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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 11:37:59 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:28:55 -0400
From: Lorie <odonnell@borg.com>
Subject: Re: Unattended Children
Marie,
It sounds like your community's biggest problem is not the unattended
children, but the attitude of the law enforcement. If they can't be
"bothered" with protecting the children of the community, they need a
real
awakening of their priorities!! This is their responsibility, their job. If
the police don't see fit to do their job, someone needs to be made aware of
that fact.....like the public, the papers, the mayor. This may seem a bit
radical, but our children must be our FIRST priority, and if the general
public was made aware of this attitude by the police, I'm sure something would
be done!
Lorie
Joan Marie McColley wrote:
> Help! Out library system is having problems with unattended children.
> After the library closes, often there are young children left with no ride
> home. After calling the parents, our policy states to next call the
> police. Basically, the police just laugh and tell us they don't have time
> to pick up abandoned children.
>
- --
***************
Lorie J. O'Donnell
odonnell@borg.com
"All that is comes from the mind; it is based on the mind,
it is fashioned by the mind. " from The Pali Canon
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:20:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mary Ann Schilz <schilzm@pls.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Death metal teen CD's
Rebecca,
Have you looked at Virgin corporation's webpage, www.virgin.com?
They have a link to their online Virgin Megastore, and sometimes they
have reviews of the cds they carry. Good luck!
Mary Ann Schilz
Community Services librarian
San Mateo County Library
Brisbane Branch
250 Visitacion Ave.
Brisbane, CA 94005
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Rebecca Van Dan wrote:
> Does anyone out there have CD's by Carcass or Cannibal Corpse in their
> collection? Or found reviews of their albums? Particularly helpful would
> be if your library has a specific teen CD collection that includes these or
> other "death metal" CD's.. I've had a request that we purchase
these for
> our teen section, but have been unable to find reviews. The list of their
> songs on Amazon looks pretty gory, but imaginative? (Carbonized Eye
> Sockets, Vomited Anal Tract...) Hmmm, I'm trying hard not to be judgemental
> here. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
> Rebecca
> YA Librarian
>
>
> Rebecca Van Dan
> Young Adult Librarian
> Middleton Public Library
> 7425 Hubbard Ave
> Middleton, WI 53562
> (608)831-5564
>
>
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:30:16 -0400
From: "Heather" <heather@elgin.net>
Subject: Re: Patrons are slobs...
Hi Becky!
Yup, I know what you mean. What we have found to work is laundry baskets
placed strategically around the library with a sign on them that asks
patrons to please not shelve the books but to put them in the basket. It is
so much easier just wheeling a cart up to the basket and emptying it than
running madly around picking up books off the floor, the ends of
shelves....You still get some of that but it is much reduced.
Hope this helps,
Heather Robinson
St. Thomas Public Library,
St. Thomas, Ontario CANADA
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:46:17 -0500
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: RE: Last Minute Halloween/Harvest Games
Greetings,
We just had our fall party and it was a great success. The games we =
played were as follows:
1. I drew a large pumpkin face on an orange piece of poster board and =
cut out the nose and eyes and placed black construction paper behind =
each opening, only attached at the top of the openings. Then I had the =
children throw a small ball through the open areas.
2. I set up a witch's cauldron and the children threw small Halloween =
characters into the cauldron. (I got the Halloween characters at =
McDonalds with happy meals! )
3. I attached black Velcro onto each leg of a spider. I made 6 =
colorful bugs out of felt. Then I had the children pick up the bugs =
using the spider on a string.
4. I purchased a pumpkin with a rather loooong stem and made hoops out =
of paper plates by cutting out the centers. The children tossed the =
rings over the pumpkin stem.=09
I hope it is not too late to use these ideas!
- -----Original Message-----
From: Lori Muise [SMTP:lmuise@nesl.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 2:01 PM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Cc: leighladidah@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Last Minute Halloween/Harvest Games
I would like to suggest a game that you play clothes-pins. You stand on =
a
chair and have a milk jug or something else with a limited size opening
and have the kids try to drop a wooden clothes pin into the jar. Good
luck and have a great Halloween!
