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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:29:59 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #669
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:05:16 -0700
From: "Kelly Richards" <kellyr@lvccld.lib.nv.us>
Subject: Re: popcorn color
Try putting food color in the oil
Pamela Stack wrote:
> I am trying to make lilacs with popped popcorn. Does anyone have an idea
> how to color popcorn without making it soggy? Thanks for your help!
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:21:58 -0500
From: Cathy Ormsby <COrmsby@ci.sat.tx.us>
Subject: RE: MONSTERS
I do a "Not Too Scary Stories" storytime for preK. I read Five Ugly
Monsters by Tedd Arnold, A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown, Go Away, Big Green
Monster by Ed Emberley, One Hungry Monster by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe, and The
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don &
Audrey Wood. A fun rhyme is "Two Little Monsters":
A great big monster was stirring a pot,
Ooooo-oooooooo! Ooooooo-ooooooo!
Two little monsters said, "What has he got?"
Tippytoe . . . tippytoe . . . tippytoe . . .
BOO!
I found some great, not-too-scary monster stickers to give out afterwards.
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:45:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Jane M. Whiteside" <jmwhiteside@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
Subject: New computer system organization
We will be installing a new web based circulation and catalog system this
summer. We have two questions that have come up during planning, and
I would welcome opinions based on other's experience.
1) Designation of computer use:
All of the computers will be full PC's that would allow access to our
catalog, the Internet, data bases, word processing, children's activity
software, etc. from any computer. The majority of staff feel that we need
to designate specific computers for specific purposes, otherwise all of
the computers would probably get tied up with Internet (in both adult and
children's areas) and no one would be able to use the library catalog to
find a book to check out. The staff's observations are that at peak use
times now, all of the catalog access points are always in use (we don't
take sign ups), as well as all of the Internet, Word Processing, and
Children's Activity computers are full, plus waiting lists (we do take
sign ups for those) For those of you in similar situations, what works
in your library?
2) Towers on the Floor: We know that in the children's area we will be
getting computers that have tower CPUs. We have the option of putting
them on the table next to the monitor or mounting them underneath the
table, but off the floor. Does anyone have any horror stories about
children playing with them, having them get bumped by knees, etc?
Thank you very much in advance; please respond to me directly.
Jane M. Whiteside
Head of Children's Services
Fountaindale Public Library District
Bolingbrook, IL
jmwhiteside@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:54:34 -0500
From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re: bins for picture books?
We have bins with 2 shelves underneath each bin. I too had reservations at
first but now I wouldn't trade them for anything. It may be a little harder
to find a book since you can't see the spines easily, but they are VERY user
friendly for children checking out books. We shelve books by the first
letter of the authors last name and a few of the larger collection have a
specifically marked bin. Such as Berenstain Bears, or Arthur. The advantage
is that while a kindergartner or first grader may not be able to find or
return a book in complete alphabetical order, they can get the idea that
Eric Carle books go in the C bin. We are a smaller library. Maybe for a
large library they would not be a convenient, I don't know.
Linda Peterson
lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 19:24:34 -0500
From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org>
Subject: Re: children's authors
Dear Margi
We are having Debbie Dadey come on Saturday for National Library Week
but we are
finding that she is very expensive. She charged us $450, although she
charged larger
libraries less. I guess maybe she thought we were too small a group to
be bothered with.
She lives in Illinois.
Karen Sutherland
Head of Youth Services
Bedford Park Public Library
karp@tln.lib.mi.us wrote:
> I have been approached by my local PTA President to suggest
> some names of children's authors who do school visits.
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:54:20 -0500
From: Judy Stewart <stewartj@clpgh.org>
Subject: RE: pubyac V1 #667
SUBJECT: Madeline party
I loved those ideas and jotted it down to try next year. When my daughter was
4 I was into non-McDonalds birthday parties, and as a former French major I
just HAD to do Madeline. I made berets for the girls and we watched a Madeline
video and I taught them Frere Jacques and, wonder of wonders, I had the
"birdie
dance" in French on tape! I made crepes for them and served with hot
chocolate
like a cafe.
