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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: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 402
PUBYAC Digest 402
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Mud Pie Recipe
by Christine Neirink <cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us>
2) Re: School Visits
by "Connie Sargent" <csargent@co.loudoun.va.us>
3) Indiana Librarians: Any New Professional Program Ideas?
by Christina Johnson <marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com>
4) headphones
by "PAT MARTIN, RED WING PUBLIC LIBRARY, MINNESOTA"
5) Index to Time-Life Enchanted World online
by Betsy Bybell <bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
6) Stumper - different types of families
by Frances Plumpton <FrancesP@waitakerelibs.govt.nz>
7) STUMPER--kids try to stop buffalo hunt
by "Fredda Williams" <freddawilliams@hotmail.com>
8) Rain story for Elementary
by Courtney Doyle <CDoyle@kdl.org>
9) Stumper--doll falls in jam
by "Julie Ross" <JKRoss@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us>
10) STUMPER SOLVED
by Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
11) STUMPER SOLVED - Time travel
by Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
12) Rabbit tales?
by carrie@nysoclib.org
13) Job Posting - Lib. I Ref/ YA North Bend, WA
by "Christy Strzelecki" <cstrzele@kcls.org>
14) Stumper - community helpers
by Carol Chatfield <cchatfield@myriad.middlebury.edu>
15) STUMPER
by "Heather A. Thompson" <hthomps@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
16) Leprechaun Stumper
by BKUNZEL@aol.com
17) New! A Professional Development Center
by "Linda Waddle" <lwaddle@ala.org>
18) Giant Jam Sandwich Stumper Solved!
by montgomeryl@carnegielibrary.org
(Lisa Montgomery)
19) Misspelling Words To Thwart Filters
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
20) RE: Pirates?
by Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
21) Re: Video & Audio Circulation policies
by Tina Shelton <Tina.Shelton@cityofcarrollton.com>
22) Re: Mud Pie Recipe
by Laura Smith <laurajhs@yahoo.com>
23) YA Summer Reading Prizes
by Sarah Cofer <scofer@worthingtonlibraries.org>
24) Re: dalmation puppet
by "Joan Enriquez" <joane@ocln.org>
25) Re: Mud Pie Recipe
by "Patricia LaTerza" <platerza@leaplibraries.org>
26) Re: Mud Pie Recipe
by Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
27) book covers on web site
by Carol.Baughman@kdla.net
28) Re: unattended children policies - ???
by merryl traub <mtraub4@yahoo.com>
29) Re: Reading Group
by "G Byrne" <gbyrne@killingworthla.libraryofconnecticut.org>
30) Re: Harry Potter book
by Beth Werking <bwerking@kokomo.lib.in.us>
31) RE: Hansel & Gretel
by Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
32) Re: Mud Pie Recipe
by Manansala Stephanie <pubyac@yahoo.com>
33) RE: Mud Pie Recipe
by "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
34) RE: Indiana Librarians: Any New Professional Program Ideas?
by "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org>
35) Re: book covers on website
by Deb Messling <mcpl@ptdprolog.net>
36) Outreach kits
by Lani Clarke <lclarke@snap.lib.ca.us>
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From: Christine Neirink <cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Mud Pie Recipe
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:39:33 CST
I'm working on a preschool (ages 3-5) storytime. The topic is MUD.
I'm
planning on reading Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch and telling Timothy Turtle
by Alice Davis. I'd also like to have the kids make simple (and
edible)
mud pies but am having trouble locating a recipe. Can anyone recommend
a
recipe - or any other fun mud activities? Thank you!
Christine Neirink
Youth Services Librarian
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Midland, MI
cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us
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From: "Connie Sargent" <csargent@co.loudoun.va.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: School Visits
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I have had a great time starting out with some really stupid riddles (I =
bring the books to show as well). This loosens things up and gets us all =
laughing. Even the "cool" 5th graders get into it. Most of
the time, the =
kids will have more of their own as do some of the teachers. And your =
summer will be enriched by kids coming up to you -anywhere- and sharing.
