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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, 14 Jun 2000 00:01:06 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 161 PUBYAC Digest 161 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Puppet troupes by "Jodie DePatis" <jodie_depatis@hotmail.com> 2) Re: Internet Censorship by Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net> 3) Re: Cute Kitty Kat Craft by CV Childrens <cvjuve@oplin.lib.oh.us> 4) Re: Flannel Board Stories (Homemade) by Todd A Grazier <tgrazier@gcfn.org> 5) Re: HP jeopardy questions by "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> 6) RE: Cute Kitty Kat Craft by WLPL <children@wlaf.lib.in.us> 7) Re: Cute Kitty Kat Craft by vickyg@bville.lib.ny.us (Vicky Gaworecki) 8) Teen Book Discussion Tip by Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us 9) RE: Storytime for 1-3 graders by "Ruhama J. Kordatzky" <rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us> 10) What to do with kids? by "Kathleen Saxton" <ksaxton@wepl.lib.oh.us> 11) Survey on Female Role Models In Children's Literature by "Sarah O'Neal" <oneal00@worldnet.att.net> 12) Stumper: African American baby's birthday by Vicki Ankrapp <vickia@pcl.lib.wa.us> 13) Biography Series Stumper by Christine Neirink <cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us> 14) East Bay Area Job Opening by Sue Jones <sjones@ci.pleasanton.ca.us> 15) stumper - song by Carrie Eldridge <celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us> 16) village that slept by "Joanne E. Robinson" <JRobinson@ptlibrary.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jodie DePatis" <jodie_depatis@hotmail.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Puppet troupes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:22:08 CDT My YS Coordinator and I would like to write a grant for a jr. high/high school puppet troupe. The Library would provide the puppets, scripts, and puppet stage. The YS Coordinator would wotk with the kids, and they would have meetings/practices. Eventually, we would like them to write or adapt their own scripts. The puppet plays would be put on for younger kids at the Library and possibly park district or other community functions. We would like to hear from anyone who has done something like this for any advice you may have. How did you get started; how is your puppet troupe set up; and what worked/didn't work? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jodie DePatis Limestone Township Library Kankakee, Illinois ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Internet Censorship MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:27:35 CDT Jen - The National Coalition Against Censorship has a website: www.ncac.org and also a newsletter. You could look there for ideas. I assume that by now someone else has told you to look up Intelectual Freedom at the ALA website. Martha Simpson, Stratford (CT) Library ------------------------------ From: CV Childrens <cvjuve@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Cute Kitty Kat Craft Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:29:26 CDT How about running off a line drawing of a kitten face and having the kids glue on whiskers, pink insides for the ears, a little pink tongue and some eyes? You could use yellow dot stickers for the eyes and just draw a black line across them with a marker for the pupil. Or run off a line drawing of a whole cat and add the tail, too. Older kids could color their projects. Another idea: we've had great luck with headbands as kids' projects. How about a simple headband with cat ears? The kids could color them and glue in pink "insides", and the adults could glue them onto a strip of paper and size them for the kids before taping to fit. We run an activity center for our SRC kids and headbands are always a hit. They make them up and wear them all over the library. At 06:42 PM 6/12/2000 CDT, you wrote: >I am going to feature kittens at a toddler storytime and I'm desperately >looking for a cute craft. Ages 2-4 years old, parents stay with the >children and help the children construct the craft. I have 30 little >toddlers signed up for this program so it needs to be fairly simple. often >I design my own crafts but I'm drawing a blank on this one. Thank you all >whole bunches. Anne Hall, Youth services Librarian >Anne & Roger Hall >Berea, Kentucky > > > Washington-Centerville Public Library 111 W. Spring Valley Road Centerville, OH 45458 (937) 433-8091 cvjuve@oplin.lib.oh.us ------------------------------ From: Todd A Grazier <tgrazier@gcfn.org> To: Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net> Subject: Re: Flannel Board Stories (Homemade) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:31:19 CDT
Just wondering. Do you have the WRITTEN permission of the publisher to reproduce these stories. We are supposed to, but do any of us bother? If so, which publishers are particularly responsive?
