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Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:30:48 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #714
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:09:11 EDT
From: AaronShep@aol.com
Subject: Baseball Poetry Reader's Theater
A new Reader's Theater Edition has been added to my Web site at
http://www.aaronshep.com/.
RTE #23 -- Casey at the Bat
By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
GENRE: Poem
CULTURE: U.S.
THEME: Hubris
READING LEVEL: Grades 4 and up
READERS: 8+
TIME: 4 min.
>From my home page, click on Aaron's RT Page, then on Reader's Theater
Editions. As always, the script 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?"
23. "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Aaron Shepard
AaronShep@aol.com
http://www.aaronshep.com/
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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:59:33 PDT
From: "Tracy Mavar" <mavar27@hotmail.com>
Subject: stumper-navajo girl named CheeWee
A patron remembers a series of books in the 1930's or 40's
about a Navajo Indian girl named CheeWee. She is unsure of
title but thinks author may be "Moon." Please e-mail me
directly at mavar27@hotmail.com with any ideas. I've checked
usual sources and tried LaserCat for other libraries but
nothing came up...
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Date: 26 May 99 17:29:25 America/Knox_IN
From: CLARE KINDT <ckindt@usa.net>
Subject: Germany books (not holocaust)
I have a teacher who is looking for chapter books about Germany but not about
Nazis or the Holocaust. She would like to introduce German culture for a
summer school class. Any suggestions for a book about a German family,
school, or child? It can be historical but not WWII era. Any help would be
appreciated. Please respond directly to me. I will post suggestions if there
is interest. THANKS.
Clare Kindt
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
ckindt@usa.net
Kindt_CA@co.brown.wi.us
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 23:54:17 -0400
From: mellifur@tiac.net
Subject: STUMPER: grandfather/grandchild cycle
A patron came in the other day and asked about the following story. It
sounded familiar to both of us, but neither of us could name it or find it
in our catalog.
Story begins with grandfather wheeling baby in a carriage and ends with
grandchild wheeling grandfather in a wheelchair. In between, of course, are
scenes of their interaction over the years. Patron thinks it was a small
picturebook.
(This reminded us of "Love You Forever", and I tried various ways of
searching for books like it, including using Amazon and B&N to see what the
"patrons who bought this book also bought X" suggestions were. Our
record
on LYF doesn't include subject headings, so I couldn't do a "similar"
search that way. I did come across "Sophie" (Ringgold?), but it
doesn't
really fit the description.)
Thanks for any help.
Miriam Neiman
M. Neiman
mellifur@tiac.net
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Glastonbury, CT
http://www.wtmlib.com
The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of my organization.
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:13:42 -0500
From: Wendy Pavelko <WPavelko@spl.lib.ar.us>
Subject: Stumper times 2
Hello!
I have not one but two stumpers, both from the same patron. Hope you
guys can help!
The first one involves a donkey or a horse who continually sneezes, the
town finds out it is the roses, so they then do something about or with
his nose?
The second one is about - why Chinese have short names, something about
a well and running to get the ladder, the first born has a long name
but, the second has a short one?
That is about all the patron can remember, I am probably seriously
overlooking both titles, but I can't for the life of me figure them out.
Thanks a lot!!
Wendy Pavelko
wpavelko@spl.lib.ar.us
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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:28:20 -0700
From: MCLS <mclsref@mclsys.org>
Subject: ?Monkey Story
I am a brand new PUBYAC subscriber with a problem book I.D. request.
Our patron remembers reading a children's book about a monkey named
Winky, in Mississippi in the 1940s. He said that he read it in school,
but we do not know if this story was part of a primer set or not. (We
received this request third-hand.) We have no other information. Does
anybody have any ideas as to the title of the book or a possible
author? Any info will be greatly appreciated. TIA.
Shari Haber
mclsref@mclsys.org
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 23:33:13 -0400
From: "Charm Net" <jamiew@charm.net>
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #711
My sister frequently tries to solve stumpers with me, and now has two of her
own.
1)A girl and some paper dolls that maybe belonged to her mother who died in
a fire or something.
2)A girl who lives on a farm and is alone or visintg a farm for the summer
and a bow gets pitchforked in the leg and it gets all infected because
there's no one to look at it. It's intimated a girl is molested (or
attempted molested) with a line that mentions a male character and follows
it with "those hands" implying that he touched her.
My sister is 30 and she read these when she was a child. Any help can
respond directly to me. Thanks!
From: "Charm Net" <jamiew@charm.net>
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:26:46 -0500
From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: ALA President to host book signing at ALA Annual Conference
For Immediate Release
Contact: Joyce Kelly or Linda Wallace
May 17, 1999
312-280-5043/5042
pio@ala.org
ALA President to host book signing at ALA Annual Conference
American Library Association (ALA) President Ann K. Symons and Sally
Gardner Reed, co-authors of "Speaking Out! Voices in Celebration of
Intellectual Freedom" will autograph copies of their book on Saturday,
June 26, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the ALA Store during the association's
Annual Conference in New Orleans. The store will be at the Ernest N.
Morial Convention Center.
The book contains favorite quotations selected by library leaders and
other prominent Americans that inspire and motivate them in defending
intellectual freedom. They also explain their choices. Contributors
include Nat Hentoff, Barney Frank, Nadine Strossen, Michael Gorman, E.
J. Josey and Lillian N. Gerhardt.
Proceeds will go ALA's sister organization The Freedom to Read
Foundation.
"The advent of Internet access in libraries has raised new questions
about the fundamental role of libraries in America," said Candace
Morgan, president of the Freedom to Read Foundation. "I have found
that the most effective response to these challenges is to place
libraries and intellectual freedom within the context of history.
'Speaking out! Voices in Celebration of Intellectual Freedom' by Ann
Symons and Sally Reed has just made this task much easier."
Symons is a past chair of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee.
She is librarian at the Juneau Douglas High School in Alaska. Reed is
director of librarians at the Norfolk (Va.) Public Library. She is a
member of the ALA Executive Board and councilor-at-large.
The book, published by ALA Editions, costs $20. ALA members receive a
10 percent discount. It will be available at the ALA Store or can be
ordered by calling 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958.
http://alastore.ala.org
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 15:01:54 -0600
From: Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
Subject: stumper solved
Thanks, everyone, for the quick response to my jewelled rabbit stumper. The
book is "Masquerade" by Kit Williams, and the surprised patron is on
her
way. She's apparently been looking for this book for years!
Cindy Christin
Children's Librarian
Bozeman Public Library
220 E. Lamme
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-582-2400
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