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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, 26 May 2000 00:01:10 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 148 PUBYAC Digest 148 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) children's music CDs by Georgi Sandgren <ivylane3@yahoo.com> 2) RE: rocking chairs in Children's Areas by tkboudre <tkboudre@is2.dal.ca> 3) RE: New Name for Storytime by Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org> 4) children's cassettes/CD's by tkboudre <tkboudre@is2.dal.ca> 5) Review materials for Christian Books by Elaine Morgan <elainem@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us> 6) Re: Edgar Allan Poe Awards by David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org> 7) Re: Lapsit/Infant story times by "Shalar Brown" <SHBROWN@iowa-city.lib.ia.us> 8) RE: Help please - Ideas related to theme "2000:the edge of tomorrow" by HFL_LISA@stls.org 9) A question that's been bothering me by Granny Sue <pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu> 10) YA Program ideas by Mildred Bernstein <tomildred@yahoo.com> 11) Re: New Name for Storytime by Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net> 12) Re: New Name for Storytime by Paulalef@aol.com 13) Re: How do we impact the teaching of reading? by Jodi Cohen <cohenj2@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> 14) Re: How do we impact the teaching of reading? by Jodi Cohen <cohenj2@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> 15) Year-round Reading Club by d.f.vaden@att.net 16) Re: New Name for Storytime by Pat BeCraft <becrafpa@oplin.lib.oh.us> 17) Bookmobile listserv by DAISYWAGES@aol.com 18) Written Policies by "Dorothy Williams" <Dorothy@peabody.whitleynet.org> 19) Re: rocking chairs in Children's Areas by "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us> 20) Emily Wheelock Reed Has Passed Away by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> 21) Stumper-Girls on Riverboat by "Fredda Williams" <freddawilliams@hotmail.com> 22) Best books for babies & toddlers responses by Julia Aker <jaker@japl.lib.in.us> 23) SF Short Story Stumper solved by Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us 24) True Crime for Young Adults by ThrasherS@jcl.lib.ks.us 25) Captain Underpants by Bucalosj@aol.com 26) gormenghast stumper by Christine Hill <chill@willingboro.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Georgi Sandgren <ivylane3@yahoo.com> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: children's music CDs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:11:25 CDT We've started to add CDs to our children's music collection and I need to create a "core collection" of about 40 titles. As they are more expensive than cassettes, I would like to start off buying those that are most likely to circulate heavily. I know Disney, Raffi, and Sesame Street circulate well - but I'm interested in hearing about other lesser known titles and artists which are popular in your collection. Especially hard to find are titles which are popular with grade school children, not just pre-schoolers. TIA-Georgi ===== Georgi Sandgren Children's Librarian East Islip Public Library 381 East Main Street East Islip, New York 11730-2896 631-581-9200 ext. 6 ivylane3@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: tkboudre <tkboudre@is2.dal.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: rocking chairs in Children's Areas Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:15:58 CDT Hi, The public library in Sydney, Nova Scotia has a big rocking chair in the children's library section. I love it, and I have seen parents sitting in it with their children on their laps. It is a traditional wooden rocking chair. Tanya ------------------------------ From: Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: New Name for Storytime Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:17:49 CDT
At our library, we've had pretty good success with these programs. For awhile, we called it the "Cookie Jar Club" and always had some kind of cookies to go with the stories. Recently we wanted to be able to highlight an individual theme for each storytime, so they are now called "Afterschool Story Specials" and each one has an individual theme and name that we advertise, with the overarching name "Afterschool Story Specials" so they know what to expect. So, for example, the one I did last month was "Afterschool Story Special: Fractured Fairy Tale Fun". Andrea Johnson Children's Librarian Cook Memorial Public Library ajohnson@cooklib.org ------------------------------ From: tkboudre <tkboudre@is2.dal.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: children's cassettes/CD's Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:19:36 CDT Hi Everyone, What children's cassettes and CD's are popular in your libraries? Are there ones that always are taken out by parents/teachers/children? Do you have your favorites to use in programs for toddlers or preschoolers? I have just graduated with my MLIS degree and I am starting a new job as a children's librarian in Saskatchewan. Any feedback on this topic would be much appreciated! Thank-you Tanya Boudreau ------------------------------ From: Elaine Morgan <elainem@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Review materials for Christian Books MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:21:33 CDT Dear PUBYACers, I am presenting a short workshop this summer to a group of church librarians on material selection. I remember that in the past there was a discussion on review materials for Christian books. I was not able to access the archives for this information. If you saved this list of periodicals, etc, would you be so kind as to forward it to me. Also if anyone is aware of review materials for Jewish materials, I'd appreciate having that also. TIA, elm Elaine Lesh Morgan, Youth Librarian Rockwood Branch Library Multnomah County Library 17917 S.E. Stark St. (503) 248-5396 fax (503)248-5178 Portland, OR 97233 elainem@nethost.multnomah.or.lib.us ------------------------------ From: David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Edgar Allan Poe Awards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:36:47 CDT
