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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, 7 Jun 2000 00:01:05 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 156 PUBYAC Digest 156 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Library Photography Contests by "Saunders, Katherine" <ksaunders@mail.sppl.net> 2) Pokemon Trading Card Day by Kwitkowm@libcoop.net 3) Re: Pokemon Trading Card Day by "Sarah Dornback" <dornback@hotmail.com> 4) Re: rocking chairs in Children's Areas by "M. Mills" <mmills@stic.lib.tx.us> 5) Online Scavenger Hunts by "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us> 6) Re: Strawberry Festival Ideas by "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us> 7) Teen volunteers by n shacklette <nshacklettewcpl@yahoo.com> 8) pre-program activities by Tracey Love <tcywork@yahoo.com> 9) sports camps by Christine Hill <chill@willingboro.org> 10) Jonathan Kozol to Speak at IFC/AAP/ABFFE Program at ALA AC 2000 by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> 11) RE: "Rainbow Family" by "Denise Inman" <kedeez@hotmail.com> 12) Pedro stumper solved by Lee Vucovich <l.vucovich@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Saunders, Katherine" <ksaunders@mail.sppl.net> To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Library Photography Contests MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:32:52 CDT We are planning a teen photography contest at our library, and are trying to come up with the wording of the rules and registration form. We would really appreciate hearing from other libraries who have done this kind of thing before. Thanks a lot! ******************************************************* Katherine Saunders Public Services Librarian Southern Pines Public Library 170 West Connecticut Ave. Southern Pines, NC 28387 Phone: 910-692-8235 Fax: 910-695-1037 Email: ksaunders@mail.sppl.net
------------------------------ From: Kwitkowm@libcoop.net To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Pokemon Trading Card Day Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:39:30 CDT We've had great success with our Pokemon card exchange program since January. Initially, there were about 150 kids attending, not counting the parents. It has since dwindled to about 60 ( I'm not sure if it's because the craze has ebbed or kids have other activities planned, also). We have the kids trade cards in the children's room only. Rules were typed and distributed to all traders such as:all trades are final; no selling of cards; no blocking of exits; and to remember that they are still in the library and to refrain from yelling, screaming, etc. We had a staff member monitor the room from time to time. Trading was held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00- closing. Hope this helps in planning your program - good luck. Marta Kwitkowsky Children's Librarian Chesterfield Twp. Library
The program is held only once a month. Comments from parents were all very positive. Good luck to you on your program. ------------------------------ From: "Sarah Dornback" <dornback@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Pokemon Trading Card Day Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:40:53 CDT
Jennifer, At our Pokemon trading day, we had tables set up on one side of our meeting room for trading. On the other side of the meeting room, we had pokemon crafts for younger brothers and sisters, and for those kids who got bored with trading. We also had chairs set up around the room, as many parents came with their children. Our trading time was only two hours long. Sarah Dornback Farmers Branch Manske Library Farmers Branch, TX
>I was just going to let the kids run wild trading all over the library, but >then I thought maybe I should have some kind of organization for our >Pokemon >Trading Card Day. How have you run one? What should I do? Thanks. > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "M. Mills" <mmills@stic.lib.tx.us> To: Irene Gavasso <ireneg@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us> Subject: Re: rocking chairs in Children's Areas Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:42:03 CDT Yes, Irene! Any type of rocker rocks backwards on carpet or on a hard, smooth floor surface. I considered making the underneath more abraded but doing this will ruin carpet over time and possibly hard floor surface. The public likes the rockers (both parents and children) so we have them on the floor. Thanks for asking! ------------------------------ From: "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Online Scavenger Hunts Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:43:16 CDT Greetings, I wanted to thank everyone that replied to my message concerning interests of those that are teaching or are about to begin a toddler stroytime. I will be doing an Internet Scavenger Hunt Day in the future and wanted to begin gathering sites for this activity. I knew I should consult PUBYAC community. So here goes...... Does anyone have any favorite Internet Scavenger Hunt sites for all grade levels. I want to find some that are fun as well as challenging and informative. Thanks for your help in advance. Mary C. Moody School Liaison Librarian Vigo County Public Library
\0/\0/\0/ "Let everything that hath breath Praise the Lord!" ------------------------------ From: "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Strawberry Festival Ideas Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:44:29 CDT Greetings, Try this URL it is a Strawberry Flip Book. http://www.calstrawberry.com/strawberryville/berrymagic/flipforberries.html Mary Moody School Liaison Librarian Vigo County Public Library \0/\0/\0/ "Let everything that hath breath Praise the Lord!" ------------------------------ From: n shacklette <nshacklettewcpl@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Teen volunteers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:46:14 CDT My library is trying to establish a teen volunteer group. Does anyone have any experience they can pass along? I am looking for a parent permission slip and application form. Does anyone require parent permission slips? We are hoping for kids 12 - 14 years. Thanks for all your help! Nancy Shacklette nshacklettewcpl.yahoo.com
