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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, 28 Jun 2000 00:01:19 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 174 PUBYAC Digest 174 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Harry Potter face painting by "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com> 2) Re: HP jeopardy questions (fwd) by "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> 3) Funniest Reference Questions by Elaine Williams <williael@oplin.lib.oh.us> 4) regarding funny ref. questions & thanks for info on stamps by "Deborah Brightwell" <dbright@ci.coppell.tx.us> 5) a stumper: Queen Gibble Gabble by "Sue White" <sue-white@ci.santa-monica.ca.us> 6) stumper: herb girl with cloth hut next to castle by Kate McLean <mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us> 7) Re: Funniest Reference Question by Sandy Farmer <sfarmer@hpl.lib.tx.us> 8) Harry Potter face painting--redux by "Look, Lin" <llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us> 9) RE: summer reading--prizes by Susan259@aol.com 10) Re: Mission statement for web page by Michael Crosby <mdcrosby@earthlink.net> 11) Re: Funniest Reference Question Request by Michael Crosby <mdcrosby@earthlink.net> 12) stumper by Monica &Edmund Irlbacher <emirlbac@warwick.net> 13) Re: Funny question--which reminds me... by Mary Jean Hartel <hartelm@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter face painting Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:45:52 CDT It was hard to understand what you needed, but as far as and easy or simple Harry Potter design, how about wands or a wizard's hat? Andrea Terry Libby Library, Old Orchard Beach, ME ------------------------------ From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: HP jeopardy questions (fwd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:45:37 CDT Here are my corrections on the Harry Potter jeopardy; please let me know if I've made any mistakes! I expect a lot of us might be planning to play this game in the next few months - ) Mary Johnson, YA librarian, North Castle Library, Armonk, NY mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:09:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Mary Johnson (amk) <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> To: Marin Younker <MARIN@ci.tigard.or.us> Subject: Re: HP jeopardy questions Marin, I managed to dig up the original Jeopardy questions; there weren't too many changes. Here they are: Jeopardy. Category 1, Hogwarts staff, 100 points - Albus Dumbledore is not 400 years old - his friend, Nicolas Flamel, is. Category: Ghosts. 500 points Is the bloody baron actually huge? Probably a minor error you wouldn't have to correct; the clue's accurate otherwise. Category: Quidditch. 100 points Your team gets 150 points, not 100, when you catch this golden ball (the snitch) Category: Hogwarts students. 300 points Neville Longbottom (the answer) is not necessarily "the worst student in Harry's class", but he *is* the clumsiest, the worst at potions, and terrified of Professor Snape (Neville is good at herbology). Again, the kids would get the answer to this one as written, even though it's not entirely accurate. Double Jeopardy Category: Magical creatures. 800 points Its hair, not its horn, is used to make wands. (The horn is used in potions, I believe) (Unicorn) Final Jeopardy Lord Voldemort's real name is misspelled. It is not 'Tom Marvola Riddle', but 'Tom Marvolo Riddle'. That's it, I think. Hope it helps! Mary ------------------------------ From: Elaine Williams <williael@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: PUBYAC-L <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Funniest Reference Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY=------------30F0D440F933C2EAAC6456D6 Content-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.1000525170100.10292F@epicurus> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:32:54 CDT This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --------------30F0D440F933C2EAAC6456D6 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.1000525170100.10292G@epicurus> A preteen needed to do a report on an American woman. She had chosen Queen Elizabeth. I explained that Queen Elizabeth was not an American. "What about Queen Victoria?" I replied that Queen Victoria was not American either. To which the girl responded, "But didn't she start Victoria's Secret?" I have also been asked for the biography of a mallard duck. Elaine Williams, Youth Librarian williael@oplin.lib.oh.us
--------------30F0D440F933C2EAAC6456D6-- ------------------------------ From: "Deborah Brightwell" <dbright@ci.coppell.tx.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: regarding funny ref. questions & thanks for info on stamps MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:20:04 CDT I to have had some funny questions, but the best I have heard happened at the adult ref. desk here. A while back a young teen couple showed up wanting our adult librarian to marry them. At first he thought they just wanted some information on the nearest place to get married around here, and when he tried to tell them where to go, they asked if he could do it right here! Thanks to all who told me to try Kidstamps for stamps of book characters. Debbie Brightwell Youth Services Librarian Coppell Public Library Coppell, Texas ------------------------------ From: "Sue White" <sue-white@ci.santa-monica.ca.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: a stumper: Queen Gibble Gabble Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 12:21:58 CDT Can you help with a stumper? We had a request for the story in which a Queen Gibble Gabble appears. This is from a colleague who took the message: "I just talked to the patron again. She thinks the spelling above is correct, and she recalled much of the story: There once was a king whose wife talked all the time. The patron recalled drawings of villagers covering their ears as words ceaslessly flowed from a castle on a hill above them. The king offered a prize to anyone who could shut her up. The winner was, the client recalls, a wizard, who appealed to the queen's greed by charging her by the word (or something like that). Nice story, eh? The client said the drawings reminded her of Maurice Sendak. I checked our Sendak stuff on the OPAC & didn't see anything promising, but you probably know his stuff better than I." We've checked CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE and the Web, but nothing looks appropriate. Any leads would be welcome. PLEASE reply to: sue-white@ci.santa-monica.ca.us Thanks a bunch. ------------------------------ From: Kate McLean <mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: stumper: herb girl with cloth hut next to castle Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:10:00 CDT STUMPER: I had a young girl visit who said that she read this book at her school library a year ago and cannot find it again. She says its about a young girl who lives with an old woman who teaches her about herbs, They have a cloth hut next to the castle, so close in fact that their back wall is actually the castle. Eventually the girl gets her own hut nearby and saves the prince with her herbs. She thinks that the town thinks the women are witches. I can't figure this one out. Any ideas? Please respond to me of list for the consideration of our fellow yaccers.