Lori Muise
GSLIS Simmons College
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:09:37 -0500
From: Karen Stanley <kstanley@rosenberg-library.org>
Subject: Go Ask Alice!
As I was browsing through Sesame Street Parents November 1999 issue an
article caught my eye. "Fat Chance!" talked about the importance of
eating healthy. To learn how large a serving really is they suggest
logging onto Columbia University's health education program at
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/0715.html!
Karen Stanley
Rosenberg Library
Galveston, TX
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:47:17 -0400
From: "Denise P. Stout" <dpstout@ccls.org>
Subject: RE: storytelling
I had to accually audition for my first library job. Had to memorize and
tell a story. I was very used to this from my theatre background and aced
it , of course! They were looking for someone particularly with programming
skills so that particular job did require it.
Denise M. Pulgino Stout, Youth Services Outreach Librarian
Chester County Public Library
450 Exton Square Parkway
Exton PA 19341
610.280.2672
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:54:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: FW: Nation of Islam Link Removed because of Content.
James, I must say I still agree with RoseMary and Ed. You believe a
link is like purchasing a book; to me, making a link to a site is very
much more like putting a title on a bookmark or book display. When I linked
to sites from our homepage, I did try to look at them pretty thoroughly
beforehand (something you don't necessarily have a chance to do when
purchasing books; you often have to go by reviews or popularity of the
author) And I do definitely consider a link an endorsement. When I
linked to sites, I felt I was saying, "These places on the web contain
good information, and I can guarantee they will be helpful to you and
accurate." Of course, I did *not* claim they were comprehensive! I don't
think anyone could, not even the ALA. Also-
When I'm searching the web for something like the Nation of Islam, I
don't tend to use links. I'm much more likely to go to a search engine
and type it in. It is very easy to find the NOI site this way, and I
think that's how most people would look for it. So long as a site is
easily "findable" through search engines and not being filtered, it is
not being censored, IMHO. Just a thought-
Mary Johnson, YA librarian, North Castle Library, Armonk, NY
mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 17:02:30 -0500
From: "Wanda Maxwell" <wandam@usit.net>
Subject: Re: paperback bindings
Deb,
We too tried the stiff covers on our paperbacks and they very quickly
started falling apart. The entired front and back covers would come off.
Now, we use a more flexible tape called Easy Bind. We purchase it from
Kapco (1-800-791-8965). They also have "wings" for the corners of the
books.
Wanda Maxwell
Putnam County Library
Cookeville, Tennessee
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 21:26:48 -0400
From: Jana FIne <janafine01@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: YA groups
I have 27 at last count - also from 7th to 12th grades. Some of them are
"virtual members" - they can only participate occasionally, but like
to be kept
informed of what's going on through the e-mail minutes of our meetings.
Jana Fine
Clearwater Public Library
Clearwater, FLorida
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:30:39 EDT
From: Rte18a@aol.com
Subject: How to begin cooperative relationship with school librarians
Hi to Group,
Hi, my name is Amy, and I recently began a position as a youth services
librarian (children's and young adult) in a public library in Northern New
Jersey. I have heard that it's a good idea to maintain a positive working
relationship with the local school librarians in the community. Any good
ideas of how to do this(get the ball rolling)? Does one just set up an appt.
and meet informally with the school librarians to introduce oneself, or is it
a good idea to come prepared with programs/ideas already in mind for that
first meeting? I'd appreciate any feedback concerning what you did to reach
out to begin a relationship with local school librarians for that very first
time.
Thanks in advance,
Amy Kravitz
Nutley Public Library
Nutley, NJ
Rte18a@aol.com
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 08:52:40 -0500
From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: Harry Potter from the genre perspective
We know what the librarians are saying to each other about Harry Potter.
We have the thousands of clamoring kids to vouch for its appeal among our
young readers. We have protests against the books which will undoubtably
lead to their celebration in Banned Books Weeks for years to come? What we
haven't heard is what the folks in the fantasy genre think about them?
