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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>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 295
PUBYAC Digest 295
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Seeking Excellent YA Pages
by Tammy Schneider <castls@kentlibrary.lib.mi.us>
2) Re: cookie party help
by Marsha Parham <parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us>
3) Re: holiday candy
by Marsha Parham <parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us>
4) Re: Barcoding
by Carol Hoke <hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us>
5) thanks for the suggestions
by Nicole Marcucilli <nmarc@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
6) RE: Barcoding
by gochnm <gochnm@mail.mont.lib.md.us>
7) Re: Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans
by "Janet Young" <jyoung@ci.hurst.tx.us>
8) Re: Barcoding
by "Shanla Brookshire" <shanlab@hotmail.com>
9) High-Low books
by bkworm@mindspring.com
10) Re: cut and tell stories
by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
11) Re: Children's Book Week November 13-19
by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
12) Public library/ Elementary School library relationships -
HELP
by "Sharon Freeman" <sgfree@axionet.com>
13) Re: Successful children's library programs without hiring expensive
by Rosalie Olds <rolds@kcls.org>
14) Re: Ideas needed
by "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com>
15) Re: Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans
by wwilson2 <wwilson2@woh.rr.com>
16) Latest YA Paperback Source
by Diane Casey <caseyd@pls.lib.ca.us>
17) Re: Ideas needed
by Toni Whitney <whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us>
18) STUMPER: princess ballerina fairy bride
by "Cathy Chesher" <cchesher@monroe.lib.mi.us>
19) STUMPER--half plant/half human
by Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
20) Circus related magazine titles wanted!!!
by "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
21) Use Us
by "Judy Dunahue" <Jdunahue@acpl.lib.in.us>
22) Stumpers
by Kim Flores <kimf@mail.orion.org>
23) STUMPER--Water Of Life
by Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
24) search for picture books about homosexual parents
by "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com>
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From: Tammy Schneider <castls@kentlibrary.lib.mi.us>
To: yalsa-bk@ala.org, PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Seeking Excellent YA Pages
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:43:11 CST
Hi All!
Please excuse cross-posting.
I am looking for suggestions for library websites that have a separate YA
page. If your library (or even someone else's that you know of) has an
exceptional one, now's the time to "toot your own horn". Please
reply
off-list, and if there is enough responses I will post them to the list.
Thanks!
____________________________________________________________________________
___
Tammy Schneider
Youth Librarian
Kent District Library
Cascade Branch
Grand Rapids, MI
"Opinions given above are personal, and do not reflect official library
policy or statements."
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From: Marsha Parham <parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: cookie party help
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:48:26 CST
At 08:21 PM 10/31/00 CST, you wrote:
>A fun way to decorate cookies in addition to using tubs of icing is to
paint
>the cookies with egg yolk paint and add colored sprinkles.
You need to be careful with raw eggs. Last year I was doing a program
making ice cream and many of the receipes call for raw eggs. Our local
county extension agent feels that any receipe with raw instead of cooked
eggs is too dangerous for us to use and hand out to children to eat. She
helped me find some receipes without eggs or ones that use cooked eggs.
After her lecture, I'm not sure that I would let my children eat cookies
painted with egg yolk.
**************************************
M. Marsha Parham
Flint River Regional Library
800 Memorial Dr.
Griffin, GA 30223
(770) 412-4770
(770) 412-4771 (fax)
parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us
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From: Marsha Parham <parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: holiday candy
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:49:46 CST
Around Christmas time there are a lot of places that have chocolates
wrapped up as Santa Claus or Snowmen. Also, there is that colorful hard
candy that is shaped like ribbons.
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M. Marsha Parham
Flint River Regional Library
800 Memorial Dr.
Griffin, GA 30223
(770) 412-4770
(770) 412-4771 (fax)
parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us
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From: Carol Hoke <hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Barcoding
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:51:37 CST
>We are getting ready to barcode our library for the first time. I was
>wondering how other libraries barcode and/or security strip books and
>cassettes. Ours are in hanging bags and we are trying to decide the
best
>placement of the barcode.