=
Hope this helps.=20
Connie Sargent =20
>>> CWATTS@dallaslibrary.org
03/24/01 11:22AM >>>
Hello,
I am a new youth librarian in Texas, and I will be starting to do school
visits at the end of April and in May. I will be doing book talks and =
story
times for K to 4th graders, and I was hoping to get some advice on =
effective
school visit practices from my fellow professionals.
Thank you,
Corwin K. Watts
Dallas Public Library
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From: Christina Johnson <marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Indiana Librarians: Any New Professional Program Ideas?
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:40:11 CST
I am in the midst of filling up the summer schedule of
events. I am frustrated at the lack of info. I can
find on professional paid programming. I am working
with some flyers and brochures that are 3 years old.
And most of these are Storytellers, and although I
love a good storyteller, I can't use all storytellers.
I have contacted some organizations just by chance to
look for possible programs.
Where do you go for find new and fun professional
programming each year?
Any ideas for this year.
TIA
Christina Johnson
Lebanon Public Library
Lebanon IN
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From: "PAT MARTIN, RED WING PUBLIC LIBRARY, MINNESOTA"
To: PUBYAC@PRAIRIENET.ORG
Subject: headphones
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:40:32 CST
Has anyone found headphones that last longer than most? We have sets
for
our iMacs and we keep replacing them. These are $20.00 each--most of
the
time it's the wire that breaks. Thanks for any help. Please
email me at
patm@selco.lib.mn.us
Pat Martin
Red Wing Public Library
Red Wing, MN
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From: Betsy Bybell <bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Index to Time-Life Enchanted World online
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:40:51 CST
Good morning all,
I've now posted the index I compiled of the Time-Life series called _The
Enchanted World_ on my webpage. It's found at
http://www.tiac.net/users/papajoe/toolbox/guests/batsy/timelife.htm
Talk about a long address.
The set of 23 books called The Enchanted World published by Time-Life Books
in the 1980s has been almost impossible to use as a reference tool, due to
the lack of any index. Only a good memory made it possible to find anything
within them. This list isn't meant to be a complete index, but it's a start
for those wishing to search for particular information. Since I'm both a
storyteller and a librarian, the emphasis is on stories, legends, and lore.
Also, last year's production of a 2-person puppet play has also been
added to my growing page of puppet plays available for all to use. _The
Straw Ox_ is found at
http://www.tiac.net/users/papajoe/toolbox/guests/batsy/timelife.htm
Be well, stay well, tell well,
Betsy Bybell
Branch and Outreach Coordinator
Latah County Library District
110 S. Jefferson, Moscow ID 83843
208-882-3925, fax 208-882-5098
email: bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us
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From: Frances Plumpton <FrancesP@waitakerelibs.govt.nz>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Stumper - different types of families
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:41:13 CST
Hi there every one
We're looking for a picture book about families - to help a 5 year old
girl who has moved out of the family home with her mother
Her father has a wider family here, but she and her mother have no immediate
family in New Zealand and father seems to be saying that she and her mother
do not constitute 'a family'
Have looked through A-Zoo, but nothing leaps out as relevant - and our books
on stepfamilies don't fit in this circumstance
The only author that might fit (sort of) are the Hoffman Grace stories
sooooo
can anyone help out?
Frances Plumpton
Preschool Services Librarian
Waitakere Library & Information Services
(Auckland) New Zealand
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From: "Fredda Williams" <freddawilliams@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: STUMPER--kids try to stop buffalo hunt
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:41:32 CST
We got a tough question this morning - I hope some wonderful PUBYCAC member
knows the answer!
Our patron read this book in high school in the 1970's. She thinks it
was a
YA novel. A group of kids - maybe from a camp, maybe troubled kids - hear
about a scheduled buffalo hunt on a preserve. They think it's not fair
and
try to stop the hunt. This is all we have to go on. I've tried
searching
our catalog as well as the usual bibliographies, but can't turn up a likely
title.
