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Subject: PUBYAC digest 405
PUBYAC Digest 405
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Seeking online/electronic "equivalents" to Gale's
Something About
by "Allison Ho" <allison.ho@public-library.calgary.ab.ca>
2) Re: Program attendance
by Toni Whitney <whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us>
3) RE: Mud Pie Recipe
by Lee Vucovich <l.vucovich@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us>
4) Programs for 4th graders to 6th grade ideas needed
by "Lori Osmon" <loriosmon@hotmail.com>
5) Re: Mud Pie Recipe
by P Brady <pegbrady3@yahoo.com>
6) Reading motivation in a hypertext world
by JKempAKarl@aol.com
7) Re: Outreach kits
by "Karol Caparaso" <Kcaparaso@acpl.lib.in.us>
8) Unique children's room entrance
by "Shalar Brown" <SHBROWN@iowa-city.lib.ia.us>
9) Book Club
by Jennifer Parker <jmpwel@yahoo.com>
10) German teacher needs help
by "Andrea" <juvserv@customnet.com>
11) Rain Stories (long)
by Courtney Doyle <CDoyle@kdl.org>
12) ALA ANNUAL PROGRAM IN SAN FRANCISCO
by Ruth Metcalf <RMETCALF@SLOMA.state.oh.us>
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From: "Allison Ho" <allison.ho@public-library.calgary.ab.ca>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Seeking online/electronic "equivalents" to Gale's
Something About
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:21:16 CST
I've been asked to research for online/electronic alternatives (if any)
to the print version of Something About the Author, a multi-volume
bio-bibliography series of children's authors/artists. I'm having
little success with my own research, and would appreciate any additonal
info you can provide. Are your resources "free" or a
subscription
database etc.? Please respond to me directly at
<allison.ho@public-library.calgary.ab.ca>
Many thanks in advance.
Allison
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From: Toni Whitney <whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us>
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:21:50 CST
For some of our programs, not all, we have sign up ahead of time by simply
calling the Youth
Department and leaving your name, age and phone number. We have never
used
tickets. By
calling in and reserving a spot, this eliminates a special trip to the
library. Overall, I am
not in favor of signup as I believe that it tends to discourage people from
attending if they
have not planned ahead. However, sometimes we may have limited space
or
need to be sure to
have enough craft items (etc.) ready for use.
For this is helpful.
Toni Whitney
Ashland Public Library/Ashland, Ohio
Elizabeth Lai wrote:
> If you bother with the tickets, give them out the day of the program or
a
hour ahead of it.
>
> >>> campbell_deborah@yahoo.com
03/24/01 11:25am >>>
> Our library would like to ask your opinion regarding
> program attendance. During the school year, are most
> of your programs fully attended? We are currently
> giving out tickets but we've discovered that anywhere
> from 25-50% of the ticket holders fail to show up. We
> always tell folks who can't get tickets to come anyway
> because there are normally seats available. Does
> anyone have experience giving out extra tickets? Say
> your meeting room holds 100 and you give away 125
> assuming 25 won't show up. Has this ever been a
> problem?
>
> And for those who don't give out tickets, how often do
> you turn away people who wish to attend? We're trying
> to decide whether to continue giving away tickets or
> do away with them. Is the Fire Code to be taken
> casually or literally? You know, what difference do 5
> or 10 more little bodies make?! (BTW this isn't my
> personal argument but one I hear from others at our
> library.)
>
> Thanks to the collective wisdom of this list.
>
> Deborah Campbell
> Loveland Public Library
>
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From: Lee Vucovich <l.vucovich@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us>
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Subject: RE: Mud Pie Recipe
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:22:16 CST
We just did a "mud" storytime which everyone enjoyed!
Instead of mudpies, (we do not serve food at our storytimes), we
fingerpainted with chocolate pudding (on large finger paint paper) to take
home. Yum. Lots of finger licking and lots of fun!
