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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:12:59 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 14:42:33 -0800
From: "Carrie Eldridge" <celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us>
Subject: notebooks for school assignment
I'm looking for books for a school librarian who works in a small school on
an isolated island. One of the teachers wants her students to keep a
notebook for the year.
This notebook would include drawings and writings by the student,
especially observations of nature. What the teacher wants is examples in
children's literature. We have already looked at 'Bluewater Journal' by
Krupinski, 'Amelia writes' again by Marissa Moss and others by the same
author. I also gave her a 'Watching nature: a beginner's field guide' by
Monica Russo. she also checked out the 'The Country diary of an Edwardian
Lady' by Edith Holden.
Any ideas?
Carrie Eldridge
Carrie Eldridge
San Juan Island Library District
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
360-378-2798
360-378-2702
celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 14:35:21 -0600
From: Kelly Jennings <kjennin@tulsalibrary.org>
Subject: job announcements
The Tulsa City-County Library System has two positions open:
1. Branch Children's Librarian
2. Branch Librarian.
Full descriptions of the positions are available on our website:
www.tulsalibrary.org
Looking for a new library in which to start the next century? This is a
busy, exciting system to join. TCCL is a 22 branch system with a central
library. As part of our ten year plan, TCCL passed both a levy and bond
issue last spring. All locations will be remodeled or expanded and two new
branches will be constructed in the next two years. A new circulation
system goes on-line in June. Come join us!
For more information, contact or send resume to:
(Mrs.) Gerry Hendon, Personnel Manager
Tulsa City-County Library
400 Civic Center
Tulsa, OK 74103
Fax: 918-596-2641
Phone: 918-596-7887
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:21:16 -0500
From: Monica &Edmund Irlbacher <emirlbac@warwick.net>
Subject: Re: Alice in Wonderland
LndonTown@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hi everyone! I was just curious if any of you happen to catch Sunday
night's
> Alice in Wonderland which aired on NBC? This is by far one of my favorite
> books, and I was excited to see this new version, starring Martin Short and
> Whoopi Goldberg. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed in it.
Dear Susie,
I was also very disappointed in the recently made for TV Alice in
Wonderland. Actually, I kept drifting off, I thought the special
effects dominated things to much.
Monica - emirlbac@warwick.net
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 23:38:30 EST
From: HoneyBea15@aol.com
Subject: Patron Behavior
This is the first time I am posting on this group. I already talked my
husband's ear off (actually vented) and he suggested posting it to you all to
ponder and discuss.
I'm hoping that some of you can ease my stresses or share your experiences
regarding the way people act in the library (particularly parents). I'm
experiencing great frustration with the people who drop books on the floor and
step over them, leaving them there for someone else to clean up, or people who
let their 2 year olds pound on computer keyboards causing them to freeze up
and not saying a thing to the toddler. Occasionally we get the person who
returns a sopping wet book and claims "it was that way when I checked it
out!"
I understand that no one is perfect and that being a parent is a difficult
job, but I feel that there is a great lack of respect for library materials
and a degeneration of rules of behavior in a library. I can sit here and vent
(as I already did to my husband) about all the annoying things patrons do in
the library, but what I'd really like to know is what does one do about it.
Are there programs that can be given to teach library etiquette? Do we tell
all the parents not to let their children touch that? Please, I'd like to
hear your responses to this.
Beata Mengel
Honeybea15@aol.com
South Huntington Public Library
Huntington Station, Long Island, NY
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 16:28:29 EST
From: "Lisa Prolman" <lprolman@hotmail.com>
Subject: stumper: author search
Hello collective mind:
I've got a patron who wants to know the name of an author who writes
sport books. Here is what he knows:
female author, mid- to late-twenties
writes sports ficiton books w/ possibly one word titles (he was
searching for one that he thought was called _Soccer_.
I asked if he had any other information, and he was surprised that I
needed more. He figured I'd "just know, since (I) work with kids a
lot."
Help!!
If anone has ANY idea who this might be, please let me know.
TIA!!!!!
Lisa Prolman
Assistant Children's Librarian "All things considered,
Greenfield Public Library insanity may be the only
402 Main Street reasonable alternative."
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413)772-1590
lprolman@hotmail.com
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 13:07:14 PST
From: "Norm Bagley" <norm_bagley@hotmail.com>
Subject: Stumper: Cinderella story
Hello --
I have a patron looking for a Cinderella story retold from the
step-sisters' point of view. I have searched our library system's
catalog using every keyword I can think of, and have checked _A to Zoo_,
with no luck. The patron did not know even part of a title or and
author, but she had read about such a book recently. If anyone can
help, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
- -- Norm Bagley, M.L.S.
Children's Librarian
Waterford (NY) Public Library
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:23:45 -0600
From: "Vollrath, Elizabeth" <evollrat@uwsp.edu>
Subject: Poetry Contest
Thanks to those of you who responded to my posting. I've summarized what
people have done for a successful poetry contest.
Have a theme or entries must use specific words in the poem.
Include all grades.
Have 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners and maybe honorables by grade category.
Hold an award ceremony. Award trophies or plaques.
Winners can read their poems at the ceremony.
Other prizes included books, bookbags, gift certificates. (I think I'll get
some magnetic poetry for prizes and a blank journal.)
Ask your local cable access television station to tape the ceremony.