Now, does anyone have ideas on a Cinco de Mayo celebration. I found a great
Copycat article and have enlisted some students from the Spanish IV class at
the high school. We plan to make tissue paper flowers, have a pinata - I have
only one story idea so I'd be interested in some other Mexican or spanish
stories for an aged 6-12. THanks.
Judy Stewart
Community Library of Allegheny Valley
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 08:38:53 -0400
From: vjohnson@baystate.edu (Virginia Johnson)
Subject: Re: MONSTERS
>
>Has anyone ever done a preschool story hour about monsters? I am
>looking for materials and information about monsters for this age
>group.
>
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Elizabeth -
my son is just turning four, and he *loves* Go Away, Big Green Monster! (I
think that's the title; it's 8:30 am and I'm a little foggy!) by Emberly.
Also, there are some great Sesame Street songs (Wubba Wubba Wubba (Monster
in the Mirror) and I'm Blue - they're uptempo and fun!
Ginny
vjohnson@baystate.edu
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:44:16 -0500
From: Nicole Conradt <nconradt@mf.lib.wi.us>
Subject: Re: butterflies
My favorite butterfly "song" is
Flitter Flutter Butterfly
Flying in the big blue sky
Flutter high (kids stand on tip toes while 'flying')
Flutter low (crouch down)
Flutter fast (flap arm fast)
Flutter slow
Flitter Flutter Butter-fly
Flying in the big blue sky
Tune- ABC's
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 16:22:05 -0400
From: "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: preschool visit
Elaine,
I always had good luck with "I took my frog to the library" by Kimmel
with
that age...it's a nice segue to library behavior and book care. Although it
sounds simple, after showing them how to check out a book, I let each child
"feed" the book return as well...a big hit! Your shelvers will
appreciate it
if you hand each child a recently returned, unshelved book for this
activity. Good luck, and remember, these are your future library board
members!
Kirsten Martindale
Buford, GA
- ----- Original Message ----- > in may, i'm having four classes from a local
pre-school come to visit my
> children's room with their teachers>
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 08:57:16 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kathryn Prestidge <kprestid@owlsnet.owls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: Re: bins for picture books?
In the 70's I worked at the Southside branch of the Des Moines Public
Library and we used some bins, some slotted shelves. I loved the bins and
so did the kids, but that was before the days of intense interlibrary
loan and daily searching for several titles. I did not mind flipping
through books to find a particular one for myself or a patron.
I actually preferred that to searching shelves of spines. Each to his
own, I guess.
Kathy Prestidge
Wisher, Liar, Magic Bean Buyer
New London Public Library
406 S. Pearl St./New London/WI 54961
kprestid@owls.lib.wi.us
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Date: 15 Apr 1999 09:59:55 -0400
From: Jennifer Pepper <Jennifer.Pepper@state.me.us>
Subject: Re: Shelving of Easy Fiction
At a large library where I used to work, we resolved the problem of
shelving the picture books with a very effective compromise: we put
the first TWO letters of the author's last name on the spine, using
large individual-letter stickers. Then all of the ones starting with
"Aa" were shelved together (but in no particular order), followed by
those starting with "Ab", then "Ac", etc., throughout the
alphabet.
It doesn't take much longer to shelve them this way than to just put
all of the A's together, all of the B's together and so on, but it
really makes finding a particular book a lot easier and quicker. And
it is much simpler to keep the books in their proper sequence than if
they had to be shelved in exact alphabetical order.
I hope this is helpful.
Jenn Pepper
jennifer.pepper@state.me.us
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:21:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: Stephanie Smith <smsmith@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Re: MONSTERS
Definitely include Go Away Big Green Monster by Emberley! It is a very
empowering book for kids. I would use this as the last one so they would
leave storytime with a good monster thought in their heads. Also Jeanne
Willis' The Monster Bed about a little monster who is afraid to go to bed
because he thinks there are humans under his bed, and his momma says, "Oh
no, dear, that can't be. Humans are only in stories, you see. Because
they're not real, they won't trouble your rest." And also the Mercer
Mayer classics: There's a Nightmare in my Closet, There's Something in the
Attic, and There's an Alligator Under My Bed.