Check out this site on Locus Online for a recent editorial:
http://www.locusmag.com/1999/Departments/Editorial1029.html
Eric Norton
enorton@scls.lib.wi.us
Head of Children's Services
McMillan Memorial Library
490 E. Grand Ave.
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 54494
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 09:11:42 -0500
From: Deborah McClish <Deborah@rockford.lib.il.us>
Subject: RE: popcorn program
One of my co-workers had the children paint with popcorn, using washable
tempra paint. She used the styrofoam meat/veggie trays used in grocery
store delis to put the paint on for each child. She also had a large tarp
she spread on the floor to protect the carpet. For real littles ones, I've
drawn a movie type popcorn container, made paper popcorn, and let the
children color and paste as desired.
Good Luck!
Deborah McClish
Librarian, Youth Services
Rockford (IL) Public Library
deborah@rockford.lib.il.us
http://www.rpl.rockford.org
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 10:34:25 -0400
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
Subject: Re: Nation of islam link removed because of content?
James - If someone published a very well written vacation guide for pedophiles
telling about all of the most appealing 3rd world resorts where children were
available for abuse, and we declined to add it to our collection because of its
content is THAT going to be censorship too? There is the school of thought which
maintains that it is possible to go too far in attempting to make ours a values
free profession, and its graduates make considerable sense to me.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
James Asbury wrote:
> sblume@cob.org wrote:
>
> > DID ALA remove the link to the Nation of Islam because of the site's
content?
>
> The Library Hotline's lead article for October 18, 1999 includes a
> statement from ALSC President Caroline Ward (excerpt below):
>
> "The Nation of Islam site was reviewed in response to Foxman's
[Abraham
> Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League] complaint and CTC [Children and
> Technology Committee] concluded that it could not include a site 'that
> is biased, racially or ethnically,' said Ward."
>
> That makes it a non-neutral content based removal, and that makes it
> censorship.
>
> --
>
> "Berry"
> jamesasbury@yahoo.com
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 09:38:10 -0500
From: Marilyn <fmpl@startext.net>
Subject: Re: storytelling
I think a library's storytime focus should be on BOOKS! I also mix in
songs & dances, etc, and an occasional flannelboard or story or draw and
tell from memory & I am not very good at it, but I don't think my
programs suffer from it. I want the children to be excited about the
books I bring out & look forward to what I will read to them the next
time. I especially like to read a brand new book that hasn't even hit
out shelves yet & that way I can get a plug in for all the wonderful
books that are arriving almost daily.
This is too much fun!
Marilyn
Mansfield Public Library
Rebecca Domonkos wrote:
>
> I've been a children's librarian for 7 years and I opt not to do
> storytelling from memory. I think my read aloud storytime programs are
> pretty fun--I do lots of singing and creative movement exercises in between
> books--but I just don't feel comfortable telling stories without a book in
> my hand. I've attended a few storytelling workshops, but I just don't seem
> to have the knack for it. It makes me nervous! I think I'm a pretty good
> children's librarian in spite of my lack of storytelling talent.
>
> Rebecca Domonkos
> Boca Raton Public Library
> rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com
>
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 10:38:46 -0400
From: Willa Jean Harner <harnerwi@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: newborns
Nancy Bonne wrote:
>
> For years we have talked about giving newborns
> packets in the hospital, containing a valid library card and....? Has
> anyone done this? I'd love to hear
> from someone who's tried this.
> nancy Bonne...bonne@noblenet.org
> Nancy Bonne
> Children's Librarian
> Beverly Public Library
> bonne@noblenet.org
Nancy, if you're not already familiar with Baby TALK, from Decatur, IL,
check it out at http://www.babytalk.org
We use some of their materials with new parents, and particularly like the
useful video they produced "Babies & Books: A Joyous Beginning";
also their
quarterly newsletter has lots of ideas.
The most popular item that we distribute to new parents is donated by our
local early intervention program, and created by M.H. students, who photocopy
black and white visual stimulation patterns for infants, laminate them, and
fasten them together with yarn. The students who deliver them here with
their teachers are always justly so proud when I tell them that they are
making a genuine contribution because their handouts are the favorites. (Let
me know if you'd like a sample.) The point is to cooperate with as many
other agencies in your area as possible. Good luck with your packets!
