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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: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 00:01:07 CST Subject: PUBYAC digest 59 PUBYAC Digest 59 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Book discussion questions needed by Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us 2) "Three Little Pigs" and "Jack in the Beanstalk" by ThrasherS@jcl.lib.ks.us 3) Bird series by Jan Wall <janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us> 4) UPDATE: Children's State Book Awards Info by Melissa Zymboly Depper <mzdepper@earthlink.net> 5) RE: New Spanish Encyclopedia by "Minkel, Walter (Cahners -NYC)" <WMinkel@cahners.com> 6) Reading Aloud to / with teens by Karen Cordiner <Karen_Cordiner@bc.sympatico.ca> 7) Re: College Students by ILefkowitz@aol.com 8) sleep overs in lilbraries by grappa@erols.com 9) Service Learning Programs by PUB_YAC@mln.lib.ma.us 10) pets in the library by LaMorte <tlamorte@suffolk.lib.ny.us> 11) stumper by Marijo Kist <mkist@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us> 12) Stumper solution (Gregory hooting/hollering) by Laurel Sharp <lsharp@mailbox.lpl.org> 13) Stumper-Nils by Selma Levi <slevi@mail.pratt.lib.md.us> 14) searched book consensus by hedy_harrison@ci.cerritos.ca.us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Book discussion questions needed Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:39:08 CST Has anyone used Voigt's book Izzy, Willy-Nilly for a teen book discussion? If so, would you be willing to send me your discussion questions? I would be happy to return the favor--I have book discussion plans for The Bomb and Eva including questions. We also have some others done by other staff members on Out of the Dust, Freak the Mighty, The Giver and Flowers for Algernon. Thanks! Diane Tuccillo Senior Librarian/YA Coordinator Mesa Public Library, AZ Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us ------------------------------ From: ThrasherS@jcl.lib.ks.us To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: "Three Little Pigs" and "Jack in the Beanstalk" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:48:29 CST I have a challenge. A patron is looking for versions of "The Three Little Pigs" and "Jack in the Beanstalk" from other countries. I (and she) have consulted several of my colleagues, and we are clueless. Does anyone either know some versions of "The Three Little Pigs" and "Jack in the Beanstalk" from other countries, OR some resource that can be used to find fairy tales and folklore in this manner? I've checked A to Zoo (with no luck), and I don't know where to turn to next. Thanks for any help you can give me! Shawn Thrasher Johnson County Library Lenexa, KS ------------------------------ From: Jan Wall <janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Bird series Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:57:58 CST Hello to all - I am looking for a series on birds, preferably about individual birds rather than groups. My preliminary search has found this: Lerner/Carolrhoda - Early Bird Nature (a few titles) " Nature Watch " Franklin Watts - First Books - Animals Crabtree - Birds up close Holiday House & Clarion - Books by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Children's Press - New True Books Abdo & Daughters - Checkerboard Books: Birds (6 titles) BUT most of these are about animals in general with only a few titles of specific birds, or (like Crabtree) are very general: e.g. HOW BIRDS FLY, MARINE BIRDS, RAINFOREST BIRDS, etc. Does anyone know of a BIRD series (besides Abdo) that features separate titles of specific birds? TIA! Jan Wall Youth Services Librarian Latah County Library District 110 South Jefferson Street Moscow ID 83843 fax: 208-882-5098 janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us ------------------------------ From: Melissa Zymboly Depper <mzdepper@earthlink.net> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: UPDATE: Children's State Book Awards Info MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:16:57 CST Hi, PUBYAC-- Here are a just a few PSs to my post regarding children's state book awards. After my post, several of you were kind enough to get in touch with me with clarifications, addenda, and corrections, so here they are. In addition, I have given permission to children's author Cynthia Leitich Smith to post the list to her website (she was the first to ask), at <http://homepage.interaccess.com/~cynthias/newreadingd.htm> Since I am a Virgo and have a compulsion to tidy everything, even the Web, if you or someone you know would like to post the original/updated list of state awards on your website, please instead link to Cynthia's site, which she has given us her permission to do. Thanks for your help with this project, Melissa Depper mzdepper@earthlink.net ____________________________________
Arizona The Arizona Young Reader Awards are given at three levels--picture books, intermediate, and middle school/YA. Connecticut Nutmeg Award: new website! http://www.geocites.com/nutmeg_award/ Montana Treasure State Award (for picture books) no website now, but watch the Missoula Public Library site for a future link: http://www.missoula.lib.mt.us Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award mps.k12.vt.us/msms/dcf/dcf.html ------------------------------ From: "Minkel, Walter (Cahners -NYC)" <WMinkel@cahners.com> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: New Spanish Encyclopedia MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:23:58 CST Speaking of Grolier's new online Spanish encyclopedia: we here at SLJ are looking for someone who is fluent in Spanish to review it for us. Any volunteers? Thanks, W ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Minkel * Technology Editor, School Library Journal * www.slj.com wminkel@cahners.com * (212) 463-6721 * fax (212) 463-6689 ------------------------------ From: Karen Cordiner <Karen_Cordiner@bc.sympatico.