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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:56:00 -0500
From: cskirvin@plainfield.lib.in.us
Subject: Job opening
****HEAD, CHILDREN'S SERVICES****
The Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, Indiana, has a full-time opening
for
a motivated, enthusiastic individual to develop, plan and carry out a warm,
creative program of services for children and their parents.
The library serves a township of 22,000 in a community which is located 12
miles west of downtown Indianapolis. The library collection of 127,000 items
includes a children's collection of 29,600 print items and 1,500 AV items.
The library is currently engaged in a building expansion which includes a new
children's room.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties include collection development, Internet help and maintenance of a
children's page on the library's web site, reference and readers' advisory,
programming, community outreach, and staff supervision. The staff includes
one librarian, 2 library assistants, and one page. The schedule includes
some evening and Saturday hours.
REQUIREMENTS
Excellent communication skills for working with both children and adults are
required. Planning, programming, and marketing skills, imagination and
resourcefulness are essential. Strong computer, Internet and audio visual
skills are desirable. Must enjoy working with children and adults.
QUALIFICATIONS
MLS. Experience in children's services and supervisory experience
preferred.
SALARY
Base salary: $26,000 plus benefits (Salary can be commenserate with your
experience and training.)
DEADLINE
Open until filled
Send a letter of application and a resume to Charr Skirvin, Director, Plainfield
Public Library, 1120 Stafford Road, Plainfield, Indiana 46168.
**************************************
Charr Skirvin
Plainfield Public Library
1120 Stafford Road
Plainfield, Indiana 46168
(317) 839-6602, ext. 111
(317) 839-4044 / fax
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:54:38 -0700
From: "Webster, Lisa" <LisaW@ci.mount-vernon.wa.us>
Subject: stumper
My brother-in-law remembers reading a picture book about fifteen years ago
about a fat cat who eats animals (almost like the lady who swallowed a fly).
Does this ring a bell?
Please reply to me directly:
lisaw@ci.mount-vernon.wa.us
Lisa Webster
Youth Services Librarian
Mount Vernon City Library
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:24:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: Julie Linneman <juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us>
Subject: RE: Interview questions (LONG)
Several people requested a summary of the interview question responses, so
I will summarize them for the list. It really is great to get to see the
wide variety and the different ideas. Some of this is from the posting
done last year, and I thank Julie Rines and Jackie Marquardt for getting
this to me.
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FROM LAST YEAR:
KNOWLEDGE OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE:
1. Favorites: picture book, illustrator, author, j novel, YA
novel
2. What is the Caldecott Award? the Newbery Award? What do you
think of the selections in recent years?
3. What changes and trends have occurred in children's lit. over
the last 20 years?
4. Do you think of yourself as a reader? What have you been
reading lately?
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT:
5. How would you go about improving (developing) a collection of
children's materials?
6. What review sources do you prefer?
7. What is your philosophy on weeding? Have you had experience?
8. How would you feel about adding a book on a controversial
subject that you don't agree with?
9. Have you ever dealt with sales reps?
10. How do you feel about series books? Prebounds? Standing
orders?
PROGRAMMING:
11. How would you structure a preschool story hour? What
components?
12. Would you prefer to schedule a cohesive series of story hours
or stand-alones?
13. What other types of children's programs should a library of
thie size offer?
14. How do you capture the attention of a lively group of
children when a storytime or program is about to begin?
15. What skills do you have that would enrich our children's
programs (puppets, singing, crafty, etc.)?
COMPUTER LITERACY:
16. Describe your experience with computers, and your comfort
level with them.
(a) automation systems?
(b) word processing or desktop publishing?
(c) Internet? web page writing?
17. What are some of the issues surrounding the use of the
Internet in a public library--especially in regard to children?
OTHER ISSUES:
18. What kind of relationship with schools do you envision?
19. What do you like most about working with kids? Least?
20. What can a child do that would make you angry? How would you
deal with it?
21. What management style do you work best with? (ideal
supervisor)
22. What interests you most about this job, and how does it fit
in with your future plans?
23. Do you think you have pizzazz?
24. Being the new kid on the block, how would you develop
relationships with your co-workers?
25. What techniques would you use in dealing with an upset (soon
to be irate) parent?
26. How would you respond if a parent comes in to the library to
find out what kinds of books his/her teenager has been reading?
--posted by Ann Perrigo, Allegan (MI) Pub. Lib.
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The above was the summary from last year, the rest are new:
A> One question I remember being asked was a scenario about a couple of
the moms hanging in the back of the room and chatting rather than
participating in the storytime, causing somewhat of a disturbance. How
would you handle it? I'm not sure I answered it well but it gets at some
of the person's interpersonal skills and attitudes.
We also had to do a booktalk in addition to the storytime.
