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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and
Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 383
PUBYAC Digest 383
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Question About Easy Readers
by "M. Mills" <mmills@stic.lib.tx.us>
2) Re: Edible shamrocks
by Karen McNulty <kmcnulty@avon.lib.ct.us>
3) Damaged and long gone YA PBs
by "Rosemarie Grainer" <rgrainer@oleanlibrary.org>
4) Re: SRP Prizes
by Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
5) Easy Readers non-fic
by Marge Astolfi <MAstolfi@excite.com>
6) Summary: Author visits
by Maggi Rohde <maggi@intranet.org>
7) DVD sources?
by Maggi Rohde <maggi@intranet.org>
8) Nancy Drew followup
by "kahern@selco.lib.mn.us"
<kahern@selco.lib.mn.us>
9) RE: Cowboy/Cowgirl party...Harry Potter
by "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
10) Stumper - Headdress Story
by Martin Sicard <sicardm@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
11) Fractured Myths--Stumper Solved
by Susan259@aol.com
12) stumper answered
by CRyne <cryne@sierramadre.lib.ca.us>
13) Stumper: male babysitter
by steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us>
14) Science Fiction for Middle Schoolers
by Maureen Lok <malok@ccls.org>
15) Tulip Rose
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
16) re stumper three boys in a series
by Traci Moritz <moritztr@oplin.lib.oh.us>
17) Unattended Children in the Public Library
by Librenee@aol.com
18) Katherine Paterson to Speak at Multnomah County Library
by Katie O'Dell <kodell@multcolib.org>
19) Re: Give a Boy a Gun
by Kathleen Schen <schenka@oplin.lib.oh.us>
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From: "M. Mills" <mmills@stic.lib.tx.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Question About Easy Readers
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:20:18 CST
We catalog factual readers (for older readers...Grades 3 and older) with
Dewey class number. The series name is an access point for patrons or
patrons can find other titles in a series by checking internet (Amazon.com,
etc.).
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From: Karen McNulty <kmcnulty@avon.lib.ct.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Edible shamrocks
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:20:39 CST
Munson's Candy stores (based in Bolton, CT) currently has THE BEST green
jelly gumdrop-like-only-better-sweeter-softer-yummier shamrocks in America!
--KM (don't know if they have website)
At 01:18 PM 3/1/01 CST, you wrote:
>Most large groceries store have bulk candy or special secgions and I
just
go
>buy green
>gummy shamrocks from ours.
>
>
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From: "Rosemarie Grainer" <rgrainer@oleanlibrary.org>
To: <yalsa-bk@ala.org>
Subject: Damaged and long gone YA PBs
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:21:07 CST
Dear all,
I am in the midst of a quandary
and am hoping for some good advice.
I have been buying the young adult books for the past 3 1/2 years.
What do
you do with your YA pbs to keep them from getting demolished by being loved
to death? Do you cover them like we do our softcover nonfiction books?
Do
you just expect them to be a self-weeding resource? Do you keep a part
of
your budget aside to replace these well-loved, and frequently disappearing
books? I don't have a huge budget. I have a hard enough time
keeping up
with the new fiction, and all the paperback copies of series books and books
that I didn't want to get in hardcover.
I hate to not have books that our
teens want, but many times we had
more than one copy and they are all long gone by being checked out since
1998 or just falling apart due to large numbers of circulation.
Certain
authors are more prone to this phenomenon than others, too!
Do any of you have any
suggestions for me? I would really
appreciate it. Thanks for all the ideas and help that you all have
given me
over the past 3 1/2 years.
Rosemarie
Rosemarie Grainer, Reference/Young Adult Librarian
Olean Public Library, 134 N 2nd St., Olean, NY 14760
716-372-0200; Fax 716-372-8651; rgrainer@oleanlibrary.org
"So many books, so little time." - unknown
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From: Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: SRP Prizes
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I also eliminated toy prizes from our Summer Reading Program. We'd
been
giving
away Oriental Trading Co. trinkets for years, and patrons seemed happy with
them, but I was concerned that the focus of the SRP was becoming prizes, not
books. I didn't like bribing kids with junky toy prizes; I wanted them
to
earn
valuable book-oriented rewards.