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Tracey Love <tcywork@yahoo.com> To: pubyac <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: pre-program activities MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:47:29 CDT Hi all, The programs at the library where I work are held in the basement meeting room, far away from the children's department. Often, patrons will arrive early for programs and not want to make the trek upstairs to the children's department at that time. When I do the toddler storytime, I provide board books and picture books and turn that extra time into shared reading time between caregiver and child. However, now I will be doing summer programming for school age kids and I am at a loss on how to entertain the early birds. I will still provide books for them to read, of course, but are there any other activities that I could use to entertain the masses pre-program? TIA, Tracey Dittoe tcywork@yahoo.com
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Christine Hill <chill@willingboro.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: sports camps MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:48:51 CDT Does anyone know a directory to reputable children's sports camps, particularly basketball? I have a general camp directory but need something more specific. An internet keyword search yields lots of web pages, but nothing to gauge quality. Encylopedia of Associations does not seem to list any professional association for basketball camps. I tried Slam magazine (for a camp roundup like Tennis does), but nothing. By the way, the Clell Wade guides to sports camps are apparently no longer published. 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 ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> Subject: Jonathan Kozol to Speak at IFC/AAP/ABFFE Program at ALA AC 2000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:50:08 CDT Jonathan Kozol, author of Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Year of Hope, Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, and Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools, will speak at the joint program of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, AAP Freedom to Read Committee, and American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. The program, "It's Our Bill of Rights, Too!: Children, the First Amendment, and America's Response to Violence," focuses on the backlash felt by young people in the wake of violent incidents such as the Columbine shootings. In an atmosphere of moral panic, our society seems to be viewing its young as potential assassins and responding by depriving them of basic First Amendment rights. Until now, no one has allowed children to speak to this situation or listened to what they have to say. At least one young person's first reaction post-Columbine was "What other rights will be taken from me now?" In addition to Kozol, speaking at the program will be Henry Jenkins, director, Comparative Media Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Guidetti, a high school junior from Cleveland whose horoscope column, written for the school newspaper a week after Columbine, earned him a 10-day suspension; and Kenneth Myers, the attorney who represented Mark in a successful lawsuit against the school district. The program is scheduled for Monday, July 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the McCormick Convention Center, Room N227b. For information on other programs on the topic of intellectual freedom, see http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifprograms.html
_________________________ 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/alaorg/oif/index.html ------------------------------ From: "Denise Inman" <kedeez@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: "Rainbow Family" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:51:24 CDT Hello All, The stumper about the "Rainbow Family" has been tickling my brain ever since the question was asked. Of course, I have already deleted the stumper and the reply so I do not have an individual e-mail to respond to. I'm sending this to the list, in the hope the original poster sees it. When the suggestion about the Doss book was rejected, my subconscious came up with something I read about the black American singer Josephine Baker. I did a little search and found that she adopted a bunch of interracial children and called them her "Rainbow Tribe". Vaguely I remember that they may have been abandoned children also. It might be an avenue to explore with the patron. Denise Inman East Providence (RI) Public Library
________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Lee Vucovich <l.vucovich@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Pedro stumper solved Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:52:40 CDT
Thanks to everyone who shared that the story of the little airplane going over the Andes was a Disney Cartoon.(1942) And that it has been re-released as Saludos Amigos. My patron was thrilled! Lee
********************************* Lee Vucovich l.vucovich@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us
Children's Services, Francis Branch St.Joseph County Public Library 52655 N. Ironwood Dr. South Bend, IN 46635 282-4641 ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 156 ************************ |
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