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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:00:34 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #413
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:43:32 EDT
From: Susan259@aol.com
Subject: book discussion
We are planning to start a book discussion group for kids and are wondering
about how others have handled providing kids with copies of the book under
discussion. Does the library buy copies and let the kids check them out? Do
you require kids to buy their own? Do you order books through your vendor and
then sell them to kids at cost?
Any comments, suggestions, ideas etc. will be greatly appreciated.
Susan Byerly
Children's Librarian
W. O. Haggard, Jr. Library
Plano, TX
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:43:32 EDT
From: Susan259@aol.com
Subject: book discussion
We are planning to start a book discussion group for kids and are wondering
about how others have handled providing kids with copies of the book under
discussion. Does the library buy copies and let the kids check them out? Do
you require kids to buy their own? Do you order books through your vendor and
then sell them to kids at cost?
Any comments, suggestions, ideas etc. will be greatly appreciated.
Susan Byerly
Children's Librarian
W. O. Haggard, Jr. Library
Plano, TX
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:42:06 -0400
From: "Baughman, Carol" <CBaughman@ctr.kdla.state.ky.us>
Subject: YA crossover
Mary Sue Burnett wrote:
I contend that the crossover can just as easily go the other
way. That is, adults read young adult literature. This especially true
for genres such as science fiction and fantasy. Perhaps the crossover
is
only seen to go one way (young adults read adult literature) is that
adults are less willing to admit that they read young adult literature.
But then again, many things that were once thought to be "just for
kids"
are winding up in the hands of adults (comic books, games, etc.).
Mary Sue Burnett
College of Library and Information Services
University of Maryland at College Park
I see a similar thing here in Kentucky, particularly on our bookmobiles.
It seems that many elderly women enjoy young adult novels. I think
they are the ones who might otherwise be reading the romance series.
These women are looking for something with a little touch of romance but
something that is better written than the formula series titles. Also,
they want something that is less "offensive" than many best sellers,
something that is not as physically large as hardback best sellers, and
something with larger type than paperbacks. One lady is reported to
have said: "When I'm reading in bed, I want something that won't break
my glasses if it falls on my face after I fall asleep!" : )
Carol Baughman
Children and Youth Services Consultant
Kentucky Dept for Libraries & Archives
300 Coffee Tree Road
Frankfort, KY 40602-0537
502-564-8300 x 264
fax 502-564-5773
cbaughman@ctr.kdla.state.ky.us
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:09:33 -0400
From: Lyric <rgwd@sprynet.com>
Subject: Graphic Novels
We too are trying to expand our YA collection. We have Ya fiction and a
small collection of non-fiction. I am looking now for online sources for
graphic novels to purchase. We have about 6 now, such as Bone, Maus, and
The Tale of a Bad Rat. I have gone through the publication, whose title
I cant recall, that is a bibliography of graphic novels from (it is a
reference book--sorry I am at home and can't think of the name!) and
also the bibliographies from Booklist and SLJ. Does anyone know of any
web sites that include a synopsis or review of graphic novels? Most of
the "Comic book" sites do not review the graphic novels they sell.
Please relpy to the list or directly to me.
TIA
Robin Works Davis
Farmer's Branch Manske Library
rgwd@sprynet.com
http://members.tripod.com/~RGWDavis/index.html
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:51:31 PDT
From: "Erica Sternin" <erica_sternin@hotmail.com>
Subject: Ideas for parent's booktalk
I have been asked to do a program at the library booktalking to parents.
The idea is to share some of my favorite stories, methods of sharing
books etc. so that parents can do some of what I do when they share
books with their kids.
I am planning on reviewing my Trelease books, and it's never hard to
share a pile of great books with a bunch of interested people, but I was
wondering if any of you had done something like this before. Was there
something really fun that you did or shared?
I would kind of like to have an "ice breaker" an activity that the
parents would do with each other -- any ideas?