- --
Willa Jean Harner, M.L.S. harnerwi@oplin.lib.oh.us
Head, Junior Department, Tiffin-Seneca Public Library
77 Jefferson Street, Tiffin, OH 44883-2399
Voice 419-447-3751 Fax 419-447-3045
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 10:39:32 CDT
From: "Cara Leonard" <cleonard90@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: interfiling j and ya fiction
Hi Candace,
I work at a small library and we do mix young adult and juvenile. We put
green stickers on the beginning chapter books and juvenile fiction. This
divides the books for the kids and they (parents and children) seem to like
it. It more convenient for them. We also put blue stickers in our
non-fiction on juvenile books, this helps the teens.
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:01:05 -0400
From: "Hudson, Sarah" <shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us>
Subject: RE: popcorn program
Someone posted to this list a while back a neat suggestion.
Put a clean sheet on the floor.
Take a hot air popcorn popper and leave the top off, and let the popcorn
pop out onto the sheet.
I haven't tried it but I thought it sounded like a fun activity, and edible,
too.
Sarah
Sarah Hudson
Information Specialist
Independence Regional Library
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us
These opinions are my own and do not reflect those of the library
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 11:20:56 -0400
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
Subject: Re: An Appeal to Reason
Wouldn't it be interesting to get a little dialogue going between Don
and a representative of whatever national body speaks for America's
pediatricians, who if memory serves have done many studies establishing
quite clearly that there is a clear link between continued exposure to
violent images and an increased propensity towards violent behavior on
the part of many viewers? I guess that when the facts run contrary to
what we wish they were, denial is a pretty natural response. Not very
helpful, but natural.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Librawry
Romeo, MI.
Don Wood wrote:
> from Free Expression Network
>
> Recently, a group of prominent Americans issued a statement decrying
> violence in entertainment that they called an "Appeal to
Hollywood."
> While there is certainly much to criticize in the media, this appeal
> is likely to do more harm than good. By promoting the idea that
> violent imagery causes crime and should be suppressed, it encourages
> government censorship.
>
> We join in the call to Hollywood executives to provide the highest
> quality entertainment possible. We also urge them to resist the
> pressure to create taboos, villainize art and artists, and constrain
> the creative imagination.
>
> Read -- and sign -- our Appeal to Reason. Add your name to the 477
> signatures found at
>
> An Appeal to Reason
> http://www.freeexpression.org/reason.htm
>
>
>
> ________________________
> Don Wood
> American Library Association
> Office for Intellectual Freedom
> 50 East Huron Street
> Chicago, IL 60611
> 800-545-2433, ext. 4225
> Fax: 312-280-4227
> dwood@ala.org
> http://www.ala.org/oif.html
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:23:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: deb bodner <d_bodner@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Unattended Children
joan, at my previous library we had a fairly strict
unattended children policy; our age limit was 11. for
those kids left after closing an attempt was made to
call the parents and the librarian talked to them on
the phone. when the responsible adult showed up, the
librarian again talked to the person and gave them a
bookmark that briefly stated the policy and had the
library hours.
if no one was reached, after 15 minutes we called the
police. we had a good relationship with our police
dept. and they responded quickly to our calls. our
police chief had once said that children left could be
an indication of problems in the home. initially we
invited our police chief to address the staff on a
variety of safety issues (difficult patrons, etc) and
the question of unattended children was brought up
there. since we had the chief on our side, the
patrolmen took us seriously.
deb
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 16:59:08 -0400
From: Sue Becker <beckersu@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: Used cd's
This is not a Christmas craft, but there are templates you can print out
for a pokemon character craft (pikablu) at the site:
www.members.home.net/samthecat/pokemon.html
Kathy Graham wrote:
> Help!
> Does anyone have craft ideas for using old cd's? Thought I had printed
> out some web-sites that were devoted to this subject, but can't locate
> any except neosoft.com/nikki. I'm particularly interested in Christmas
> crafts (ages 7+). Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
> Kathy
>
> --
> Kathy Graham
> Youth Services
> Broadview Public Library District
> 2226 S. 16th Ave.
