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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:58:53 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #608
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 13:20:25 -0500
From: Charlotte Lesser <clesser@Ci.Keene.NH.US>
Subject: answer to black tulip stumper
Talk about quick! Here's the answer to my posting about a book about "a
child trying to play a trick on the grandmother by turning the tulips black
(painting them maybe), but before she can pull it off the grandmother does
it first"
The book is TULIPS by Jay O'Callahan, 1992, ISBN: 0887082238
The summary reads: "Famous for his pranks, Pierre has never dared to play
a trick on his Grand Ma Mere, whose tulips grace one of the lovliest
gardens in Paris, but one day, Pierre does dare."
And he does turn her tulips black.
Now I need to take a look at the book myself - ahh - ILL here I come!
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Charlotte Lesser
Head of Youth & Community Services
Keene Public Library
60 Winter Street
Keene NH 03431
(603) 352-0157
Fax: (603) 352-1101
email: clesser@ci.keene.nh.us
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 12:04:02 -0600
From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: More on Wichita Falls City Council Votes to Change Library Policy
For more information on the Wichita Falls City Councils vote to
allows 300 cardholders to remove any book from the children's
area of the library to the adult area of the library
see the site of the Wichita Falls Coalition Against Censorship at
http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/senate/7709
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Don Wood
American Library Association
Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
800-545-2433, ext. 4225
Fax: 312-280-4227
dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/oif.html
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:47:26 -0600
From: Catherine Nathan <cnathan@first.lib.ms.us>
Subject: Youth Services Coordinator position open
Glenda Bavier, our beloved YS Coordinator, is going off to Arizona to be
with her husband - AND to be the new Director of the Douglas Public
Library. Congratulations to Glenda! This will leave a TREMENDOUS pair
of shoes to fill - but fill them we must! First Regional Library is a
five-county public library cooperative TOTALLY committed to a strong and
viable children's program throughout its 13 branch libraries. The
system is headquarterd in Hernando which is about 20 miles south of
Memphis, Tennessee. The successful candidate will have the earned
ALA-accredited MLS, lots of children's and YA experience, and an
enthusiasm for life and libraries. The salary range is $24,500-$37,000.
Benefits include paid health insurance, participation in the State
retirement program, a generous leave package, and other attractive
benefits. Applications are being accepted immediately. Send your
letter of interest and resume to James F. Anderson, Director, First
Regional Library, P.O. Box 386, Hernando, MS 38632 (601) 429-4439
phone; (601) 429-8853 fax. E-mail to: jima@first.lib.ms.us
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:02:08 -0600
From: "Roxy Ekstrom" <rekstrom@merlin.stdl.org>
Subject: BIB: HANDICAPPED BOOKS
Here's a list from our bibliography "Who Me? Books Starring Disabled =
Kids" These span approximately 4th thru 8th grades. Hope these are =
helpful.
(Actually not handicapped books, but a booklist - I've never seen a book =
limp!)
Auch, Mary Jane - Kidnapping of Kevin Kowalski (partial disability, =
accident)
Banks, Jacqueline Turner - Project Wheels (class raises money to buy =
wheelchair for member)
Barrie, Barbara - Adam Zigzag (dyslexia)
Betancourt, Jeanne - My Name is Brain Brian (dyslexia)
Blume, Judy - Deenie (scoliosis)
Buehrens, Adam - Adam and the Magic Marble (Tourette syndrome and =
cerebral palsy)
Calvert, Patricia - Picking up the pieces ( spinal cord injury)
Jones, Ron - Acorn People (camp for severely handicapped)
Mahy, Margaret - Other Side of Silence (mutism)
Mayne, William - Gideon Ahoy (brain-damaged deaf)
Metzger, Lois - Barry's Sister (cerebral palsy)
Mikaelsen, Ben - Stranded ( lost foot in accident)
Mori, Hana - Jirohattan (WWII, mentally handicapped boy evacuates =
children)
Quinn, Patrick - Signs of Spring (deaf Ojibwe culture and ASL)
Rubin, Susan - Emily Good as Gold (learning disabled)
Shreve, Susan - The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear (deaf)
Sirof, Harriet - Because She's My Friend (paralized leg)
Springer, Nancy - Colt (boy, crippling disease)
Testa, Maria - Thumbs Up, Rico! (Down syndrome)
Thiele, Colin - Jodie's Journey (rhumatoid arthritis)
Voigt, Cynthia - Izzy, Willy-Nilly (amputee)
Wallace, Bill - True Friends ( girl, cane)
Werlin, Nancy - Are You Alone on Purpose (autism)
Roxy Ekstrom
Youth Services Librarian
Schaumburg Township District Library
Schaumburg, IL
rekstrom@stdl.org
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:05:26 -0500
From: Catherine Chesher <cchesh@tc3net.com>
Subject: Drug abuse prevention
Hello
Can anyone recommend books on drug abuse prevention for preschoolers? I've been
looking for titles to ILL for my patron, but it's a bit difficult to tell what
age most of the books are geared toward and I'm trying to avoid just ILL'ing
books willy-nilly. We did have one book in our collection: It's OK to Say No to
Drugs.