If anyone knows this book, please respond directly to me at
freddawilliams@hotmail.com
Thanks!
Fredda
Fredda Williams
Children's Services Manager
Knox County Public Library System
freddawilliams@hotmail.com
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From: Courtney Doyle <CDoyle@kdl.org>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Rain story for Elementary
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:41:58 CST
Hello all!
Before I get to my request, I would like to thank everyone who responded to
me about ideas for a mystery party. Due to your marvelous ideas, it
was a
great success!
Now for my request. I am looking for a Rain story to tell to a large
group
of elementary school students. I want the students to make the sounds
of
rain, making the sound build from a sprinkle to a thunderstorm. They
would
start maybe with snapping, then move to clapping, stomping, or anything.
However, I don't know a story to go along with this! If you have
anything
that sounds fun for this age group, and even loosely fits this description,
could you please email me at CDoyle@kdl.org?
Thank you in advance,
Courtney Doyle
Youth Librarian
Wyoming Branch
Kent District Library
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From: "Julie Ross" <JKRoss@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper--doll falls in jam
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:42:18 CST
A colleague is looking for a picture book, probably published in the =
1940's, about a wooden doll who falls off a shelf into a jar of jam. She =
believes the illustrations were black, white and red.
Thanks,
Julie Ross
Lubbock City-County Library
Lubbock, TX
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From: Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER SOLVED
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:42:35 CST
Hi all,
Thank you to about 3 dozen people who remembered the series by
Noel Streatfield with Ballet Shoes, Circus Shoes, Theater Shoes, etc.
My
stumper patron will be happy. Thanx, jeri
Jeri Kladder, Children's Librarian & Storyteller
jkladder@gcfn.org
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, Ohio
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From: Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER SOLVED - Time travel
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:42:55 CST
Hi all,
Seems The Chance Child by Jill Paton Walsh is the story we were
looking for about the two children who get separated by time travel and
one is left back in time but carves his initials in a bridge for the other
to find. Thanx all for remembering this one. - jeri
Jeri Kladder, Children's Librarian & Storyteller
jkladder@gcfn.org
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, Ohio
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From: carrie@nysoclib.org
To: <Pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Rabbit tales?
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:43:17 CST
Dear Pubyac-
I am doing a bunny rabbit storytime for ages 3-5 and would love any
suggestions for your favorite read-alouds. So far I have Bunny Cakes;
Bunny
Money; Cowboy Bunnies; Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth; and Tell-A-Bunny.
I've consulted Amazon and A to Zoo, but it is difficult determining the
"best of the best" for over five hundred books. I will
gladly post a
bibliography. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Carrie Silberman, Children's Librarian
New York Society Library
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From: "Christy Strzelecki" <cstrzele@kcls.org>
To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Job Posting - Lib. I Ref/ YA North Bend, WA
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:43:36 CST
Librarian I-Ref/Young Adult -North Bend Library (PT-20hrs)
Perform reference, young adult and other professional library services to
meet the educational, recreational, & informational needs of the North
Bend
community. REQ: MLS degree/WA state certification as a librarian. Evidence
of training, exp. or study in YA and reference services. Open until filled.
App review begins April 11, 2000. $20.288 per hr, plus exc. ben. Submit KCLS
application, resume & cover letter to: HR, King County Library System,
960
Newport Way NW. Issaquah, WA 98027, 425 369-3224, Fax: 425-369-3214
www.kcls.org EOE
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From: Carol Chatfield <cchatfield@myriad.middlebury.edu>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper - community helpers
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Can anyone suggest a book about community helpers that uses photographs
of real adults in their uniforms or work clothes? We have individual
titles on police, fire, construction worker, etc. but are looking for a
book encompassing lots of people to use with an autistic 4 year old.
We
have cartoon illustrations and photographs with children playing dress
up, but we are wondering if there is a realistic book we haven't
uncovered yet. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help.
