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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, 17 May 2000 00:01:14 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 140 PUBYAC Digest 140 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: Graphic novels by Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org> 2) Re: Clarification-- PRIZE giveaway strategies? (fwd) by Eloise Symonds <childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us> 3) YA Fashion Show by "Vollrath, Elizabeth" <evollrat@uwsp.edu> 4) Re: Censorship help by Joni Richards Bodart <jonirb@earthlink.net> 5) Timer for counting minutes by Monica &Edmund Irlbacher <emirlbac@warwick.net> 6) shelving by Diane Conroy <easton.childrens@snet.net> 7) Stumper: fiction about libraries in the 1930s by steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us> 8) YA mourning 7th grader by Rose Turnacliff <rosedale@rconnect.com> 9) Censorship foes hope schools learn from dispute over wizard books by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Graphic novels MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:28:26 CDT
I second this recommendation. This is a great series! You might also consider "Akiko on the Planet Smoo" by Mark Crilley and the second volume, "Akiko in the Sprubly Islands" (due out in September 2000). Andrea Johnson ajohnson@cooklib.org > -----Original Message----- > From: HFL_LISA@stls.org [SMTP:HFL_LISA@stls.org] > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 5:35 PM > To: pubyac@prairienet.org > Subject: Re: Graphic novels > > The BONE books by SMITH are really wonderful with beautiful graphics. > They do not contain any objectionable content in terms of nudity etc. > They are suitablefor younger children-we have 10 year old who have read > all of them-but > still are creative enough for older teens. ------------------------------ From: Eloise Symonds <childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Clarification-- PRIZE giveaway strategies? (fwd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:38:23 CDT I haven't tried this yet, but I am toying with the idea of a bingo-type board with topics like "a book about an Asian country" or "a book about mammals" etc. with 16 (or 25?) squares of different subjects. Then they need to read a book to fill in the squares. If they fill it all in they can choose one of the bigger prizes on display. Eloise Symonds Youth Services Librarian Octavia Fellin Public Library Gallup, NM 87301
Erin Helmrich wrote: > Oops! Sounds like I didn't provide enough info. I provide PRIZES > continually throughout the summer so that's not an issue -- I just need > help re-vamping the end of summer GRAND prize giveaways. > > Thanks! > > ************** ORIGINAL MESSAGE ************ > Hello all -- my brain is frozen and I need some collective wisdom. > > I'm approaching my 4th annual TEEN program and want to revamp my procedure > for giving out the GRAND PRIZES at the end. I have 2 concerns > > - I'd like to eliminate the end of the summer huge job of putting 100s and > 100s of names into the "pot" -- currently every teen gets their name into > the "pot" for every 200 pages they earn. > > - I'm not sure how I weigh wanting to "lure" the kids who would never join > with a chance to win prizes VS. "rewarding" the kids who read a lot. > THey both have value. > > Any philosophies or successful ideas are greatly appreciated. > > TIA!! > Erin > > *********************************************** > > Erin V. Helmrich, M.L.S. > Youth Services/Young Adult Librarian > Royal Oak Public Library > *********************************************** > 222 E. 11 Mile Rd. > Royal Oak MI 48067 > P - 248.541.1470 > F - 248.545.6220 > helmrich@tln.lib.mi.us ------------------------------ From: "Vollrath, Elizabeth" <evollrat@uwsp.edu> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: YA Fashion Show MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:45:25 CDT I held a Fashion Show a number of years ago as part of the YA Summer Library Program. I worked with the County Extension Agent who had contact with 4-H girls. Teens who read about it in the SLP flyer also participated. Some girls made the clothes they modelled. For the others, clothing stores loaned complete outfits, including jewlery, scarfs, hats, etc. The kids (there was one boy and 15 girls) selected their clothes a few days before and I picked their choices up the day of the show and returned them later the same day. The stores gave discounts to the kids who bought the clothes, although there was no pressure to buy. We held the show in the main reading area of the library. We pushed all the tables and chairs out, but no one seemed to mind the kids took over the library that day. The teens selected the music and worked the cassette player. They also wrote the scripts with only a little help from us. The kids who didn't want to model, narrated the show (I recommend a microphone) and prepared and served snacks to the audience. We made sure to credit the loaning stores in the narrations. The newspaper gave great coverage with a couple of nice photos. It was a lot of fun and brought in parents, relatives, and friends of the models. I highly recommend this program. ------------------------------ From: Joni Richards Bodart <jonirb@earthlink.