Thanks to our Friends group, I got enough money to purchase 500 paperback
books,
one for each child who read 10 books over the course of the SRP. We
continued
to award coupons for free food (hamburger and pizza). Honestly, I was
nervous
about the patron response when they discovered they'd "only" be
earning
these
rewards, not squirt rings and plastic spiders. This was two years ago,
and
do
you know the total number of patron complaints in that time? Zero.
The
number
of excited kids and pleased parents? Hundreds and hundreds.
When we put our money where our mouth is, the patrons see that the SRP
really is
all about rewarding recreational reading. It's a good experience for
the
librarians, too. It's gratifying to see the eyes of an otherwise jaded
6th-grader light up when he sees he'll get to choose a book to keep!
This year we're going to do something different. We want to make the
SRP
even
more supportive and less competitive, so we will let the older kids set
their
own reading goals in terms of minutes spent reading. When they get
halfway
to
their goal, they'll earn the paperback book reward.
N.
-----------------------
Nicole Reader
Children's Librarian
Benicia (CA) Public Library
nreader@snap.lib.ca.us
http://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/library.html
> From: "Shanla Brookshire" <shanlab@hotmail.com>
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>
> Last year I completely got rid of prizes.
I got tired of constantly
> picking up broken toys from around the library and peeling the sticky
ones
> from the ceiling of the children's area. My plan for last year,
and for
> this year, is to give the kids a book for reading 3 hours. Then,
they
> compete for reading the most minutes during the summer and I hand out
$10
> gift certificates to a local bookstore to the top 5 readers. I
usually
buy
> 10 certificates and have a drawing for the other 5. It went
wonderfully
> last year so I'm going to do it again this year. Oh, in total
minutes
read
> over the summer, the kids read over 60,000 minutes and I gave away over
100
> books. Some more than likely cheated but many tried really,
really hard
to
> read 3 hours. I was the most proud of them.
> I hope this helps. Oh, our Friends
of the Library group are going to
> buy our books this year.
>
Shanla Brookshire
>
Children's Librarian
>
Lovett Memorial Library
>
Pampa, TX 79065
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From: Marge Astolfi <MAstolfi@excite.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Easy Readers non-fic
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Hi Toni,
We recently started to add non-fic to our JE's and JER's. For example:
the
book titles Your Teeth by Helen Frost is located at the end of the Easy
Reader section - JER611.314/FRO. The parents and the students are very
pleased with this process.
Marge Astolfi
Ridgefield Park Library
Ridgefield Park, NJ
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From: Maggi Rohde <maggi@intranet.org>
To: PUBYAC List <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Summary: Author visits
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:23:00 CST
Way back in November I asked about author visits. Here's what I
learned:
You can write to publishers for lists of authors they sponsor, or poke
around on favorite authors' web sites to find a way to contact them
directly.
Folks reported fees of $400 through $2000 plus travel. It was
recommended
we try local authors to keep costs down. You should book the author
several months in advance, even as far as one to two years.
Publishers will often supply books at a discount for authors to sell and
autograph, and you can return what you don't sell. One person
suggested
selling the books for full price and keeping the difference as a
fundraiser for the library.
Books:
_Terrific Connections with Authors, Illustrators and Storytellers_ by Jane
Kurtz - www.janekurtz.com
_Bring an Author to your Library_ by Steve Weiner
Web sites:
http://www.teleport.com/~authilus/
- Authors and Illustrators who visit
schools.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/authorvisit/
- Scholastic
Author Visit Kit
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/parents/schoolvisits.asp
- HarperCollins Author Appearances
http://www.simonsays.com/subs/txtobj.cfm?areaid=183&pagename=authors_index
- Simon & Schuster Author Visits
http://www.cbcbooks.org/navigation/teaindex.htm
- Children's Book Council,
Teachers and Librarians - halfway down the page see links for Author &
Illustrator Visits.
http://www.sharyn.org/ - index of
authors' web sites. A good source for
author email addresses.
Recommended authors:
Barney Saltzberg - www.barneysaltzberg.com
Denise Fleming (Toledo, OH) - Henry Holt Publishing
Sarah Holbrook (poet in Cleveland)
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From: Maggi Rohde <maggi@intranet.org>
To: PUBYAC List <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: DVD sources?
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:23:39 CST
We just got a bunch of money to start a DVD collection. Anyone have
good
sources?
Thanks!