Carol Chatfield
--
Carol Chatfield
Youth Services Librarian
Ilsley Public Library
75 Main Street
Middlebury, VT 05753
(802) 388-4369
cchatfield@myriad.middlebury.edu
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From: "Heather A. Thompson" <hthomps@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:44:22 CST
Hi everyone,
I just had a patron ask me for a book. She thinks it is from the late
60's
or early 70's. The book has a bear in it with button eyes, and may be
missing an eye. The patron also thinks the bear was left out in the
rain.
She swears it isn't Corduroy. Can anyone think of what this may be?
Thanks!
Heather Thompson
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From: BKUNZEL@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Leprechaun Stumper
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:44:45 CST
I would really appreciate it if someone can help me with this stumper.
It
was "chapter book" read by an adult when he was in
approximately the third
grade (probably thirty years ago). It concerns a leprechaun who lived
under
a blackberry bush and smoked a pipe, which makes magic happen. He
can't
remember the title or author of the book. Does this ring a bell with
any
members of this esteemed group?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bonnie Kunzel
Teen Specialist
Princeton Public Library
Princeton, NJ 08542
bkunzel@aol.com
Tel. (609) 924-9529
FAX (609) 924-6109
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From: "Linda Waddle" <lwaddle@ala.org>
To: <ya-train@ala.org>,<yalsa-l@ala.org>,
<yalsacom@ala.org>,
Subject: New! A Professional Development Center
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YALSA is announcing a new web site, The Professional Development Center, =
which is designed to provide resources for the professional development of =
librarians working with young adults. Topics, developed and maintained
by =
the YALSA Professional Development Committee, will include school and =
public library cooperation, educational leadership, literature for young =
adults, programming, intellectual development, and others. Individual
=
educators involved in library services for young adult will share their =
work and ideas in the "Spotlight" feature.
The YALSA Professional Development Center is at: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/p=
rofdev/
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From: montgomeryl@carnegielibrary.org
(Lisa Montgomery)
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Giant Jam Sandwich Stumper Solved!
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:45:26 CST
Hello all,
A huge thank you to all of you who responded to my stumper question!
(The response was truly overwhelming and very much appreciated!)
"The Giant Jam Sandwich" by John Vernon Lord was the answer to my
patron's stumper. Here is the catalog description: "When four million
wasps fly into their village, the citizens of Itching Down devise a way
of getting rid of them."
The patron had remembered bees instead of wasps, but he never forgot the
huge sandwich that was constructed to solve the problem. He was very
grateful when I called him this morning. Thanks again to you all!!!
Sincerely,
Lisa Montgomery
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
P.S. A great many of you mentioned this as a storytime favorite or a
personal favorite from childhood---perhaps worth a look for those of us
previously unfamiliar with this title.
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Misspelling Words To Thwart Filters
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>From the Tech Law Journal Daily E-Mail Alert, March 26, 2001, 8:00 AM
ET, =
Alert No. 151.
=20
"Editor's Note: Tech Law Journal's Daily E-Mail Alert has been blocked
by =
some mail servers as a result of news stories which reference either =
indecency or network security. Hence, TLJ intentionally misspells words =
which have caused e-mail blocking in the past."
In other words . . . .
TLJ is now intentionally misspelling words in stories about indecency =
issues on the Internet to defeat filters. Misspelled words include
sezual =
for sexual, etc. For example,
"He was found guilty of one count of interstate travel with the intent
to =
engage in criminal sezual activity and one count of using of a facility of =
interstate commerce (the Internet) to attempt to induce a minor to engage =
in criminal sezual activity."=20
_________
Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association
Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225
Fax: 312-280-4227
dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/
intellectual freedom @ your library
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From: Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Pirates?
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:22:42 CST
You can soak them in tea, though... It works very nicely.
Afterwards, you
can brush them with cooking oil to make them look more like parchment.
