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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, 5 Jul 2000 00:01:24 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 182 PUBYAC Digest 182 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Need help fast! by sandra richmond <srich@pipeline.com> 2) Unlikely looking patron? by "Melanie C. Duncan" <duncanm@mail.bibb.public.lib.ga.us> 3) re: Americanization of HP by "Rebecca Smith" <rsps@hotmail.com> 4) summer reading (long) by Belinda Sakowski <sakowski@grayson.edu> 5) Spanish-speaking community by Anna Kells <akells@ce1.af.public.lib.ga.us> 6) chuckles by Pamela Stack <pstack@vlc.lib.mi.us> 7) Summer Reading Club Incentives by Sandy Gillard <sgill@nioga.org> 8) science fiction titles--thanks! by Ashley Larsen <ashwynne@yahoo.com> 9) RE: Harry Potter by Tina Cavanough <TCavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au> 10) Re: Funniest Reference Question Request by Jana FIne <janafine01@sprynet.com> 11) Stumper-aliens by Sushila Mertens <kidlit_2000@yahoo.com> 12) Replies to board book request - long by Angela Christianson <achristi@prairienet.org> 13) Favorite books for babies and toddlers by Angela Christianson <achristi@prairienet.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sandra richmond <srich@pipeline.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Need help fast! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:51:28 CDT
Our library subscribes to Transworld Skateboarding and Gamepro and they are both popular with our patrons. At 08:39 AM 7/1/00 CDT, you wrote: >My supervisor just came up to me and asked me for names of one or two magazines I want to add in my YA area. But I need the information today. We already have Seventeen, Teen, Teen People, and ESPN. I'm looking to add something for boys and away from the entertainment/movies/music areas. My first suggestion is Mad. Beyond that, I'm looking at Transworld Skateboarding, Gamepro, or Electronic Gaming Weekly. (Due to other posts on these newsgroups, I'm choosing not to go with Thrasher.) If you have an opinion on these magazines or can tell me how they circ in your library, please let me know. I need the information by Friday at 6:00 P.M. > >Thanks, and I apologize for both the short notice and the cross-posting. > >Miriam > >The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer. > >Miriam Neiman >YA/Reference Librarian/Web Page Mistress >Welles-Turner Memorial Library >Glastonbury, CT > >http://www.wtmlib.com > Sandra Richmond MLS Librarian, Youth Services Louisville Public Library 950 Spruce Street Louisville, CO 80027 - pop. 20,000 303-666-6037 x680 fax 303-666-9664 richmond@ci.louisville.co.us
------------------------------ From: "Melanie C. Duncan" <duncanm@mail.bibb.public.lib.ga.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Unlikely looking patron? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:55:14 CDT >The pierced and unlikely-looking patron in the children's room wanting a picture of Curious George wearing the yellow hat. >Turns out he was with a local tattoo parlor finding a design for a customer's >body. Why would he be an unlikely looking patron in a public library? There's no such thing. When I had my tattoo done in Kentucky, the heavily tattooed gentleman creating it asked me what I did for a living. I told him I was a reference librarian in Georgia. He then asked me why the librarians at his local library treated him like a devil-worshipper just because he had tattoos. He said he "used to use the library" to find the Celtic symbols/Japanese characters/etc. needed for his profession, but that the attitude of the librarians turned him off. His tattoos, by the way, were portraits of his baby son.