Just fishing here, any suggestions welcome! Yours, Erica
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:53:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: RE: fine free children's materials
On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us wrote:
> Carol - sounds like we ought to form a curmudgeons roundtable here; Tim
> makes sense to me too. At the risk of sounding like Dr. Laura, the
> sooner kids learn that actions have consequences, the sooner their
> behaviour gets responsibleand the more enjoyable they are to be around.
>
I surely agree. The trick is to match the consequences to the behavior
and the level of development. So, for example, shooting the puppy is a
bad way to housetrain! I think that the folks who want to abandon fines
for children find that the fines sometimes mount up terribly quickly - so
high that, for a first or second error, the child can't check out again
until they can afford to pay up.
But, of course, the whole reason taxpayers subsidise large children's
collections, storytimes, et. al. (not to mention public schools) is that
they consider that citizens who can (and do) read well are an asset. If
the goal of teaching kids responsibility, and as harsh as it may sound,
losing a privalege for umpteen years does provide a tough lesson,
conflicts with the goal of raising kids who can and do read, well, lesser
of two evils as it is, it's the latter that's more apropos to our mission.
Worse yet, how many of us have seen the well-off but negligent parent who
just blithely pay their child's fines? Or the child whose parent runs up
huge fines with their child's card and now the child cannot check out?
Both teach the child just AWFUL lessons about the nature of responsibility.
I did have an interesting session with a minor child (about age 11) who
wanted me to put a block on her card so that her mother couldn't use it.
She's was tired of not being able to check out library books for school
assignments because of her mom's fines....
So if I were suddenly made the Empress-O-Library-Fines, I'd engage a
a policy whereby kids' cards were fine free from birth to, say, third
grade. (To really make this fair, though it conflicts with my gut
response about freedom of access, there should be limits on what the child
can check out with this card. Greater responsibility should always equal
greater freedom/privalege). From third grade through age 16 (or 18 depending
on child-labor laws in your state) children "graduate" to greater
responsibility: All overdue fines generate a "penalty" notice. Chidren
have the option of doing volunteer work or paying the fine. From 16 on
they have to face the music like adults...
It all depends on what you want to achieve.
Kirsten (Who *really* thinks all cards ought to be fine-free but that
ANY overdue items -even one day- blocks check out. It would
work, but then she'd never be able to check out - paying fines
is much easier...)
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:28:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bromann <bromannj@sls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Summer Reading Program Length
I am thinking about expanding our summer reading program from 8 to 9
weeks. It was 7 last year. I would be interested in finding out how
long other libraries continue their programs. Thank you.
Jennifer Bromann
Prairie Trails Public Library
Burbank, IL
bromannj@sls.lib.il.us
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:22:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cynthia Bishop <cybishop44@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Singing Stories
Hi, Chuck,
YES! I use my autoharp all the time in programming for
children...background for singing, setting the mood, atmosphere for
storytelling, etc, etc. It's true one doesn't have to be a rocket
scientist to play it, but keeping it in tune can be intimidating to
people who aren't sure how good their sense of pitch is. I encourage
people to get a friend to tune the instrument so as not to miss out on
the fun.
Best of all, the kids love the sound and look of it. The children
and I have had some interesting conversations about sad- and
happy-sounding chords, glissandos, spooky noises, single notes vs.
chords, etc., so we even accomplish rudimentary music education! Fun!
Cynthia Bishop
Onondaga County Public Library
Syracuse, NY
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:34:00 -0700
From: BOGART Debra S <dbogart@ci.springfield.or.us>
Subject: RE: Cyber Kids, Cyber Authors Conference
I hope that you (or someone) will post the text DKBrown's and
Buckleitner's (but especially Brown's) speeches somewhere on the web!
Please let us know if that happens-
Debra Bogart
Youth Services
Springfield Public Library
Spfld.OR
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From: Judy Rosenberg
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Cyber Kids, Cyber Authors Conference
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 9:10AM
Here's the lowdown on a unique conference that focuses on writing for
children and the Internet, as well as new trends on the Net and
children's
software. <snip>
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