Andrea Johnson
ajohnson@cooklib.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keener, Lesa [SMTP:LKeener@acmail.aclink.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:30 AM
> To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
> Subject: RE: Pirates?
>
> You mean you didn't soak them in soy sauce. We smelled like a chinese
> restaurant for weeks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Buck [mailto:DBUCK.CMLPO.CMLD@cml.lib.oh.us]
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 12:23 PM
> To: pubyac@prairienet.org
> Subject: Re: Pirates?
>
>
> A treasure map made out of tan copy paper with some type of a map
copied
> onto it. All they kids had to do was wad it up tightly and smooth it
out
> gently 5 or 6 times till it resembled an old crumpled map. This
process
> also make the paper very soft and "fragile". Your
treasure map could be
> of
> the children's area with "treasured areas" marked.
Ours was of an island
> with areas that represented each program for the summer. That was
the
> kid's
> could see "where " they were going through the summer.
Such as: Fantasy
> Falls, Biography Bay, Danger Bay, Turtle Cliffs, Recreation River,
> Treasure
> Island, Series Jungle, etc. (We were shipwrecked in Danger Bay in the
> first
> program & had to learn how to survive! We were rescued in the
last
> program
> by a hero in Biography Bay!)
>
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From: Tina Shelton <Tina.Shelton@cityofcarrollton.com>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Video & Audio Circulation policies
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:23:19 CST
>Our Circulation Department recently came up with a question regarding
the
>circulation of video and audio tapes: If a tape has previously
circulated
>many times, it seems unfair to charge a patron who returns a broken
tape,
>since the breakage may have been caused by normal wear and tear.
Do any of
>your libraries have a policy stating that, if a tape has circulated a
>certain number of times, a patron will not be charged for damaging it?
If
>so, what is the "magic number"?
Madeline: I am in charge of purchasing the audio/visual materials for
our
library system. There is no magic number, however, when a customer
brings
in a tape that has been damaged in their VCR or has broken, we do not charge
them for the break or damage. If there is damage, the item is put on
mending, I get it, and then see if I can splice it back together.
Breaks in
videos can happen when the video is used just a short time or has been used
for many times. There is no standard. Broken audios must be
thrown away &
replaced if possible. If the audio is part of an audio book from
Recorded
Books & Listening Library, then you can have an audio replacement policy
with them.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you need any other information.
Tina Shelton
Youth Services Librarian
Frankford Village Branch Library
Carrollton, TX
(972)466-4810
tina.shelton@cityofcarrollton.com
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From: Laura Smith <laurajhs@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org,pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Mud Pie Recipe
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:23:38 CST
You could get a bunch of individual tart crusts or graham cracker crusts
and make chocolate pudding and pour it into the crusts. If you don't
want
to bother with the individual aspect, you could make full size pies.
You
could add chocolate cookie crumbs (topsoil), mini marshmallows (rocks) or
gummy worms for decoration. I would suggest a vanilla option since
there
might be someone allergic to chocolate in the group (tell them they are
making sand pies)
Laura Smith
Gaithersburg Regional Library
Montgomery Co. (MD)
At 11:39 AM 3/28/01 -0600, Christine Neirink wrote:
>I'm working on a preschool (ages 3-5) storytime. The topic is MUD.
I'm
>planning on reading Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch and telling Timothy
Turtle
>by Alice Davis. I'd also like to have the kids make simple (and
edible)
>mud pies but am having trouble locating a recipe. Can anyone
recommend a
>recipe - or any other fun mud activities? Thank you!
>
>Christine Neirink
>Youth Services Librarian
>Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
>Midland, MI
>cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us
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From: Sarah Cofer <scofer@worthingtonlibraries.org>
To: "'tagad-l@topica.com
'" <tagad-l@topica.com>,
Subject: YA Summer Reading Prizes
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:23:52 CST
Would anyone like to share their most successful Summer Reading Program
Prizes?