On Wed, 24 May 2000, David Serchay wrote: > Juvenile was The Night Flyers by Elizabeth McDavid Jones and YA was Never > Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Van Velde > And by the way, the third Harry Potter book won the Stoker award from the horror writers association. David > > > On Mon, 22 May 2000, Jeanenne Reid Robinson wrote: > > > > > > > Does anyone know the Edgar Allan Poe award winners for Juvenile and Young > > Adult books for 2000? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Jeanenne Robinson > > Jrrchild@hotmail.com > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ------------------------------ From: "Shalar Brown" <SHBROWN@iowa-city.lib.ia.us> To: <cleeson@nslsilus.org>, <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Lapsit/Infant story times Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:39:13 CDT Although I only have the experience of one 4-week lapsit storytime session behind me, I'll tell you what we did. We had 15 babies, aged 6-18 months, with one adult each in our group. Each week, we read three books, two of the three every week of the four- week session. For the repeated titles, the library made the investment of purchasing 15 copies of each title. FYI, the two titles were "Cow Moo Me" by Stephen Losordo, a board book, and "The little mouse, the red, ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear" by Don & Audrey Wood in paperback. We'd pass a copy to every parent/child pair, and the first week we modeled reading them, but subsequent weeks, everyone sort of naturally just read it at their own pace, to their own child, which was interesting and fun . It got a little noisy, but this didn't seem to interfere with their enjoyment. We wanted to repeat the titles every week to give the babies (and parents) a chance to get familiar with the books, which only happens with repea! ! ! t readings. Each week we also did one additional story, and we tended toward titles that had a good rhythm. For example, the first week my storytime partner read "Chicka chicka boom boom" and I kept the rhythm on a drum. As Mary Vanston did, we "walked" the group, so that everyone got to see the illustrations up close at least once. We used a big book one week and didn't walk. From the evaluations, when asked, nearly everyone preferred using the two multiple-copy books every week, even though it meant le ss variety, and also enjoyed the additional books. We tried to do something like the drum every week, to stimulate multiple senses while reading. So, I guess I agree with both sides, and that's why we tried to utilize both methods! Shalar Brown Iowa City Public Library Iowa City, Iowa shbrown@iowa-city.lib.ia.us ------------------------------ From: HFL_LISA@stls.org To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Help please - Ideas related to theme "2000:the edge of tomorrow" Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:41:17 CDT Millenium Time Capsules would be great for this. I got 20-30 large tin cans froma local restaraunt-the big sauce cans like a gallon. We made up 6 pages of questoins and writing for the kids. What do you think your job will be like, who is your favorite teacher, what will you look like, how many kids will you have etc. The kids answers were great! We suggested little things for htem to bring for the capsule-POkemon cards, sports hats, school pictures etc. SOme brought CD's-a girl said she couldn't beleive she liked the Spice Girls last year and put that in! We made up labels on our computer on card stock and then sealed the capsule with just a circle cut from cardboard they decorated. We also took a Polaroid picture of them holding the time capsule which we put in. Remind them these are to jsut to put on a closet shelf-not bury! ------------------------------ From: Granny Sue <pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu> To: PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: A question that's been bothering me MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:43:07 CDT Please don't take this wrong--this is something I've wondered about for a while. I've been a member of this listserve for about 3 years now, and I keep noticing posts from people asking for ideas for programs they are planning to have in the very near future--often programs that have already been advertised. While an idea for a program might be good, it seems to me that the planning for the event should happen before the program is advertised in print. For example, Summer Reading themes: I've seen many pleas for ideas for themes, often within weeks of summer. Do folks not figure out what programs, displays, etc will fit a particular theme before they select it? I know some places have to go with statewide themes, but aren't these selected well in advance so planning can be done? I've also read posts asking for help with teen programs that are imminent, yet the people posting say they don't know what/how to do the program. It seems to me we shoot ourselve in the foot with this shotgun approach to programming. Far better to offer less and plan more, I think. Am I the only one who has wondered about this? Not trying to start a war here, just genuinely trying to understand this. Susanna Holstein ------------------------------ From: Mildred Bernstein <tomildred@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: YA Program ideas MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:45:12 CDT I have been asked to come up with a list of YA programs for the upcoming school year. After brainstorming with some YA's, we came up with the following: Candle making (using bees wax) Origami Cartooning
Are there any YA programs that you might have done that worked well? I need all the help I can get. TIA Mildred Bernstein Children/YA Trainee Elmont Public Library Elmont, NY tomildred@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: New Name for Storytime MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:47:12 CDT About 3 years ago, I created a program for this group for the same reasons you stated. It is an hour-long program, held one Wednesday per month after school, called StoryCraft. I conduct the program with another librarian and several teen volunteers, for up to 40 kids at a time (usually we get about 23). Each month we explore a different theme. The first half hour consists of activities, booktalks, songs, and storytelling. The second half hour is a craft related to the theme. One librarian and the teens set up the craft while the other librarian tells a story. You don't want the craft set up before the kids come in, or they will head for that and not pay