-Maggi at Milan in Michigan
maggi@intranet.org
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From: "kahern@selco.lib.mn.us"
<kahern@selco.lib.mn.us>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Nancy Drew followup
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:27:06 CST
Thanks to all who have posted to the list and to those who sent their
thoughts and practices directly to me regarding the Nancy Drew series
and the issues of racism, stereotypes, etc. It's obvious from all
persons responding (myself included) that this is an important and
"reaching" issue. As with any type of "censoring"
- it's a hot button.
Perhaps I should elaborate on what I understand seemed to be a "knee
jerk" reaction as someone aptly expressed it (that is, the
"pulling" the
3 books mentioned). We have pulled those three books from our
collection "in the interim" as we decide what to do - that best
meets
all patrons needs and is equally sensitive to all patrons as well. I'm
sorry if in my writing, I implied that those books were being pulled on
a permanent basis solely based on my or someone else at our library
deciding to do so - that is not the case, nor of course, will that be
the case.
I certainly understand the "historical fiction" aspect of the
books and
the era in which they were written. I know I (and others have
expressed) how they cringe when they imagine a child reading those kinds
of statements/phrases and other (now recognized as being) racists
terms. I would agree that I don't consciously remember these being in
the books when I read them as a child (although they obviously were).
What I believe as an adult though, is that racism is rampant in our
country and it's so insidious, it can be easily dismissed as "it's no
big deal, it's harmless, it goes over kids' heads", etc. As a
nation,
we are struggling with the issue of racism and the ongoingly tragic
repercussions of it. Do we need to look beyond our own front doors to
see proof that racism (in any form - written, spoken, implied, etc.) is
debilitating, insulting and profoundly wrong? It's too easy to
say
"it's somebody else's problem" or "can't anyone take a
joke", etc. I
certainly hear those kinds of statements/rationalizations on a regular
basis - just think about the last time you were somewhere and heard a
racist "joke". It's a real part of our society - one that I
don't think
we're proud of, but one that we just don't address head on and say "no
more". IMHO, racism is a problem that belongs to all
of us and none
of it -none of it is funny or acceptable in any way.
Having said that, I respect the "historical fiction" reality of
these
books and many others. I certainly would not put the Nancy Drew series
in the same ballpark as the work of Twain, however. Yes, both have
racists passages and implications. Yet, I think of how often is
Twain's
work used as a learning experience and something that is discussed - so
the context and the racism - can both be processed, better understood
and wrestled with. I contrast that with a young person reading Nancy
Drew and "that's it", so to speak - in terms of discussion or
understanding.
I realize it is not my job or the job of any librarian to police or
manage a reader or the reading experience (thank goodness!). I
just
offer it as food for thought in the big picture. I don't think a lot
of
young people reading Nancy Drew, for example, pay a great deal of
attention to the time frame itself -it's not mentioned in the book -
you'd have to look at the copyright itself. So, I can't help but
wonder
about the racism and prejudice that is there -without that context of
time/era. Does that somehow imply that "this is how it is" -
that an
African American today is referred to as a "Negro" or that African
Americans would be referred to as "Mammy and Pappy"?!
Wouldn't that be
a great discussion to have with kids who read the books -especially
those who do not have the experience of living in a more culturally and
ethnically rich environment? wow!
I do wonder if the NAACP (or similar group) was expressing concern over
the book(s), would the numbers (of protests/people) then translate into
a greater issue of racism and concern? Does one voice or three voices
carry less credibility than many when it comes to racism? It's again,
food for thought.
Also, the the issue of the passage(s) being "southern dialect" was
brought up on the list serve as well. I recognize that dialect is
involved in the passage, yet references to "Mammy, Pappy, and Voodoo
Preacher" are not about dialect - that is not how southerners talk - or
least not "this southerner" - nor the southerners I knew and lived
around most of my life before moving "north"!
My last thoughts are how many of us who are responding (on either/all
sides of this issue) are of one of the ethnic minorities that were/are
written about in pejorative terms in these book(s) or others? As
I
once heard author Pat Mora say, buying book is a political statement -
wow! I've never forgotten that or the sincerity of her message that
everyone counts - not just the "typical minority" that has
historically
made and continues to make so many of the decisions that directly impact
ALL of us in our day to day lives - including all of us in our
respective jobs.
I totally agree with sentiments expressed about not "sanitizing
collections" or knee jerk censoring - buy anyone. I certainly
think the
only way to learn from our mistakes is to study the past - and not
pretend or attempt to give the impression that it didn't exist or
"wasn't really that way". I think or hope, we are all on the
path of
trying to determine how to best due that in our own lives and in our
nation as a whole.
