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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: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:01:08 CDT

Subject: PUBYAC digest 126

PUBYAC Digest 126

Topics covered in this issue include:

1) Booktalks Needed

by "Jennifer Bromann" <bromannj@hotmail.com>

2) Graphic Novels

by Robin Del Guidice <guidicr@thpl.org>

3) Harry Potter--Christian Viewpoint

by Andrew Finkbeiner <ANDREW@rockford.lib.il.us>

4) Pacific Northwest Puppeteers

by THOMPSON Barbara <bthompson@ci.springfield.or.us>

5) Stumper: Children in the Land of OG

by "Sandra Pierce" <spierce@nwrls.lib.fl.us>

6) Re: immigration booklist

by Diana Berry <berryd@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us>

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From: "Jennifer Bromann" <bromannj@hotmail.com>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Booktalks Needed

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:12:51 CDT

We are looking for booktalks for teenagers for possible inclusion in an

upcoming book on booktalking to young adults. If you think you have some

that fit the guidelines below, please submit them for review to:

Jennifer Bromann

8449 S. Moody

Prairie Trails Public Library

Burbank, IL 60459

Or

bromannj@hotmail.com

Or

Fax with attention to Jennifer Bromann at 708 430 5596

Guidelines for submission of booktalks.

1. Submissions must be booktalks for contemporary YA novels or adult novels

with YA appeal, focusing on, but not limited to, grades 7-12.

2. Genres or types of books should be science fiction, historical fiction,

short stories, realistic fiction, fantasy, short books, non-fiction, horror,

mystery/suspense, humor, romance, adventure, fairy tales, sports, and adult

books. Others, such as graphic novels, will be considered, as well.

3. Booktalks can be a variety of lengths, but we are especially looking for

shorter talks.

4. Although any booktalks will be considered, we are mostly looking for

those that have a direct relation to a young adults life, but that represent

a variety of styles and approaches.

5. Talks should use an attention getting question, character, scene from the

book, a real life situation, whether from the news or a teenager’s life, or

pop culture, and plot summaries should focus on the young adults, although

other talks will be considered as examples of different styles.

6. Booktalks should be tested in front of a young adult audience.

7. Submissions should be original and not be previously published in any

other print or on-line publication or web site.

8. We reserve the right to edit all selected submissions.

9. Please include your full name, place of employment, address, phone

number, e-mail address, and title, author, and publisher and publication

date of all books for which booktalks are being submitted.

Booktalks will be credited to their authors and the authors of the booktalks

will be informed and asked to give their permission before inclusion in this

publication. Please contact me with any questions.

Thanks,

Jennifer

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From: Robin Del Guidice <guidicr@thpl.org>

To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Graphic Novels

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:19:39 CDT

I'm sorry to bring this up again. I know it has been discussed before

but, without archives, I must do it again! We are getting ready to add a

graphic novel collection to some of our branches. What have those of

you with collections done about cataloging and processing? Do you treat

them as YA fiction, YA paperbacks or put them in nonfiction? We do not

have a separate YA nonfiction collection - they would be treated as

Adult.

TIA for any advice - please respond directly to me.

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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@thpl.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: Andrew Finkbeiner <ANDREW@rockford.lib.il.us>

To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Harry Potter--Christian Viewpoint

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:21:15 CDT

In the spirit of the recent PLA presentation "Intellectual Freedom and the

Fundamentalist Christian," I would direct your attention to the following

essay: "Exploring Harry Potter's World" by Lindy Beam, Focus On The Family

magazine, May 2000 issue, pages 14-15. Those who are interested in learning

why Harry Potter ranks as a "dangerous" book to many conservative

evangelical Christians will find that this essay reasonably presents the

problems based on scripture and offers solutions for families that do _not_

include banning the books from schools and public libraries. This essay is

worth the time and effort of Interlibrary Loan if your library does not

subscribe to the magazine. Perhaps some of your Christian patrons subscribe

and could get you a copy faster!

Andrew Finkbeiner

Rockford (IL) Public Library

andrew@rockford.lib.il.us

Visit our website at http://www.rpl.rockford.org

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From: THOMPSON Barbara <bthompson@ci.springfield.or.us>

To: KIDs-lib@sparkie.osl.or.us

Subject: Pacific Northwest Puppeteers

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:22:29 CDT

We're looking for puppeteers from the Pacific Northwest for our annual

Springfield Puppet Festival. Our regular performers include Tears of Joy,

Celeste Rose's Oregon Fantasy Theatre, Carter Family Marionettes, Greg

Harris's Indonesian Shadow Puppetry, the Oregon Shadow Puppet Theatre, and

Mark Levenson's Punch and Judy. These are all great puppeteers but we would

like to increase our possibilities. If you have suggestions and contact

information, please send them to me.

Thanks,

Barbara Thompson

Springfield Public Library

bthompson@ci.springfield.or.us

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From: "Sandra Pierce" <spierce@nwrls.lib.fl.us>

To: "pubyac@prairienet.org" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Stumper: Children in the Land of OG

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:23:44 CDT

Greetings,

This is my first time posting. I have seen many stumpers answered

so maybe you can help. I have a patron who is trying to find a book

that was read to her in the mid 70's when she was in third grade in

Oregon. It's the story of children who discover little people entering

their playhouse through a tunnel in the floor. The little people were

from the land of OG. The children went back with the people to the

land of OG. She has fund memories of this book and would like to find

it. TIA.

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Sandra Pierce

Youth Services Librarian

Youth Services Department

Northwest Regional Library System

Bay County Public Library

25 W. Government Street

Panama City, FL 3240l

Ph: (850) 872-7500 ext 24

Fax: (850) 872-7507

E-mail: spierce@nwrls.lib.fl.us

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From: Diana Berry <berryd@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: immigration booklist

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:25:11 CDT

Does anyone have a booklist, or suggestions for a booklist, of immigration

titles for youth? We have a patron who would like a list on the topic, with

immigration stories that are fairly easy to read but cover a range of ages

to early teen. TIA

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