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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:11:55 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #478
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 22:03:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: Rich McDonald <rmcdonal@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper: song chocolate horse
We have a patron who wants to find a song about a chocolate horse named
Star that she heard/sang 20 - 30 years ago. Is this one in your repertoire?
TIA. Rich at Champaign Public Library.<rmcdonal@prairienet.org>
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:24:26 EDT
From: "Lisa Prolman" <lprolman@hotmail.com>
Subject: funny chapterbooks
Dear collective brain:
I'm hoping you help me with this project. I have a fifth-grade boy who
has just discovered in the last two weeks that reading can be fun. He
has been reading Elizabeth Levy's _My Life As a Fifth Grade Comedian_,
and his mother said the only way she could get his face out of the book
was to take him here and get him more of Levy's books to read. I am
thrilled with this as this boy was a "video only" patron until now.
Here is where I need the assistance. Other than the _Time Warp Trio_
books, and almost anything by Coville... what else can I suggest to him?
Funny books with a male protagonist would be best, but I think I can
slip in a female lead every now and then. Please pass on any ideas to
me at: lprolman@hotmail.com
Any ideas would be gratefully received and a bibliography would be
posted to the list.
TIA
Lisa
Lisa Prolman
Assistant Children's Librarian "All things considered,
Greenfield Public Library insanity may be the only
Greenfield, MA reasonable alternative."
(413)772-1590
lprolman@hotmail.com
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:54:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Seeger <eseeger@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: WItch Story
Hello!! Everyone.
We had a patron looking for a story about a witch that flies around on
a broom. We looked everywhere and could not find it. So if this is sounds
familiar to anyone, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Thanks in Advance
Erika Seeger
Children's Librarian
Patchogue-Medford Library
Patchogue, NY
eseeger@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:31:04 PDT
From: "Elizbeth O'Brien" <elizbetho@hotmail.com>
Subject: [none]
I am looking for books about multicultural neigborhoods. Picture books
that deal with any aspect of Russian, Chinese, Irish, Jewish, Hindi and
Greek.
Thank you
Elizabeth O'Brien
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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:04:51 -0400
From: Kate McLean <mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us>
Subject: Ingredients for a YA collection
I've been looking at my YA collection recently and began thinking of what
books and authors should be in any YA collection today. I have some of my
own favorites but what would all of you say? I promise to make up a
comprehensive list of suggestions for the list at a later date so, come
on... what YA novels and authors can your YA collection not do without?
Thanks,
Kate McLean
Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library
mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us
"My opinions are my own."
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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 08:45:03 -0500
From: "Vollrath, Elizabeth" <evollrat@uwsp.edu>
Subject: House in Barn stumper
Thanks to those who found the answer. It is a short story, "The Revolt of
Mother," by Mary Wilkins Freeman.
Elizabeth Vollrath
Portage County Public Library
1001 Main St.
Stevens Pt., WI 54481
(715) 346-1290
Fax: (715) 346-1239
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:35:16 -0500
From: "PAT MARTIN, RED WING PUBLIC LIBRARY, MINNESOTA" <PATM@selco.lib.mn.us>
Subject: stumper: like Lord of the Flies
A 9th grade history teacher would like a fiction book to read with her
students that would show why we need leadership. She is thinking along
the lines of LORD OF THE FLIES. I can think of titles that show the
problem of too much control (like Lowry's The Giver), but I'd love to
hear any suggestions from any of you on lack of it.
Thank you. You've always come through for me before!
Pat Martin
Red Wing Public Library
patm@selco.lib.mn.us
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:24:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: medchild@jcls.org (Medford Children's Department)
Subject: STUMPERS-owl fingerplays
> I am putting together a pre-school storyhour on owls and I'm having a =
> difficult time locating songs and fingerplays on owls. I can find alot =
> of songs and fingerplays on birds in general but I really wanted to =
> focus on owls. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. =
> Thanks in advance.
> Deb Hiett
>
> Deb,
>From Ring a Ring O' Roses: Finger Plays for Pre-School Children , 9th ed.
The Owl and the Brownies
An owl sat alone on the branch of a tree, (Fold hands)
And he was as quiet as quiet coulb be.` (Whisper)
It was night and his eyes were round like this. (Make circles around
eyes with fingers)
He looked all around. Not a thing did he miss. (Turn head side to
side)
Some brownies crept up on the branch of the tree (Make finger creep up
arm.)