--posted by Jane Corry, Multnomah County Library
B) We always have applicants put on a simple puppet show. We give them a
script and the puppets and they have to put on the show (always a
one-person show, of course). It is interesting to see how many people
apply for a job in Youth Services and then freeze up completely when asked
to use puppets! We certainly look for a polished performance, we pretty
much use it to rule out those people who completely freeze up or show
absolutely no creativity.
--posted by Helen Thexton, Sackville Public Lib.
C) I take it you're asking for program abilities, as opposed to
situational abilities? I've been asked to describe a favorite program:
this gives the interview panel an insight into what the applicant really
likes to do: lapsit, crafts, school-age, etc.
Alternately, you can also ask how they would handle the 'kid with
porno page' situation. That is probably inevitable; like the 'flasher in
the stacks' question..
These aren't terribly innovative, but what I remember from my
recent interviews.
And I'd like to put in a plug for a VERY innovative technique that
I encountered at Glendale Public in AZ. I actually got to see the
interview questions beforehand! I asked the director about it (also got
to meet the director in a preliminary interview!!) and she said it was to
avoid the 'deer trapped in the headlights' feeling; that people could give
more coherent and thoughtful answers if they had a few minutes to think
about the question. Glendale was a very interesting system; if they
didn't start everyone at the bottom of the pay scale, I would have taken
the job. Glendale also asked me, "What books would you take to a desert
island?" I don't know exactly what they hoped to learn from the answer,
but it was definitely a unique question.
--posted by Lin Look, llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us
D) For the job I have, I was asked to prepare two storyhours and perform
one. I was asked to prepare a tell-aloud story for either an elementary
or junior high age group. The librarian had a group of 6 kids there for
me to tell the story to. In addition, on the spot, I was asked to go to
the shelves and pick out 5 favorite board, easy, j, and YA books and then
quickly explain why I had chosen each--i.e., what I liked about them. I
was asked what books I had read for pleasure in the past 3 months and what
magazines I had subscriptions to or read regularly. I was asked to bring
with me flyers from previous special programs (I had worked as a
children's librarian before) as well as SRP. I was asked to tell a joke
that a kid would like. I was asked questions about my experience using
reference tools in the children's area--print and online and about my
comfort level with the Internet. I was asked questions about my feelings
regarding that library's policies about library card and Internet
restrictions concerning patrons of minor age.
I must have done OK--I got the job. The interview was different
from any I had ever had before with so many seemingly off the wall
questions. In retrospect, I think that was the idea...;)
--posted by Laurie Breitner, Monroe County (MI) Lib. Syst.
E) When I call, I ask each applicant to prepare and bring a written
outline of a storytime. I leave the age range up to them, which also
allows me to detrmine if they know the best materials for a particular
age. This is a good tool, since I have seen everything from an outline of
_The Three Little Bears_ to hastily written notes in pencil on scraps of
paper, to typed outlines for one age group with optional changes for other
age groups. It also allows me to see how many different formats they
would include such as flannel board, fingerplay, music, action stories,
etc. I then ask them to present one facet of the storytime.
I also ask them to bring an example of a craft that they have done
with children or plans for a craft they would recommend. Again, their
knowledge of what children are capable of doing is easily revealed.
Situational questions are good and sometimes the most difficult to
answer, such as, "You are presenting a storytime to toddlers and two
mothers are chatting away in the back of the room disrupting other
listeners...what would you do?"
--posted by Dolores Risinger, risindl@ci.lynchburg.va.us
F) I haven't interviewed children's librarians myself, but here are some
that I would ask were I given the chance based on my experience in
interviews (and research I have put into this specific topic):
1. What was the last really good children's book you read? Why
did you like it?
2. What was the last good adult title you enjoyed?
3. If a 12-year-old boy wanted a really good adventure book, how
would you conduct the readers' advisory?
4. How would you conduct a reference interview with a
preschool-aged patron who wanted simply "spiders?"
On a related topic: please warn a children's librarian candidate
in advance if you expect him/her to perform. Many people can prepare and
give a lovely storytime, but not under the pressure of a "surprise" in
the
interview. Even if (or especially if) the audience is a selection
committee instead of an audience of children. Also, make some allowance
for their ability in audience contrl if it is a real storytime child
audience--the kids may react like they do to a substitute teacher and the
librarian is not on his/her home turf. (That being said, I personally
usually perform well under pressure, but I know at least one excellent
performer who was literally shaking after such a surprise in an
interview--she expected to read but not to a big storytime crowd.)
Please also choose your other "practical application" experiences
carefully, and only after a thorough tour of the building, collection,
policies. The librarian may be used to a very different reference
collection than yours, different policies on handling difficult patrons
and other situations, emergencies, etc. These tests are still useful to
you (and to the candidate), but keep in mind that you will still need to
train them to your institution's standards.