I thank this group for the format for this discussion and all the others
we share! Thanks for letting me express my thoughts on this important
and complicated issue!
Kathleen
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From: "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Cowboy/Cowgirl party...Harry Potter
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I don't remember what book I got it from but we made a paper bag horse head.
You put it over a chair and the kids take turns trying to
"Lasso" the
horse. The older kids can have fun making a lasso, while we supplied the
younger ones with pre-tied rope.
-----Original Message-----
From: ali j. [mailto:ali_kat007@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:35 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Cowboy/Cowgirl party...Harry Potter
Hi everyone!
I'm planning my storytime calendar and would like to have a cowboy &
cowgirl
party. Any ideas on snacks/games, etc... thanks in advance!
Also I have found great things on the net for those of you planning your hp
party, it is to much to send email wise so if you would like me to fax them
to you i'd be more than glad to do so, just email me directly at
ali_kat007@hotmail.com w/your
name & fax #.
thanks again in advance!
:)
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From: Martin Sicard <sicardm@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: Pubyac listserv <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper - Headdress Story
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:28:51 CST
Hi I am posting this stumper for someone else, so I hope this is
enough clues to solve the mystery....
It's a juvenile fiction chapter book about 20+/- years old ....
kids go to grandparents and find an Indian Headdress, when they look at
the headdress a feather falls out with a clue, this clue leads to other
clues ..... so starts the mystery
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Martin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Martin F. Sicard (aka Mr. Martin)
Youth Services Librarian - Port Tampa City Library
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
4902 Commerce St. Tampa, FL 33616
(813) 301-7000 - Fax (813) 301-7008
e-mail address : sicardm@hcplc.org
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From: Susan259@aol.com
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Fractured Myths--Stumper Solved
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:29:41 CST
The book that includes retold myths is
Near Myths by Robert Kraus
Thanks to everyone who knew this title!
Susan Smith
Arlington Public Library
Arlington, Texas
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From: CRyne <cryne@sierramadre.lib.ca.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper answered
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to everyone who replied to my stumper. The
proper title is:
Cleopatra VII, daughter of the Nile" by Kristiana Gregory, ISBN
0590819755.
I appreciate your help and have ordered the book for my teen book club.
Sincerely,
Cathy Ryne
Associate Librarian - Children's/Young Adult Services
Sierra Madre Public Library
440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
(626) 355-7186
cryne@sierramadre.lib.ca.us
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From: steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us>
To: "PUBYAC (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper: male babysitter
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We have a patron who is looking for a book she read as a child (early
1970's). It is about a plump male babysitter. While he is
babysitting
orange pop and rootbeer come out of the faucets. In another chapter
they go
on a trip and the man passes the steering wheel to each child, so that they
can have a turn driving. She thinks one girl was named Janie.
Any ideas?
- Steven Engelfried, Young Adult Librarian
Deschutes Public Library System
545 NW Wall Street Bend, OR 97701
ph: 541-617-7072 fax: 541-389-2982
e-mail: stevene@dpls.lib.or.us
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From: Maureen Lok <malok@ccls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Science Fiction for Middle Schoolers
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:32:01 CST
Help! I'm updating our Children's collection of science fiction. What are
favorites and must haves for 5th, 6th & 7th graders? --preferably those
published in last 10 years. Lists I have found are either overwhelming, too
young or adult oriented. THANKS!
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Tulip Rose
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:32:42 CST
Thanks to everybody who answered by stumper about the boy who is
traveling across America in his VW bug.
I told the patron it was Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant. She was
thrilled to get the information.
Thanks so much,
Toni
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From: Traci Moritz <moritztr@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: re stumper three boys in a series
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:33:22 CST
My thanks to all who answered my stumper about the three boys in a three
book
series who did ornery things and it was set in 1800s. Well it ended up it
was
the Soup books and the patron was very sorry he remembered three boys
instead of
two (he was sweet).
All of you are wonderful and it was so great to send this man and his son
(whom
he wanted to read the books he loved as a child) out the door with big
smiles.
My thanks to Sally Warburton, Anne Lemay (who suggested the Soup series),
Elaine
Morgan, Connie Vandervort, Louise Moroses, Kristin Caldwell Peto and Mary
D'Eliso. We had the other books suggested like the Great Brain series, the
Three
Investigators and the Agle series, Three boys and a ..." He took one of
each
as
well as several soup books.
