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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 18:37:20 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #503
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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 16:47:46 -0500
From: Tina Diab <diabt@aadl.org>
Subject: stumper - armadillo legend
Help!
A patron has a version of "The Armadillo", credited to Neli Garrido de
Rodriguez that she found as one of a collection of stories in a 3rd grade
reading book titled "A Soft pillow for an Armadillo".
The textbook says it's from "Legendas Argentinas, c1981"
She is working on a publication for teachers and she wants to include this
story in a booklist but wants a source that it can be found in other than the
textbook or the Spanish? book "Legendas Argentinas". She's concerned
that the
teachers may not have access to that particular textbook or the version she
has may be condensed.
It's possibly an Argentina myth about a weaver who starts off weaving fine but
gets lazy and the weaving gets looser. Then it tightens up and then gets
looser. Finally he is turned into an armadillo (by the "Gods") because
the
weaver needs somthing to keep him warm since he's not finishing his weaving.
There is also a connection with the look of the weaving and how the back of
an armadillo looks.
Any ideas? Could be a different title, slightly different version?
If you have any ideas you can contact me directly.
Thanks,
Tina Diab
Youth Services Librarian
Chelsea District Library
tdiab@chelsea.lib.mi.us
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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:34:42 -0500
From: Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net>
Subject: Long poems & Folklore
Pubyackers:
A fifth grade teacher in our town has been having her class do a poetry
memorization assignment for ages, and it's a real pain for us to find
poems she will accept. She wants kids to learn a poem (usually on a
holiday-of-the-month topic) every school month. The problem is, she
wants the poems to be a certain number of lines long, and she requires 2
more lines progessively per month. So in Sept, the poem has to be 20
lines long, Oct is 22 lines, Nov is 24 lines, etc. By the time we get
to May, we go nuts trying to find Mother's Day or Memorial Day poems
that are 36 lines long! I've tried to explain to the teacher that poets
don't write poems for this type of assignment, and in fact, most poetry
books for kids these days feature very short poems. Her answer is that
she's been assigning this for 30 years and kids love it because they
learn to appreciate poetry. (Actually, they dread it and their parents
who usually end up looking for the poems hate it too.) So we have been
using the same old dusty, ancient poetry books from 50 years ago when
people wrote long holiday poems, usually for adults, that kids today
find didactic and boring. So my question is: do you know of any sources
of long holiday poems, either anthologies or by single authors, that
might satisfy this teacher?
Also, the same teacher requires kids to read a book of a particular
genre each month. Naturally, they have to be exactly 100 pages long.
The main problem is folklore - most new books seem to be picture books
rather than novel-length, so we can't withdraw any of our ancient
falling-apart out-of-print books on Pecos Bill because we know we will
need them for this assignment. Any suggestions for folklore books at
least 100 pages long that are still in print?
I keep hoping this teacher will retire soon. Meanwhile, please email me
directly with your suggestions at: jsimpson03@snet.net
If I get any responses, I'll post the list.
Thanks, Martha Simpson, Stratford (CT) Library
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:00:57 -0600 (CST)
From: Janice Del Negro <delnegro@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Arlene Sardine
Betsy Hearne wrote an insightful Big Picture for the September 1998 issue
of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books on _Arlene Sardione_
that is available at:
http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/0998big.html
Janice M. Del Negro
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
GSLIS/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
delnegro@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:26:02 -0500 (EST)
From: kheau@Queens.Lib.NY.US
Subject: Arlene Sardine
Linda:
I recently attended New York Public Library's Bookfest, where I had the
pleasure of watching Chris Raschka himself present a dramatization of
<Arlene Sardine>. It was both hilarious and touching. Several children's
librarians in the audience also reported positive feedback when they read
the book at storytimes for various age groups. I guess this illustrates
that audience repsonse to a book read aloud depends upon many factors,
including the storyteller, the make-up of the audience, and the context in
which it is read.