Just some ideas from someone who has been through the interview
process, was thoroughly impressed by some interviewers and was less
impressed with others.
--posted by Torrie Hodgson, Burlington (WA) Public Lib.
G) Maybe this is painfully obvious, but I always liked having the
applicant read one of their favorite stories. You can really tell a lot
about the way they read as far as literacy (!), comfort in performing, and
just their overall style.
--posted by Julie Ventura, Fresno County Library
H) I don't know how much programming your library does, but when I
interviewed for the job I have now, I was asked what I would do if I
hired a performer for a program and the performer was late, or even worse,
didn't show. I answered the question never thinking I would ever have to
find out if I was right, but about six months after I got the job, I had a
performer show up 45 minutes late, and I was stuck with an auditorium full
of 234 people waiting for a show. The whole time I was standing up in
front of that crowd, tap-dancing until relief came, I thought about that
interview question. And my supervisor still uses it when looking for new
people in the department.
--Elizabeth Buono, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
I) We also ask as the last question:
"Tell us a story."
If they can think on their feet, have imagination/creativity, and can
adapt to any situation, then a story will be told. It may not be a
traditional tale, I have heard someone's life told--but they will give it
their best try. Those who can't or have to ask a lot of questions to get
parameters--well....
--posted by Jana Fine, janafine01@sprynet.com
J) Present the interviewees with situations they are likely to be faced
with, and get them to tell you how they would address the problem. Role
play if you feel comfortable with it. When I was interviewed for my
children's librarian position, my future supervisor played the part of an
irate parent amazingly well! Situations that we have used include: a
parent challenging materials, approaching parents of unsupervised
children, dealing with disruptive patrons, etc.
Since my job duties included storytelling, I had to present a
5-minute program to my interviewers. I was told to prepare a storytime
for 5 year olds, and although my interviewers were grown adults, I
presented the program to adults acting like 5 year olds! This way, they
were able to see how I would handle children poking at each other,
speaking out of turn, and all of those adorable things that sotrytime kids
do. :-) Again, I would only role play if you felt comfortable enough with
it.
--posted by Amy Hogan, ahogan@bham.lib.al.us
K) 1. Considering your education and experience, why do you feel you are
qualified for the job?
2. What is your philosophy of collection development?
3. What kind of experience do you have setting up displays?
4. What was your most important work-related accomplishment in
the past year?
Very generic, I know, but I hope they help.
--posted by Sylvia Jadczak, sjadczak@mhs.sad59.k12.me.us
L) One question I like to ask is:
"If you were interviewing someone for this position, what three
questions would you ask, and what response would you be looking for?"
--posted by Jacquelyn Keith
M) Have someone whom you consider to be a good judge of character sit in
on the interview with you. What type of candidate are you looking for?
With what traits? (This will vary from library to library.) Say, a large
urban metropolis might need someone who can work at a brisk pace, but in a
small town library, that might not be important. In a small town library,
maybe someone who is willing to "fill in" and wear more than one hat
might
be desirable. (If the reference librarian and the custodian are off for
the day, the children's librarian will have to be willing to do reference
and unstop the toilet, if need be.)
Are you looking for a warm person, or one who is a perfectionist?
Do you need someone who is better with preschoolers, or do you have a lot
of middle graders who need reference assistance? I would make a list of
traits you would like to see in an ideal candidate, then formulate your
questions based upon those traits. (e.g., if you are a very busy, high
volume library, ask if the person can handle pressure well. If most of
your library use by children comes from the preschool crowd, ask which age
children your candidate likes working with best.)
And the good character judge who sits in with you might be able to
help you evaluate the answers/body language of the candidates.
And make a list of the goals/needs of the library. If you'd like
to see a homework center started, then look for the candidate who enjoys
working with middle graders. If you want to see new discipline policies
enforced for the children's library, make sure you get someone who is
willing to enforce them. If your library's environment is more
structured, then don't pick the candidate who is more of a free spirit.
They would work better in a looser atmosphere. If you dress very casually,
don't pick the candidate who wears nothing less than three-piece suits.
They won't feel at home in that environment. Mention some of your library
policies and see how the candidates react--that will give you a good idea
of the "philosophical" fit.
No one can be all things, so pick your most important points and
take it from there.
--posted by Bonnie Wright, Ogdensburg (NY) Public Library
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In addition, I uncovered some questions on my own, including:
1. Over the past few months, you have received several patron
recommendations to purchase a title which has not received good reviews.
Do you buy it? Why or why not? (OR: Tell us where you stand on the issue
of quality vs. demand.)
2. If you could afford only four items to keep at hand to perform
references services for youth, what would they be and why?
3. What is your experience in creating bibiographies? What steps
would you use to create one?
4. What steps might you take to establish good working
relationships with other youth agencies? Can you give some examples of
youth agencies that you might target and how you might work with them?