>
>Angela Davis
>Emporia Public Library
>110 e 6th
>Emporia KS 66801
We have our book/cassettes in bags also. We barcode the bag and
check the contents of the bag before it is discharged to make sure
both pieces are there.
--
Carol Hoke
Children's Services Manager
Cedar Rapids Public Library
500 First St SE
Cedar Rapids IA 52401
319-398-5145, ext. 259
fax 319-398-0746
Hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us
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From: Nicole Marcucilli <nmarc@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: thanks for the suggestions
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:53:07 CST
Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions for holiday candy. I've decided
to go with holiday m&m's, sprinkling some gelt in there as well if it will
fit and not look too awkward.
Nicole Marcuccilli
Glenview (IL) Public Library
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From: gochnm <gochnm@mail.mont.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Barcoding
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We barcode the box and write the number with a Sharpie pen on the cassette
and
videos to aid in getting mismatched pieces back together.
Videos have barcodes on the ends of the videos if you are putting them in
plastic cases. Lately, they have been coming on the plastic cases which
staff
doesn't like as much.
We verify the cassettes and tapes match their various pieces. We put a
enlarged copy of the barcode on the plastic hanging bag with a reminder to
return each piece. If you enlarge too greatly it won't scan but 150%
should
work. We tape them on with 3M book mending tape.
I can't speak about Security strips, only a few of our libraries have the
alarms and we don't have them at mine.
>===== Original Message From pubyac@prairienet.org
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>We are getting ready to barcode our library for the first time. I was
>wondering how other libraries barcode and/or security strip books and
>cassettes. Ours are in hanging bags and we are trying to decide the
best
>placement of the barcode.
>
>Angela Davis
>Emporia Public Library
>110 e 6th
>Emporia KS 66801
Mark S. Gochnour, M.L.S. gochnm@mont.lib.md.us
Agency Manager - Poolesville Library
Montgomery County (Maryland) Dept. of Public Libraries
The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of my
organization.
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From: "Janet Young" <jyoung@ci.hurst.tx.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:56:16 CST
It seems to me JellyBelly's come close
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From: "Shanla Brookshire" <shanlab@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Barcoding
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:58:17 CST
Angela,
On the item itself is the best bet. Otherwise, it would be
easier to
destroy if it was on a plastic hanging bag.
Hope this helps!
Shanla Brookshire
Children's Librarian
Lovett Memorial Library
Pampa, TX 79065
MLS graduate of Emporia State University!
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From: bkworm@mindspring.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: High-Low books
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:59:54 CST
Hi! I am interested in purchasing high interest/ low reading level books
for our small public library branch. We particularly need nonfiction books
that appeal to boys 4th-8th grade who have low reading skills. We have a
number of New True books, but I would appreciate any suggestions on series
that have worked for your library. Any suggestions on fiction for
low-reading levels that is not to "corny" would be appreciated also.
Please
email bkworm@mindspring.com.
Thanks in advance.
Mary Jones
Bailey Cove Branch Library
Huntsville, AL
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From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: cut and tell stories
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:01:26 CST
What are cut-and-tell stories?
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From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Children's Book Week November 13-19
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:03:26 CST
It's not for Children's Book Week, it's for National
Library Week in April but you might find it
interesting. During the Wednesday of Nat. Lib. Week,
some of the schools participate in "The Great American
Read Aloud". They invite librarians, library
directors, parents, local officials, etc. to come to
each class for 15 minutes or so to read to the
children. They try to have someone read to every
class & they give appreciative certificates to the
guest readers. One of the libraries in Nassau County,
the N. Bellmore library, does an all-day guest
read-aloud in the library's community room during the
Saturday of Children's Book week, giving each
volunteer a 20-minute or half-hour time slot. They
have been doing this for years & it has been very
successful. Hope this helps.