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Reading Aloud to / with teens MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:25:14 CST Hi, Everyone I am looking for information on reading aloud to teens. I have found some journal articles. The journal Adolescent and Adult Literacy has a read aloud suggestion page. Has anyone experience with such programs? I am also looking for some more on the theory behind reading aloud. Thanks, Karen Cordiner ------------------------------ From: ILefkowitz@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: College Students MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:26:29 CST We had a problem like this where preschool teachers were coming in and wiping out our holiday books three and four weeks before the holidays. Now we are ordering special holiday and seasonal books that are on a 7 day loan, no renewals, one per card. We also try to enforce a two book per subject limit in nonfiction. Though I have to admit, our definition of subject is very lenient with the kids. We do try to be stricter with the college kids and the preschool teachers. Just as an aside, it always bothers the heck out of me that these preschools and daycare centers don't have libraries even for the teachers! The parents pay a tremendous amount of money to have their kids there and there are no books for them to use. My two cents worth on the subject. Ilene Lefkowitz Youth Services Librarian Mount Olive Public Library (NJ) ILefkowitz@aol.com ------------------------------ From: grappa@erols.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: sleep overs in lilbraries Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:27:42 CST
I was wondering if anyone ever did a sleepover in the library. If you have any information please forward it to andrea@camden.lib.nj.us Thanks Andrea Camden County Library ------------------------------ From: PUB_YAC@mln.lib.ma.us To: pubyac@PRAIRIENET.org Subject: Service Learning Programs Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:28:58 CST Dear Pubyaccers: I am researching a book for Highsmith Press on Service Learning programs in public libraries. Service Learning is also called "Community service," and "Community Learning". If your library has an active Service Learning program, and you are willing to share your experiences, either via the email, or by phone, please contact me. Thanks in advance for your help. Steve Weiner, Director Maynard Public Library, Maynard, MA SWEINER@MLN.LIB.MA.US ------------------------------ From: LaMorte <tlamorte@suffolk.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: pets in the library MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:30:16 CST Hello everyone. I was wondering if any Children's Rooms have pets and if so what kind? Also, any feedback positive or negative would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Teresa LaMorte Children's Librarian Deer Park Public Library Deer Park, NY 11729 tlamorte@suffolk.lib.ny.us ------------------------------ From: Marijo Kist <mkist@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us> To: Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:32:22 CST
I have a patron in looking for a book she read as a child, probably mid 50s. It is about a girl named Josephine who is visiting her grandmother over the summer. Each night before the little girl goes to sleep, she picks out a square on the quilt. And then the grandmother tells her a story about that square. At the end it is revealed that the grandmother was the little girl in all the stories and the quilt talks about events in her life many years ago. It is a chapter book, a little longer than the Magic Treehouse books. Thanks! marijo Marijo Kist mkist@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us Acacia Branch Library (602) 262-6224
------------------------------ From: Laurel Sharp <lsharp@mailbox.lpl.org> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper solution (Gregory hooting/hollering) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:33:31 CST A rambunctious boy named Gregory is taken care of by his grandmother (maybe on a farm) and there's a lot of "hootin' and hollerin'" involved. Gregory, the noisiest and strongest boy in Grangers Grove. It's by Robert Bright,author of the Georgie ghost books and was published by Doubleday in 1969. Many many thanks to Ellen Braby (CA), Mary Ferris (NY) and Pat Vasilik (NJ). The patron was thrilled, and changed her mind about the awfulness of computers and the Internet. Laurel Sharp lsharp@mailbox.lpl.org ------------------------------ From: Selma Levi <slevi@mail.pratt.lib.md.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper-Nils MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:34:50 CST Hi, I have a patron who is looking for a Scandinavian story (possibly fairy tale or myth) that has a boy named Nils as the main character. It is not Selma Lagerlof's The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Nor is it the D'Aulaire's title, Nils. She doesn't think his name is in the title (and certainly I can't find another listed as such.) It could be in a collection of tales...she just can't remember. She's in her 50's so it would be at least 40 years old. Any help out there would be appreciated! Selma K. Levi slevi@epfl2.epflbalto.org voice # 410-396-5402 ------------------------------ From: hedy_harrison@ci.cerritos.ca.us To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: searched book consensus MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: "cc:Mail Note Part" Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:36:20 CST Thank you all out "there" folks who responded. I just needed a confirmation/consensus. THE HERO AND THE CROWN is the title most recommended, thank you. ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 59 *********************** |
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