5. Tell us about your experience working with multicultural,
at-risk, or special populations and what factors are important in meeting
the neneds of diverse communities.
THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
--Julie Linneman, Wichita (KS) Public Library
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:04:23 -0400
From: Robin Shtulman <shtulman@erving.com>
Subject: international folktales for children
Hello:
I am looking for collections of international folk tales to give away as
prizes in our school's upcoming reading celebration. Does anyone out there
have any favorites they could recommend? They should be suitable for
children in first through sixth grades.
Thank you!
Robin
R. Shtulman
Erving Elementary School
28 Northfield Road
Erving, MA 01344
shtulman@erving.com
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:26:06 -0500
From: "Vollrath, Elizabeth" <evollrat@uwsp.edu>
Subject: Guinea Pig and other small critter Storytime
Books:
Duke, Kate's Guinea Pigs Far and Near , What Would a Guinea Pig Do?,
The Guinea Pig ABC, One Guinea Pig is Not Enough
Bare, Colleen Stanley Guinea Pigs Don't Read books
Meade, Holly John Willy and Freddy McGee
Shannon, Margaret Gullible's Troubles
Cinamon's Day Out: A Gerbil Adventure by Susan Roth
Herbie Hamster, Where Are You? by Terence Blacker
Tnanks to Kathy Beson for these rhymes:
"Two Little Guinea Pigs"
Two little guinea pigs sitting in a cage
(hold up both pointer fingers)
One named Pete, the other named Page
(wiggle one and then the other finger)
Run away Pete
(hide behind back)
Run away Page
(hide)
Come back Pete
Come back Page
"Little Gerbil"
(do actions as indicated)
Little gerbil crawl around..
Up to the top, down to the ground,.
Little gerbil small and meek.
Open your mouth and sweetly squeak.
Little gerbil run and play,
Have a lot of fun today.
Little gerbil chew on your seed.
I'll give you everything you need.
Little gerbil make your nest.
Now it's time to take a rest.
"Sleepy Little Hamster"
Sleepy little hamster, curled in your nest
(yawn)
You stay up all night and at noon you sleep your best.
(pretend to sleep)
Who are you blinking at when Mr. Sun does rise?
(blink)
Who are you winking at with your sleepy eyes?
(wink)
Who do you see? Could it be me?
(point at self)
Go to sleep, little hamster, and sleep a deep sleep.
(pretend to sleep)
"If I Were a Guinea Pig"
If I were a guinea pig I'd squeak a song.
(squeak)
And whistle around the whole day long.
(whistle or blow a whistle)
And when it was dark I'd go to rest
(fold hands under left cheek)
Curled in my cozy little nest.
(cup hands together to form nest.)
"The Color Game"
Black gerbil, black gerbil, looking at me.
How many black things can you see?
(name all you can see)
White gerbil, white gerbil, looking at me.
How many things can you see.
Golden gerbil....
Brown gerbil....
"All Alone"
A gerbil sat alone at night looking at me.
He was as quiet as he could be.
(Put finger to lips)
It was night and his eyes were round like this.
(circle eyes with fingers)
And when he looked around not a thing did he miss.
(move head from side to side)
My staff came up with these and we made felt guinea pigs
"Five Guinea Pigs"
5 guinea pigs standing by the door
1 scooted back inside and then there were 4.
4 guinea pigs dashed out to the tree,
1 scurried back inside and then there were 3.
3 guinea pigs thought they had the flu,
1 scampered back inside and then there were 2.
2 guinea pigs felt the bright, hot sun.
1 dashed back inside and then there was 1.
1 guinea pig left all alone in the sun.
So he scurried back inside and then there were none.
No ginea jpigs playing in the autumn weather.
Now they're all inside the house,
happy to be together.
"Guinea Pigs"
(do actions)
Guinea Pig, guinea pig
Scoot, scoot, scoot.
Guinea Pig, guinea pig,
Toot, toot, toot.
Guinea pig, guinea pig,
wrinkle your nose.
Guinea pig, guinea pig,
Stand on your toes.
Guinea pig, guinea pig
scamper away.
I also bought a great guinea pig puppet made by Folkmanis.
We made guinea pig fingerpuppets to hand out.
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: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:41:31 -0400
From: Amy Lilien-Harper <alilien@flvax.ferg.lib.ct.us>
Subject: Re: Stumper Pied Piper
Once again Pubyac comes through! Thanks to all of you who were able to
answer my Pied Piper query. (Mary Johnson, Sarah Flowers, and Andrea
Gordon, so far.) The book is apparently Pied Piper by Nevil Shute and the
main library in our system even has it! The reason I couldn't find it
seems to be because she thought it was a children's book, and it seems to
be an adult book. (At least in our collection.)
