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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 10:26:43 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: pubyac V1 #404
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 18:49:18 EDT
From: Susan259@aol.com
Subject: Re: Picture Books about weddings
I just read Sky Sash So Blue and thought it was good--especially the art work.
Susan Byerly
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:58:04
From: andrew or anne <paradis@jorsm.com>
Subject: Re: Picture Books about weddings
At 11:04 AM 8/6/98 -0400, you wrote:
>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
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>***Please notice new e-mail address***
>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>Lesley Gaudreau
>YA/REF Seabrook Library
>Seabrook, NH
>lesley@seabrook.lib.nh.us
>
>Fanny's Dream, by Buehner- not a wedding exactly, but Marriage.
Anne >
>
>(whose anniversary is August 12 because Summer Reading 1989 ended August
8!)
"'You have no business wearing white to the Middle Ages,'
he'd said, `It will only get dirty.'"
Connie Willis
*Doomsday Book*
Andy or Anne -- Andrew Paradise, Information/Reference Librarian, Medical
Librarian, and Children's Librarian by marriage: Anne Paradise, Children's
Librarian, mystery reader!
Gary Public Library andrew@gary.lib.in.us work
220 West 5th St. paradis@jorsm.com home
Gary, IN 46402 anne@gary.lib.in.us Anne
http://www.jorsm.com/~paradis/
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 16:37:46 PDT
From: "Dawn Rutherford" <rutherfo@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Favorite Newbery books
Hello everyone,
I just had to chime in on the favorite Newbery list. I hadn't noticed
anyone mention my favorite yet, The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle!
I also like: Island of the Blue Dolphins
A Wrinkle in Time
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Bridge to Terabithia (ok...that might be my fav, too)
The Giver
The Westing Game
From the Mixed-Up Files...
Julie of the Wolves
Midwife's Apprentice
Maniac Magee
Dawn Rutherford
Children's and Young Adult Librarian
Carl B. Roden Branch
Chicago Public Library
rutherfo@chipublib.org
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 19:28:14 -0400
From: Claudia Livolsi <clivolsi@www.biblio.org>
Subject: Re: Favorite Newbery books
My votes go to Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer and It's Like This Cat by Emily
Neville.
Claudia Livolsi
Children's Librarian
Monroe Public Library
Monroe, CT
clivolsi@biblio.org
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:53:20 PDT
From: "carol exner" <crexner@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: fine free children's materials
Dear Tim,
Though I may sound curmudgeonly, I must agree.
Carol Exner
Children's Librarian, Parkwood Branch
Durham (NC) County Library
>The idea of not charging fines on Children's materials mystifies me.
The
>added monetary incentive spurs the children to be more responsible
(many's
>the parent who uses these fines to teach responsibility). And, though
this
>is NOT thinking the best of my fellow human, teachers would bleed the
>library dry of materials. With no fines, why should they return the
>materials until they are done with them? You would suddenly have
deposit
>collections in every classroom in your community.
>
>For those two reasons alone I believe, fines on children's materials
are a
>good idea. These are my humble opinions & are not meant to represent
either
>deep thought or the policies of my department or institution.
>
>
>Tim Capehart
>Head Children's Services
>Leominster Public Library
>Leominster, MA
>tcapehar@cwmarsmail.cwmars.org
>http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/7427
>
>"I got enough to do without chewing up food for monkeys." - Buddy
(1997)
>
>
>
>
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:45:03 EDT
From: AmyKLong73@aol.com
Subject: Summer Reading Program purpose
Hello all!
I'm doing a internship as my last "class" in grad school and have to
write a paper (of course!) for it. Part of my paper is evaluating summer
reading programs. What I'm wondering is there anyone out there who would be
willing to share with me their library's reason (or their personal philosophy)
for holding a Summer Reading Program?
Please send responses to me directly! Thank you!