And they were as quiet as quiet could be. (Whisper)
Said the wise old owl - "To-whooooo, to-whoooo"
Up jumped the brownies, and away they flew. (Hands move behind
back)
The owl sat alone on the branch of a tree, (Fold hands)
And he was as quiet as quiet could be. (Whisper)
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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:05:02 -0500
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: owls
Here is the list of Owl Fingerplays, songs, etc. It is quite long. Enjoy!
The owl sat in a tree way up high
[stand on tiptoe, stretch arms over head]
Then spread his wings and started to fly
[spread arms and flap]
Swooping way down to fields of grain
[bend knees and lower self to floor]
Then soaring up so high again
[quickly spring up to standing position]
If I were an owl,
I would learn to fly
Twisting and turning
All over the sky.
Up to the clouds
Down to the ground
Stretching my wings
As I turn all around.
Who-oo is calling me?
Who-oo is in a tree?
Who-oo flies at night?
Mr. Owl (clap calp) That's right!
AN OWL SAT ALONE
An owl sat alone on the branch of a tree (hold up pointer finger)
He was as quiet as he could be (put finger to lips)
It was night,
And his eyes were round like this (circle eyes with thumbs & fingers)
And when he looked around, not a thing did he miss (move head side to
side)
LITTLE OWL
Little owl in the tree, he is winking down at me (wink or blink eyes)
As he winks all through the night, Little Owl is quite a sight!
Little owl in the tree, he is hooting down at me (make hooting sounds)
As he hoots all through the night, Little Owl is quite a sight!
WISE OLD OWL
Wise old owl
In the tree (point up, as if to tree branch)
Whoo-ooo are you winking at? (wink eye)
Is it me? (point to self with thumb)
An owl sat alone on the branch of a tree (hold up finger)
He was as quiet as could be (Put finger to lips)
It was night and his eyes were round like this (circle eyes with thumbs &
fingers)
And when he looked around, not a thing did he miss (move head from side to
side)
Five Owls in a Tree
(Have Five owls on sticks, in varying sizes. One large on down to
a small owl.)
There were once five owls,
High in the trees.
Who were hooting to each other,
Just as loud as you please!
Chorus
The big owl said, "Whooo."
(Move big owl up and down.)
(Everyone says "Whooo!")
The next one did, too.
(Move next size owl.)
(Everyone says "Whooo!")
The third one said, "Whooo!"
(Move next smaller size owl.)
(Everyone says "Whooo!")
The fourth did, too.
(Move next smallest size owl.)
(Everyone says "Whooo!")
But the smallest said, "Tweet!"
(Move the smallest owl.)
The first four looked (Four large owls look at smallest.)
And shook their heads (Shake the owls.)
"You should say, What the rest of us said!"
Chorus
(Repeat as in the chorus above.)
The big owl said "Whooo."
The next one did, too.
The third said, "Whooo!"
The fourth did, too.
But the smallest said "Chirp!"
You must try to learn,
To hoot the right way.
You'll just have to practice,
All night and all day."
Chorus
(Repeat as in the chorus above.)
The big owl said "Whooo."
The next one did, too.
The third said, "Whooo!"
The fourth did, too.
But the smallest said "Chip!"
He did what they asked.
He knew that he should.
He practiced all night,
In the cold winter woods.
Chorus
(Repeat as in the chorus above.)
The big owl said "Whooo."
The next one did, too.
The third said, "Whooo!"
The fourth did, too.
But the smallest said "Caw caw!"
He tried his very best,
Even when it started to snow.
(Sprinkle white paper pieces over smallest owl.)
But on the next day,
He had a stuffy nose!
Chorus
(Repeat as in the chorus above.)
The big owl said "Whooo."
The next one did, too.
The third said, "Whooo!"
The fourth did, too.
"Sniff, sniff, sniff," said the smallest.
They shook their heads,
And their wings got rather flappy.
If you would just come close,
That would make us very happy
Chorus
(Repeat as in the chorus above.)
The big owl said "Whooo."
The next one did, too.
The third said, "Whooo!"
The fourth did, too.
Then the smallest said "Ah..Ahh..Choooooo!"
Owl, owl, turn your head.