Thank you, Thank you, thank you! I am sure she will be thrilled!
- --amy Lilien-Harper
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amy Lilien-Harper
Turn of River Branch, Ferguson Library
Stamford, CT
alilien@ferg.lib.ct.us
"If a cluttered desk signs an empty mind of what then is an empty desk a
sign?" --Albert Einstein
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 05:21:50 -0400
From: "Heather" <heather@elgin.net>
Subject: Re: Bath Time Songs/Rhymes
Hi Mindy!
Just thought I'd pass along some rhymes/songs that I have collected over
the years:
1) (Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
Scrub your dirty face,
Scrub your dirty face,
With a rub-a-dub-dub,
And a rub-a-dub-dub,
Scrub your dirty face.
Scrub your dirty hands
knees
feet
2) Song: "You Brush Your Teeth"
3) This little hand is a good little hand,
And this little hand is his brother,
Together they wash and they wash and they wash,
One hand washes the other.
4) (Tune: Mulberry Bush)
This is the way we wash ouf face,
Wash our face, wash our face,
This is the way we wash our face,
So early in the morning.
Wash our hands, brush our teeth, comb our hair, take a bath, put on our
clothes
5) After my bath, I try try try,
To wipe myself 'til I'm dry dry dry
Hands to wip, and fingers and toes,\
And two wet legs and a shiny nose.
Just think how much less time I'd take,
If I were a dog and could shake, shake shake
6) Here's a little washtub,
And here's a cake of soap
Here's a little washboard,
And this is how we scrub
Here's a clothesline way up high,
Now the cothes are drying
Woooo, the wind comes by,
Now the clothes are dry
7) (Tune: Sing a Song of Sixpence)
Sing a song of soapsuds,
Filling up the sink
Five and five a -washing
Quick as a wink
When the water's dirty
Send it down the drain
Curlie-wurlie, there it goes,
And shant be seen again.
I never write down the actions because they are usually pretty obvious.
Hope these help you and best of luck.
Heather Robinson,
St. Thomas Public Library,
St. Thomas, Ontario CANADA
- -----Original Message-----
From: mschafer@tln.lib.mi.us <mschafer@tln.lib.mi.us>
To: pubyac@nysernet.org <pubyac@nysernet.org>
Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 10:57 PM
Subject: Bath Time Songs/Rhymes
Hello all! We are planning for our bathtime storyhours next week and are in
need of some ideas for bath-related fingerplays/action rhymes/songs. We
have lots of books and are planning to sing "This is the way we wash our
hands" and "After a bath, I try, try, try..." Any new ideas would
be
greatly
appreciated! TIA for you help. Please reply directly to me.
**************************
Mindy Schafer
Assistant Dept. Head
Youth Services
Novi Public Library
Novi, Michigan
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:11:39 -0700
From: "Carrie Eldridge" <celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us>
Subject: stumper poem
A patron is looking for the source of this little poem. I have checked
Grangers.
"I like this book, said the King of hearts.
It makes me laugh the way it starts.
I like it too, replied his mother.
So let's sit down and read to each other."
Carrie Eldridge
San Juan Island Library District
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
360-378-2798
360-378-2706
celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us
"I eat words wherever
I find them but am no wiser.
Keep your books under lock and key
or they'll be devoured by me!"
what am I?
-from "Riddle Road: puzzles in poems and
pictures" illustrated by Erik Blegvad
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 20:15:35 -0400
From: mellifur@tiac.net
Subject: Stumper: Uncle sent a tiger?
Does anyone know of a book that begins with the line "Last year my uncle
sent me a tiger from India"?
I didn't speak to the patron, so I don't know if she gave any other
information. It wasn't on the question slip if she did.
I searched on "tiger and uncle", "uncle and gift/present",
"uncle and
India", and "tiger and India qfiction" on our CARL system and
came up with
nothing that matched.
Thanks in advance.
Miriam
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: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:01:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: KM_SBANGE@DAYTON.LIB.OH.US
Subject: Fiction about gears
I have a teacher who is looking for a list of picture book fiction (for grades
1-2) to reinforce the concept of gears. Any form of gears is acceptable
to her -- whether they are gears found in clocks, music boxes, etc.
The gears do not even have to be a part of the story, but must be pictured.
Any ideas???? Please send them directly to me. Thanks!
