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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults
& Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:01:23 CST
Subject: PUBYAC digest 50
PUBYAC Digest 50
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
by Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
2) Re: Tea party for preschoolers
by Teresa Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us>
3) Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
by Becky Smith <bsmith@utstcelbgw.state.lib.ut.us>
4) Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
by Robin Del Guidice <guidicr@hcplc.org>
5) RE: help with srp ideas
by Judy Stewart <stewartj@clpgh.org>
6) Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
by Candace Deisley <deisleyc@uhls.lib.ny.us>
7) Bilingual Programming Needed
by "Susan Graf" <susangraf27@hotmail.com>
8) Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
9) Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
by "Allyson Goodwin" <Agood@ci.carlsbad.ca.us>
10) Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
by "Diane Adams" <diane@ccrls.org>
11) RE: Harry Potter sexist?
by Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
12) Board Votes to Reinstate ALA Documents
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
13) Re: bumblebee flies anyway video
by David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org>
14) RE: STUMPER!
by "Weisel, Heidi" <Heidi.Weisel@ci.corvallis.or.us>
15) Re: Stumper: Boy who notices things?
by Becky Smith <bsmith@utstcelbgw.state.lib.ut.us>
16) stumper: jewish girl changing names
by Deborah McClish <Deborah@rockford.lib.il.us>
17) Bibliotherapy help
by "Diane Adams" <diane@ccrls.org>
18) Freedom of Expression Online Chat with Terry Gross, Host of
NPR's Fresh Air
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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From: Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: "'PUBYAC'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:19:33 CST
I did not have the new Caldecott Medal book, nor was it on order.
Does anyone know when it was reviewed?
Lisa Smith
Lindenhurst, NY
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From: Teresa Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us>
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Subject: Re: Tea party for preschoolers
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:48:46 CST
Margaret,
For your "tea", maybe use real tea cups or punch glasses. I have used
pretty punch glasses for special snacks and the kids really love it and
surprisingly are very careful!
Terry Lambert,
Childrens Services,
Bluffton Public Library
Bluffton, Ohio 45817
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Margaret Harrelson wrote:
> I'm planning a February 5 Valentine Tea party for our preschool storyhour.
> Kids range in age from 2-5. We have a local tea shop that will be involved
> however we want. I have two books to share -"Miss Spider's Tea
Party" by
> David Kirk and Mrs. Gigglebelly I Coming For Tea" by Donna Guthrie. Of
> course, we will do "I'm a Little Teapot" as well. I'm wondering
what to
> ask the tea shop to do - and what kind of craft would work. I thought
> about serving "tea" in small dixie cups (perhaps use apple
juice?) I love
> this list and you are all so creative I know you'll have wonderful ideas.
TIA
>
> Margaret Harrelson
> Wellsville Public Library
> Wellsville, MO 63384
> Margaret Harrelson
> Wellsville Public Library
> 108 W. Hudson St.
> Wellsville, MO 63384
>
>
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From: Becky Smith <bsmith@utstcelbgw.state.lib.ut.us>
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Subject: Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
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Frankly, when we got our three copies of "Joseph had a little
overcoat"
two months ago, I almost returned them. I took one look and said, "These
will never hold up in circulation." The cutouts on every other page are
just a invitatation for little fingers to stick themselves in and
tug...and the binding isn't particularly good, either.
Thankfully, I decided to keep them and see. One copy bit the dust
almost immediately (came back with several ripped pages), but the other
two copies have held up pretty well.
It's a cute book, the cutouts are clever, and the illustrations are
bright, colorful, and charming. It goes over really well in
storyhours. Even so, it's just not, in my opinion (or that of anyone
else I've spoken to), the "most distinguished" picture book of the
year. It is, I suppose, a good representative of that style of artwork,
but it's really not what I'd call "distinguished."
Sometimes I'd really like to know what goes through the minds of the
committee members.....
