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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:21:57 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #607
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 12:37:33 -0700
From: kkrenz@lib.az.us (Kami Krenz)
Subject: bearly closing
I have been following all of the opening and closing song postings, which I
thought I might make use of when I occasionally still get to do
storytelling(not being in the 3 ring circus directly anymore). Wondered
why no one mentioned my favorite closing rhyme until finally Jan Gilmore
came along with Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear! I always did the last two lines of
"Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, reach for the sky, Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, It's
time to say goodbye". If someone else mentioned this one, I must have
missed it. Sorry...
Kami
- --"If, of all words of tongue and pen, the saddest are 'It might have
been', more sad are these we daily see: It is, but hadn't ought to
be."--Bret Harte, "Mrs. Judge Jenkins"
Kathleen Krenz
Special Services Librarian
Arizona St. Braille & Talking Book Library
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 13:18:22 -0800
From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us>
Subject: Re: VOYA reviews
right on!
Since CAYAS doesn't look to be planning for SRP 2000, what are y'all doing?
Deborah_Dubois@freenet.richland.oh.us wrote:
> As a VOYA reviewer for over a decade, I know that VOYA does not tell
reviewers
> what to write. I know from experience that they even print reviews that
they
> disagree with. I think that the reason there are so many dysfunctional
> families in YA books reviewed, is because that is the kind of books being
> published for YAs. VOYA cannot review books that are not being published.
> If no one is writing books with more "normal" families and
situations, how
> can VOYA review them?
>
> Just my 2 cents worth.
>
> Deborah L. Dubois
> Mansfield/Richland County Public Library
> deborah_dubois@freenet.richland.oh.us
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:29:35 -0500
From: "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Seuss emergency
I'm a recent re-subscriber, and have missed any discussion about Seuss =
activities for March 2nd, assuming there have been some. My computer is =
being uncooperative in allowing me access gopher or tel-net to check the =
archives, and I'm a little bit desperate for creative, quick Seuss =
related activities or make-and-take crafts for grades K-4. Any help =
anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. I have already checked =
Seussian web-sites.
Here's a freebie...I was doing some Geisel research and learned that =
Theo. LeSieg (Geisel spelled backwards) is the pen name Seuss used when =
he wrote, but did not illustrate the books. Seuss was, as is probably =
more well known, Geisel's mother's maiden name.
Please feel free to respond directly to me. Many thanks!
Kirsten Martindale
Buford, GA
earlmart@bellsouth.com
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:09:00 -0800
From: BOGART Debra S <dbogart@ci.springfield.or.us>
Subject: RE: YA book reviews
Hi Kirsten-I certainly didn't mean to imply that the fantasy genre is
lighthearted. The authors I pointed out, and the series in question, are
themselves along the lighter side of scifi. I was only reporting a trend I
see personally and reflecting on it as a possible backlash against more
"serious" titles (granted among a small group)...
My personal favorite fantasy writers are Sheri Tepper and Orson Scott Card,
both of whom deal with serious issues. So far, though, my son and his
friends are not choosing those books.
Debra Bogart
Springfield Public Library
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From: Kirsten Edwards
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Cc: schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
Subject: RE: YA book reviews
Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 3:07PM
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, BOGART Debra S wrote:
> Chuck-I think many of us agree with you, if not about VOYA at least about
> the seemingly arbitrary priority placed on dysfunctional families.
> Personally I think this may be why so many boys this age (middle and high
> school age) have turned to the fantasy/scifi genre. Our patrons; my son ,
> his friends (all of whom are top students); clearly prefer this genre with
> its many humourous books (Terry Brooks, Eddings, Aspin, David Duncan, even
> Orson Scott Card, have great senses of humor!)
Considering that I've just finished (and will rave review btw) an SF
series about a young torturer, I don't think SF & fantasy are all
humorous or even light-hearted. On the other hand, although Steven
Donaldson praised EXCHANGE OF HOSTAGES, it's no Donaldson Award-winner for
bleakness and atrocity. It's a surprisingly hopeful book.