Have the poems bound in a book and then catalog it. You could also give a
copy to the winners.
Display poems in library.
Have a non-staff judge or judges, ie. local poet, professor, teachers.
Work with the schools. (one school used the contest as part of their annual
poetry assignment.)
Everyone who held a poetry contest said it was a great success. I hope mine
is too. Thanks again for all your help.
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: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 11:24:01 PST
From: "lois gottstein" <loisgottstein@hotmail.com>
Subject: BIB: YA Multiculturalism in America
>>After some
deliberation and consulting with our library collection--here is my
final
booklist. Hope it is of use to other folks too.
>Dear Theresa, Laura Kennett and all who responded.
Thanks for this wonderful list.
>>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
Shannon:
Sorry, I did not include their list.
Lois Gottstein
loisgottstein@hotmail.com
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
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
Lois Gottstein
loisgottstein@hotmail.com
Lois Gottstein
loisgottstein@hotmail.com
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:14:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Charlene Noll <hslkids@yahoo.com>
Subject: Author location
We have been trying to locate some information and an address for
Joanne Ryder, author of White Bear, Ice Bear.
If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
Please respond at hslkids@yahoo.com or pubyac
TIA
Linda Eagan
Charleen Noll
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:24:31 -0600
From: "Connie Charron" <Conniec@gwmail.plano.gov>
Subject: Stumper - WWII Paratrooper
OK all of you miracle workers! I need you to go back back far
back into the mists of time...
I have a patron who remembers a book from his childhood. It was
printed in the 1940's (he thinks) but he read it in the 1950's. He, of course,
doesn't remember the title. All he remembers is that it was about a World War II
paratrooper. He thinks the name of the character was Dick Donnelly. I checked
Characters in Children's Lit, Characters in Young Adult Lit, and Dictionary of
American Children's Fiction 1859-1959.
My patron would be most pleased if any of you happen to recognize this book and
remember the title. If so, please answer meet at my e-mail address:
ConnieC@gwmail.plano.gov
Thanks!
Connie Charron
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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 23:27:22 -0600 (CST)
From: Maria Glaser <msglaser@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
Subject: STUMPER Solved - Greed
Thanks to those who answered my stumper about an island that was dug up
for a red stone. The book is THE LOST KINGDOM OF KARNICA by Richard
Kennedy, 1979, ISBN: 0684161648.
The patron was very happy to have that answer.
Thanks again,
Maria
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Maria Glaser
msglaser@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 11:35:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Rebecca Goldberg <goldberg@lemming.uvm.edu>
Subject: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Dear Fellow Pubyacers,
I am trying to put together a bibliography for middle school
teachers in my community of "Contemporary Realistic Fiction" for 6-8th
graders. As a part of our state standards for education, students are
required to read a certain number of books each year from
specific different literature genre, this being one.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Rebecca Goldberg
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 01:24:40 -0500
From: katherine heylman <kheylman@apk.net>
Subject: Re:Alice in Wonderland
I agree with Susie Lord about the made-for-TV Alice in Wonderland. In
one way it was o.k. At least they didn't cutify the characters a la
Disney. Actually, they were pretty close to the Tenniel illustrations,
though I can't figure out why they gave the Mad Hatter a straw hat.
(Hatters were supposed to be peculiar because of their exposure to a
toxic in the felt they used to make their hats.) Loved the dormouse.
The special effects were just too much. They overwhelmed the story.
Throwing in all the stuff from Through the Looking Glass made it way too
long, even discounting the lengthy commercials. I thought Tweedledum
and Tweedledee were pretty gross. Adding a new framework for the story
didn't seem necessary, although having the characters in the dream
represent the people at the garden party was mildly amusing.
Why do producers always feel they have to IMPROVE on the original?
I think this was a classic case of "The mountain labored, and brought
forth a mouse (dormouse?)."
Kay Heylman, Cleveland Heights (retired)
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:10:43
From: Roberta Casella <rcasella@tbpl.thunder-bay.on.ca>
Subject: Answer to Moonface Stumper
Many thanks to those who helped with the stumper about a character named
Moonface. The patron is sure it was the Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton.
Thanks again,
Roberta Casella
Children's Librarian
Thunder Bay Public Library
rcasella@tbpl.thunder-bay.on.ca
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:49:30 EST
From: Johanne749@aol.com
Subject: YA literature-Italian-American
Hello, I am taking a course about YA literature. Having been a primary
elementary teacher for a long time I'm in need of your assistance. I would
like to find YA literature that concerns Italian American youth. I am hoping
to find something different than dealing with gangs and mob activity of the
past. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.
From: Johanne749@aol.com
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:57:01 -0500
From: "Robin Benoit" <rbenoit@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
Subject: stumper - children's movie
I have a patron who is looking for the title of a PBS movie that she watched
in the 70's. It is about a mother and son who, because of limited finances,
move to an old house that is haunted by a witch. The other kids in their
New England town mock the boy for living in a haunted house, but the witch
teaches the boy to make "happy pancakes" which they invite the whole
town to
enjoy, and then everything works out ok!
I am at a loss as to where to even look for this. We don't have any subject
directories to children's films. So I told my patron I would try PUBYAC and
see if it rang any bells with any of you!
Thank you.
Robin M. Benoit
Fairport Public Library
1 Village Landing
Fairport, New York 14450
716-377-7678
rbenoit@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us
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