Amy Long
Amyklong73@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 19:36:39 -0400
From: Claudia Livolsi <clivolsi@www.biblio.org>
Subject: Re: YA CORE COLLECTION
Popular paperbacks at our library are those by Caroline Cooney, Lurlene
McDaniel, Jane Yolen's Dragon series, Christopher Pike, V.C. Andrews and, of
course, Fear Street.
Claudia Livolsi
Children's Librarian
Monroe Public Library
Monroe, CT
clivolsi@biblio.org
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 22:24:06 -0400
From: "The Erdman's" <erdman@epix.net>
Subject: Re: library drive-up windows
Congrats to Maria Wegscheid and the Bettendorf (IA) Public Library for
viewing a drive up window as an extension of their commitment to
customer service. Sometimes it's easy to lose sight of who we serve and
how our patron's needs are changing. Sometimes decisions are made that
are more for staff convenience than patron convenience. While drive up
windows aren't for everyone, I applaud Bettendorf's value on customer
service in providing this convenient service.
- --
Sue Erdman, Director Mechanicsburg Area Public Library
erdman@epix.net 16 N. Walnut St.
717-766-0171 phone Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
717-766-0152 fax
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 18:16:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dolly Irvin <dirvin@sjvls.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Summer Reading Clubs and Year Round Schools
We are a 15-branch system, with only the main branch serving a large
population. We have both year-round and traditional school schedules. At
the main branch, we schedule it for 3:00. Most elementary students get out
of school ast 2:15 or sometimes 2:45. Our program is very successful. We
average between 150-200 kids per week. On the opposite end, one of our
branches scheduled summer reading at 11:00. This is during the hours of
summer school. She received no more than 3 children per week. Of course it
is a very small branch, but last summer with the program being later, she
averaged 20 kids a week. I think it is vital that you work around the
school schedule!
Good luck
- -Dolly Irvin
Tulare County Library System
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:45:32 PDT
From: "carol exner" <crexner@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Winter Puppet Story Idea?
Dear Catherine,
How about Raymond Briggs' _The Snowman_? No dialogue unless you
want to write some and loads of action!
Carol Exner
Children's Librarian, Parkwood Branch
Durham (NC)County Library
>I'm doing a traditional one-person hand puppet show in December, and
am
>looking for new ideas.
>
>
>
>
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:36:26 -0700
From: Edmonds Reference Library <edmref@sno-isle.org>
Subject: [Fwd: Re: fine free children's materials]
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I originally sent this to the original poster, but after seeing Tim
Capehart's post I wanted to justify NOT charging anyone for overdues.
Jonathan Betz-Zall, Children's Librarian, Edmonds Library, Wash.
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To: aswitzer@chuhpl.lib.oh.us
Subject: Re: fine free children's materials
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Amy Switzer wrote:
>
> Our children's services department is considering eliminating fines on
> children's materials. I would appreciate any information (pro and con)
> about not charging fines on children's materials.
Hi, Amy! The Sno-Isle Regional Library System (north and west of
Seattle, Wash.) does not charge overdue fines for anyone, though we do
bill for replacement of long-overdue materials. I don't know the
official reasoning but the benefits I see are:
1. excellent public relations--we treat people like responsible adults
rather than as objects of behavior modification techniques, and
2. reduced workload on circulation staff who don't have to handle small
amounts of money all the time.
HTH!
Jonathan Betz-Zall, Children's Librarian, Edmonds Library, Wash.
edmref@sno-isle.org
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 16:28:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jackie Marquardt <jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us>
Subject: Re: Singing Stories
Here's my list of books that are songs, too. Raffi's Wheels on the Bus,
Tingalayo, Shake My Sillies Out, and many more; She'll Be Comin' Round the
Mountain by Birdseye or Bullock; The Itsy-Bitsy Spider by Trapani; Over in
the Meadow by Langstaff and numerous others; and Old MacDonald also by
various authors - I especially like the one by Souhami, though. Have fun!
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Jackie Marquardt
Youth Services Librarian
Olympia Timberland Library Voice: 360-352-0595
313 8th Ave. S.E. FAX: 360-586-3207
Olympia, WA 98501-1307 e-mail: jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, kscalley wrote:
> I am looking for stories you can sing a long with-like Jamberry that has a
> tape of a singing version, Abiyoyo with Pete Seeger singing it!! I plan to
> use these stories with preschoolers.