Owl, owl, blink your eyes.
Owl, owl, flap your wings.
Owl, owl, flex your claws.
Owl, owl, hoot your hoot. (hoot twice)
A family of owls lived up in a tree. (cup hands for nest)
There's mother, father, and babies three. (raise fingers 1,2,3)
One day the babies went creep, creep creep, (move fingers up other arm)
While mother and father were fast asleep. (hands to side of head)
They flapped their wings, and away they flew, (flap arms, fly)
Till they heard mother crying "whoo whoo whoo" (cry whoo...)
Come back, babies, you need your rest. (beckoning motion with hand)
And they all settled down in their snug little nest. (cup hands for nest)
Five Little Owls"
This little owl was sitting on a limb.
This one flew over to play with him.
This owl was call, "Whoo, whoo, whoo."
This one answered, "I wish I knew."
"The sun's coming up," this one said,
And five little owls went to bed.
(for fingerplay, point to fingers)
"Little Owl"
There was a little owl,
Who lived in a tree.
She could see things,
That others could not see.
Hello, little owl,
Won't you answer me?
What do you see
>From the top of your tree?
"Owlie" (sung to the tune of "Pop goes the Weasel"
An owl sat on the branch of a tree.
And was as quiet as can be.
The moon came out,
The night was dark---
"Whoo!"
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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 08:04:30 -0500
From: Marilyn Zaruba <fmpl@startext.net>
Subject: Re: shoe tying stories
This is not a story, but I used it in conjuction with a program on dressing
yourself. It's
Red Lace, Yellow Lace : Learn to tie your shoe by Mike Casey #
0812065530. It's a cute little poem & I had made a little shoe cutout for
each
child with red & yellow yarn for laces. It was quite effective, but it will
work better if you have an adult for each 1 or 2 children.
The funniest part of this was that I asked each person in the library to show
me how they tie shoes & there were almost as many ways as we have people
(6).
At the age of 55 I learned why my daughter's bows on her little dresses were
never quite right...I had been taught by my mother while she was in front of me
instead of behind me so everything I did was just the opposite.
Marilyn Zaruba
Mansfield Public Library
Eric Norton wrote:
> I am trying to find stories on tying shoes, maybe where it is a large part
> of the story, maybe with pictures to guide little fingers. I've been
> through A to Zoo and our catalog (though trying to figure out LC subject
> headings is always a shot in the dark) without any luck. Does anybody have
> any ideas?
>
> Eric Norton
> enorton@scls.lib.wi.us
> Head of Children's Services
> McMillan Memorial Library
> 490 E. Grand Ave.
> Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 54494
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 07:12:59 PDT
From: "JANET LAMBERT" <jlambert02@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: stumper: chocolate chip ghost
Here it is!
The Chocolate Chip Ghost
Once upon a time there lived 5 little ghosts. As everyone knows ghosts
are white and to stay white the only thing they can eat is vanilla ice
cream and the only thing they can drink is milk.
One day when Mama Ghost went to the refrigerator there was NO vanilla
ice cream and NO milk. She had to go to the store. Before she left she
said, "No matter how hungry you get DO NOT eat anything or something
DREADFUL will happen."
The first little ghost became SO thirsty and he looked in the
refrigerator and saw a glass of grape jusice and thought, "just one
little teeny-tiny sip wouldn't hurt." So he took one little teeny-tiny
sip of grape juice and what do you suppose happened? He turned
Purple!!! The other little ghosts looked at him and said, "MaMa told us
that something dreadful would happen and she was right!" The little
ghost did not want his mama to see him all purple so he rad upstairs to
hide in the toybox.
(proceed with sencond little ghost eating a carrot and turning orange.
Third eats spinach and turns green
Fourth eats a strawberry and turns red)
The fifth little ghost said, "I am SO hungry, but I will not do like my
brothers did; I'll look in the freezer for some vanilla ice cream. Well
there was some that was almost vanilla - it was white with some little
brown pieces of chocolate. He ate one spoonful and became a Chocolate
Chip Ghost!. He runs upstairs to hide so his mama won't see him.