attention to the rest of your program. Also, have lots of books on the topic available to check out. I won the 1999 ALSC/Econo-Clad Award for this program, and it is the subject of my (& my co-author's) forthcoming book. You can read about it at www.mcfarlandpub.com It was supposed to be published this year, but it looks like it will be delayed till 2001. Anyway, you should get the idea. Make sure you have a room big enough to hold everyone, because you will get a crowd! Martha Simpson, Head of Children's Services Stratford (CT) Library ------------------------------ From: Paulalef@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: New Name for Storytime MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:49:32 CDT Hi! We use "Chapter Club" because, except during the summer when kids come and go too much to ensure continuity, we read a chapter book over the period of the program. We start with riddles, jokes, tongue-twisters, etc., telling kids that a joke or riddle is their admission ticket. Then we read a chapter or two of the chapter book, then alternate longer picture books and folktales with activities like "Hi, My Name Is So." We use poetry, sing songs, use fingerplays, etc. Works well. Paula Lefkowitz Head. Children's Services Parsippany (NJ) Public Library ------------------------------ From: Jodi Cohen <cohenj2@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: How do we impact the teaching of reading? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:51:39 CDT
Reading Readiness is one thing. Recent literature shows, however, that the development of phonemic awareness isthe top skill needed for children to learn to read. This means that they are able to hear individual sounds. We already do things like tongue twisters, animal sounds, rhymes, etc. which facilitate learning to discriminate same from different. I am encouraging YS librarians to do more of this. Reading Readiness also includes things like learning left to right, up to down, shapes and the fact that squiggles on a page have a meaning. I hope that everyone is already doing this. Really, learning to read takes more than just WANTING to. Jodi Cohen Principal Librarian Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
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I guess my perspective is also filtered through experience working with inner city kids. Many do not have the home support of parents reading to them. Many of the day care providers are functioning with low literacy skills themselves. Clearly, many suffer from a low-print environment. Since all those wonderful brain synapses are getting hardwired in the first few years, I believe that our most important work is preparing them to be successful with print/computer screens. Jodi Cohen Principal Librarian Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
------------------------------ From: d.f.vaden@att.net To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Year-round Reading Club Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:55:21 CDT If anyone has experience with conducting a year-round reading club for children and/or adults, would you please respond directly to me at d.f.vaden@att.net? Thank you so much. Debbie ------------------------------ From: Pat BeCraft <becrafpa@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: New Name for Storytime MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:57:08 CDT What about "Explorers Club" Pat BeCraft Clermont County Public Library ------------------------------ From: DAISYWAGES@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Bookmobile listserv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:59:27 CDT Is anyone aware of a listserv for people involved with library bookmobiles? If so, could you e-mail me the information. Thanks, Georgia ------------------------------ From: "Dorothy Williams" <Dorothy@peabody.whitleynet.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Written Policies Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:01:38 CDT I am serving on our libraries Personnel Policy Committee and need examples of written policies on the following subjects: 1.Employee evaluation procedures and method of deciding salary/wage increases. 2. Travel expense policy 3. Deferred Compensation Policy 4. Moving and Interview Expense policy 5. Work schedules: We are working on a weekly schedule. This means we don't know until Friday what hours we are working next week. 6. Sick Leave Bank 7. Employee use of patron computers for Internet, e-mail, word processing, etc. I would appreciate any that you can snail mail, e-mail or FAX. Thank you. Dorothy@peabody.whitleynet.org FAX 1-219-244-5653 PO Box 406 1160 E Hwy 205 Columbia City, IN 46725 ------------------------------ From: "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: rocking chairs in Children's Areas Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:03:29 CDT We have two regular rocking chairs in our children's room; one in the front and one in the back. They are used frequently by patrons and to my knowledge we have never had a problem with injuries. I think parents enjoy having a comfortable chair in which to sit and read to their child. Cindy Rider Young Peoples Dept. Vigo Co. Public Library Terre Haute, IN crider@vigo.lib.in.us http://www.vigo.lib.in.us "In real life, of course, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case, it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market." - Anita Brookner Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. Dogs have Owners, Cats have Staff. ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> Subject: Emily Wheelock Reed Has Passed Away Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:05:20 CDT Emily Wheelock Reed, who was honored with an ALA Council resolution from the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee at the 2000 Midwinter Meeting and who was to receive the Freedom to Read Foundation's Honor Roll Award in person at the 2000 Annual Conference, has passed away. from the Washington Post http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/obituaries/A60304-2000May24.html "Emily W. Reed, 89, a retired librarian who in the 1950s was attacked by Alabama segregationists for placing in state libraries a children's book about the marriage of a black rabbit and a white rabbit, died of heart ailments May 19 at the Broadmead retir ement community in Cockeysville, Md."