Karen Heau
Young Adult Librarian
Flushing Library
Queens Borough Public Library
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:39:34 -0600
From: Karen Stanley <kstanley@marlin.utmb.edu>
Subject: Stumper
Patron in her 80's is looking for a book her brother remembers as a
child (groan! I have to admit these are not my favorite questions and I
always want to tell the patron to read some new books. Did I dare just
admit that??) The family wants to locate the book for a birthday
surprise. It was about Edward the Black Prince and a possible title
might be WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER. If you know that this is not
the title or have another title to suggest please e-mail me.
Of course, this request is a little more political than most. The woman
is on our Board of Trustees and has just learned that we've gotten rid
of some old books, and she is pretty certain that this book was in that
collection that we've since disbanded. And I have been of no help to
her. :-) Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA
Karen Stanley
Rosenberg Library
Galveston, TX
kstanley@marlin.utmb.edu
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:23:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Elaine Williams <williael@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Complaint about YA novel
Dear Pubyakkers,
A parent has complained (not really an official challenge) about
one of our YA novels. It's called BUT WHAT ABOUT ME? by Marilyn Reynolds.
She said that the graphic rape scene was inappropriate for her daughter to
read. I have read it, but I would like to hear other comments about
this book. Has anyone else had a challenge on it? I have some information
about the author. It's part of the Hamilton High True-to-Life series.
Other books in the series deal with teenage fatherhood and a 12-year-old
molested by a neighbor. Thanks for your comments.
Elaine Williams, Youth Librarian
Lynchburg Branch Library
williael@oplin.lib.oh.us
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:12:04 -0500
From: schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
Subject: stumper-poem
PU>Hi all,
PU>Our patron is in need of a poem about the death of a child. The only
PU>reference to content I have is a line that reads "a child is a gift
PU>from God". do any of you know a poem that might help her?
PU>TIA
PU>Brenda Hemberry
Brenda - 'twas a time when people put considerable stock in Eugene
Field's LITTLE BOY BLUE; cultural progressives would probably regard it
disdainfully but if your patron still can take comfort in old ways and
Norman Rockwell still makes her smile you might give this a shot.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romoeo, MI.
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:24:56 -0500
From: wheeler library <akennedy@connix.com>
Subject: Globalstage videos opinions
have you bought and do patrons like Globalstage productions of plays
for young people? I see their ads and am curious if they're worth it.
thank you. amy kennedy
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:52:29 -0700 (MST)
From: Gering Public Library <gpl4@hannibal.wncc.cc.ne.us>
Subject: book search
I had a patron who was looking for a book he read as a child in the 1950's
about Paul the Puffin and a lady named Mrs. Ticklefeather. Anyone
familiar with this book?
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Beth Trupp ___ / * \ / /
Children's Librarian / |__________/ /
Gering Public Library |gpl4@hannibal.wncc.cc.ne.us
Gering, NE \____/\ \
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:26:04 -0700
From: Valerie Bridge <vbridge@maildrop.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Thanks
Thank you so much for the information you sent about best and bestsellers.
It gave me great starting ideas for my paper.
Valerie Bridge
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:10:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Ana Bartlett <abartlet@connect.bedlib.org>
Subject: response to plane crash stumper
dear all:
i would like to thank everyone who replied to my inquiry about a plane
crash book (set in the north involving two students and a guide who later
dies.) the overwhelming answer was "Far North" by Will Hobbs. also
mentioned was Cooney's "Flight 116 is Missing."
the patron came in and was delighted to have found the book and once again
i would like to thank all of you for your responses.
Ana Bartlett
abartlet@bedlib.org
1323 K Street
Bedford, IN 47421
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:00:00 -0600
From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: teaching resources
Folks,
I am working on a grant to expand our Parent and Teacher Collection and I
could use some help. I have dug through both adult and childrens' journals
for the past few years and I think I have ordered just about everything
reviewed but there seems to be a gap in reviewing. I have plenty of good
parenting stuff and plenty of lit-related stuff but few things for teachers
outside of the book-related resources. So, do you folks have any
recommendations for good material to assist teachers that has come out in
the past few years? Any and all recommendations would be appreciated.
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: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:41:29 PST
From: "Mary Wallace" <marywallace@hotmail.com>
Subject: Grant for Public Libraries
Demco Creative Merchandising Grant
The Demco Creative Merchandising Grant provides cash and supplies to a
public library proposing a project for the creative display and
merchandising of materials either in the library or in the community.