> Broadview, IL 60153
> (708) 345-1325
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:23:09 -0400
From: Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net>
Subject: Re: Patrons are slobs...
We have a sign up at our play area:
Please pick up the toys, and you will get a sticker!
It's helped a lot - amazing what kids will do to get a cheap sticker!
There are still books left around but the toy situation is much better.
I've seen some libraries that have laundry baskets at the end of their
bookshelves for patrons to drop unwanted books into. We are considering
doing something like that. We do have a sign asking patrons to place
books on the sorting shelves, but of course they don't know what that
means. We keep an empty cart near the sorting shelves, and we tell
patrons to put books there when they are finished browsing or using
Reference books. Our regulars usually know to do that.
Martha Simpson, Stratford (CT) Library
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 16:08:12 -0500
From: Toni Buzzeo <buzzeocyll@mix-net.net>
Subject: MULTICULTURAL CRAFTS
> I have an afterschool storyhour for children in grades K-5. We are
> currently doing foreign countries, stories and crafts. However, I am
> having difficulty in finding multicultural crafts that are easily done
> in 20 minutes, are connected to the individual countries, and would be
> interesting for the children. Thank you.
Dear Brenda,
I'd like to suggest a paired book and craft activity to you. Read Jane
Kurtz' picture book TROUBLE (Harcourt, 1997). In this delightful story,
illustrated with charming gouache paintings by Durga Bernhard, the young
Eritrean goatherd, Tekleh, has trouble staying focused on his herding
task and keeping out of trouble. In order to help him, his father gives
him a gebata board (mancala board) to occupy his time. In a circular
story, Tekleh, in a series of adventures, trades the game for various
things, and ultimately regains another gebata board!
After reading the story, your students can construct their own
gebata/mancala game from egg cartons, using the simple instructions to
be found at the Family Fun site:
http://family.go.com/Features/family_0101_01/famf/famf010101_famfmankala/famf010101_famfmankala.html
It's a lesson that combines Language Arts and Crafts in a very effective
and engaging way! I hope you enjoy both this wonderful book and the
project!
- --
Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year
Longfellow School LMC
<buzzeocyll@mix-net.net>
Portland, ME
Co-Author: TERRIFIC CONNECTIONS WITH AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND
STORYTELLERS : REAL SPACE AND VIRTUAL LINKS (Libraries Unlimited,
November 1999)
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 08:55:08 PST
From: "Sarah Smith" <sesmith5@hotmail.com>
Subject: Children's Book Week
Help! I'm looking for some ideas for Children's Book Week. Any and all
ideas would be appreciated, especially those pertaining to older child
groups. Also, what is your age range for Children's Book Week?
Thanks in advance,
Sarah Smith
Harrison Community Library, Michigan
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 18:20:16 -0500
From: Ed Spicer/Ann Perrigo <espicer@accn.org>
Subject: Re: Nation of Islam Link Removed because of Content.
James-You HAVEN'T removed the link. Of course web sites depend on links
and this one is STILL the same, STILL there, STILL searchable on a
search engine, STILL waiting for anyone who wants to use it.
Should it be on the ALA list? No, based on their written policy that was
in place before this site was listed. It is the first listing that was
in error, not the removal. AND the removal isn't similar to censoring a
book because in that same "library," with "library" search
tools, you
can go to the site that is no longer being **advertised.**
The ALA has not claimed to be the exclusive source for all internet
information
requests. That is why they have, on their site, provided us with just
about every worthwhile search engine on the web--any number of them
perfectly capable of taking us directly to the Nation of Islam if we so
choose. I can show you how to get to the Nation of Islam site from the
ALA site if you need to know how; I'd be willing to bet that the ALA
contact person would do the same for anyone asking. Interesting form of
"censorship", no? I've yet to see a form of censorship that still
provides the exact, word-for-word information in the exact same location
**AFTER** it has been censored. And I've yet to see a form of censorship
in which the censoring organization provides the means to bypass the
censoring and are even willing to help patrons find the censored
materials without making them leave the "library" (or really even take
significantly more time finding the censored information!).
