic, public health service) could work together
to reach at-risk expectant parents and teach them the importance of
reading to children from the day they're born.
Of course, all parents need this information and the program has
broadened in scope since the initial phase is over. Hundreds of libraries
in the US and a good number in Canada are implementing this program,
using the training manual and video produced during the demonstration
period. Plus we have additional products the most important of which is
a brochure aimed at parents called Born to Read: How to Raise a
Reader which gives parents reading tips and a list of books aimed at
babies and toddlers.
Rather than continue ad nauseum, I'm going to mail you a packet of
information. If you have questions after receiving it, give me a call.
Also, check out our website at http://www.ala.org/alsc/born.html .
Linda Bostrom
ALA/Assn. for Library Service to Children
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
800/545-2433, ext. 1398
lbostrom@ala.org
>>> Rhonda Jessup <rjessup@whitby.library.on.ca> 08/05/98 11:55am
>>>
My Chief Librarian is working with the local Rotary club on literacy
initiatives. They are looking for a project(s) to sponsor but there is not
a lot of money (less than $5000). One of my thoughts was a "books for
babies" campaign. Off the top of my head, the project would involve
parents
signing their baby up for a library card and receiving a package with
booklists and a board book to share with their baby. I know this type of
campaign has been around for a number of years and I would
appreciate
hearing from those of you have done this. If it is not asking too much,
could you e-mail me a brief summary of your project and your thoughts
on its
success? And, hey, as long as I am taking advantage of the collective
experience of the group, are there are other projects that you have
done
that would also be worthy of consideration to promote literacy in the
community?
TIA, Rhonda Jessup
Rhonda Jessup,
Coordinator
Children's & Adult Services
Whitby Public Library
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Phone: (905) 668-6531, ext. 27
E-mail: rjessup@whitby.library.on.ca
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