Blessings, Melanie C. Duncan, M.S.L.S. Reference Librarian Washington Memorial Library The Bookdragon Review (ISSN 1527-0157) http://www.bookdragonreview.com ------------------------------ From: "Rebecca Smith" <rsps@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: re: Americanization of HP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:56:25 CDT This is a question for someone who as a British edition on Harry Potter #1. My husband (who has been reading the books aloud to our son) wants to know what the sign Ron and Hermoine hold up at Harry's first Quiditch match says in the British ed. In the American it says "Potter for President" This is somewhere in chapter 11. Thanks a lot. Rebecca ********* Rebecca S. Smith, MLS San Diego Public Library Branch Libraries Division rsps@hotmail.com
________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Belinda Sakowski <sakowski@grayson.edu> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: summer reading (long) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:57:44 CDT Hi all! I have been reading with interest all the comments about summer reading incentives. When I first began working at our library the summer reading program had already started. There was to be a grand prize ribbon and ribbons for 2nd and 3rd place. By the end of the program I informed my boss I would quit before doing this again. The PARENTS were cutthroat about it and the prize was just a ribbon! I decided then and there that everyone would receive the same prize. Over the years our program has evolved into a much different program. Our program begins with 2 yr olds and goes through 8th grade. The young ones count numbers of books and the older readers do minutes. Every page turned in gets a trip to the treasure box. For every 50 books or 15 hours read they earn a book. Most participants earn more than one book. We also have a game board for those in third grade or above. It is a grid with 99 blocks. each block has atype of book to read or something to do (move back 2 spaces, go to block 30, etc.) At least 6 blocks are question blocks where they research the answer. They are given as long as it takes to come back with the correct answer. When they do, they earn a bookbuck that is spent at the end of summer reading on extra prizes. They can play three times a week. This game board has taken several different looks but the grid seems to be the favorite. You should see them plot out their moves to get a question block. Its all in the luck of rolling the die. We have done surveys of our participants and parents and counting books and doing minutes was what they preferred. In any case, everyone has the opportunity to get the same prizes. No one is the best and they are all winners. We are fortunate to have a generous Friends group who buy the books and trinkets. Belinda Sakowski E-Mail: sakowski@grayson.edu Sherman Public Library Phone: (903)892-7240 421 N. Travis Fax: (903) 892-7101 Sherman, Texas 75090 ------------------------------ From: Anna Kells <akells@ce1.af.public.lib.ga.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Spanish-speaking community MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:58:57 CDT
My branch is seeking ways to reach out to a growing Spanish-speaking community. As a children's librarian I was thinking about a bilingual story time--perhaps in the evening for parents (who do not speak English) and their children (who take ESL classes at school). Has anyone done this? You may reply to me directly. Anna Kells Children's Librarian Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Address: Roswell Branch Library 115 Norcross St. Roswell, GA 30075 Phone: 770-640-3075 Fax: 770-640-3077 E-mail: akells@ce1.af.public.lib.ga.us Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent those of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. ------------------------------ From: Pamela Stack <pstack@vlc.lib.mi.us> To: list serve <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: chuckles MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:00:07 CDT My thanks to all the great reference questions. I agree with Diana, we needed all these laughs during summer reading!!!! Pamela C. Stack pstack@vlc.lib.mi.us Children's Librarian St. Charles District Library St. Charles, Michigan ------------------------------ From: Sandy Gillard <sgill@nioga.