One of the advantages most genre fiction seems to have is a commitment to
story. The readers expect - no - demand it, and all innovation and
experimentation pretty much has to fit within the framework. I also find
that much of the grim fiction is untrue - as are the really super-sweet
novels
euphemistcially called "wholesome" - because they don't tell the whole
story. Daytime eye & nighttime eye are both neccessary for wisdom. Maybe
the struggle to make the unbelievable (Life as a child genius saving the
world from aliens, the emotional difficulties of a teen Utah Raptor &etc.)
keep the genre grounded.
I don't know. It's my favorite - from LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS to HOWLS'
MOVING CASTLE - so I'm probably rather biased.
Kirsten Edwards
kirstedw@kcls.org
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 19:14:26 -0600
From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re: toddler crafts
I have had great succes with homemade playdough. Toddlers just love to pound
and squish it. I usually have copies of the recipe for parents to take home.
Linda Peterson
lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:49:32 -0500 (EST)
From: charla hamby small <csmall@web.aacpl.lib.md.us>
Subject: Re: Hawaiian party/Hula Hoops
You might find hula hoops at your local "dollar" store. A friend
of mine bought some there for a birthday party. Toy stores should carry
them as well.
Charla Hamby Small csmall@web.aacpl.lib.md.us
Provinces Branch
Anne Arundel County Public Library
2624 Annapolis Road
Severn, MD 21144
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:04:31 -0800
From: Rae Kozloff <alib2@sos.net>
Subject: Ordering/acquisition methods
This is addressed to those of you in small independent
libraries (i.e., not part of a system) who do your own book
selection and order preparation.
The person who actually places orders in our library is
frustrated by all the slips of paper, index cards, lists,
photocopies of publishers' ads, etc.
that she receives from us librarians who select books.
How is this handled in your library? In what form do your
selectors give their selections to the person placing the
order? If
there is no ISBN written down, whose responsibility
is it to look it up (selector or order-placer)?
I know some libraries just highlight selections in review
journals or catalogs and those are given to whomever places
the
orders. However, in our case, we don't necessarily want to
order
everything from a particular journal at one time, so we copy
the titles & ISBNs down on cards or lists to peruse later.
Also, if you use acquisitions modules, has this helped
streamline your procedures, and if so, how?
Which software do you use and how do you like it?
Please respond to me directly. Thanks!
Rae Kozloff (alib2@sos.net)
Anacortes Public Library
Anacortes, WA
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:42:16 PST
From: "Anne Paradise" <anneparadise@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Hawaiian party
Try E-Bay for hula hoops. I have used cubes of pineapple with
toothpicks- (associated with although not native to Hawaii). And of
course coconut- or sprinkle coconut on pineapple and serve in
mini-paper-cups.
Anne
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:18:15 -0600
From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re: Toddler/Story Time openers
I use The More We Get Together. It was what was being used when I started
working here and the kids seem to like it. When I added the Tots time I
decided to use it whith them also, that way when they move up to preschoool
story hour they can join in right away with at least on song they know. I
sometimes change opening songs in the summer to fit my theme.
Linda Peterson
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:10:49 -0500
From: "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us>
Subject: Family Reading - past program and new ideas
Thanks to everyone who replied to my post about new ideas for my
Family Reading Program. I received many ideas and at least as many
queries about my past program.
So here is a rather lengthy message describing last year's program
and ideas for my upcoming program:
Last year:
I did the family read program in March, April and May - and had 7-12
families sign up and attend the various sessions. One problem was that
there were families that felt that they couldn't come to the last two
sessions if they had not attended the first session. I think that I'll
try harder in the publicity to let people know that they can come to
one, two or all! We did it in the evening, 6:30-8:00pm to accomodate
all members of familes and it was really nice to see both moms and
dads attend! The first night we did Fractured Fairy Tales: I read
Rumplestiltskin's daughter then we talked about what was different
from the original tale. We also charted the basic elements of a fairy
tale that could be changed to "fracture" it:
time and place of setting
characters and character traits
reversal of character
conclusion, etc.