I have been at Worthington Public Library for one SRP and am currently
planning my second SRP. Last year we picked some really great prizes
that
the teens liked alot. They were CD carrying cases and Snowglobe
picture
frames (teens could insert their own picture). I can't speak for the
year
before that, but I heard the slinky's didn't go over that well.
So if you would, please share what has worked well for you. I am sure
everyone would appreciate it.
Sarah Cofer
Young Adult Librarian
Northwest Library
2280 Hard Rd.
Columbus, OH 43235
scofer@worthington.lib.oh.us
(614)645-2656
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From: "Joan Enriquez" <joane@ocln.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: dalmation puppet
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Could the person who also posted the response to this message
that included all the web-sites including one for a Dalmation cake
please forward that reply to me? I seem to have lost/deleted/sent it
off to cyberspace!
Thanks
joane@ocln.org
From: Teresa
Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: dalmation puppet
Date sent: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:38:47 CST
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> You might try "unstuffing" a stuffed one, making your own
puppet.
>
> Terry Lambert,
> Youth Services Coordinator
> Bluffton Public Library
> Bluffton, Ohio 45817
>
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Marsha Parham wrote:
>
> > I need a puppet of a dalmation or a dog with black spots for my
summer
> > program. Does anyone have any ideas?
> > I've checked folkmanis with no luck. I can find lots of
stuffed
> dalmations
> > but no puppets. Thanks. mmp
> > **************************************
> > 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: "Patricia LaTerza" <platerza@leaplibraries.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Mud Pie Recipe
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:24:18 CST
How about chocolate frosting?
At 11:39 AM 3/28/01 CST, you wrote:
>I'm working on a preschool (ages 3-5) storytime. The topic is MUD.
I'm
>planning on reading Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch and telling Timothy
Turtle
>by Alice Davis. I'd also like to have the kids make simple (and
edible)
>mud pies but am having trouble locating a recipe. Can anyone
recommend a
>recipe - or any other fun mud activities? Thank you!
>
>Christine Neirink
>Youth Services Librarian
>Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
>Midland, MI
>cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us
>
>
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From: Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Mud Pie Recipe
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:24:31 CST
I don't know about making them, but my kids used to love dirt cups.
It's
chocolate pudding, topped by chocolate wafer crumbs, with a gummy worm or
two included.
Lisa Mead Hughes, Children's Services
Campbell Public Library
77 Harrison Avenue, Campbell CA 95008-1499
voice: (866-1991) fax: (408) 866-1433
lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us
*** All standard disclaimers apply ***
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Christine Neirink wrote:
> I'm working on a preschool (ages 3-5) storytime. The topic is
MUD. I'm
> planning on reading Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch and telling Timothy
Turtle
> by Alice Davis. I'd also like to have the kids make simple (and
edible)
> mud pies but am having trouble locating a recipe. Can anyone
recommend a
> recipe - or any other fun mud activities? Thank you!
>
> Christine Neirink
> Youth Services Librarian
> Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
> Midland, MI
> cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us
>
>
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From: Carol.Baughman@kdla.net
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: book covers on web site
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http://www.bookhive.org/
You could ask the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County.
Carol Baughman
Children and Youth Services Consultant
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
300 Coffee Tree Road
P.O. Box 537
Frankfort, KY 40602-0537
502-564-8300 x 264 voice
502-564-5773 fax
carol.baughman@kdla.net
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From: merryl traub <mtraub4@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: unattended children policies - ???
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--- GCPL Childrens Room <gcplcr@lilrc.org>
wrote:
> Several weeks ago, someone requested policies on
> unattended children in the
> library. Apparently all answers are offline, and i
> don't remember which
> library made the request. Would appreciate hearing
> from someone at that
> library - I'd like to know what minimum age is used
> in most places that have
> such policies. Thanks much. Nancy Pirodsky, Garden
> City (NY) P.L.
Hi Nancy. It wasn't me but I'll tell you what we do.