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Summer Reading Club Incentives MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:01:17 CDT We let children set their own goals and everyone who reaches their goal gets a prize at the end of the summer. We used to give prizes as soon as the goal was reached but that encouraged children to whizz through books not at their reading level, set low goals, etc. By giving out prizes the last week those tactics don't work. Children who are on vacation that final week can pick up their prize when they return. Our small prizes are based on visits to the library - not reading. This summer we have a pirate theme. Each week a small wooden treasure chest is hidden in the library with a small prize (eye patch, compass, tattoo, etc.), the children search for the chest and when they find it are awarded that week's giveaway. This encourages library visits. The big prize at the end is meant to encourage reading. The prize value for the final prize is the same approximate value whether a child reads 10 books or 200 (they will select an item from a large treasure chest). We try to help children set realistic goals based on their abilities. We hope by combining these two ways of getting incentives that we have covered all bases. We have done something similar to this with several themes and it seems to work well for us. Just another idea. Sandy Gillard Richmond Memorial Library Batavia, NY Email: sgill@nioga.org ------------------------------ From: Ashley Larsen <ashwynne@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: science fiction titles--thanks! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:02:27 CDT Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions for the science fiction list. It was a tremendous help to me. I'm including a list of all the titles that were suggested below. Thanks again! Ashley Larsen Youth Services Librarian Woodside Library Woodside, CA Ames, Mildred Anna to the Infinite Power Asimov, Janet Norby, the Mixed Up Robot (series) Bawden, Nina Off the Road Bechard, Margaret Star Hatchling Brittain, Bill Shape-Changer Burgess, Melvin The Earth Giant Butler, Susan The Hermit Thrush Sings Cameron, Eleanor The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (series) Christopher, John The White Mountains The City of Gold and Lead The Pool of Fire When the Tripods Came Corbett, Scott The Deadly Hoax Coville, Bruce My Teacher is an Alien My Teacher Fried My Brains My Teacher Glows in the Dark My Teacher Flunked the Planet I Was a Sixth Grade Alien The Attack of the Two-Inch Teacher I Lost My Sneakers in Dimension X I Lost My Grandfather's Brain Aliens Stole My Body Aliens Stole My Homework Del Rey, Lester The Runaway Robot DeWeese, Gene Black Suits from Outer Space Dandelion Caper Dexter, Catherine Alien Game Duffy, Betsy Alien for Rent Engdahl, Sylvia This Star Shall Abide Etra, Jonathan Aliens for Breakfast (grades 2-3) Aliens for Lunch (grades 2-3) Fine, Anne The Chicken Gave It To Me Fisk, Nicholas Grinny A Rag, A Bone, and a Hank of Hair Follett, Ken The Power Twins Gaardner, Jostein Hello? Is Anybody There? Gauthier, Gail My Life Among the Aliens Gilden, Mel The Pumpkins of Time The Return of Captain Conquer The Planetoid of Amazement Outer Space and All That Junk Harry Newberry and the Raiders of the Red Drink Gilmore, Kate The Exchange Student Gormley, Beatrice Wanted, UFO Greenberg, Dan Zack Files (series) Greer, Gery Jason and the Aliens Down the Street (grades 2-3) Jason and the Lizard Pirates (grades 2-3) Jason and the Escape from Bat Planet (grades 2-3) Let Me Off this Spaceship! (grades 2-3) Haddix, Margaret Among the Hidden Running Out of Time Hess, Debra Escape from Earth Hoover, H.M. This Time of Darkness Orvis Rains of Eridan Howarth, Lesley MapHead Hughes, Monica Invitation to the Game Keeper of the Isis Light (series) The Tomorrow City Jones, Diana Wynne A Tale of Time City Key, Alexander Escape to Witch Mountain Klause, Anne Alien Secrets King-Smith, Dick Harriet's Hare Lawrence, Louise Calling B for Butterfly Lazarus, Keo The Gismo L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet The Arm of the Starfish Lowry, Lois The Giver MacGregor, Ellen Miss Pickerell (series) Mackel, Kathy A Can of Worms Mahy, Margaret Aliens in the Family The Greatest Show Off Earth Marshall, Edward Space Case (picture book) Matas, Carol Cloning Miranda McCaffrey, Anne Pegasus in Flight McCaffrey, Anne Ship Who Sang McIntyre, Vonda Barbary Nix, Garth Shade's Children O'Brien, Robert Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Paton Walsh, Jill The Green Book Pausacker, Jenny Fast Forward Pinkwater, Daniel Alen Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars Borgel Fat Men from Space Lizard Music Ned Feldman, Space Pirate Pinkwater, Jill Mister Fred Rubinstein, Gillian Galax-Arena Sargent, Sarah Jonas McFee, A.T.P. Service, Pamela Stinker from Space Stinker's Return Sheldon, Dyan Harry and Chicken (grades 2-3) My Brother is a Visitor from Another Planet Shusterman, Neil Downsiders Sinclair, Tom Tales of a Wandering Warthog Skurzynski, Gloria Cyberstorm Sleator, William House of Stairs Into the Dream Interstellar Pig Slobodkin, Louis The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree Slote, Alfred My Robot Buddy My Trip to Alpha One Spinner, Stephanie Aliens for Dinner (grades 2-3) Be First in the Universe Vande Velde, Vivien User UnFriendly Venokur, Ross The Cookie Company Watson, Jane The Case of the Vanishing Spaceship Wilkes, Marilyn Z. C.L.U.T.Z. Williams, Jay Danny Dunn (series) Wisler, G. Clifton Antrian Messenger The Seer The Mind Trap Yolen, Jane Commander Toad (Easy Reader series) Yorinks, Arthur Company's Coming (picture book)