This is a fun set to do. You will have moms who won't let their kids come
because they don't want to introduce the ideas of monsters to their kids.
I want to know what kid has never ever had a bad dream with monsters by
the age of three.
Good luck.
Steffi Smith
Zion-Benton Public Library
Zion, IL 60099
serving 37,000
smsmith@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 16:29:24 -0400
From: "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: butterflies
Elaine,
How many books will you read? If you have enough (8?), you could start with
a construction paper caterpillar on a flannel board, and add a colorful
paper rectangle to the caterpillar with the name of the book on it for each
book/fingerplay you do. Hopefully, by the time you're done you'd have a
decent looking butterfly.
Kirsten Martindale
Buford, GA
> Also, does anyone know an easy way of demonstrating a caterpillar
> turning into a butterfly to these young ones?
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:30:34 -0400
From: "Helen Mochetti" <helenmi@lori.state.ri.us>
Subject: Re: bins for picture books?
from helenmi@lori.state.ri.us
At Westerly Public Library, our original 1929 addition had wooden shelving
in a curved alcove designed with partitions every fifteen inches or so, in
effect making shelving like bins turned on their sides and attached
together. When our 1992 addition was designed, we basically replicated
this design across the curved back wall of the addition, but we painted
them fire-engine red. The partitions allow us to designate sections by
first letter of the author's last name, and the red has the effect of
drawing small childrens' attention to them. Of course, if you happen to
have a lot of authors beginning with one letter, it's still a hunt to find
a particular title, but this arrangement seems to work well otherwise, and
kids and parents find browsing easy. I forgot to mention that this
shelving is set in, about a foot and a half or so, on a foot high
carpet-coverd concrete step, so that children and parents have a place to
sit while they are browsing, this also makes for great ease in shelving.
We can also display new or featured titles by standing them up on the top
of the unit. ( the unit, including step and two 13" "boxes" is
about 40"
high) ( It's so hard to describe this unit when you can't wave your hands
around!!)
>
>
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 09:02:50
From: Betsy Bybell <bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
Subject: Puppet plays
Good morning all,
As that time of year approaches when my brain starts kicking into
over-drive for puppet plays, I have 1 request and 1 thing to share. Is
there anyone on the list who would like to exchange puppet plays that
they've performed? I'm especially looking for under-the-sea scripts for
this year.
I have several of my more successful plays posted on the net at
http://www.tiac.net/users/papajoe/batsmenu.htm
Since one of the prominent themes for summer reading involves treasure, one
of the puppet plays is called "Buried Treasure".
Break a string,
Betsy Bybell (aka Batsy)
Branch Coordinator, Latah County Library
110 South Jefferson Moscow ID 83843
208-882-3925 fax: 208-882-5098
email: bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:02:15 EDT
From: WANT2BBOY@aol.com
Subject: Library School
Hi all,
I recently attended a dinner at which James Benson, Director of the Library
School at St. John's University, spoke about Library education. One of his
retorical questions was, "Did your Library School and the education you
received at it really prepare you for your first job.?" He then went on to
question weather Library Schools should offer more core courses, or more
courses in your particular field of Librarianship? I found these questions
to be very thought provoking for me. I was wondering if anyone might have
some opinions on these questions. I have been working in a library for 13
years and feel that most of what I know I acquired on the job.
Any opinion would be greatly appreciated.
You can e-mail directly at WANT2BBOY @ aol .com or hslkids@yahoo.com.
Thanks in advance for your opinions.
Linda Eagan
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:05:27 -0400
From: "Helen Mochetti" <helenmi@lori.state.ri.us>
Subject: Re: Changing tables and Posters
from helenmi@lori.state.ri.us
> As both a librarian and a mom to a special needs child (who was bigger
than
> usual to begin with, and was even bigger when he *finally* potty trained
at
> 3!), I really recommend that you use a counter top rather than the fold
down
> type.
I agee with Ginny. It was our architect who suggested counters, rather
than changing tables for ease of cleanliness and for stability. We have
one in both the men's and ladies rooms in the Children's Room.