At Syosset 12 is the magic number. If you would like a
copy of the policy just call me. Regards, Merryl
>
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From: "G Byrne" <gbyrne@killingworthla.libraryofconnecticut.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Reading Group
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Jennifer- a great place to start would be contacting TIME FOR IDEAS IN
LIBRARIES, a program of the CT Humanities Council. We are in the
middle
of our first book discussion here at Killingworth - Book Voyagers I -
and it is a great success. Contact person is Sandy Jensen phone -
203-248-6370
Have fun! gayle
Jennifer Parker wrote:
> I work in a public library as an assistant Librarian
> in a children's room and my supervisor and I want to
> start a book discussion group for children and their
> parents/gurdains.
> I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on where
> to start and if there were any books available on book
> groups with children. I have seen plenty for adults
> and have also looked at The Mother Daughter Book Club
> any ohter suggestions?
> Thanks
> Jennifer
> jmpwel@yahoo.com
>
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From: Beth Werking <bwerking@kokomo.lib.in.us>
To: "'Pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<Pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Harry Potter book
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I heard roundabout that Harry Potter #5 is Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix.
Has anyone heard this elsewhere?
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From: Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Hansel & Gretel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
> Date: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:23 AM
> Subject: RE: Hansel & Gretel
>
> >I personally would not read "Hansel and Gretel" to a
> >group of preschoolers in a library setting, especially
> >not to young preschoolers. This is one of those books
> >that might be right for one child in the group, but not
> >for others, so I wouldn't take the chance. Actually, I
> >think there are a number of books that are best read
> >aloud at home by adults who know the child personally,
> >adults who know the details of the child's life and can
> >discuss the book at length afterward if needed.
> >Storytime is a fairly anonymous group setting: I don't
> >know these children, not really, and they don't know
> >me, so I prefer to keep it a safe environment.
> >
> >N.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: HFL_LISA@stls.org
> Subject: RE: Hansel & Gretel
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:36:19 CST
>
> feading Hansel and Gretel creates an 'unsafe enviroment for
children'!!?
> Pray tell what happens when the farmers wife cuts off the mices tail,
or
the
> gingerbread
> man gets chased and don't get me started on tht nightmare Where the
WIld
> things
> Are...haven't we gotten a little to PC here?
I don't think it has anything to do with being "to PC," as you
say. It's
responsible librarianship to consider the stages of child development, not
just
the books, while planning a storytime. As far as your examples go, I
read
"The
Gingerbread Boy" and "Where the Wild Things Are" to my
preschool storytime
(age
4 and 5), but *not* to my toddler storytime (age 2 and 3). I don't
think
the
average 3-year-old has a clear enough distinction between fantasy and
reality to
understand and enjoy any of these books. However, unlike that in
"Hansel
and
Gretel," I think the scariness in the two books you mentioned is
appropriate
for
4- and 5-year-old children: it is logical, it fits into their understanding
of
their world, and it is resolved satisfactorily at the end.
I would happily read "Hansel and Gretel" (and other dark folk
tales) to
early
elementary-age children, and certainly it belongs in the library where
anyone
can choose to take it home. But I wouldn't read it to a group of
strange
3-year-olds any more than I'd read Schwartz's "Scary Stories to Tell in
the
Dark" to a class of visiting kindergartners. While "Hansel
and Gretel"
might be
enjoyed by individuals in the group, I think for the average preschooler it
is
developmentally inappropriate, so I would consider my responsibility to the
group as a whole and not read it at all.
N.
-----------------------
Nicole Reader
Children's Librarian
Benicia (CA) Public Library
nreader@snap.lib.ca.us
http://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/library.html
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From: Manansala Stephanie <pubyac@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Mud Pie Recipe
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:25:49 CST
You could prepare a chocolate cake cut into little
cubes, and some chocolate pudding, and have the kids
put some of each in little plastic cups along with a
couple gummy worms. Not exactly a mud pie, but a mud
cup...really yummy, though!
Stephanie Manansala
Young Adult Librarian
Solano County Library
--- Christine Neirink <cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us>
wrote:
> I'm working on a preschool (ages 3-5) storytime.