> I would be happy to compile a list and post to the listserv if there is
> interest.
> Ann Scalley
> kscalley@capecod.net
>
>
>
>
>
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 20:27:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Shenk, Mary - Farmington" <shenkmar@metronet.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Re: Singing Stories
Ann,
One story a patron let me in on while I was doing a storytime program was
a book titled Whiffle Squeek by Caron Lee Cohen, illustrated by Ted Rand,
1983, K-3rd. It is about a seefaring cat named Whiffle Squeek who has a
narrow escape from a hungry monster of the briny deep. It is sung to the
tune of aiken drum.
Children's Services Department
Farmington Community Library
23500 Liberty Street
248.474.7770
Tha Me Sketh...
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:42:23 PDT
From: "carol exner" <crexner@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: YA CORE COLLECTION
Dear Dolly and all,
I would like to add something to this discussion that my then-teen
daughter told me when I was taking my YA couse in grad school. When I
asked her about YA novels, she said she hadn't really read any unless
they were assigned for school. "If you're a good reader and don't pick
up YA books by the time you're out of 10th grade, you'll never read them
unless they're assigned."
As I continued to discuss this with her friends and with pages I
knew then and since, I am fairly convinced that she is right. What kids
who read easily and well would love are hosts of writers like Robert
Jordan (Eye of the World; science fiction; up to 7 or 8 HUGE volumes of
intricate plotting, interwoven relationships, and pretty well drawn
characters) who have teen protagonists going through those teen-year
problems but with development more like adult novels. That's also a
reason kids used to devour Stephen King --- teen novels written with
adult complexity. It's just my opinion, but I think I'm on to
something.
Carol Exner
Children's Librarian, Parkwood Branch
Durham (NC) County Library
>something I read in School Library Journal: Most teens (164-18) feel
>that R.L. Stine's are geared more toward the younger crowds and are not
>advanced enough for them. Maybe that is something you could keep in
mind.
>I too am trying to update our YA collection, so this will be very
>interesting. Could you please post your list or e-mail a copy back to
me?
>Thanks and good luck!
>Dolly Irvin
>Tulare County Library System
>
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 07:41:30
From: andrew or anne <paradis@jorsm.com>
Subject: Re: Soap Box Derbies
At 03:08 PM 8/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Fellow Pubyacers,
>A patron is wishing to find information on building a soap box
>car (without a motor) with his son this summer. I am having difficulty
>finding info. Any ideas?
>Thanks,
>JoAnn
>joannp@omaha.lib.ne.us
>
>
>Best I know of, but long o.p. is "Make it and Ride It" - sorry-
author
escapes me.
Anne
>
"'You have no business wearing white to the Middle Ages,'
he'd said, `It will only get dirty.'"
Connie Willis
*Doomsday Book*
Andy or Anne -- Andrew Paradise, Information/Reference Librarian, Medical
Librarian, and Children's Librarian by marriage: Anne Paradise, Children's
Librarian, mystery reader!
http://www.jorsm.com/~paradis/
andrew@gary.lib.in.us work
Gary Public Library paradis@jorsm.com home
220 West 5th St. Gary, IN 46402 anne@gary.lib.in.us Anne
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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 9:24:26 -0400
From: SAR_DUTCH@sals.edu
Subject: RE: fine free children's materials
Although this is one of those things about which there is interminable debate,
I can say that our library, which loaned about 270,000 juvenile items in
1997, has no fines, and none of the things you describe above seemed to have
happened. Patrons overwhelming appreciate the no fine policy, and we don't
"lose" young patrons because of fines accumulated due to their parents
bad
habits. I have had experience in libraries with and without fines for children,
and, from long experience, I heartily endorse
and, from long experience, I heartily endorse a no fine policy.
Harry Dutcher
Saratoga Springs Public Library
518 584-7860
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