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From: "Sharon Freeman" <sgfree@axionet.com>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Public library/ Elementary School library relationships -
HELP
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:05:03 CST
I am a recent subscriber to PUBYAC - an MA student in Children's =
Literature at the University of British Columbia - working on a paper re =
relationships between children's librarians (public) and elementary =
school teacher-librarians.
I would appreciate answers to any (or all) of the following questions:
a.. Do the elementary schools in your area have qualified =
teacher-librarians in their libraries? Yes___ No___
b.. What % of the teacher-librarians in your district do you have =
personal contact with during a year?
c.. What are the specific reasons for these interactions?
d.. Have your expectations of teacher-librarians (or theirs of you) =
changed in the past three years? If Yes, please explain how.
e.. Please indicate some of the positive interactions/experiences you =
have had with the teacher-librarians in your area.
f.. Please indicate some of the difficulties/disappointments you have =
had with the teacher-librarians in your area.
g.. Please list any suggestions you have for positive interactions for =
the future.
Thanks for any assistance you can take the time to provide. I will post =
the collated results of the information that I receive for my paper.
Please reply to the address below, not to PUBYAC. Tha nks.
"Sharon Freeman" <sgfree@axionet.com>
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From: Rosalie Olds <rolds@kcls.org>
To: Pat Lanyi <lanyip@pls.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Successful children's library programs without hiring expensive
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:06:35 CST
Pat,
I have a teen book group that meets once a month. I average 8-10
teens. The only cost is my professional time and the refreshments. This
year we even got a grant for the books.
I've also done poetry coffeehouses that have fairly good
attendance. You can have cookies and pop for the younger crowd. This
is also usually just the cost of the food and the leader's professional
time.
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Pat Lanyi wrote:
> performers.
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> Please share successful programs presented for all ages of children, but
> especially including K-gr 8, that do not involve hiring expensive
> performers. These might include staff presentations, community agency
> presentations, interactive with kids rather than kids being an audience
> only. Details on number of staff needed, preparation, any other
> pertinents appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Pat Lanyi, Menlo Park Library
> lanyip@pls.lib.ca.us
>
Rosalie Olds, Young Adult Librarian
King County Library System
Fairwood Library
Renton, WA
Life's too short to read bad books or drink bad wine!
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From: "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Ideas needed
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:08:58 CST
HOW UNFAIR TO YOU!!!!! What a stinker. Here's my best idea for
you...cheap, quick, as sophisticated as the kids want.
Coffee Filter Butterflies:
1-2 coffee filters per kid--grocery store brand is fine
Tons of markers (I hope you have these!)(you can limit the kids to three
colors--hand them out, don't give a chioce-- to share with a partner or
something if you have to.)
A few plant misters or squirt guns
colorful pipe cleaners, one per coffee filter
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Spread newspaper over the tables. Give each child a coffee filter or two.
They then use the markers to color on the filters. Random patterns look
great, but have the kids understand that if they do detailed drawings that
they will be ruined when it comes time to squirt them.
You man one of the squirt bottles and give a RESPONSIBLE fifth or sixth
grader or two the other(s). Squirt the filters only a few times, don't
soak
them, and let them dry flat on the table for a few minutes. This is
usually
where I do a story or book or something.
When the filters dry, pass out the pipe cleaner (use your older kid
volunteers to expediate this if you can. I make a point to show the kids
this next part, because it is the hardest part.
Bend the pipe cleaner in the middle to make a V. Scrunch the dry filter
down into the bend of the V, so that it fills the bottom 3/4 of the pipe
cleaner and gathers a bit in the middle. Twist the pipe cleaner to make a
head and antennae. You can curl the antennae a bit for decoration.
