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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:38:45 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #487
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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 20:43:07 EST
From: CTlipz01@aol.com
Subject: Nov. in CT
Hi everyone:
The first annual Jewish Community Book Fair and Art Festival will be held
on Sunday, Nov. 8, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.in Crozier Williams, on
the Connecticut College campus in New London. Approximately 400 diffferent
Judaic book titles will be available for purchase in all categories for all
ages, and Judaic-inspired artwork by local artisans will also be available.
In addition, there will be ongoing presentations suited for all ages..
At 9:30 a.m. Rabbi Norbert Weinberg of the Brothers of Joseph
Synagogue in Norwich will speak to a general audience on "A Story is Worth
a
Thousand Thoughts."
At 10:30 a.m. Paula Feder will discuss for adults, "The History of Jewish
Children's Books." Ms. Feder is the author of THE FEATHER-BED JOURNEY,
which
is a child's introduction to the Holocaust.
At 1:30 p.m., Mordicai Gerstein will delight children and adults alike. Mr.
Gerstein is a painter, sculptor, director of animation, film maker, author and
illustrator. He will speak about the Bible and his new series of children's
books based on the Midrash. He is the author of JONAH AND THE TWO GREAT FISH.
His next book on Noah will be released this winter. Mr. Gerstein is also the
author of ARNOLD OF THE DUCKS, which was one of the School Library Journal's
Best Books of 1983. This wonderful story was animated as part of CBS
Playhouse and is available on video. In 1987 his MOUNTAINS OF TIBET, was one
of the New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books. In addition, Mr. Gerstein
is known for his many illustrations in the series of books,
SOMETHING QUEER ABOUT.....
At 3:30 p.m., the Mythmakers will perform Jewish Folk
T ales with Klezmer music suitable for all ages. The duo of Gerald Fierst and
Richard Stillman will share stories and music and involve the audience in
their presentation.
There will also be an art exhibit by local children of all ages, entitled,
"My Favorite Jewish Holiday". Kosher pastries and drinks will be
available
for purchase. There will be no admission to any of the events scheduled for
the day.
For more information please contacts, Jewish Family Service at 860-444-6333
or 1-800-220-9929.
(I will be in attendance alllllllllllllllllll day; if you feel like saying
hi, please do..we are offering local libraries a 5% discounts, and I will be
glad to do the same for YOU!!!)
Nadine Lipman, School Librarian (Wearing one of my many other hats...!!)
CTlipz01@aol.com
Cohanzie Elementary School
Waterford, CT
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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:55:14 -0600
From: Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com>
Subject: Job posting, Chicago area
LIBRARIAN I / YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES / BARRINGTON AREA LIBRARY
Full time position, 37.5 hours per week, including one evening a week and
one weekend a month. Innovative, energetic individual to work as part of
an eight-member team in a busy department serving infants through eighth
graders. Duties include providing reference and reader's advisory service,
programming, assisting patrons with online catalog, Internet, and local
area network, collection development, school visits and all areas of
service to children. Requires MLS from an ALA-accredited program, knowledge
of children's literature, reference procedures, and library programming for
children, and the ability to work pleasantly and effectively with children
and adults. Salary $29,652/year + benefits. Send resume to Catherine Mau,
Head of Young People's Services, Barrington Area Library, 505 N. Northwest
Highway, Barrington, IL 60010. Applications accepted until position is
filled.
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Catherine Mau
Head of Young People's Services
Barrington Area Library
505 N. Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010
Email: cmau@bal.alibrary.com
Phone: 847.382.1300 ext. 250
FAX: 847.382.1261
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Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 12:13:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Gifford <NAG81@cnsvax.albany.edu>
Subject: song stumper
Memory needed here please.
I had a patron come in looking for a song she sang in grade school
in the 60s about Guffy the Goofy Gobbler. She thinks it might be
a Gene Autry song. Ring any bells?