Stephanie Bange
Children's Librarian
Kettering-Moraine Branch
Dayton & Montgomery County PL
Dayton, OH
km_sbange@dayton.lib.oh.us
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:19:13 -0800
From: "Cass Mabbott" <cass@palos-verdes.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Palos Verdes Library District Job Opening
BRANCH LIBRARY MANAGER,
Palos Verdes Library District
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
PPIII, Librarian III, Full-Time
LOCATION: Malaga Cove Plaza Library and Peninsula Center Library
Monthly Salary: $3,293.64 - $4,263.34
DUTIES: Working under the direction of the District Director, is
responsible for the supervision and management of the branch library
according to the District policies and procedures. Responsible for the
development and maintenance of the branch collection; responsible for
evaluation of branch activities and services and for the recommendation of
activities, services and appropriate changes; responsible for identifying
needed repair/improvement in physical plant; writing appropriate statistical
and analytical reports. Works at branch and Peninsula Center reference or
Young Readers desks providing the full range of adult and young reader
reference and advisory services; performs other related duties or
assignments as required.
For more information, please follow this link:
http://muse.palos-verdes.lib.ca.us/job.htm
or contact 310-377-9584 ext. 247.
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:01:46 -0500 (EST)
From: kay bowes <kbowes@tipcat.dtcc.edu>
Subject: Re:Books for Literature Units
Oh, collective brains, a patron -- a teacher in the school where I used to
be the school librarian before I was so lucky to be in a public library,
but that's another story -- is looking for books to teach in a Social
Studies unit on American history encompassing the Civil War, the
Industrial Revolution, WWI, the 20's and 30's, Immigration, and WWII. she
has already picked books for the Civil War, and WWII. she teaches a fifth
grade class that reads on levels from 2nd to 6th. We checked out Books
Kids Will Sit Still For and the Children's Catalog. She needs books that
they can build units around. For the WWII she will use Number the Stars.
If any of you have favorites that could be used in such a manner, please
advise. Of course, I will post to the list. Send directly to me.
TIA!!
Kay Bowes
Concord Pike Library
Wilmington, Delaware
kbowes@tipcat.dtcc.edu
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:11:14 -0500
From: "Hicks, Marcia" <MHardmon@ci.greenville.tx.us>
Subject: Re: popcorn program
Here are a couple of fun action rhymes about popcorn.
WE ARE POPCORN
We are popcorn (squat down with arms wrapped around
self)
Sitting in a pan
Don't forget the top (place one hand on top of head)
First we start to sizzle (shake and shimmy)
And then we're gonna POP!! (jump up with arms outstretched)
MAMA'S POPPIN' POPCORN
Mama's poppin' popcorn (clap, clap on "popcorn")
Hear that popcorn pop! (clap on "pop')
How I love to eat it; fill my (rub tummy)
Bowl up to the top! (make big "bowl" with both arms,
smile)
Three title suggestions:
Heat Wave by Helen Ketteman (very funny)
Popcorn by Frank Asch (really for the K-2 set)
Corn is maize by Aliki (non-fiction)
As far as crafts, remember to have plenty on hand to eat whatever you
do! Pictures with either kernels or popped corn (watch out for buttered
kind...butter bleeds out onto paper after a short while), would be easy
for this age group.
Have fun!
Marcia Hicks
Children's Librarian
W. Walworth Harrison Public Library
Greenville, TX 75401
mhardmon@ci.greenville.tx.us <mailto:mhardmon@ci.greenville.tx.us>
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:32:17 -0800
From: "Cass Mabbott" <cass@palos-verdes.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Palos Verdes Library District Young Readers Job Opening
YOUNG READERS SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEAD,
PPIII, Full-Time Salaried
Monthly Salary: $3,293.64 - $4,263.34
LOCATION: Peninsula Center Library
Palos Verdes Library District
Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Monthly Salary: $3,293.64 - $4,263.34
DUTIES: Working under the direction of the Central Library Manager, this
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exempt position is responsible for the
supervision of the Young Readers Services Department according to District
policies and procedures. Responsible for training, supervision, scheduling,
and evaluation of staff; selection of library materials; development and
maintenance of all Young Readers collections; evaluation of activities and
services and for recommendation of and implementation of appropriate
changes; participates in administration of District through conducting and
attending staff meetings, writing appropriate statistical and analytical
reports; works at the Young Readers reference desk providing the full range
of reference and advisory services; plans and performs programming for a
variety of age levels; and conducts other related duties or assignments as
required.
For more information, please follow this link
http://muse.palos-verdes.lib.ca.us/job.htm
or call 310-377-9584 ext. 247.
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 10:40:41 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us>
Subject: message sent in error
Help! Now the whole world knows I'm going on vacation!
I sent a message to the listserve rather than the majordomo - my apologies.
Mary Johnson
mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 17:12:15 -0400
From: Sue Becker <beckersu@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Books for 7th grader
Hi all!
Can someone suggest some titles for a teacher who works with 7th graders
(mostly boys) who read on about a 2nd or 3rd grade reading level? She
is specifically looking for a list of chapter books that she could
purchase in classroom sets. The difficult part is in coming up with
something that would hold their interest and not look like a "baby"
book. Any ideas?
Thanks a bunch !