Each family chose a traditional tale to fracture and wrote their own.
Younger children were encouraged to draw a part of the tale. We then
got back together as a large group and shared our stories.
We also introduced the next session:
we gave a choice of three different titles (with paperback copies
available) for families to read together over the next month.: Poppy
by Avi, Ribsy by Beverly Cleary, The Cricket in Times Square by George
Seldon. Familes were asked to read and then respond in some way: ie:
*make a diorama of a favorite part of the story
*make a board game using the book as a theme
*plan a trip to Times Square and NYC
*do a skit about you favorite part etc.
The second session opened with a
read aloud then we broke into three groups one for each book and
shared responses and discussed the book We ended the night with
booktalks of titles that could be used for the next month's lit.
buffet. The literature buffet was a huge success - each family chose a
book to read together at home (mostly chapter books) and found a food
that went along with the story then brought both in - did a mini book
talk about the story - as a family - then told about the food that
they brought. After each family was done presenting we had a feeding frenzy -
everyone said do it again next year! Some examples:
*Chocolate covered mice(p-nut butter) for Poppy by Avi - a little gruesome but
we
pretended we were Mr. Ocax capturing and eating mice!
*crack open a coconut for Pippi Longstocking
* all kinds of foods are mentioned in Anne of Green Gables
* Turkish delight (half the challenges is finding a recipe!) from The Lion the
Witch and the wardrobe.
*Thunder cake for Thundercake by Patricia Polacco
The list could go on and on!
We asked the families to do a short evaluationon the last eve. to find
out how to improve for next year. They all had suggestions but said
they liked having a book to read with their family and they loved the
food!
New ideas:
Costume party : come as your favorite character
Beatnik poetry reading
Music as poetry (everyone brings in their favorite songs and sees how
like poetry they are, even better when the parents and kids don't tell
each other before they come, what they're bringing.
I do family nights with a craft and story but I have done a scary
story
night when the weather was particularily spooky. If you have a copy
of "More stories to solve" you can create teams and keep score of the
story puzzles (paper crowns for the winning team) Once I did a tall
tale storytime and afterwards asked "If you were a tall tale character
what would you be able to do?" Then I hand out paper for them to draw
or write and afterwards we shared them.
Your Family Reading program sounds terrific! Maybe you could do
something with magnetic poetry for a poetry program. You can make up
your own magnets with index cards and strips of magnetics. Cookie
sheets work for a magnet board.
Hi! How about doing concrete poetry, or "seeing" poetry -you know,
where the poem is written in such a way as to illustrate what it is
about, or written in a shape. Or you could do limmericks. Just some
thoughts.
A couple of years ago at our Family Fun Night we made a "Families"
quilt. We handed out 8 1/2" squares of white poster board,and colored
markers, and each family decorated their square to represent each
member of the family, or a family story, etc.( The nice part is that
even babies can add a scribble.) The next day, my assistant and I
laid the squares out on the floor in a pleasing arrangement, punched
holes in the sides, and tied the squares together with yarn. It made a
beautiful wall hanging for the Children's Room. In your case you
might want to modify this by using poetry with the designs??
Thanks again!
Laurie Rose
Youth Services Librarian
Orono Public Library
Orono, Maine 04473
lrose@orono.lib.me.us
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 20:37:04 -0500
From: Kathy Kirchoefer <kkirchoe@wam.umd.edu>
Subject: Re: Opening and Closing songs
I like using:
Well, hello, everybody
Yes, indeed, yes indeed
Well, hello everybody, yes indeed
Yes, indeed, my darling
I picked this up from another children's librarian when my son was in her
toddler storytime (10 years ago!) and I'm not sure where it's from . . .