> I have made flannel board stories for > > The Very Hungry Caterpiller > If You Give a Mouse a Cookie > If You Give a Pig a Pancake > Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? > Rainbow Fish > > The first 4 books are easy - the pictures are already clear and just > need to be traced. For Rainbow Fish, we made a giant lavender felt fish > and glued on scales of blue, green, and purple. Then we got some > glittery material that could be removed and given to the kids (which > they had to put back when the story was done.)
/` o") Todd A. Grazier ,( )' tgrazier@gcfn.org _"_ Columbus Metropolitan Library ------------------------------ From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: HP jeopardy questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:33:16 CDT I did, too, Anita! His friend Nicholas Flamel is, but I do not believe it says anywhere that Dumbledore is - he was a young man when he was teaching Tom Marvolo (50 years before Harry's time) in "The Chamber of Secrets". There were a couple of other inaccuracies in the HP jeopardy, I think, but it was a cute idea - Mary Johnson, YA librarian, North Castle Library, Armonk, NY mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Anita Beaman wrote: > Is Dumbledore really 400 years old? I missed that... > > > > ===== > Anita L. Beaman > University of Illinois > Graduate School of Library and > Information Science > Champaign/Urbana, IL > > Life's too short to read bad books or drink bad wine! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ From: WLPL <children@wlaf.lib.in.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Cute Kitty Kat Craft Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:35:27 CDT I do a kitty craft with paper plates. (The cheap ones.) You fold the = plate in half and cut out the center. What remains is an arch. You put = a head on one side and the tail on the other and it resembles a cat with = an arched back. I got this out of a book called Storytime Crafts by = Kathryn Totten. Pam children@wlaf.lib.in.us ------------------------------ From: vickyg@bville.lib.ny.us (Vicky Gaworecki) To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Cute Kitty Kat Craft Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:37:59 CDT Hi Anne! I did a kitty storytime and we made kitty masks out of small paper plates. I had pre-cut the eye holes and had drawn the nose and mouth and attached ears. The kids colored their kitties however they wanted and Mom/Dad helped them glue a popsicle stick to the back. It was very cute and they loved doing it! Have fun! Vicky Gaworecki Baldwinsville Public Library Baldwinsville, New York > ------------------------------ From: Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Teen Book Discussion Tip Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:40:01 CDT I decided to try something new at yesterday's teen book discussion on Bloor's book Tangerine. I took each discussion question and placed it on an index card. Then I numbered all the cards on the back in an order that seemed to make sense for the progression of the discussion. I shuffled the cards and passed them out to the discussion participants. I had nine teens and each one got three cards. I told them I wanted them to be more in charge of their own discussion, and I would just be guiding them. All I did was call out "card number #" when the discussion seemed to be waning on a particular point. The kids each read their question and started that round of discussion. It worked well and the teens said they liked this change. Just an idea you might want to try if you are doing book discussion groups. An aside--I just did a storytime for the first time in many years. What fun! Sometimes it is nice when you specialize in one age group (for me, teens obviously) and take a turn at working with another. Diane Tuccillo Senior Librarian/YA Coordinator Mesa Public Library, AZ ------------------------------ From: "Ruhama J. Kordatzky" <rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Storytime for 1-3 graders MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:41:55 CDT You could try reading short stories or longer picture books (like Chris Van Allsburgh--Jumanji, The Sweetest Fig, Two Bad Ants, etc.). :) ruhama Ruhama Kordatzky Youth Services Librarian Burlington Public Library Burlington, WI rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us ------------------------------ From: "Kathleen Saxton" <ksaxton@wepl.lib.oh.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: What to do with kids? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:43:46 CDT Hello Everyone, I need some suggestions from people who may have done similar programs to this in the past. We are having a 1 hour parenting seminar this fall and are wondering if anyone has offered a "babysitting story time" for the children while their parents attend. We know that many of our parents here will not be willing to find a babysitter for the length of the program, so we thought we'd offer a children's program at the same time. Our main concern is the age spread and liability issues, not to mention what we can do to keep them all entertained for an hour. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom with us! Kathleen M. Saxton Willoughby Library Willoughby, OH ksaxton@wepl.lib.oh.us ------------------------------ From: "Sarah O'Neal" <oneal00@worldnet.att.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Survey on Female Role Models In Children's Literature MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:45:41 CDT Hi. I am a Master's Degre Candidate at the University of Arizona. My thesis is a study of female role models in children's literature. Below is the quick survey. I am asking for volunteers to complete the survey and return it to me via email by July 1. You can just reply to my email directly. All participants will remain anonymous. I appreciate your help! If you have any questions you can reach me at oneal00@worldnet.att.net. I. Demographics 1. Are you MALE ____ or FEMALE _______ 2. What area of the country did you grow up in? Northeast _________ Northwest________ Southeast ________ Southwest ________ West __________ Great Plains ______ did not grow up in the US ______ 3. What decade did you begin reading chapter books? 1940 -1949 ________ 1950-1959 _________ 1960 - 1969 _______ 1970-1979 _________ 1980-1989________ 4. Your age is between? 25-35 ________ 36-45 _______ 46-55_______ 56 - over _____ II. Attributes Think of a book you read growning up that had a girl protagonist. Now answer the following questions. 5. Personal Traits Which positive internal traits did the character possess? Rank in order of 5 being the most predominant trait. Truthfulness_______ Intelligence ______ Honesty _________ Sense of Humor ______ Independence ________- 6. Relationship Traits Which relationships were most important to the protagonist? Rank on a scale of 5-1, with 5 as the most important positive relationship presented. Mother-Daughter ________ Sister-Sister __________ BOy - Girl __________ Father - Daughter ________ GIrl Girl _________ 7. Interpersonal Traits Which traits did the character display the most in regard to relationships. Rank with 6 being the most predominant trait.l Equality _________ Loyalty _________ Friendship__________ Commitment ________ Respect _________ Love __________ 8. Physical Traits Which of these traits were predominant or dominant in the character? Rank with 6 being the most predominant trait. Strength ___________ Physical Beauty ________ Athleticism __________ Charm ___________ Influence __________ Leadership _________ 9. Problem solving traits Which of these traits did the character use to solve problems? Rank with 5 indicating the most predominant trait Assertiveness ____________ Cleverness ___________ Resourcefulness ___________ Initiative ____________ Wisdom ____________ 10. Would you consider the character traditionally feminine? Yes _________ No_________ 11. If you identified with this character, Why?
12. Did the character accomplish something that impressed you? What?
13. What was the title of the book you picked?
14. Using the above traits from questions 5-9 please select the three traits that would be most important to you in a female role model. Most important _______________ Second most important _______________ Third most important ________________ 15. How long have you been a Youth services Librarian? Less than 5 years __________ Between 5 and 10 years _________ Between 10 and 15 years _________ More than 15 years __________
Comments: ------------------------------ From: Vicki Ankrapp <vickia@pcl.lib.wa.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper: African American baby's birthday Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:48:10 CDT
Hello Fellow Pubyacers! I have a patron who is looking for a book about an African-american family with a baby is having a birthday. As everyone comes in, they just "love the baby up". Does this ring any bells? Vicki Ankrapp South Hill Library Pierce County Library System vickia@pcl.lib.wa.us ------------------------------ From: Christine Neirink <cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Biography Series Stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:50:10 CDT A stumper - A patron is looking for a picture book biography series he read as a Battle Creek, Michigan elementary schooler in the mid-1980's (Unfortunately, it's NOT the "A Picture Book of" ... series; I showed him that already). He particularly remembers the book about Jackie Robinson - Jackie had a magic baseball - so this must be a fictionalized series. Other people featured were Roy Rogers (Roy had a magic rope) and - he thinks - Helen Keller.
In addition to a search of our shared catalog, I've searched Amazon and World Cat. I've also looked in Reading in Series and Best Books for Children.
Any ideas?