Rather than using the regular trash bin for soiled diapers...the bin
doesn't get emptied every day...we have provided, in each bathroom, the
step-on, lid-flips-up type of trash can with a deodorizer in the bottom.
This does get emptied everyday, and the lid plus deodorizer really takes
care of the odor problem.
>
>
>
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:33:09 -0400
From: "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Fat
OK, I want in on the "FAT" discussion....and intended to write this
directly
to Chuck, but am willing to go "PUBYAC" (forgive the pun) with it, as
I'm
inclined to think Chuck has taken enough heat for his comments.
I am an overweight person. Fat. Happy, but fat. When I am unhappy, it is
generally not because of my size. I dress well, like to socialize, and have
a great life. But I am not, as Chuck points out, fit. So, in the middle of
all of this discussion, I made a commitment to eat healthier and walk every
day. Fat? Yes, Fit? No. Perhaps I'll be both someday; fat and fit. We've got
to send the message that size doesn't matter, but fitness does. Change the
vowel!
Thanks, Chuck, for the reminder.
Kirsten Martindale, Buford, GA
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:29:13 -0400
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Re: Ice Cream Fingerplays...
Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, peach; please let me have a cone of each! When
I'm through I'll eat some more, then I'll lay down on the FLOOR... (Karla
Kuskin?)
or
The more we all eat ice cream, eat ice cream, eat ice cream, the more we all
eat ice cream the happier we'll be. There's chocolate and vanilla and some
people like Moosetracks (ask for flavor favorites) the more we all eat ice
cream, the happier we'll be... Also works well for pizza, breakfast foods
etc.
Come to think of it you could also recycle the old song about the muffin man
and do "Oh do you know the ice cream man, the ice cream man, the ice cream
man, oh do you know the ice cream man whose truck comes down our street? Oh
yes I know the ice cream man..." Seems very likely that in such a storytime
one ought to include Rayner's wonderful GARTH PIG AND THE ICE CREAM LADY.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
>
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 21:23:00 -0500
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: RE: preschool visit
Hi Elaine
When I do a library tour visit I talk about fiction vs nonfiction, =
giving examples of both, talk about library rules, talk about care of =
library books- sometimes I use the book Mr. Wiggle for the book care =
section of the tour. Some other books that I have used are Tell Me Some =
More by Bonsall and Ooky Spooky- letting the children draw their own =
ooky-spooky by having each child add one=20
part to an oval shape I have drawn on a large poster board on an easel. =
Each child is given a different colored crayon and they each take turns =
adding their special touch. Then I give the teacher the finished =
product for the classroom. I have a scavenger hunt for the children by =
labeling different things in the library with a large sign and giving =
the children a smaller sign to match up with the item, examples being =
"dictionary", "game computer", "picture books,"
etc. If I'm feeling =
real energetic that particular day I will set up the tree puppet stand I =
have and let the puppet talk to the children about library rules, etc. =
I always have book marks to pass out to the children -Arthur's take care =
of books bookmarks. If I read Mr. Wiggles I pass out a Mr. Wiggles =
activity sheet. Have fun!
Deb
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:36:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Ann Hardginski <hardginski@axp.winnefox.org>
Subject: Re: butterflies
Here are a few fingerplays I found in our file...
Roly-poly caterpillar
Into a corner crept,
Spun around himself a blanket (spin around)
Then for a long time slept. (place head on folded hands)
Roly-poly caterpillar
Wakening by and by-- (stretch)
Found himself with beautiful wings
Changed to a butterfly. (flutter arms like wings)
A caterpillar crawled to the top of a tree.
"I think I'll take a nap," said he.
So--under a leaf he began to creep
To spin his cocoon, and he fell asleep.
All winter he slept in his cocoon bed,
'Till spring came along one day and said,
"Wake up, wake up, little sleepyhead.
Wake up, it's time to get out of bed."
So--he opened his eyes that sunshiny day.
Lo! He was a butterfly, and he flew away!
