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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, 3 May 2000 00:01:07 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 129 PUBYAC Digest 129 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Graphic Novels by RoseMary Honnold <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us> 2) RE: Harry Potter--Christian Viewpoint by "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> 3) Sister City Pen Pals by Alan Broadwell <abroadwe@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us> 4) Launch Into Books Theme by "Elaine M." <elainem9@hotmail.com> 5) Book Discussions by CruiseCat5@aol.com 6) Cleaning Headphones by Susan259@aol.com 7) Stumper--car wreck ghosts by choman@lib.az.us 8) stumper thanks by "Lisa Prolman" <lprolman@hotmail.com> 9) stumper-chapter books for very young children by Mary Matuszewski <marym@srls.public.lib.ga.us> 10) Stumper: Bear on Picnic? by Becky Smith <bsmith@utstcelbgw.state.lib.ut.us> 11) TX: Adrienne Yorinks Quilts by Jeanette Larson <jlarson@tenet.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RoseMary Honnold <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Graphic Novels MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:49:43 CDT I have put all the graphic novels (trade paperbacks) and comics together in an acrylic display unit that fits on a library shelf, but displays the fronts of the comics. They are shelved in the YA room above the new fiction books which I also display front facing. The loan period is 7 days (like our magazines) and they all have a "comics" label on them to make it easy for the pages to know where they go. "Comics" is also in the call number in the computer. RoseMary Lisa Prolman wrote: > We have taken a different view at our library. We have our graphic novels > categorized as Young Adult Fiction and keep them in our YA room on a table > (the collection is currently very small), because we were afraid that if > they were shelved in the nonfiction, our patrons would have a harder time > finding them. > > Lisa Prolman > Assistant Children's Librarian "All things considered, > Greenfield Public Library insanity may be the only > 402 Main Street reasonable alternative." > Greenfield, MA 01301 > (413)772-1590 > lprolman@hotmail.com > lisa.prolman@simmons.edu > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Harry Potter--Christian Viewpoint MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:55:08 CDT Thanks, Andrew, for pointing out this essay. I went to the family friendly site that had been pointed out, read the condensed article there, and did some browsing, focusing on media reviews. Very interesting! I did, indeed, get the point the critic of "Harry Potter" was making, and it was a point of view I hadn't considered before. Thus, I'd recommend taking a look at it, also. However, as a Christian Harry Potter fan, I do get uneasy when I read such essays, for two reasons. First, Evangelical/Fundamentalist parents have every right to monitor their own children's viewing/listening and reading. But do they have the right to keep the "Harry Potter" books out of *public school* classrooms and libraries? Second, the site as a whole promotes a narrow and rigid view of Christianity that does not allow for questions ( take a look at the review of U2's "Pop", for example). It distresses me to see this rigid view promulagated as "Christianity" when Christianity is so broad and varied and, even in the narrow view, is such an imaginative and open faith. I realize I'm getting a bit off track here - summing up; I found the 'simple' version of the essay well worth reading and considering, but I found other things on the site distressing - in particular, an essay by a teacher that seems to promote censorship, and the tone of some of the reviews. It is good to get a more nuanced view of the Harry Potter furor from a Fundamentalist parent's point of view - but, when such parents go beyond advising their own children and seek to control what can be read in classrooms, that is still censorship! Just my two cents - I didn't mean to go on so long. Again, thanks, both of you, for pointing this essay out. Mary Johnson, YA librarian, North Castle Library, Armonk, NY mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us ------------------------------ From: Alan Broadwell <abroadwe@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Sister City Pen Pals MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:56:17 CDT
Has anyone had experience with pen pal or e-pal programs with sister cities or other countries. If so please e-mail direct to sbegin@cumberland.lib.nc.us. Thanks! Alan
------------------------------ From: "Elaine M." <elainem9@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Launch Into Books Theme Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:57:39 CDT Hi There Everyone... I'm hoping there will be a few of you out there who can assist me. I'm planning my summer reading program which is going to be the theme of "Launch Into Books," basically an outerspace, aliens, planets type of theme. I took a look through my entertainment file in search of some sort of program (or two) that would suit this theme. I haven't run into anything that goes along with our theme. I know some magicians would do space themes, but we *always* seem to have magic shows here and I'm looking for something new. I'm in northern New Jersey. Have any of you in the tri-state area had success with a program along the lines of what I'm looking for? Any help (or contact info) would be greatly appreciated! Elaine ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: CruiseCat5@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Book Discussions Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:59:04 CDT I am a student taking a reading motivation technique class at Queens College. Currently I am working on a research paper about book discussions. I have found most of the information necessary for my paper within the following books: The Reading Group Handbook, The New York Public Library Guide to Reading Groups, The Book Group Book, The Mother-Daughter