My all time favorite opener for preschoolers is Hap Palmer's "Oh, What a
Miracle." It never ceases to make me feel good!
Kathy Kirchoefer
Children's Librarian
Prince George's County, Maryland
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:43:29 PST
From: "annie leon" <annie_leon@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Hawaiian party
How about fruit kabobs? We did them for a Taste of the Tropics table at
our international fair. We just used pineapple chunks and cherries, but
you could add bananas, canned peach slices, anything that can be
skewered. We used cocktail toothpicks (with the krinkled paper on one
end). I was concerned about using them with little kids around, but we
couldn't think of a good cheap alternative. There was absolutely no
problem with them and no complaints.(BTW-children attended WITH
parents).They are really easy to do, and look very festive.
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 11:58:07 EST
From: Susan259@aol.com
Subject: Re: toddler opening and closing songs
I open with the Good Morning Song. . ."Good Morning, good morning, good
morning to you. . ." And close with The Grand Old Duke of York--kids love
that one the best I think.
Susan Smith
Children's Librarian
Woodland West Branch
Arlington Public LIbrary
Arlington, Texas
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:48:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Sarah Stone <stonesar@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: toddler opening and closing songs
Hello PUBYACers,
I didn't see the songs that I use to open and close my
toddler times (18months to 2 years) posted so here they are:
For opening we sing,
Hello everybody, yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed.
Hello everybody, yes indeed, yes indeed my darlings.
(we clap while singing this, then I pick a motion and we sing it again
replacing the 'yes indeeds' with whatever motion we are doing)
Hello everbody, stomp your feet, stomp your feet, stomp your feet...
(Thus we can go on while people are arriving late and settling in. We also
use this for our preschool storytime opening but we ask the kids for
suggestions of things to do.)
For closing,
Our storytime is over it's time to say goodbye.
Goodbye (10x)
(We wave during this, the first five goodbyes are all sung a little
differently and then the melody is repeated for the 2nd five so its not as
monotonous as it looks typed out!)
Sarah Stone
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Sarah W. Stone
Children's Librarian
Bothell Regional Library
King County Library System (WA)
stonesar@kcls.org
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 09:48:57 -0800
From: torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us (Torrie Hodgson Children's Librarian)
Subject: Re: off-work projects
>The library could then purchase the
>felt boards and puppets from the staff member after establishing fair prices
>for the items, if it were determined that the items would be useful for
>other staff members and future staff. Just a thought. . .
I agree with all the expressed sentiments, except for the ones
above. I'm not sure I would be allowed to sell the library anything, since
I am an employee. I could, however, donate materials if I wished. Just be
sure and read your *groan* policy manuals. *grin*
Torrie 8)
Torrie Hodgson, space librarian from the dark side of the moon!
Burlington Public Library
900 East Fairhaven Ave
Burlington, WA 98233
Phone (360) 755-0760 Fax (360) 755-0717
torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:48:48 -0600
From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re: Fair Labor Standards and Children's Departments
I always consider any things I do at home, such as creating puppets, as
something I'm donig not as a library employee ,but as a Friends of the
Library volunteer.
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:04:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Kathryn Prestidge <kprestid@owlsnet.owls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: RE: Hawaiian party
Suggestions from a collegue:
Leis from egg carton sections. Flowers from facial tissues. Pineapple
Aloha Bread from Betty Crocker Bread Machine Book.
Kathy Prestidge
Wisher, Liar, Magic Bean Buyer
New London Public Library
406 S. Pearl St./New London/WI 54961
kprestid@owls.lib.wi.us
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Serena Butch wrote:
> What about pineapple chunks? Or maybe there is an adaptable recipe on
> a box of pineapple upside-down cake. One book that comes to mind is
> Hawaii is a Rainbow by Feeney. It is not really a story, but has nice
> color photos of Hawaii, children, flora and fauna, etc. Have fun!
>
>
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