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Censorship help MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:52:41 CDT Jennifer-- First, I'd begin to gather ammunition in support of the titles. Look for reviews, awards won, lists they were on, etc. Contact the Office for Intellectual Freedom at ALA for more support. Are there other libraries in your local area serving YAs? Contact them to see if they have the titles, and where they have them classified. Would the local librarians who purchased them be willing to write a letter of support for the titles? So far as I am concerned, any challenge is a little scary, and I remember how worried I was when I faced my first one. Sounds like you're doing fine, and just need to garner support for the books, and feed that information to your director. And for what it's worth--perhaps little--it's been my experience that a lot of the time, the challenges come in about titles you were sure were squeaky clean, while all the controversial titles I "snuck" into the collection quietly go in and out without a problem. Of course, I've always felt that I am a very lucky person, and this may be another example of that!! Good luck, and know that lotsa folks out there in libraryland are rooting for you! Joni Richards Bodart ------------------------------ From: Monica &Edmund Irlbacher <emirlbac@warwick.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Timer for counting minutes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:59:43 CDT Dear pubyacers, I hope someone out there can help....a fews years ago there were some directions that suggested how children could make their own timer (something like an egg timer) to count the minutes they read each day for their summer reading program. This is the first year that we are trying counting minutes. They will be recording each 15 min. reading period in a reading log with graph paper blocks. I was hoping that making timers could be a craft project that we could do at the beginning of our SRP. Can anyone help with info about making the timers? Thanks for any help. Reply to Monica - emirlbac@warwick.net ------------------------------ From: Diane Conroy <easton.childrens@snet.net> To: PUBLIB <publib@sunsite.berkeley.edu>, PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: shelving MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 13:07:10 CDT Here's a question that has come up time and time again at our library. How do you shelve authors whose names begin with Mc? Some of the staff in my library say that you need to "assume" that Mc = Mac, others shelve in alphabetical order like the phone book. I think ALA may have changed their pollicy on this one. I would love to see what other libraries do with this one. Thank you in advance. Diane Conroy Assistant Director/Children's Librarian easton.childrens@snet.net Easton Public Library Easton, CT ------------------------------ From: steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us> To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper: fiction about libraries in the 1930s MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 13:14:05 CDT One of our patrons asked the question: "What were libraries like in the 1930's?" I've found some factual stuff, but I'm also trying to find an excerpt from a children's fiction book that describes a child's library experience in the 30's. The samples I can think of that have library chapters are either too early, like "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "All-of-a-Kind Family," or too late, like "Beezus and Ramona." Any ideas? Steven Engelfried, Children's Librarian Deschutes Public Library System, Bend Branch 601 NW Wall St Bend, OR 97701 ph: 541-617-7072 fax: 541-617-7073 e-mail: stevene@dpls.lib.or.us
------------------------------ From: Rose Turnacliff <rosedale@rconnect.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: YA mourning 7th grader Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 13:22:00 CDT I need suggestions for books for a 13year old who has just lost her mother to cancer. The family has asked me to construct a list of books to help her deal with her anger and frustration. Excellent reader and writer, but currently grades are slipping. Can you suggestion something? rosedale@rconnect.com ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> Subject: Censorship foes hope schools learn from dispute over wizard books Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 13:31:13 CDT from free! Censorship foes hope schools learn from dispute over wizard books http://www.freedomforum.org/news/2000/05/2000-05-15-02.asp "Fresh from a victory against restrictions on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books in Zeeland, Mich., free-expression groups are hoping that the way the dispute was settled will show school districts in other states that concerns over the best-selling children's books are unfounded."
_________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 312-280-4225 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 http://www.ala.org/oif.html ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 140 ************************ |
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