Your claim that this site should still be **advertised** may be
legitimate. Obviously this would require a change in written policy.
However, that is a separate **selection criteria/advertising policy**
issue and not a censorship issue. Otherwise, ALA would be forever
prevented from
removing ANY functioning site from its web site lest it be accused of
censoring from those who claim it is "the best site." And yes, when I
can **still** go to the censoring (ALA) site and find the censored
material (Nation of Islam site) it is very easy and very simple for me
to say that removing the "advertisement" link has nothing to do with
censorship.
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 09:43:49 -0600
From: "Baraboo Children's Dept." <barch@scls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: Kevin Henkes ideas
We have received the following Kevin Henkes program ideas and are posting
compilation to list as others have expressed an interest.
Someone is also looking for "mouse" craft ideas related to his mice.
If you have this or other ideas, please e-mail us at barch@scls.lib.wi.us
and we will post to list again later.
Thank you very much,
Kathy and Miriam
We have received the following responses so far:
There are commercial games available at book stores and better toy stores
(Mind Scapes and Pooh Corner in Madison) that use his characters. If you
don't want to buy them, you could look them over and see if you could
modify them slightly to make your own version. You could make your own
Kevin Henkes Bingo Cards and put his characters on the cards; you could do
your own version of Memory with his characters; you could make up questions
about his characters, book titles and plots and have kids work on teams to
get the answers. You could borrow some of his characters that are in
stuffed animal forms and hide them around the library, or take pictures of
Kevin and hide them around the library.
You could look at some of his CD-ROMs and see if there are games on
there, it would be neat to show one and have the kids decide what should be
actitivated etc. (Your school may have a media projector they would lend
you for a day or night program so you could show this on a large screen for
a group.) Prizes could include a Kevin Henkes calendar, Lilly's plastic
purse, or tee shirts (both Madison and Middleton sell shirts designed by
Kevin Pooh Corner and Mind Sparks carry his products, as does the Learning
Shop) and of course his books. If you sent a book or two to Kevin through
his publisher, with return postage, he would probably autograph them for
you. You could check the CCBC Wisconsin Book Creature publication and see
if his local address is listed, he lives in Madison.
The 1991 SLP Manual "Wheels Wings N Words" featured Kevin's
illustrations, you could get ideas and clip art from that. (Wisconsin)
This was so popular I can't wait to do it again. We read blanket stories
last winter. Kevin henkes' Owen is a favorite. We paired this up with a
blanket toss. I brought in a quilt from home. The little tykes each
grabbed an edge and we went up and down tossing a stuffed animal into the
air. The children laughed so hard the parents all came to look in the
window to see what was so exciting in storytime. sounds silly but it was
great, we didn't even need a craft.
I'd get everyone big-nose-black-rim-fuzzy-eyebrow-glasses like Lilly & Owen
wear.....
If you plan on using Bailey Goes Camping, maybe you could set up a tent in
part of your children's area, go on a hike around the library, sing some
camp songs, and/or make s'mores.
(These ideas come from Meet the Authors Vol. III, pub. by Creative Teaching
Press. It lists more activities, but they are more classroom/author study
oriented, rather than geared toward a short, fun program.)
For his book OWEN, you could make handkerchiefs out of paper or fabric and
let the children decorate them.
I have used Henkes _Owen_ for several storytimes and one craft
that I do is that we cut up a big piece of yellow flannel and the
children get to take home a piece of Owen's blanket to remember storytime
by. This is simple and we do it with the younger ages but I thought I
would pass it along to you anyway.
http://www.williammorrow.com/features/nov97/lilly_text.html
Border bookstore did a Puppet Show from Circle Dogs for me here last year.
(Monona WI)
Children's Department Staff
Baraboo Public Library
230 4th Ave., Baraboo WI 53913
Phone: 608-356-6166 FAX: 608-355-2779
barch@scls.lib.wi.us
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