Thanks,
Nancy Gifford
Schenectady Co. Public Library
Schenectady, NY 12305
nag81@cnsvax.albany.edu
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Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 14:09:55 PST
From: "pam standhart" <pumbaacat@hotmail.com>
Subject: stumper---2 English girl friends
A patron is looking for a book about two girls-- one is a "plain jane"
and either she or her mother is a seamstress. Her friend is a more
attractive young girl. The book takes place in England.
I'm afraid that's about all we have to go on. She believes it is an
older chapter book.
If you have any ideas, please reply directly to me.
pumbaacat@hotmail.com
TIA,
Pam
Pam Standhart
Children's Information Specialist
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 16:31:57 -0600
From: fweisman@park-ridge.lib.il.us
Subject: Suggestions for new "Children's Classics" for an updated
bibliography
I am updating a booklist, "Classics Old and New" and would really
appreciate
some newer classics to add to the list. The present list is for older
elementary school children, grades 4-6. Are there books which have been
published recently which you feel confident in calling "classics"? I
am
going to list our booklist as to insure new additions. If you send your
responses to me, I will be happy to post them to the listing when I have
gathered them.
Aesop. AESOP'S FABLES
Aiken. THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE
Alcott. LITTLE WOMEN
Andersen. ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Asbjornsen. EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON
Atwater. MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS
Baum. WIZARD OF OZ
Boston. THE CHILDREN OF GREEN KNOWE
Brink. CADDIE WOODLAWN
Burnett. THE SECRET GARDEN
Burnford. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Carroll. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.
Cleary. THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE
Craik. THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE
Dahl. JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
De Jong. WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL
Fitzhugh. HARRIET, THE SPY
Forbes. JOHNNY TREMAIN
Frank. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
George. MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
Gipson. OLD YELLER
Grahame. WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Henry. MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE
Hunt. ACROSS FIVE APRILS
Hunt. UP A ROAD SLOWLY
Juster. THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
Keller. STORY OF MY LIFE
Kipling. THE JUNGLE BOOK
Kipling. THE JUST SO STORIES
Kjelgaard. BIG RED
Krumgold. ...AND NOW MIGUEL
L'Engle. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Lang. THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
Lawson. BEN AND ME
Lawson. RABBIT HILL
Lewis. THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Lindgren. PIPPI LONGSTOCKING.
London. THE CALL OF THE WILD
McCloskey. HOMER PRICE
Milne. WINNIE THE POOH
Montgomery. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Neville. IT'S LIKE THIS CAT
North. RASCAL
Norton. THE BORROWERS
O'Dell. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
O'Hara. MY FRIEND FLICKA
Rawlings. THE YEARLING
Saint-Exupery. THE LITTLE PRINCE
Sawyer. ROLLER SKATES.
Selden. THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE
Sewell. BLACK BEAUTY
Speare. THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
Sperry. CALL IT COURAGE
Spyri. HEIDI
Stevenson. TREASURE ISLAND.
Tolkien. THE HOBBIT
Travers. MARY POPPINS
Twain. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Twain. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER.
Ullman. BANNER IN THE SKY.
Wells. THE TIME MACHINE
White. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
Wilder. LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
Thanking you for your brilliance and cooperation in advance!
Fran Weisman, Children's Department, Park Ridge Public Library
fweisma@park-ridge.lib.il.us
FAX 847/825-0001
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:56:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Rebecca Goldberg <goldberg@lemming.uvm.edu>
Subject: historical fiction
Dear Pubyacers,
I would appreciate any advice regarding historical fiction
suggestions for teachers and other library patrons. Rather than looking
for specific titles, I am wondering whether any of you know of good
historical fiction resources for a Professional Children's Literature
collection. I would like to be able to research titles by time period or
by chronological divisions in history, by grade level, and by subject.
I'd also like brief annotations. I'm specifically looking for resources
that would help me find books for grades 3-8, both U.S. and World
historical fiction.
I look forward to your recommendations. Thank you.
- --Rebecca Goldberg
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| Youth Services Librarian |
| Fletcher Free Library |
| 235 College St. |
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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:55:44 -0600
From: Jean Marie Schmeisser <Schmeisser@ci.sat.tx.us>
Subject: STUMPER - Witch and glass mountain
Hello all,
We had a patron call in today trying to find a book she remembers from her
childhood (doesn't this sound familiar!). We couldn't pull anything up from
our holdings and we're pretty sure it's not a traditional folk/fairy tale.