Book Club, and A guide For Leading Parent/Child Book Discussion Groups. I also found several magazine articles, "Having Their Say: How to Lead Great Book Discussions with Children," from SLJ April 1998 being the most helpful. I still do not have enough advice on how to run a successful book discussion from children's librarians. What kinds of discussion groups have been successful (mother-daughter, parent/child, child only different grade levels, etc.) How often do the groups meet? Also comments on how book discussions have motivated children to read. Also, I am a librarian trainee and plan on conducting a book discussion in July for children entering grades four and five. Can anyone recommend books that are appropriate for this age group? Many of the books that have been recommended to me by colleagues seem to be on school reading lists. Thank you, Laura Rizzo ------------------------------ From: Susan259@aol.com To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Cleaning Headphones Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:01:44 CDT What is the best way to clean headphones? Susan Smith Youth Technology Specialist Librarian East Branch Arlington Public Library Arlington Texas ------------------------------ From: choman@lib.az.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper--car wreck ghosts Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:03:37 CDT Hello fellow pubyakkers! I am a long-time lurker and have enjoyed all the discussion, debate, suggestions, and am always impressed with "our" stumper-solving abilities. Now I have a patron who is looking for a book she read in the eighties (she thinks it was published then as well) about two ghosts, a boy and a girl, who haunt a stretch of highway. She thinks the highway is along a seashore, the boy and the girl were is two separate car wrecks at the same spot and they now return to try to warn others. They went over the cliff and that's why they were never found or something like that. The other thing that sticks in her memory is that at the end of the book they (or someone) release a bunch of balloons. She thinks that balloon or balloons may have been in the title. Please reply to me at choman@glenpub.lib.az.us and I will post the answer to the list. TIA for your help! Cecelia ------------------------------ From: "Lisa Prolman" <lprolman@hotmail.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: stumper thanks Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:04:50 CDT Thanks to all who responded to my stumper about the bear and the garden. The consensus was that it was TOPS AND BOTTOMS by Janet Stevens. I'll pass on the info. to my coworker tomorrow. Everyone here is just great! Lisa Lisa Prolman Assistant Children's Librarian "All things considered, Greenfield Public Library insanity may be the only 402 Main Street reasonable alternative." Greenfield, MA 01301 (413)772-1590 lprolman@hotmail.com lisa.prolman@simmons.edu ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Mary Matuszewski <marym@srls.public.lib.ga.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: stumper-chapter books for very young children MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:06:20 CDT I have had this question twice now from parents and I need to appeal to the group wisdom. Two different parents have come to me looking for books that they can read one chapter a night to their 3-5yr old child. Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter and Winnie-the-Pooh (although parent claimed it didn't have enough pictures) come to mind. Does anyone els have any other suggestions? I have checked The Read Aloud Handbook by Trelease and the NoveList database. You may reply directly to me, and I will compile a list for the listserv. Thank you for your help! Mary Matuszewski mmatusz@hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Becky Smith <bsmith@utstcelbgw.state.lib.ut.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper: Bear on Picnic? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:07:54 CDT I have a patron looking for a book she read 'a few years ago' (of course!) about a bear on a picnic. All she remembers is a bear hiding in a picnic basket and jumping out and surprising everyone. She says it's a large-format book with beautiful illustrations. It's not Jez Alborough's "It's the Bear." Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! -- Becky Ann Smith, Children's Librarian Logan Library, Logan, UT bsmith@mail.state.lib.ut.us http://www.logan.lib.ut.us ------------------------------ From: Jeanette Larson <jlarson@tenet.edu> Subject: TX: Adrienne Yorinks Quilts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:09:25 CDT The Texas Library Association announces that three quilts created by noted textile artist, Adrienne Yorinks, are available for sale through an on-line auction at http://www.txla.org/wells/gallery.html. The quilts were created as studies for quilts created for STAND FOR CHILDREN by Marian Wright Edelman (Hyperion, 1998). These unique illustrations are created with cotton and vintage fabrics using modern processes of photo transfer and traditional elements of quilting, a truly American art form. Successful bidders will also receive a copy of the book, STAND FOR CHILDREN courtesy of Hyperion Books for Children. The quilts are valued at more than $1,500 each (the quilts that were created for use in the book are appraised at $3,000-$5,000). The on-line auction will accept bids throughout the summer. Proceeds benefit the Texas Library Association's Disaster Relief Fund, to help Texas libraries restore collections after major disasters (floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.). Thank you for your support of children's illustration art and the Texas Library Association. Bid early and bid often and feel free to pass this information along to other lists or share it with friends and colleagues.
-- Jeanette Larson Ad Hoc Committee Disaster Relief Fund Texas Library Association jlarson@tenet.edu 512-463-5456 ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 129 ************************ |
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