SUE
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:06:04 PDT
From: "karen correa" <karen_correa@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Stumper: Hound Dog
Thanks to all for your help.
It was How Fletcher was Hatched.
Thanks
Karen Correa
>From: "karen correa" <karen_correa@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
>To: pubyac@nysernet.org
>Subject: Stumper: Hound Dog named Franklin
>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:09:51 PDT
>
>I have a patron who looking for a book with a hound dog named Franklin. In
>the story Franklin is jealous because Alexandra is paying too much
>attention
>to fluffy, yellow chick. His friends Otter and Beaver help him build an
>egg
>from mud and reeds with Franklin inside with water and strawberries to eat.
>I have searched Books in Print, FirstSearch, and Amazon. I just can't seem
>to put my finger on it.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Karen Correa
>Youth Services Coordinator
>Hudson Regional Library
>karen_correa@hotmail.com
>
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 11:54:33 -0400
From: mschafer@tln.lib.mi.us
Subject: Bath Time Rhymes--compiled
A few of you asked for a compiled list of the responses I received for bath
time ideas. Here it is. A BIG thanks to all who contributed!
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From: Christine Neirink <cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us>
Mindy - When I was a kidlet, I loved a Sesame Street song - I think it was
called "Everybody Wash." It was simple but fun: Everybody wash your
elbows.
Everybody wash your legs. And then it got silly: Everybody wash your
eyelids. Everybody wash your everything. Maybe it's on some S.S.
compilation?!
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From: "justin cooley" <jkcooley@ll.net>
Raffi has a great song - Bubbly Bubbles
Muppets- Rubber Ducky song
I always include Piggies and King Bidgood by Audrey Wood
We've sung: (Tune - I like to eat apples and bananas) - I blow bubbles as
we sing this!
I like to pop, I like to pop, I like to pop, bubble bubbles
Repeat as often as you'd like- we sing various verses - I like to blow, I like
to see, I like to touch, etc.
We've also made bubble blowers in the past --HUGE hit -using styrafoam
cups, cloth, rubber band, straw and dish washing soap - if you need
instructions, let me know. They love doing this and taking them home!
Have fun! Kathleen, Minnesota
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From: "Suzanne Smithson" <Ssmit@ci.carlsbad.ca.us>
We love the "Bathtime Magic" tape or CD by Joanie Bartels and
Discovery
Music.
It has all the good songs including Rubber Duckie, Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Yellow
Submarine, Octopus's Garden, Six Little Ducks, Splish Splash, Bathtime,
There's a Hippo in my Tub, You Can Never Go Down the Drain and more!
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From: "Sylvia Leigh Lambert" <leighladidah@gurlmail.com>
Dear Mindy,
I recently saw a Bath Song on the Health Network's "1...2...3...grow".
Most of the song is actually also known as most of the "Hokie-Pokie",
while the rest of the song is "Here we go loopdi-loo."
The premise of the intro:
"There was a little boy who only took baths on Sat. nights, and when he
finally did take those baths, the water was sooo cold that he'd put his toes
in to test the water, and immediately he'd pull his toes out." (Starts to
set
up the idea of put one foot in, take one foot out)
The 'leader' of the story also asks the kids to get their imaginary bath
cloths out. They'll be used on the "here we go loopdi-loo" part--in
that
during that part, one makes circular motions, like he/she is washing
him/herself. The tv show started with washing the face and sorta 'free
styled'
regarding other body parts from there.
Now here is what I remember about the words:
"Here we go loopdi-loo, (wash)
Here we go loopdi-lie, (wash)
Here we go loopdi-loo, (wash)
all on a Saturday night. (wash)
You put your right foot in,
you pull your right foot out,
YOu put your right foot in and you shake it all about.
here we go loopdi-loo.....etc., etc.
Continuing on through putting your whole self in.
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From: Cindy Sampson-Fleet <mscf1@nsh.library.ns.ca>
After a bath I try, try, try
To wipe myself dry, dry, dry (rub upper arms with hands)
Hands to wipe and fingers and toes (hold hands out, palms up, then point
to toes)
Two wet legs and a shiny nose (hands on thighs then point to nose)
Just think how much less time I'd take
If I were a dog and could shake, shake, shake (shake body)
from Finger Frolics by Cromwell, Hibner and Faitel (more in this book too)
Cindy
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From: "Rob Reid" <reid@ifls.lib.wi.us>
Here's a simple fingerplay I wrote for my book Family Storytimes (cheap
plug!).
"Bubble Bath"
"Bubbly, bubbly bubble bath (Wiggle all ten fingers)
Filled to the top, (Raise fingers overhead)
Listen to the bubbly bubbles (Cup hand to ear)
Pop! Pop! Pop! (Clap three times)
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From: "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
Mindy,
This is in reponse to your query about fingerplays, etc. for bathtime:
Poem:
THE WAY THEY SCRUB
The way they scrub
Me in the tub.