We've looked in A to Zoo and Best Books for Children.
The patron remember it being about a little witch who may have been named
Hannah, who had a bumblebee as a companion. She thinks the witch was
banished to a glass mountain in the story. (She thought the title may have
been The Little Witch and the Glass Mountain.)
Thanks,
Jean Schmeisser
Librarian I Schmeisser @ci.sat.tx.us
San Antonio Public Library
Children's Unit
600 Soledad
San Antonio, TX 78205
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:26:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Gail Roberts <groberts@sailsinc.org>
Subject: Stumper solved
Many many people recommended A Safe Place by Maxine Trottier for my patron
in a battered women's shelter. I finally got to give it to her yesterday,
and she came in today to say she loved it, it was just right, and she is
taking it to show at her battered women's group discussion this week. She
and the two children are doing better, the older one is going to Head
Start, and they both go to a play group at Child and Family Service.
Thank you all for your advice--you're a great bunch!
"We can't all and some of us don't. That's all there is to it."
Eeyore
Gail E. Roberts
Coordinator of Youth Services
New Bedford Free Public Library
New Bedford, MA
groberts@sailsinc.org
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:31:11 -0600
From: "Sean P. S. George" <sgeorge@stcharles.lib.la.us>
Subject: Beginning reader series
Greetings,
I am in the process of updating many of our most heavily used series =
books, two of which are Jane Moncure's "Word Bird" books and
"Sound Box" =
books. These items get heavy use in our system, but as I contemplate =
purchasing new copies of these, I wonder if there aren't any more recent =
or better sets to fill the particular need. Looking at the Moncure =
titles, they don't strike me as being especially excellent, but the need =
they address is an important one, so I need to find a good replacement =
if I'm not going to get new copies of these local favorites.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated, and I will of course post a =
HIT of any responses I receive.
TIA
<><><><><><><><><><><><>
Sean George
Youth Services Coordinator
St. Charles Parish Library
sgeorge@stcharles.lib.la.us
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Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 11:08:52 -0800
From: "Cecilia P. McGowan" <cmcgowan@spokpl.lib.wa.us>
Subject: Magazines for Girls in the Late 1950's, Early 1960's
We have a patron request for magazine titles for girls in the late 1950's,
early 1960's that are of the wholesome variety. Not Seventeen. We already
have on the list:
Girl Scouts
Hullabaloo
Can you think of any others that came out during this time?
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!
Cecilia
Cecilia P. McGowan
Youth Services Coordinator
Spokane Public Library
906 West Main
Spokane WA 99201-0976
509-444-5331
509-444-5367 FAX
cmcgowan@spokpl.lib.wa.us
Visit our Kids Home page at http://www.spokpl.lib.wa.us/kids/kids-home.html
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 15:14:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Sullivan <ksulliva@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Stumper
Hi Everyone! I had a patron in today who was looking for a book he read
to his children about 25 years ago. He said he believes it took place in
France and it had several french expressions in it. It was a fairly
thin book (probably a picture book) about a crow who steals and eats
blackberries from a man who sells them. He also mentioned something about
a highwire. If this sounds familiar to anyone, will you please respond to
me at ksulliva@suffolk.lib.ny.us. Thank you very much!!!
Kelly Sullivan
Half Hollow Hills Community Library
Dix Hills, New York
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Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 17:14:21 -0500
From: Toni Buzzeo <buzzeocyll@mix-net.net>
Subject: OUT OF THE DUST -- late post
Dear Deidre and Pubyackers,
I am sorry to be late with this post, as I was rushing toward a
manuscript deadline and barely paused to breathe in October. E-mail
slid to a distant place on the to-do list.
I did want to take a moment now, though, to add my experiences with OUT
OF THE DUST to the comments posted already.