The grant consists of $1,000 cash and $2,000 worth of display furniture
or supplies ordered through Demco, Inc. in conjunction with the grant
project. The public library grant recipient will be honored at the 1999
ALA Annual conference in New Orleans. This award was established in
1996 and is sponsored by Demco, Inc.
The criteria upon which the entrants will be judged are as follows:
creative display
merchandising
compatibility with mission of library
timeline for accomplishment
The DEADLINE for applications for the Demco Creative Merchandising Grant
is Tuesday, December 1, 1998.
Applications are available from the Public Library Association (PLA)
Office, 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA.
______________________________________________________
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:57:42 -0600
From: Kerry Reed <kreed@wpld.alibrary.com>
Subject: Animal Ark answered
Hello again,
A big Thank You to everyone who responded to my inquiry regarding the
paperback series Animal Ark. Here is the collected knowledge: The
series was originally published in England between '94-'96. They are
now being published by Scholastic here in the States. The principal
author is Ben Baglio. "The series is about a girl, Mandy, and her best
friend James, and how they rescue animals from a variety of threatening
situations. The books are quite humorous, very entertaining." (from
Becky in UT) The suggested reading ages are 9-12. Here in the States
there are nine titles but Pam in NZ has 25 (so I'm assuming that we can
expect plenty more soon).
1. Kittens in the Kitchen 0-590-18749-x
2. Pony on the Porch 0-590-18750-3
3. Puppies in the Pantry 0-590-18751-1
4. Goat in the Garden 0-590-18752-x
5. Hedgehogs in the Hall 0-590-37684-5
6. Badger in the Basement 0-590-18754-6
7. Cub in the Cupboard
8. Piglet in the Playpen
9. Sheepdog in the Snow 0-59018757-0
Thank you again everyone.
Kerry Reed
Winnekta-Northfield Public Library District
Winnekta IL
KReed@wpld.alibrary.com
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:26:38 EST
From: AaronShep@aol.com
Subject: Young Reader's Theater
Two new Reader's Theater Editions have been added to my Web site at
http://www.aaronshep.com/.
RTE #21 -- Help! Hilary! Help!
By Aaron Shepard
GENRE: Tall tale
CULTURE: Contemporary
THEME: Helpfulness
READING LEVEL: Grades 1-3
READERS: 12+
TIME: 3 min.
RTE #22 -- Which Shoes Do You Choose?
By Aaron Shepard
GENRE: Short story
CULTURE: Contemporary
THEME: Choices
READING LEVEL: Grades 1-3
READERS: 12
TIME: 3 min.
>From my home page, click on Aaron's RT Page, then on Reader's Theater
Editions. As always, the scripts can be freely copied and performed for any
educational, noncommercial purpose.
Here is a full list of scripts now in the series. All stories are my own,
unless noted.
1. "The Legend of Lightning Larry"
2. "The Legend of Slappy Hooper: An American Tall Tale"
3. "Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India"
4. "Resthaven," by Nancy Farmer, from The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
5. "The War Prayer," by Mark Twain
6. "The Enchanted Storks: A Tale of Bagdad"
7. "The Gifts of Wali Dad: A Tale of India and Pakistan"
8. "Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer"
9. "The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale"
10. "The Battle of Song: A Hero Tale of Finland," from The Maiden of
Northland
11. "The Calabash Kids: A Tale of Tanzania"
12. "The Hidden One: A Native American Legend"
13. "Master Maid: A Tale of Norway"
14. "The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend"
15. "The Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Fable"
16. "How Violence Is Ended: A Buddhist Legend"
17. "Count Alaric's Lady," by Barbara Leonie Picard
18. "The Crystal Heart: A Vietnamese Legend"
19. "How Frog Went to Heaven: A Tale of Angola"
20. "The Magic of Mushkil Gusha: A Tale of Iran"
21. "Help! Hilary! Help!"
22. "Which Shoes Do You Choose?"
Aaron Shepard
AaronShep@aol.com
http://www.aaronshep.com/
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