I think there's
Hardly
Any
Doubt
Sometime they'll rub
And rub and rub
Until they simply
Rub
Me
Out.
--A.B. Ross
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From: "Marie Noe" <marie.noe@alc.org>
SCRUB, SCRUB (to tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")
Scrub, scrub, scrub your toes.
Make them nice and clean,
Up and down and all around,
'Till no dirt is seen.
I LOVE BATHTIME (to tune of "Here we go Round the Mulberry Bush")
I love bathtime in the tub, in the tub, in the tub
I love bathtime in the tub, Rub-a-dub and scrub, scrub, scrub.
Fill the tub with soapy suds, soapy suds, soapy suds.
Fill the tub with soapy suds, Be careful so the tub won't flood.
MY BATH (to tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean")
My two feet step into the bathtub,
My two knees bend so I can sit,
My bottom sits down in the water,
BRRR-it's cold-I don't like this one bit!
Turn on, turn on,
Oh, turn on more hot water, please, oh please,
Turn on, turn on,
Oh, turn on more hot water, please.
The water is getting much warmer,
It feels almost perfect to me.
I look for my toys to start playing,
I grab every one that I see.
Playtime, playtime,
Oh, bathtime is playtime for me, for me.
Playtime, playtime,
Oh, bathtime is playtime for me.
I've been in the water so long now,
My mommy says, "Time to get out."
If I stay for just one more second,
She fears I'll turn into a trout.
Get out, get out,
Come wrap in this towel, so warm and dry.
Get out, get out,
Bath's done--time to say good-bye.
WASHING (to tune of "Mulberry Bush")
This is the way we wash our face (washing motions)
Wash our face, wash our face.
This is the way we wash our face,
Early in the morning
[Verse 2]
...Brush our teeth
...After we eat breakfast
[verse 3]
...wash our hands
...after we've been playing.
[verse 4]
...take a bath
...before we say goodnight.
FLOAT MY BOAT (to tune of "Row, Row, Row your Boat")
Float, flat, flat my boat,
In a soapy tub.
Together we are getting clean,
Rub-a-dub-a-dub.
AFTER MY BATH
After my bath I try, try, try
To rub with a towel till I'm dry, dry, dry. (pretend to rub)
Hands to dry, and fingers and toes,
And two wet legs and a shiny nose. (point to named body parts)
Just think how much less time I'd take
If I were a dog & could shake, shake, shake! (shake)
RUB-A-DUB-DUB
Rub-a-dub-dub, one child in the tub. (rub knuckles up and down chest)
Tell me what you see.
One foot with toes (point to parts of body)
A hand, a nose,
As clean as they can be (rub hands together)
Rub-a-dub-dub, one child in the tub.
Tell me what you see.
Two ears, a cheek, (point)
So clean they squeak, (rub cheeks gently)
A chin, a tummy , a knee (point)
Rub-a-dub-dub, one child in the tub.
Tell me what you see.
Legs and arms, (extend legs and arms)
So clean and warm, (wiggle arms)
Do they have a hug for me? (Cross arms and hug self.)
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How about John McCutcheon's "Rubber Blubber Whale"? One of the verses
goes: "I took a bath with my rubber blubber whale, he went splish-splash
with his rubber blubber tail, bathing with my rubber blubber, rubber
blubber, rubber blubber, rubber blubber, rubber blubber whale, blubber
whale, rubber blubber rubber blubber whale" The next one goes, "And I
rub-a-dubbed, my r.b. whale ..."and the last one goes "Everybody
rub-a-dub your r.b. whale ...". On that one I always speed up as fast as
possible so everyone laughs at the confusion. If you can't find the
song let me know. HTH!
Jonathan Betz-Zall, Children's Librarian, Edmonds Library, Wash
edm-youth@sno-isle.org
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From: " Kathy Reid or Arnie Naiman " <ragged@interlog.com>
Hi Mindy, I like using this old rhyme / tickle:
This Little Pig Had a Rub-a-Dub-Dub
This little pig had a rub-a-dub-dub, (rub one hand or foot)
And this little pig had a scrub-a dub dub. (rub the other)
This little pig-a-wig ran upstairs, (run fingers up arm)
And this little pig-a-wig cried out "BEARS!" (shout)
Down came the jar with a big SLAM ! BAM! (clap)[or splash the water]
And this little pig had all the jam. ( tickle tummy )
Can you please post to the list if you get a bunch of good ones? Kathy
http://www.interlog.com/~ragged/index.html
109 Crawford Rose Dr.,
Aurora, Ontario L4G 4S1 Canada
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Mindy Schafer
Assistant Dept. Head
Youth Services
Novi Public Library
Novi, Michigan
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