Kate McLean Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library DeKalb County Public Libraries, GA mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us "My opinions are my own." ------------------------------ From: Sandy Farmer <sfarmer@hpl.lib.tx.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Funniest Reference Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:58:57 CDT A 2nd or 3rd grader once came in and asked me for the floppy books. I looked at her and thought "floppy books?" I asked her what she meant when all of the sudden it came to me. I asked her do you mean paperbacks? The answer was yes and the girl left happy. Sandy Farmer Children's Room Houston Public Library
------------------------------ From: "Look, Lin" <llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us> To: "'PUBYAC--DO NOT ERASE'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Harry Potter face painting--redux Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 14:45:57 CDT
Thanks for all the suggestions! I should have mentioned that kids will be getting a lightning bolt stamp on their forehead when they arrive. Thanks to Terri, Cherie, Julie Ann for suggesting a wizard/sorting hat or wand, and Sandra for a cauldron, Jeanne for a Mirror of erised (or just the word 'erised'; reminds me to bring in a mirror!) We're still deciding what to use, but the suggestions are a great help! Lin llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us ------------------------------ From: Susan259@aol.com To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: summer reading--prizes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 15:34:48 CDT I would love more information on Libra-- Susan Smith Youth Technology Specialist Librarian Arlington Public Library susan259@aol.com ------------------------------ From: Michael Crosby <mdcrosby@earthlink.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Mission statement for web page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:22:01 CDT
I also been working on a mission statement for the County of Los Angeles' Children's web page. There are a few out there but it takes a lot of foot-work (mouse-work?) to track them down. Multmnomah- <http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/mission.html> has a sweet and simple one. I have more at the library. I'll reply again. Also, keep me in touch with your progress. Michael Crosby mdcrosby@earthlink.net
REBECCA HIGGERSON wrote: > Please excuse the cross-posting: > > Our youth services and collection development departments are beginning a discussion about drafting a mission statement for our kids and teens home page. If you have written a statement and are willing to share, please email me directly. I will post the responses to the list. > > TIA!!! > > ******************************** > Rebecca Higgerson > Youth Services Librarian > Sacramento Public Library > 828 I Street > Sacramento, CA 95814 > (916)264-2845 > fax (916)264-2854 > rhiggerson@sacramento.lib.ca.us ------------------------------ From: Michael Crosby <mdcrosby@earthlink.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Funniest Reference Question Request MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:10:10 CDT "I'm doing a Greek history project for school about the odd things." Michael Crosby, La Canada Library mdcrosby@earthlink.net ------------------------------ From: Monica &Edmund Irlbacher <emirlbac@warwick.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:57:38 CDT Dear pubyacers, Again, I am asking for help. A patron is looking for a book that she thinks would have been a picture book that she read about 20 yrs. ago. The story centered around a white rabbit and the reader had to find the white rabbit throughout the story. The patron said she remembers the beautiful illustrations in the book. She had no clue about any other details. We searched through A to Zoo and checked stories about rabbits but came up with nothing that seemed to fit. Anyone have any ideas what the title of the story could be???? Thanks in advance for any help. Respond to: emirlbac@warwick.net ------------------------------ From: Mary Jean Hartel <hartelm@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Funny question--which reminds me... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:50:00 CDT of the young child who came to the AV desk asking for the video "Scarlet Pumpernickle" ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 174 ************************ |
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