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From: Librenee@aol.com
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Unattended Children in the Public Library
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:33:58 CST
About a week ago, I recommended a book titled _Unattended Children in the
Public Library: A Resource Guide_ which I thought was published by ALA
Editions. As it turns out, it was a joint publication of ALSC/ALTA/PLA.
Therefore, it is not available at the ALA Editions online store. However, it
is listed on the ALSC publications page at
http://www.ala.org/alsc/unattended_children.html
(and probably on the ALTA
and PLA web pages as well) and can be ordered by calling the 800 number
listed on the site. Sorry about any confusion this may have caused.
Renee J. Vaillancourt
Library Consultant
librenee@aol.com
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From: Katie O'Dell <kodell@multcolib.org>
To: Youth Services Work Group: ;
Subject: Katherine Paterson to Speak at Multnomah County Library
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Please excuse the cross-postings . . .
Newbery-winning author Katherine Paterson will explore how books
allow readers to build a "Bridge to Other Worlds" at Multnomah
County
Library's fourth annual Children's Author Lecture. The lecture is
Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church,
1126 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, Oregon.
Tickets for the lecture are $10 for adults and $5 for students,
kindergarten - grade 12. Tickets will be on sale March 5 - April 1 at
these Multnomah County Library locations: Friends' Library Store at
Central Library, Library Administration, Hillsdale Branch Library,
Hollywood Branch Library and Midland Regional Library. Tickets are also
available at A Children's Place, Annie Bloom's Books, B. Dalton
Bookseller at Vancouver Mall, Looking Glass Books, Twenty-Third Avenue
Books and Jackson's Books in Salem.
Paterson is the author of more than 30 books for children. Bridge to
Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved, both winners of the Newbery Medal,
are among her most famous titles. Other popular titles include The Great
Gilly Hopkins (Newbery Honor book), Lyddie (Honor Book of the
International Board of Books for Young People) and Jip: His Story (Scott
O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction). Marvin One Too Many and The Field of
the Dogs, which will be published this year, are Paterson's newest novels.
Paterson has received 18 different national and international awards
for the body of her work, including being named a "Living Legend"
by the
Library of Congress in 2000.
Sponsored by the Riverdale School District, Oregon Public Broadcasting,
the Friends of the Library and the Library Foundation, the annual
Multnomah County Library's Children's Author Lecture explores the exciting
and diverse world of books for children from the viewpoint of the books'
creators. Past speakers are Lois Lowry, Patricia Polacco and Sharon
Creech. Proceeds from the Children's Author Lecture fund future events and
provide local fifth - eighth grade students who would not otherwise be
able to attend the lecture with tickets and transportation to it, a book
and a set of books for each class room invited.
For more information, call 503.988.5402 or check the library's Web site at
www.multcolib.org/kids/lecture/index.html.
Katie O'Dell Talk It Up!
Youth Librarian Book Discussion Groups for Kids
Multnomah County Library System 205 NE Russell
kodell@multcolib.org
Portland, OR 97212
www.multcolib.org/talk/ phone:
503.988.6002
fax: 503.988.5441
"A good detective is always in demand."
----Nancy Drew, "The Hidden Staircase" (1930).
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From: Kathleen Schen <schenka@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Give a Boy a Gun
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Julie,
I also read Give a Boy a Gun and was saddened by the story. My
YA
section is for grades 7-12. It seems to me that it might be better for
older YAs. I also read the Wounded Spirit by Frank Peretti which would
be
an excellent companion book. I wish high school freshman english classes
would read the two books and discuss them.
Kathy
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Julie Carlyle wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm needing some input about the Book Give a Boy a Gun by Todd
Strasser.
I've just finished reading this book and am extremely saddened by the real
need for such startling material. I was just wondering if there were
any
opinions as to wether this should be considered a YA or Adult book?
I'm in
a K-8 private school and am trying to see where it would be helpful to my
students and not wood for the fire.
> Just interested in hearing some other voices.
> Thanks
> Julie Carlyle
> jcarlyle@strita.net
>
>
> Julie Carlyle
> Asst. Librarian
> St. Rita School
> "For I know the plans I have for you
> declares the Lord, plans to prosper
> you and not to harm you, plans to give
> you hope and a future."
> ~Jeremiah 29:11~
>
>
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