------------------------------ From: "Fredda Williams" <freddawilliams@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper-Girls on Riverboat Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:07:13 CDT Help! One of our nicest patrons, a retired lady who is a very active member of our Friends' group, called today with a real stumper. I'd love to be able to help her, as she has been so good to us. All she remembers is that it's a series from the 1950's about some girls who grew up on a riverboat. That's all I have to go on, and I know it isn't much. If anyone can help, please reply directly to me and I'll pass any ideas on to our patron. Thanks, Fredda
Fredda Williams Children's Services Manager Knox County Public Library System freddawilliams@hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Julia Aker <jaker@japl.lib.in.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Best books for babies & toddlers responses Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:09:11 CDT Unfortunately we received more requests for the responses than actual responses. Here is what we did receive: Lisa Falk, Children's Librarian III, Children's Services, LAPL, 213-228-7488: Here is a link to the L.A. Kids Read area of our website - booklists of board books, concept books, wordless books, puzzle, game and guessing books, poetry rhymes, songs & folklore and wonderful picture books to read aloud to babies and toddlers: http://www.lapl.org/kidsweb/booklist/read2mela-0p.html (L.A. Kids Read is a program that educates parents about reading aloud to very young children.) You might also want to order ALA's "Born to Read - How to Raise a Reader" brochure - that also features an excellent booklist, along with tips & hints for reading aloud to the very young!
SHELLIE COCKING, OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES, San Francisco PL: Try our booklist for toddlers http://206.14.7.53/edc/toddlers.htm
Julia Aker, Director 812-522-3412 x223 (voice) Jackson Co. Public Library 812-522-5456 (fax) 303 W. Second St. http://www.seymour.org/MainLib/ Seymour, IN 47274-2147 ------------------------------ From: Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: SF Short Story Stumper solved Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:11:16 CDT The short story about the girl who is locked in a closet and misses the rain is All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. It truly is a wonderful, touching story. Off the top of my head I think you can find it in the book A Medicine for Melancholy. Diane Tuccillo Senior Librarian/YA Coordinator Mesa Public Library, AZ ------------------------------ From: ThrasherS@jcl.lib.ks.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: True Crime for Young Adults MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:13:40 CDT I have a young adult patron, a girl, whose mother is reading Ann Rule, and she wants to read books like this. Can anyone of think of any true crime books that are either young adult or adult books appropriate for young adults? We are stumped. If I understood correctly, she wants nonfiction, but any books will probably work (if we talk 'em right!). Thanks! Shawn Thrasher Lackman Branch Johnson County Library Kansas ------------------------------ From: Bucalosj@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Captain Underpants MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:17:27 CDT Dear Colleagues: I am looking for other titles that might hold the interest of Captain Underpants fans, who very often are reluctant readers. I'd really appreciate your ideas. Thanks. Stephanie Bucalo John Jermain Memorial Library Sag Harbor, NY ------------------------------ From: Christine Hill <chill@willingboro.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: gormenghast stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:19:36 CDT Many thanks to the ten librarians (so far) who have responded that the hyphen mistakenly inserted in this word made it impossible for me to find Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone, known as the Gormenghast Trilogy, in the sources I consulted. Several respondants added that it has been made into a BBC-TV series and several compared it to Tolkien, one adding that it is "for those who think Tolkien too bland." Christine M. Hill Willingboro Public Library One Salem Road Willingboro, NJ 08046 chill@willingboro.org My new book! Robert Ballard: Oceanographer Who Discovered the Titanic, Enslow, 1999 ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 148 ************************ |
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