The Fuzzy Caterpillar (sung to "Eensy Weensy Spider)
The fuzzy caterpillar
Curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis
And then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping,
She dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up
She was a butterfly!
by Elizabeth McKinnon
Hope these work to your liking.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ann Hardginski | Email: hardginski@winnefox.org
Children's Librarian
Elisha D. Smith Public Library | Phone: (920)967-5170
Menasha, WI 54952-3191 | Fax: (920)967-5159
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 09:38:43 -0400
From: Rita Hunt <rhunt@redrose.net>
Subject: Re: picture book shelving
> In my school library,
> we file by author's last name and then by title. Our rationale? We are
> in the business of TEACHING children independent book retrieval.
>
Therein lies the difference. In our *public* library, the picture book
patron age range is from birth to death, with the majority of patrons
between the ages of 2 and 7. In order to create a child-centered,
patron friendly atomsphere, we shelf by first letter of the author's
last name. We do encourage small children to match the letter--an age
appropriate task. My daycare and nursery school tours always involve a
quick lesson on how to find books. (What letter does Carle start with?
etc.) Of course, after spending their pre-school years with me (or in
other public libraries :-)), the children are ready for the more
specific shelving of a school library.
- --
Rita Hunt
Hershey Public Library
rhunt@redrose.net
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To read a book for the first time is to make
an acquaintance with a new friend;
to read it for a second time is to meet an old one.
---Anonymous Chinese
saying
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 16:45:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "<Lesley Knieriem>" <lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: weight
I think in all the heated exchanges and passionate testimonials
about maintaining a "healthy" weight, many of the respondents has
forgotten the context of the original discussion. This was the suggestion
of the magazine MODE to counter the images found in more typical teen
fashion magazines. Nobody looking at the models in TEEN or YM or any such
magazine could possibly imagine that these are "size 12" young ladies
maintaining a "healthy weight" -- they are, to be brief, genetic
freaks
who lead an exceedingly UNhealthy lifestyle to keep up to a unnatural
standard of beauty. To encourage young people to eat a healthy diet and
exercise to maintain an certain body size is appropriate, but the
determination of that body size should be left to the health
professionals. To offer a diverse set of images to young people so that
they know that more than the one model-shaped extreme is possible,
desireable, and even attractive is also appropriate, and is well within
the province of librarians.
Just my two cents.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Lesley Knieriem ~
~ YA / Reference Librarian (516) 549-4411 ~
~ South Huntington Public Library fax (516) 549-6832 ~
~ Huntington Station, NY 11746 lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us ~
~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ~
~ "Years ago, when trying to invoke the mysterious forces of the ~
~ universe, you said 'Abracadabra.' Today you say, 'I think we ~
~ need to call tech support.'" -- Cecil Adams, THE STRAIGHT DOPE ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:43:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: carmel <carmel@ulysses.sebridge.org>
Subject: Re: mother-daughter book club
We began a Mother-Daughter Book Club last September. Mothers and
daughters ages 9-12 read the same book and meet on the first Thursday
evening of the month to discuss the book. The group is called "Cover to
Cover". This has been one of the most successful programs we have ever
done. I did not know what kind of interest we would have initially, but
we finally had to cut registration off at 10 mother/daughter pairs, ( 20
people are quite a few to have a good discussion with). There is a
waiting list now. I chose the books for the first couple of months. We
began with "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg. We served tea
and little cucumber sandwiches (book food). The girls were rather silent
at first, the mothers very vocal and absolutely ecstatic. As the months
have passed the group has grown in depth and breadth of the discussion.
The girls and their moms now take turns choosing the "book of the
month". One recent choice was "Are You There God, It's Me
Margaret" by
Judy Blume. I could not believe the discussion about puberty and boys
and menstruation that went on! It was positively uplifting!!. Some of
the books we have read include "Catherine, Called Birdy", "The
Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe", "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone",
"A
Wrinkle in Time", and the one coming up is "Walk Two Moons". When
it's
my turn to choose again I'm going to choose "The True Confessions of
Charlotte Doyle". A wonderful byproduct is that the older girls in the
group..now 12 and 13.. want to start their own bookclub this summer.. no
moms!.. and in September we'll have room for a whole new crop of
mother-daughter pairs. Marilyn Schlansky, Reed Memorial Library/ Carmel, NY
PS.. We get multiple copies of the books on interlibrary loan.
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