This probably won't take the full 50 minutes for the older kids, but will
with the younger. I hope you will be able to find at least one person (can
you drag your significant other out with you? I can tell you, mine would
be
coming with me!) to help you. Good luck. Let me know if I can help
with
anything else!
Andrea Terry
juvserv@customnet.com
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From: wwilson2 <wwilson2@woh.rr.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:10:41 CST
Will they include the earwax flavor or the vomit? I
don't think I
like the sound of this at all.
Cassie Wilson
cwilson2@kent.edu
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From: Diane Casey <caseyd@pls.lib.ca.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Latest YA Paperback Source
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:12:17 CST
I use to order off of HOTPicks by Baker and Taylor. It would give the
latest Pascal, Stine, Pike, etc plus new paperbacks. It is now more.
Anyone have a new source?
Diane Casey, Young Adult Librarian
email: caseyd@pls.lib.ca.us
Redwood City Library
voice: 650-780-7035
1044 Middlefield Road
fax: 650-780-7069
Redwood City, CA 94063-1868
For a companion
on my walking
trip...perhaps
a little butterfly Shiki
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From: Toni Whitney <whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Ideas needed
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:14:06 CST
You could set up a make-n-take session with perhaps four to six crafts at
stations. Some examples that would not be expensive:
Loop - D- Loop Pictures
Cut construction paper of various colors into 1/2 inch strips. The
children
can
then glue the strips onto a falt sheet of construction paper (or other heavy
paper) creating various designs. Simple, inexpensive, and the children
like
it. The creation look a lot like amusement park rides.
Packing Peanut Pictures:
Provide packing peanuts, glue and construction paper for the children to
create
their own pictures. Again, inexpensive, open-ended and fun.
Snowflakes:
Take round coffee filters and fold them into eighths. The children cut
various
designs into the edges of the paper. When opened, beautiful snowflakes
appear.
We have used ideas and more for quick make-n-takes that provide the
materials
for the children to create their own designs.
Good luck!
Toni Whitney, Youth Services Librarian
Ashland Public Library, Ashland, Ohio
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From: "Cathy Chesher" <cchesher@monroe.lib.mi.us>
To: "Pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER: princess ballerina fairy bride
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:15:56 CST
I have a patron looking for a picture book she checked out of our =
library recently. It is about a little girl who dresses up as a =
"princess ballerina fairy bride". It is not a Halloween book.
The =
patron remembers that the author info. on the book jacket states that =
the author dressed up as a "princess ballerina fairy bride" when she
was =
a little girl.
I've tried various subject headings and keyword searches and have =
checked A to Zoo, but am obviously missing something. Any help would be =
appreciated.
Cathy Chesher
Adrian Public Library
143 E. Maumee St., Adrian, Michigan 49221
phone 517-265-2265
fax 517-265-8847
cchesher@monroe.lib.mi.us
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From: Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER--half plant/half human
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:18:20 CST
Hi all,
We're looking for a fiction title about an alien that
is half plant
and half human who comes to earth and answers an ad in the personals of
the newspaper --something like girl seeking botany discussion. That's all
we can come up with. We've looked under all combinations of key words in
our on-line catalog and came up with nothing to match. The collective
brains of 10 children's librarians with some real old-timers (me, for
instance) has yielded nothing so far.
I'll post the answer if we get one. Thanx, jeri
Jeri Kladder, Children's Librarian & Storyteller
jkladder@gcfn.org
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, Ohio
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From: "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Circus related magazine titles wanted!!!
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:21:51 CST
Hello, Pubyaccers!
I would like your imput on magazines that you have seen that deal with
topics related to the circus. I already have CopyCat, Sports Illustrated
(for articles on gymnastics, etc), and Kids Discover.
Send me your titles! They will be included in a manual I am producing for
our State Library.
Respond to me at barbarascott@hotmail.com
TIA,
Barbara Scott, Children's Librarian
Bucyrus Public Library
Bucyrus, Ohio
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From: "Judy Dunahue" <Jdunahue@acpl.lib.in.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Use Us
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:25:56 CST
GO AHEAD-USE US AS A SPRINGBOARD.