Mama ghost came home with two big sacks full of vanilla ice cream and
milk. She couldn't find any little ghosts anywhere! Mama Ghost knew
something was wrong so she searched for them and found the blue one, the
red one etc... "Oh no!" She said - "how will you ever be ready
for
Halloween." She called the ghost doctor and he told her to keep the
ghosts in bed for 5 days and give them nothing but milk and vanilla ice
cream. That is what she did and by Halloween night the 5 litle ghosts
were all white again and they could go out haunting and spooking and
shouting "BOO!!!"
Hope this works! Janet
>From: Karen Laird <klaird@WORTHINGTON.LIB.OH.US>
>To: "'pubyac@nysernet.org'" <pubyac@nysernet.org>
>Subject: stumper: chocolate chip ghost
>Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:08:47 -0400
>Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
>
>Greetings!
>
>I am looking for a story I did several years ago called "The Chocolate
>Chip Ghost". It is a flannel story which came from a collection of
some
>sort, but I can't remember where I had found it. I am at a different
>library now, so I can't go back through the notes of what we did at
that
>particular storytime. Does anyone know this story and where I can find
>it again?
>
>Please e-mail me directly. A million thanks!
>
>Karen Laird
>klaird@worthington.lib.oh.us
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:19:42 -0500
From: Bobbi Ludwig <BJ.Ludwig@marquette.edu>
Subject: Compilation--Vet Book Stumper Responses
Hi! Well, I just want to thank you all for answering my
vet-books-for-a-7-yr-old question. Below is a compilation of the responses
I received. I plan on giving them to my Mom this weekend and hopefully she
can pass them along to the young girl. Again, I greatly appreciate the
responses--THANK YOU!!-- Bobbi Ludwig (BJ.Ludwig@marquette.edu)
**From vicki@saline.lib.mi.us (Vicki Ankrapp):
Cats: Plans for Perfection- Interesting web site exploring the musculature
of the wild cat.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/cats/index.html
**From Kay Heylman, Cleveland Heights:
Joanna Cole has written some great books that might just fill the bill for
the 7-year old vet-to-be. There's A CAT'S BODY, A SNAKE'S BODY, plus a
couple more, I think.
**From KIM MIE WOO <kmw@ucla.edu>
Try the interactive Virtual Frog Dissection Kit--
http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html
**From "marietta cole, children's librarian"
<marietta@millinocket.lib.me.us>:
there are 2 titles by james herriot 'only one woof ' and 'moses the
kitten' for fiction and 2 nonfiction 'i can be an animal doctor ' by
kay lumley and 'a day in the life of a zoo veterinarian' by david paige
that are geared for a younger reader.
**From Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org>:
The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is the magazine and
book series Zoobooks. Each magazine issue is a different animal or group
such as monkeys they do include muscle and skeleton pictures. I just found
a great muscle picture of a sea otter there for a patron the other day.
Marshall Cavendish has a wonderful Encyclopedia of Mammals
with more information than you would believe, however, the reading level
would be too high and I'm sure most libraries wouldn't cirulate it.
**From "Kownover, Margaret" <MKownover@gastonday.pvt.k12.nc.us>:
She might enjoy "The Glow-in the Dark Book of Animal Skeletons" by
Regina
Kahney and "Say Woof! The Day of a Country Veterinarian" by Gail
Gibbons.
**From Kate McLean <mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us>:
There are two new books, I believe they are published by Copper-Beech,
called respectively Animal Autopsy for Beginners and Brain Surgery for
Beginners. They have internal views of different animals. Still, for the
budding vetrinarian I'd recommend the James Herriot books. I remember
reading them as a child with a dictionary. They are difficult reading so
maybe she could buddy-up with a parent or older sibling to read them.
There are several of Herriot's books written as picture books now as well
as some complations of only cat or dog stories. Also, she could try to
tackle some of the Hugh Lofting Dr. Doolittle books and the books of Dick
King-Smith (who wrote Babe). King-Smith was a farmer and he writes about
personified animals. Nothing particularily veterinary, but good
nonetheless. And I would also say that even at seven she could volunteer
at the SPCA or a local vets, with parental and vet permission of course.
**From Deborah Sloan <dsloan@candlewick.com>:
I read your posting on pubyac and just wanted to mention that Candlewick
publishes a book, that's not scientific really, but seems right on (I don't
know if it's one of the more common books the 7 year old's already read):
MY MOM'S A VET, written and photographed by Henry Horenstein. School
LibraryJournal: "A true-to-life visit with a 12-year-old girl and her
mother, a veterinarian...Horenstein's writing is direct and portrays the
profession in a realistic manner. The full-color photographs are wonderful
and show ocuntry life in all its beauty and vigor."