Last year, OUT OF THE DUST was on the of the books on our reading list
for gifted readers (Project Literature students). This year, it is on
the Maine Student Book Award list. So, for two academic years I've had
the opportunity to talk about this book with kids who have read it. I'd
even go so far as to say that I talk about this book with SOMEONE two or
three times a week, often more!
In my experience, kids are deeply moved by the book. In fact, one of
the "coolest" fifth grade boys, the trend setter for the whole crowd,
raised his hand, during my opening week booktalks of the Maine Student
Book Award list, and said, "I just want to say that this is the best
book I have ever read in my *whole* life. And it made me cry." Those
of you who know fifth grade boys know that this was a recommendation of
the highest order.
OUT OF THE DUST has received a warm embrace in the Longfellow School
community from its first appearance.
Toni Buzzeo
Longfellow School Library Media Center
Portland, ME
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 18:46:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Ana Bartlett <abartlet@connect.bedlib.org>
Subject: stumper about an airplane crash
dear all:
i recently had a patron ask about a book that her son has read involving
an airplane crash. she does know the book wasn't Paulsen's "Hatchet"
but
a few details are that the crash happened in the northwest(perhaps around
Canada) and there was an older man who helped two college students
survive and then he dies later.
i hope there are enough details above to spark someone's recollection and
thanks to whomever it may hopefully be.
ana bartlett
ana bartlett
abartlet@bedlib.org
Bedford Public Library
1323 K Street
Bedford, IN 47421
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 20:33:36 -0600 (CST)
From: a_long@ix.netcom.com
Subject: High Interest/Low Level books for teens
Dear YACers,
I need the help of the collective mind! A patron came into the library looking
for titles of high interest/low level books. She is a teacher and her students
are reading
at about a third to fourth grade reading level, but are somewhat insulted when
she hands
them children's books from that grade level. Would someone be able to suggests
some
books for me to tell her? I will post a list of the results.
Thank you,
Amy Long
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:14:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Patricia Hay/GBPL <hayp@snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us>
Subject: Help with biographies
Thank you to Eric Norton, who suggested SLJ, Horn Book, the Bulletin of
the Center for Children's Books and VOYA as review sources; to Diane Mayr
who said she buys bios of sports and entertainment personalities in
paperback; and to Jana Fine who gave me some good advice in person.
I was a bit disappointed to get so few responses so I am reposting my
request below (which I know is long). Any other comments out there?
Thanks!
Patty
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 13:45:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Patricia Hay/GBPL <hayp@snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us>
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Help with biographies
I am (still) relatively new at my small public library, and am trying to
update our Children's Department biographies. For instance we have
nothing on Michael Jordan! In looking through the catalogs, I have a few
questions for my fellow librarians:
For prominent personalities (world leaders, sports figures) do you
consider ordering two books for differing age groups? A lot of the books
are 48 or 64 pages for younger grades, but sometimes older students need a
biography at least 100 pages long. Do you order both?
In looking for books, I note the year published - some of the catalogs
include older books from 1994, 95, etc. For instance, I wouldn't want to
order something on John Elway that was not from 1998 (post Superbowl).
And how often do you update biograhies? We have two on Magic Johnson (I
don't mean to only concentrate on sports figures) from 1981 and 1989. Is
it necessary to buy a third that includes his recent activities?
Also, what about people who are popular now but are young or new in their
field and will inevitably do more - do I buy Michelle Kwan now or wait?
Is there a source for children's non-fiction reviews or specifically
biograhies? We get Kirkus and Booklist. I'd particularly be interested
in online sources.
Is there a list anywhere of core personalities that should be included in
a good, if small collection? When do you decide that someone is
"worthy"
of being added? Where do you draw the line on celebrities? We had a
request for a bio of Jean Claude Van Damme but I don't think he's
prominent enough.
And what, for that matter, about Bill Clinton? I thought we should have
something on the person who's been President for six years, but now does
not seem like the time to buy a 1997 biography. Same goes for Hillary.
Thanks for the space to ask these questions and for your replies. I'll
attempt to compile for the list.
Patty
Patricia Hay
Gulf Beaches Public Library
Madeira Beach, FL
hayp@snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us
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