Lots of others have and we're proud of it-and them:
Director, Denver (CO) Public Library Director, Portland (ME) Public
Library, Assistant Director, Appomattox (VA) Regional Library System,
Coordinator of Youth Services, Farmington Hills (MI)Community
Library, Director, Berrien Springs (MI) Community Library Director,
Grandview Heights (OH) Public Library
to name a few
Some have stayed, moving from page to manager of the Historical
Genealogy Collection, clerks and switchboard operators to
main library department and branch managers, and summer
bookmobile helper to manager of our largest branch. We're
glad to have had them all!
Because we're located in northeast Indiana, a distance from library
schools, huge cities and a supply of librarians, we advertise
all our openings. Named to HAPLR's top ten for our population area,
the Allen County Public Library serves 300,000 people living in Fort
Wayne, a 2000 "All-America" city, and surrounding community,
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as the "best read city in North America".
Join us: Reference librarian openings in Business and Technology and
Readers' Services, and children's librarian at the Georgetown Branch.
Requirements are an M.L.S., a passion for excellent public service,
curiosity and tenacity, and technological
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of children's literature and pro- gramming skills are also
required. Friendliness, enthusiasm, tact, resourcefulness,
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Charlene Holly, Human Resources manager, at (219) 421-1231 or
cholly@acpl.lib.in.us for more
information. Check out our website at
www.acpl.lib.in.us. Then
send your resume and letter of interest to
Human Resources, Allen County Public Library, P.O. Box 2270, Fort
Wayne, IN 46801-2270.
An equal opportunity employer
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From: Kim Flores <kimf@mail.orion.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumpers
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:29:38 CST
I have a patron looking for two books she read during the 80s when she
was in the sixth grade. The first is about a young girl who gets lost
in the woods and lives in an old car she finds. Her dog lives with her
and she is found in the end. I don't have any other information. The
second one is even more scanty. A girl is babysitting and the newborn
child she is watching dies of SIDS. I have checked our catalog
extensively, as well as Children's Catalog. Does anyone have an idea
about either story? Please e-mail me at kimf@mail.orion.org
Thanks for the help!
Kim Flores
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From: Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER--Water Of Life
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:31:50 CST
Hi all,
Seems it's our day for giving up on call-back questions--
We're looking for a folktale like The Water of Life about three
brothers traveling on a path. The land is drying up and they need to find
a source of water to restore the kingdom. There may be a character Mystic
Rose. This is not a Grimm telling and it is definitely not the Barbara
Rogasky/Trina Schart Hyman The Water of Life.
We've searched the Storyteller's Sourcebook and our on-line
catalog with every combination of key words immaginable. The character
name doesn't appear in Characters in Children's Literature or Characters
in Young Adult Literature.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanx, jeri
Jeri Kladder, Children's Librarian & Storyteller
jkladder@gcfn.org
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, Ohio
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From: "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: search for picture books about homosexual parents
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:34:02 CST
I have a patron in a quandry. She has a 6 year old niece who lives with
her
gay mother and her mother's partner. Right now she is having a very hard
time understanding why she lives with two women, instead of a woman and a
man like most little girls. She's just at that age where she's noticing
how
her life is different from the norm.
I am searching for books about kids with gay families. Of course, my first
reaction was to send her to _Heather Has Two Mommies_, a book which I'm not
all that fond of (I think it has information in it that is not
age-approprate) but it covers the subject. I also reccommended _Daddy's
Roommate_ and _It's Perfectly Normal_ as possible resources. Does anyone
out there have other recs? Ever had a patron in this situation?
Thanks to all of you in advance for your support. Thank goodness for
public
libraries, who can be neutral and simply supply the information requested
without strings.
Andrea Terry
juvserv@customnet.com
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