--
Becky Ann Smith, Children's Librarian
Logan Library, Logan, UT
bsmith@mail.state.lib.ut.us
http://www.logan.lib.ut.us
"Look, Lin" wrote:
>
> Was anyone caught flat-footed (as we were!) and not have "Joseph had a
> little overcoat" in their systems? Luckily, we haven't had many people
ask
> for it.
>
> Lin
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From: Robin Del Guidice <guidicr@hcplc.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
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"Look, Lin" wrote:
> Was anyone caught flat-footed (as we were!) and not have "Joseph had a
> little overcoat" in their systems? Luckily, we haven't had many people
ask
> for it.
>
> Lin
Our selection committee had just seen it the week before in our juvenile exam.
We liked it but not THAT much and, in fact, weren't going to buy it for all our
branches. We changed our minds real fast!
--
Robin Del Guidice
Youth Services Specialist/Collection Development Services
Tampa Hillsborough County Public Library
900 N. Ashley St., Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: (813) 272-5018 Fax:(813) 272-5717
e-mail: guidicr@hcplc.org
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"Many things we need can wait, children cannot...... To Them we cannot say
tomorrow, their name is today."
Gabriela Mistral
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From: Judy Stewart <stewartj@clpgh.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: help with srp ideas
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:21:13 CST
By older kids if you mean YA's, I had a program planned for last October called
"Shape-Changers" (there is a book I believe by Jane Yolen by that
name), short
stories, then we were going to do all sorts of shape-changing stories such as
Selkies, werewolves, the Animorphs, etc. If you are interested in more details
just e-mail me directly. We did not get any response for this program, but
that is not unusual for this area!
Judy Stewart
CLAV-Harrison
Natrona Heights, PA
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From: Candace Deisley <deisleyc@uhls.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:52:59 CST
Our faces were (are) red, too. I wish publishers would help by releasing books
with *such* potential during the early fall, and review sources would alert us
quickly! I'm such a dreamer :)
Candy
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From: "Susan Graf" <susangraf27@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Bilingual Programming Needed
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We have a grant which I want to use supporting cultural arts programming.
Our community is largely Hispanic, and I need to find recommended
puppeteers, theatre or music programming for families with young children.
We have contacted Joe Hayes, but I really want to expand beyond storytelling
to bring these families to the library--first for the free program, then to
use the library (optimally)
Can anyone, especially from southern California help me with this?
Thanks so much,
Susan Graf "Saint James says in
Family Services Librarian his epistle that we are
North Las Vegas Library District to confess our sins to
2300 Civic Center Drive each other, which is the
North Las Vegas, NV 89030 Christian rationale for
(702)633-1070 FX (702)649-2576 storytelling..."
susangraf27@hotmail.com
Garrison Keillor, in
the preface to "The
Best American Short
Stories, 1998"
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From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:49:51 CST
Yes, here in Nassau County (Long Island), New York, we
have 54 libraries in our system. First of all, when
the announcement came out, I realized that I was not
familiar with this title at all. Not only didn't we
have it at Hicksville (my library), but last week when
it was picked, only one out the 54 libraries owned it.
Of course, we now have it on order and I can't wait
to get it in. As a matter of fact, SLJ just reviewed
it (starred, of course) in their January issue.
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From: "Allyson Goodwin" <Agood@ci.carlsbad.ca.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:17:25 CST
we missed it too! and luckily we haven't had any requests either. Thanks! :)
>>> "Look, Lin" <llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
01/25/00 09:27AM >>>
Was anyone caught flat-footed (as we were!) and not have "Joseph had a
little overcoat" in their systems? Luckily, we haven't had many people ask
for it.
Lin
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From: "Diane Adams" <diane@ccrls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Anybody not have "Joseph"?
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:49:24 CST
Yep, I was caught flat-footed. But to our defense it was released in
November and hasn't been reviewed in SLJ. I was aware that
Simms Taback had a new book coming out, but was waiting for a
review to get it.