**From Margaret Martin <margmart@kcls.org>:
I just gave a class for a group of kids and found a great site for
veternarians or students. It is http://netvet.wustl.edu
Bobbi-Jean Ludwig
Science Library, Day Supervisor
Marquette University
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Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 13:39:36 -0600 (CST)
From: Kim Kietzman <kkietzma@libby.rbls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Stumper
Help! I have a patron looking for a book that she thinks is called Ghost
Children and belives it was an award winner. The story is about an older
lady who lost a child and places carboard cut-outs of children in her
windows. When the wind makes the cut-outs move, neighbors thin the old
lady is crazy, or that the house is haunted. I actually think I've read
this, but I've checked all the regular sources (A to Zoo, our catalog,
etc) but can't find anything. This is driving me crazy, and I trust
someone out there can save my sanity!
TIA.
Kim Kietzman LISTEN TO THE MUSTN'TS
Assistant Children's Librarian Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Rock Island Public Library Listen to the DONT'S
401 19th Street Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
Rock Island, IL 61201 The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT's
(309)732-7364 Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me --
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
by Shel Silverstein
"Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of the
Rock Island Public Library."
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:44:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Vanston <jvanston@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Help needed - non-stereotypical gender roles
Several times I have had education majors come in looking for picture
books (audience level pre-school up to 1st grade) that depict men, women,
boys or girls in non-stereotypical gender roles. I have some stand-bys
like Ms. Murphy Fights Fires, My Mom's A Vet, William's Doll, Nice Little
Girls, even Fire Fire Said Mrs Mcquire. But some of these books are too
old - the professors want a 1990 or more recent title.
I checked A to Zoo, but unless I overlooked something, there wasn't an
appropriate subject heading.
I don't think the gender role issue has to be the whole story, but it
should be a dominant part of the pictures.
Rather than try to re-invent the wheel, does anyone have any suggestions?
Jennifer Vanston
jvanston@suffolk.lib.ny.us
"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading"
-Logan Pearsall Smith
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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:34:59 -0000
From: "dibartels" <dibartels@carrollsweb.com>
Subject: Question
Hi all!
I'm posting a question for a day-care provider. In past years she has used
the cut-and-tell story in which your final creation is a pumpkin. Can
anyone tell me where to locate a copy of the story. Unfortunately, she
can't find her copy, and the local library doesn't have it.
TIA!
Diane Bartels
dibartels@carrollsweb.com
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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 98 16:18:11 CDT
From: Angela Davis <davisang@carrollsweb.com>
Subject: [none]
I have a patron who is looking for a list of books that would qualify as
"high-interest with low vocabulary" for a student who is a sixth
grader with
a very low reading level. She is looking for books that have subject matter
of interest to a sixth grader, but with the vocabulary that would be
interesting. If anyone knows of such a list or where to obtain this list,
please reply to me at:
davisang@carrollsweb.com
Thanks
Angela Davis
Coordinator of Children services
Emporia public Library
110 E 6th
Emporia Ks 66801
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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 14:34:44 -0600 (CST)
From: Kim Kietzman <kkietzma@libby.rbls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Stumper-Ghost Children
Well, after some further digging, I found a title by Eve Bunting called
_The Ghost Children_ that the patron had at first said wasn't what she was
looking for - but realized later that it was. Thanks to anyone who has
already strained their brain on this one!
Kim Kietzman LISTEN TO THE MUSTN'TS
Assistant Children's Librarian Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Rock Island Public Library Listen to the DONT'S
401 19th Street Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
Rock Island, IL 61201 The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT's
(309)732-7364 Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me --
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
by Shel Silverstein
"Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of the
Rock Island Public Library."
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Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 13:39:36 -0600 (CST)
From: Kim Kietzman <kkietzma@libby.rbls.lib.il.us>
To: PUBYAC@nysernet.org
Subject: Stumper
Help! I have a patron looking for a book that she thinks is called Ghost
Children and belives it was an award winner. The story is about an older
lady who lost a child and places carboard cut-outs of children in her
windows. When the wind makes the cut-outs move, neighbors thin the old
lady is crazy, or that the house is haunted. I actually think I've read
this, but I've checked all the regular sources (A to Zoo, our catalog,
etc) but can't find anything. This is driving me crazy, and I trust
someone out there can save my sanity!