I did show him titles in the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series - even though they're not picture books; this wasn't the series he was remembering, either. Thanks ... Christine Neirink Youth Services Librarian Grace A. Dow Memorial Library Midland, MI cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us ------------------------------ From: Sue Jones <sjones@ci.pleasanton.ca.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: East Bay Area Job Opening MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:52:33 CDT The City of Pleasanton, CA (in the San Francisco Bay Area) announces two job openings in Children's Services for Librarian. There is one full-time position and one half time position. If the applicants wish, these positions could also become two three-quarter-time positions. Salary: $3,235 - $3,931/month (full-time) $18.67 to $22.68 per hour (part-time) Choice of two comprehensive medical plans Dental Plan Life insurance coverage of $35,000 (Full-time) Long Term Disability Plan Short Term Disability Plan Retirement Plan - PERS 11 Paid Holidays 3 Floating Holidays Paid Sick Leave Empoyee Assistance Program The Position Under general direction, this position performs a variety of routine entry-level professional duties in the children's services area. Typical duties include: *Assist patrons in effectively using the library. *Assist in the selection of books, periodicals and other materials. *Assist in the planning of programs and events. May be responsible for actual program development and implementation. *Supervise and train subordinate staff or volunteers *Coordinate library field trips, tours and other group activities *Perform related duties as assigned. Ideal Candidate *Will possses a Master's Degree in Library Science or education/experience equivalent to a Master's in a closely related field from an accredited college or university. . *Will have knowledge of general principals and practices of professional library work, modern library organizations, services, equipment and automated reference tools. *Will possess knowledge of books, sources, bibliographies, reference materials and cataloging. *Will have experience with children. *Will be capable of leading groups of childen 14 years of age and younger in various activities. *Will be outgoing, energetic, friendly, creative and enjoy being around children. *Will possess strong customer service skills.
Pleasanton has a population of approx. 65,000. It is a dynamic community of highly educated, highly skilled individuals. Schools are considered a community asset and have received state and national recognition. Recreation and Parks facilities are extensive. These are just a few of the attributes that make Pleasanton a premium place to live, work and play. Consult the city website at: www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/library.html or view photos of the community at: http://www.locallinks.com/gallery1.htm . Pictures of our "Storyland" in the children's area can be seen at: www.bigcozybooksweb.com
Selection Process The qualifications of each applicant, as set forth in the employment application and resume, will be reviewed. The most qualified candidates will be invited to participate in an oral examination process, which may include certain practical and written exercises intended to assess the candidate's ability to perform certain duties of the position. To Be Considered Please submit a City application and resume to the :Human Resources Dept., City of Pleasanton, 123 Main St., P.O.Box 520, Pleasanton, CA 94566. Applications may be requested by calling our career hotline (925) 931-5056 or from our website at: www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us. Deadline for submission of applications is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 30th, 2000. Postmarks and faxes will not be accepted. Personal Note: Feel free to call children's librarian Kathy Maio at (925) 931-3412 or library assistant Sue Jones at (925) 931-3400 x 23 for a library description and information. ------------------------------ From: Carrie Eldridge <celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: stumper - song Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:54:41 CDT Anyone out there attend the session on Toddler programs at PLA in Charlotte? They presented a song called "A ram sam sam." These are the words... A ram sam sam A ram sam sam Guli, guli, guli, guli, guli Ram sam sam
(repeat) A rafi, A rafi Guli, guli, guli, guli, guli Ram sam sam. I seem to remember they had 'actions' for the song. Does anyone remember them? The tune for this song can be found at www.girlscout.net/songs/ Thanks, in advance! Carrie Eldridge San Juan Island Library District Friday Harbor, WA 98250 360-378-2798 360-378-2706 (fax) celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us
"I eat words wherever I find them but am no wiser. Keep your books under lock and key or they'll be devoured by me!" what am I? -from "Riddle Road: puzzles in poems and pictures" illustrated by Erik Blegvad ------------------------------ From: "Joanne E. Robinson" <JRobinson@ptlibrary.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: village that slept MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:57:29 CDT A huge thank you to those of you who contributed the title The Village that Slept, by Monique Peyrouton de Ladebat concerning the stumper about a boy and girl surviving on a mountain after a plane crash and soaking a rag for a baby to suck. The patron had thought "desolate" was in the title, and though she was wrong about that, it was the right book. She came in yesterday - happy, impressed and astounded that someone could find it. I told her Pubyac was terrific. Many thanks again especially to Elaine, Ed, Ellen, Mary and Becky. Joanne Robinson McMurray, PA ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 161 ************************ |
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