Diane
Diane Adams Youth Services Librarian
Monmouth Public Library (503) 838-1932
P.O. Box 10 fax: (503) 838-3899
168 Ecols St. S. diane@ccrls.org
Monmouth, OR 97361
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From: Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Harry Potter sexist?
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:27:53 CST
Lin and pubyac-ers in general,
I've heard Rowling speak several times in interviews and have read
many print interviews. In my opinion, she simply wrote a story she wanted
to tell. It's the librarians and other adult types that are trying to
give her demographics---or political correctness---or are chastising her
for not being feminist. When you write your books to formula they come
off pretty much formulaic. I'm not saying that there isn't evidence of
formulaic interpretation but, gee, she just wrote a story that mapped
itself out in her head, don't you think? - jeri
Jeri Kladder, Children's Librarian & Storyteller
jkladder@freenet.columbus.oh.us
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, Ohio
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
To: <IFRT-B@ala1.ala.org>, <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Board Votes to Reinstate ALA Documents
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:38:25 CST
from Mainstream Loudoun
Board Votes to Reinstate ALA Documents
At its January meeting, the Library Board of Trustees voted to reinstate
the American Library Association's Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read
statement, five years after the documents had been removed from Loudoun
County's library policy.
The five-to-three vote took place after Linda Conti-White, a former
trustee, urged the board to reinstate the policies, and after a brief
discussion among the trustees. Voting for reinstatement were chairman
John Czaplewski (Blue Ridge), Marc Leepson (Mercer), Robert Twigg
(Leesburg), Mary Gail Swenson (Broad Run), and Glenn Maravetz (Dulles).
Voting against were Ken Welch (Sugarland Run), George Hidy (Sterling),
and Chris Howlett (At-Large). Spencer Ault, Catoctin's representative,
was absent.
Conti-White reminded the board that the strong anti-censorship
statements had been eliminated from library policy specifically to allow
the removal of certain items from library materials. She credited
vigilant citizens and some trustees with preventing such censorship from
taking place.
Mary Gail Swenson voted in favor of reinstating the policies as a
"tribute" to Conti-White, calling her the "conscience" of
the Board of
Trustees for eight years. Bob Twigg spoke vehemently in favor of the
ALA language, reminding the board that they had been "forced" to
accept
censorship as a library policy when the unconstitutional filtering of
the Internet was put in place by the board. He vowed to fight
censorship in all forms, and he read the First Amendment of the
Constitution in response to George Hidy's statement that the United
States Constitution did not guarantee the "freedom to read."
In an apparent reference to Delegate Richard Black, the author of the
Internet policy subsequently found unconstitutional, Twigg said that he
would stand up against "Delegate Flasher" and his "band of
yahoos" from
Richmond.
In opposing the policy, Ken Welch, George Hidy, and Chris Howlitt
suggested that adopting it could open up Loudoun County Libraries to
legal action by groups who would demand specific materials; Howlitt
pointed out that librarians have always "selected" materials, and that
it would be impossible to represent all points of view in a library.
Ken Welch offered his opinion that the ALA uses the word "censorship"
because it is a "loaded" word that alarms people; he called for the
library system to continue to be operated in a "traditional" manner,
with librarians selecting materials that meet community standards of
decency.
Marc Leepson, who introduced the reinstatement of the ALA documents as a policy
change, called upon the board to put Loudoun County "back in
step" with most other library systems in the United States by adopting
the strongly anti-censorship professional standard.
______________
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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From: David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: bumblebee flies anyway video
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:48:19 CST
I've done some checking via the Internet Movies Database (
http://www.imdb.com ) and I think it was in the theatres. It has an MPAA
rating, but I don't remember it at all.