Thanks for the help.
Cathy Chesher
Adrian Public Library
Adrian, Michigan
cchesh@tc3net.com
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:41:20 +0000
From: rdhall@mail.cinetwork.com
Subject: Stumpers
We've had a patron who remembers seeing an image from a school reader (not
a McGuffey Reader) of two calves tied together--each unable to reach his
own bucket of feed. The moral of the story was cooperation. He saw this
in jr. high or high school.
Also, another patron is asking for books that are another country's version
of the cinderella story. I already have Murfaro's beautiful Daughter,
Vasilia the Beautiful, Ella Enchanted, The Way Meat Loves Salt, Cinder
Edna, and several other stories. Can anyone give me more titles?
Thank you all for your help.
Anne Hall
Anne & Roger Hall
Berea, Kentucky
rdhall@mail.cinetwork.com
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:32:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Theresa Gormley <tgormley@wln.com>
Subject: BIB: YA Multiculturalism in America
Many thanks to all who responded to my request for contemporary stories
about teens/adults with multicultural backgrounds living in the U.S..
I had many suggestions--all of which were appreciated. Special
thanks to Laura Kennett for her great Hispanic bibliography. After some
deliberation and consulting with our library collection--here is my final
booklist. Hope it is of use to other folks too.
African American:
Y Brooks The Moves Make the Man
Y Childress Rainbow Jordan
Y Draper Tears of a Tiger
Y Guy The Disappearance
Y Hamilton Sweet Whispers Brother Rush, A White Romance
Y Johnson Toning the Sweep
Y Koller A Place to Call Home
Y Myers Mowtown and Didi, Slam
Y Southgate Another Way to Dance
Y Wesley Where Do I Go From Here?
Y Woodson From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
Y Williams-Garcia Blue Tights, Like Sisters on the Homefront
Y Woodson A Place to Call Home
Asian American:
Y Betancourt More than Meets the Eye
Y Crew Children of the River
Y Garland Shadow of the Dragon
Y Irwin Kim/Kimi
F Kadohata The Floating World
Y Lee Finding My Voice, Necessary Roughness
Y Miklowitz The War Between the Classes
Y Namioka April and the Dragon Lady
Y Yep Child of the Owl
Indian American:
Y Perkins The Sunita Experiment
Latino
A Alvarez How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time
of Butterflies, Yo!
Y Bertrand Sweet Fifteen
Y Buss Journey of the Sparrows
A Castillo So Far From God
Y Cisneros The House on Mango Street
Y Jimanez The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child
Y Martinez Parrot in the Oven
J Mikelson Sparrow Hawk Red
Y Mohr In Nueva York
Y Cofer An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio
Y Soto Buried Onions, Jesse, Local News, Petty Crimes
J Soto Taking Sides
Y Velasquez Tommy Stands Alone
Native American:
Y Bennett Dakota Dream
A Dorris A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Y Cannon The Shadow Brothers
Y George Julie of the Wolves, Water Sky
Y Hale The Owl's Song
A Hillerman Sacred Clowns
Y Hobbs Ghost Canoe, Kokopelli's Flute
Y Lipsyte The Brave, The Chief
Y Paulsen Dogsong, The Night the White Deer Died
A Power The Grass Dancer
Y Rostkowski Moon Dancer
Y Qualey Revolutions of the Heart
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:46:59 +0000
From: "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us>
Subject: black characters in fantasy?
Hello all.
For a paper I may or may not write, I'd love to know if you folks can
think of any fantasy books with black characters. To clarify: I'm
thinking of the high fantasy-wizards-magic-quest-type, as opposed to
time fantasy and ghost stories, both of which sub-genres I know have
some books with black characters.
The reason I ask you for help is that I'm interested in why there is
such a paucity of high fantasy with black characters: is there
something about the form that is inimical to characters other than
those of Northern European extraction (or the fantasy equivalents
thereof)? does having a black character change the paradigm in any
significant way? how does it affect the reader? I may not write the
paper if I'm not able to come up with enough books to discuss! My
interest springs from a time when I wasn't able to help a black
girl who loved Anne McCaffrey, etc., and who really wanted a book
with a black main character. Darned if I could think of one.
I will certainly post my results to the list. I do already know
about the Tamora Pierce "Circle of Magic" series.
Thanks!
Vicky Smith
Children's Librarian
McArthur Public Library
270 Main Street
Biddeford, ME 04005
(207)284-4181
vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us
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