TIA.
Kim Kietzman LISTEN TO THE MUSTN'TS
Assistant Children's Librarian Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Rock Island Public Library Listen to the DONT'S
401 19th Street Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
Rock Island, IL 61201 The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT's
(309)732-7364 Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me --
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
by Shel Silverstein
"Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of the
Rock Island Public Library."
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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:57:05 -0500
From: rchadwick@pls-net.org (Roxane Chadwick, PLS-HQ)
Subject: Upstate New York Conference for librarians & writers.
There is still time to register for the Pioneer Library System's Fall
Institute 1998.
Spectrum: the Many Hues of Writing: a workshop for writers, librarians,
teachers, and book lovers.
Friday, November 6, 1998, Ramada Lakefront Inn, Rts. 5 & 20, Geneva,
New York, 9:00-3:30
Registration cost $20, includes coffee, snack, and lunch.
Eight writers and publishers in an informal atmosphere
Keynote speaker: Gloria Kamen, author of Hidden Magic, a biography of
Fanny Mendelssohn composer and author/illustrator of over 40 books.
Three workshops: 1. "Words at Play: the Pleasure of Writing," a poetry
workshop with Kathleen Wakefield. 2. "Pursuing a Publisher: The
Pleasures and Pitfalls of Dealing with Small Presses" with Brain Meyer,
president of Western New York Wares, Inc., a regional New York
publisher. 3. "Not just for the Birds: Turning a Special Interest into
Published Articles, Books, and Series," with Dean Spaulding, author of
the Birder's Bookshelf series.
A Question and Answer Forum beginning with "How did you get your first
book published?" Panelists include Gloria Kamen, Dean Spaulding, Ellen
Stoll Walsh (author/illustrator of Mouse Paint and For Pete's Sake.),
Marsha Hayles (author of Beach Day), and Emerson Klees (author of 9
nonfiction books and publisher at Friends of the Finger Lakes
Publishing.)
Registration deadline is October 28. For further information and
registration please contact Ellen Henrie at the Pioneer Library System
(716-394-8260) or ellenh@pls-net.org.
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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 00:17:13 EST
From: Naughyde@aol.com
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #476
The Houston Public Library held its 1998 Harriet Dickson Reynolds in
Celebration of the Child program on Friday, October 23. The theme of this
year's program was "Babythink: Babies Belong in Libraries" and
featured
presentations on early brain research and the implications for libraries and
library programs. Featured speakers included early childhood expert Gale
Sherman, musical performer Jim Gill, author/artist Monica Wellington, and
librarian Robin Works Davis. For more information about this subject, visit
the Harriet Dickson Reynolds web page at:
http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/events/hdr_index.html
For information on employment as a youth librarian at Houston Public Library,
visit: http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/events/jobpost.html
Patrick Jones
<A
HREF="http://members.aol.com/naughyde/connecting/index.htm">Connecting
Young Adults and Libraries, 2nd ed</A>
Manager of Youth Programs
Houston Public Library
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:00:54 -0400
From: Deborah Sloan <dsloan@candlewick.com>
Subject: AD: Candlewick's Big Bear's E-Newsletter
Thanks to interest from school and public librarians, media
specialists, and teachers that we've met at conferences who've asked to be
kept up-to-date with our children's books, Candlewick Press has just
released its second e-mail newsletter, Big Bear's Newsletter. Containing
short pieces on authors and illustrators, event ideas, time-related issues
about Candlewick books (ranging from board books for the very young, to
picture books, nonfiction, and novels for young adults), award winners, and
much more, it's like a behind-the-scenes look at our list. The response
from those who've signed on has been so very enthusiastic that I thought I'd
post this and invite anyone who would like to see our latest issue and learn
more about subscribing to send me an e-mail to that effect. Know that the
newsletter is published roughly once a month, though we don't keep to a set
schedule as we want to communicate timely information as needed. Also, this
notice has been sent to other listservs so my apologies if you receive this
info more than once.
Deborah Sloan
Marketing Director
Candlewick Press
2067 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 588-4432
dsloan@candlewick.com <mailto:dsloan@candlewick.com>
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