Dave
David Serchay
a013213t@bc.seflin.org
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, John Anderson wrote:
> Hi,
> Was surprised to catch the tail end of Cormier's "The Bumblebee Flies
> Anyway " on tv last night. Was this movie ever in the theaters? Was it
> made for tv? And most of all: anybody know if it will be coming out on
> video? I didn't know it had been filmed!
> Thanks for sharing anything!
> Carol Thornton-Anderson
> Youth Services
> Melton Public Library
> French Lick, IN
> jwanderson@smithville.net
>
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From: "Weisel, Heidi" <Heidi.Weisel@ci.corvallis.or.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: STUMPER!
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Thanks to everyone who helped me with my question. The book is "Flap Your
Wings" by P.D. Eastman. It apparently was out of print for quite awhile,
but is being re-published this month by Random House ($11.99
0-375-90243-0).
Heidi Weisel
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From: Weisel, Heidi [mailto:Heidi.Weisel@ci.corvallis.or.us]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:34 AM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: STUMPER!
We have a patron who is trying to remember the name of a book that she read
as a child (probably in the 1970s). It is about two birds who find an egg
and take care of it. An alligator hatches from the egg and the birds treat
it as one of their own. They try to teach it to fly, but then realize that
the alligator is not like them. The book is not "An Extraordinary
Egg,"
"For Pete's Sake," or "The Chicken's Child." We have checked
A to Zoo,
without any success. If you know, please respond to me off-list at
heidi.weisel@ci.corvallis.or.us
Thanks much.
Heidi Weisel
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Corvallis, OR
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From: Becky Smith <bsmith@utstcelbgw.state.lib.ut.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Stumper: Boy who notices things?
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Thanks to Amy Blake and Grace Ruth who knew immediately that the book
I'm looking for is "What Joe Saw" by Anna Grossnickle Hines. This list
is a wonderful resource!
--
Becky Ann Smith, Children's Librarian
Logan Library, Logan, UT
bsmith@mail.state.lib.ut.us
http://www.logan.lib.ut.us
> I have a patron looking for a picture book she read about a year ago.
> It's a large-format 'nicely-illustrated' story about a little boy who,
> on his way to school, stops and notices all kinds of things while the
> other children are rushing past. I realize that this is awfully vague -
> she can't remember an author or title, and I've tried every key word
> search I can think of. Does this ring any bells for anyone?
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From: Deborah McClish <Deborah@rockford.lib.il.us>
To: "'pubyac'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper: jewish girl changing names
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Hello fellow pubyaccers,
I had a patron come in wanting to get a book for her daughter that
she'd read about 10 years ago. This is what she remembers: a Jewish girl,
who flees Nazi persecution, lives in several different countries, and adapts
her name to blend with the culture where she currently lives so she can
work. The story takes place over the span of about 15 months.
I've searched our catalog, Best Books for Children, The Young Adult
Reader's Advisory, and NoveList with no luck. Does anyone know the title my
patron remembers reading?
Thanks so much!
Deborah McClish
Librarian, Youth Services
Rockford (IL) Public Library
deborah@rockford.lib.il.us
http://www.rpl.rockford.org
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From: "Diane Adams" <diane@ccrls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Bibliotherapy help
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:30:33 CST
Dear collective knowledge,
I have a patron with young children (preschool age) whose
grandparents are divorcing. The children are very worried that the
parents will divorce as well. Looking through our catalog, A to Zoo
and the children's catalog I can find plenty for the parents divorcing,
but nothing about grandparents. Anyone have any titles that might
help.
Thank you in advance.
Diane
Diane Adams Youth Services Librarian
Monmouth Public Library (503) 838-1932
P.O. Box 10 fax: (503) 838-3899
168 Ecols St. S. diane@ccrls.org
Monmouth, OR 97361
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Freedom of Expression Online Chat with Terry Gross, Host of
NPR's Fresh Air
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:41:03 CST
Freedom of Expression Online Chat
with Terry Gross, Host of NPR's Fresh Air
Thursday, January 27, 2000
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