> The topic is MUD. I'm
> planning on reading Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch and
> telling Timothy Turtle
> by Alice Davis. I'd also like to have the kids make
> simple (and edible)
> mud pies but am having trouble locating a recipe.
> Can anyone recommend a
> recipe - or any other fun mud activities? Thank
> you!
>
> Christine Neirink
> Youth Services Librarian
> Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
> Midland, MI
> cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us
>
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From: "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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No recipe but we just received Christine Neirink Ray, Mary Lyn.
Title Mud and the kids loved it.
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:40 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Mud Pie Recipe
I'm working on a preschool (ages 3-5) storytime. The topic is MUD.
I'm
planning on reading Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch and telling Timothy Turtle
by Alice Davis. I'd also like to have the kids make simple (and
edible)
mud pies but am having trouble locating a recipe. Can anyone recommend
a
recipe - or any other fun mud activities? Thank you!
Christine Neirink
Youth Services Librarian
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Midland, MI
cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us
------------------------------
From: "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Indiana Librarians: Any New Professional Program Ideas?
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:26:16 CST
I haven't hired any entertainers yet, as I do most all of my programming
myself.
However, the New Jersey Library Association does an annual "talent
showcase" program
for youth librarians in New Jersey. Its probably listed on their
website. www.njla.org.
Perhaps they would send you a listing of who is profiled int the
upcoming program ( I think its in the next month or so) and you could
contact similar talent in your area.
Laura Gruninger, Young Adult Librarian
Mercer County Library System
Lawrence HQ
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org
[mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On
Behalf Of Christina Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:40 PM
To: PUBYAC
Subject: Indiana Librarians: Any New Professional Program Ideas?
I am in the midst of filling up the summer schedule of
events. I am frustrated at the lack of info. I can
find on professional paid programming. I am working
with some flyers and brochures that are 3 years old.
And most of these are Storytellers, and although I
love a good storyteller, I can't use all storytellers.
I have contacted some organizations just by chance to
look for possible programs.
Where do you go for find new and fun professional
programming each year?
Any ideas for this year.
TIA
Christina Johnson
Lebanon Public Library
Lebanon IN
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From: Deb Messling <mcpl@ptdprolog.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: book covers on website
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:26:29 CST
This issue has been kicked around on PubLib and Web4Lib. Here's a link
to
the latter:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/9911/0177.html
-----------------------------------------------------------
Deb Messling, Director
Eastern Monroe Public Library
1002 North Ninth Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
570-421-0800
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From: Lani Clarke <lclarke@snap.lib.ca.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Outreach kits
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:26:41 CST
Greetings,
As part of my responsibilities as a children's librarian, I make monthly
visits to a neighborhood center to do what amounts to a storytime.
Fine as
far as it goes, but I want to devise a method of leaving library materials
at the center for the children to use there or take home--whichever the
center's honchos prefer. (The centers are physically removed from the
library, and lots of the children there never have a chance to visit us.)
So far, the best way for us to do this seems to involve making
"outreach
kits", which we envision as being big book bags w/ the library's logo
on
them, filled with a neat selection of books. What we would do is
assign
the neighborhood center a card and check the whole shebang out to the
center, rather than to individual kids. How the center tracks who's
got
what is up to its leadership.
I am interested in hearing any ideas you have with regard to the
concept,
but what I REALLY need is feedback from someone who has done something
similar. Here are a few questions: Do book bags, big canvas
ones, work as
containers for the kits, or would something else work better? Have you
had
problems with all items being returned with the kits? (We're not worried
about the odd book finding its way into some child's home, but it could be
a problem if it happened to most of the books, most of the time.) How
often did you refresh your kits with new titles? How many books did
you
include in each kit? Is there anything I should be worried about that
I
haven't thought of yet??
Please respond offlist, and I'll summarize as appropriate for the group.
Regards,
Lani Clarke
Vacaville Public Library
Vacaville, CA
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