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: Tina Cavanough <TCavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Harry Potter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:03:38 CDT I have also heard on the news here in Australia that a bookstore had eight copies on the shelf - which were gone in minutes! Tina Cavanough Children's and Youth Services Technical Co-ordinator Alice Springs Public Library PO Box 1071 ALICE SPRINGS 0871 Northern Territory Australia Ph: 08-8950 0556 Fax: 08-8952 2402 Email: tcavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au > -----Original Message----- > From: Melody Allen [SMTP:MelodyAn@gw.doa.state.ri.us] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 July 2000 12:31 AM > To: dimatulka@alltel.net; pubyac@prairienet.org > Subject: RE: Harry Potter > > Did anyone else see the shocking CBS evening news last night??? In a story > on the new book, a girl was shown reading the new HP book, a relative > having bought it at a book store in Virginia!! What will happen now? to > that book store and will others break down and start selling? > > Melody Allen > melodyan@lori.state.ri.us ------------------------------ From: Jana FIne <janafine01@sprynet.com> 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, 4 Jul 2000 12:05:10 CDT All of these great and funny questions cry out to be collated in a book. What do you all think? I know librarians everywhere would probably buy it. And if not a book, how about a column in something like American Libraries? Let me know what the listserv thinks and I will be happy to investigate. Jana Fine ------------------------------ From: Sushila Mertens <kidlit_2000@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper-aliens MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:06:25 CDT Any clues about a boy in an orchard who befriends an alien and travels to far off places. Patron remembers this from the 70's. PLEASE reply to kidlit_2000@yahoo.com Thanks! ===== Sushila Mertens kidlit_2000@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: Angela Christianson <achristi@prairienet.org> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Replies to board book request - long MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:07:42 CDT I want to thank everyone who replied to my request for board book titles. As a reminder, I asked what core board books are in your collection and which would you recommend for purchase. I appreciate the time everyone gave to help with this request. Below is a summary of the responses I received. Thank you again for all your help, Angela Christianson Children's Librarian Southeast Branch Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library achristians@cml.lib.oh.us achristi@prairienet.org
*************************** Recommended Titles: I Love you as Much (Melmed) Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Dinosaur Roar (Stickland) Trucks (Crews) Time For Bed (Fox) I Can, I Hear, etc. (Oxenbury) Baby Plays, etc. (Pragoff) All by Sandra Boynton (great rhymems) My Very First Mother Goose series by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells Animal Crackers series (Jane Dyer) Tomie's Little Mother Goose (dePaola) Max books (Wells) I Went Walking (Williams) Goodnight Moon Snap Shot Books "tab" series Recommended authors: Anything by Helen Oxenbury Sandra Boynton Lucy Cousins Eric Hill - especially the Spot die cut series Anna Grossnickle Hines - The "What can you do" series Margaret Miller Cynthia Rylant "Everyday" series Rosemary Wells "Max" series as well as nursery rhymes series
------------------------------ From: Angela Christianson <achristi@prairienet.org> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Favorite books for babies and toddlers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:08:54 CDT In the storytimes at my library, I focus on the babies and toddlers. I am having a hard time coming up with appropriate books for these ages. It seems that there are three times as many picture books for older children than there are for the young ones. Those of you who also work with the youngest library customers, what are your favorite titles for toddlers and babies? I enjoy using _I Like It When_ by Mary Murphy, the _Tom and Pippo_ series by Helen Oxenbury and the _Daisy_ series by Lisa Kopper. Can you suggest some other titles for this age group? I will compile the responses I receive and post them back to the list. Thank you in advance for your suggestions. Please email me at achristi@prairienet.org. Angela Christianson Children's Librarian Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Library ########################### Angela R. Christianson Children's Librarian Southeast Branch Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library achristi@prairienet.org achristians@cml.lib.oh.us ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 182 ************************ |
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