Lee
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Lee Vucovich
l.vucovich@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us
Children's Services, Francis Branch
St.Joseph County Public Library
52655 N. Ironwood Dr.
South Bend, IN 46635
282-4641
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From: "Lori Osmon" <loriosmon@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Programs for 4th graders to 6th grade ideas needed
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:22:44 CST
I have bee having a program called Friday Fun for K-6th graders once a month
on a Friday. This group is mostly the younger end, but I do have a few
4th
to 6th graders that come because they have always came in the past and have
younger siblings that come. My problem is that these older kids look
bored
and aren't too excited about being read to. I was wondering if anyone
had
some good ideas to try that would meet the wide interest of this group.
I
am considering spliting up the age group and have a seperate program for the
older ones. Any ideas for the older set? Any ideas would be
appreciated
and I would be happy to post the responses to this list. Thanks in
advance.
Lori Osmon
Carnegie Public Library
Washington, IN
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From: P Brady <pegbrady3@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Mud Pie Recipe
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:23:08 CST
Christine, how about taking Patricia's idea of
chocolate frosting and let the little ones ice a plain
cookie (pie shell) and let them put sprinkles, etc. on
top? Sounds like fun - just keep plenty of damp paper
towels on hand:)
--- Patricia LaTerza <platerza@leaplibraries.org>
wrote:
> 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: JKempAKarl@aol.com
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Subject: Reading motivation in a hypertext world
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:23:38 CST
I'm new to the list--an MLS candidate doing research for a reading
motivation
project. I'm focusing on the effects of the ever-widening hypertext
environment in which today's K-12 students find themselves, specifically on
hypertextually-induced changes in reading behavior and expectations that
could fundamentally affect our reading motivation strategies.
I've been passionately reading--and by turns arguing and agreeing
with--Eliza
Dresang's book Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age. I would
like
to hear reactions to her Radical Change thesis from those practitioners of
the art of getting Net Generation kids to read and think critically. Also, I
would really appreciate responses from those teachers and librarians who
have
taken Dresang and others (e.g., Reinking, Leu, etc.) to heart and actually
adapted their reading motivation practices to reflect the ubiquity of
hypertext information and communication environments. Tales of success and
failure and ambiguity are especially welcome.
Thank you all,
Jim Kemp
Queens College/CUNY
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From: "Karol Caparaso" <Kcaparaso@acpl.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Outreach kits
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:24:07 CST
Here at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN we have a =
Juvenile Deposit Collection program. We make up 2 boxes of 25 books
each =
(2 boxes are easier to carry than one big one) and deliver them three =
times a year to various preschools, daycare centers and home daycare =
providers. The boxes contain concept books, appropriate holiday books, and =
good read alouds. We have approximately 50 agencies. Each has an
signed =
agency library card and the agency is responsible for the books. We
have =
included lists of the books in the boxes to make book recovery easier.
=
There is a lot of turnover in staff in these places and sometimes a lack =
of organization, so we try to make it as easy as possible for them and us. =
We would like to make more deliveries, but staffing is a problem.
It =
probably takes us two + weeks to deliver all agencies if we do a storytime =
while we are on site. We generally have four librarians who share the =
workload. We deliver county-wide and our county covers a great deal of =
area. This program has been running ten to twelve years.
Karol Caparaso
Children's Services
kcaparaso@acpl.lib.in.us
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From: "Shalar Brown" <SHBROWN@iowa-city.lib.ia.us>
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Subject: Unique children's room entrance
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:24:35 CST
Hi all again! A while back I accessed your collective knowledge on a =
fairly unique feature we'll be using in our expanded children's room at =
the Iowa City Public Library, a nursing room and got many very useful and =
insightful comments from you. Now I have another:
The new entrance to our children's area will be unique in some way - =
here's what we know: there will be a "regular" entrance for the
room, but =
there will also be a special way for kids to enter. The original thought =
was a sort of "mouse hole" low arch through which smaller kids
could =
crawl. The architect has now suggested a very short slide (yes, like on a =
playground) with just a couple steps up, built into the wall, through =
which small kids would propel into the children's area. We're pretty =
excited about this idea, but a bit nervous about HOW popular this sort of =
thing would be and would kids and parents pile up around the entrance, =
kids using it over and over, etc. We're not too concerned about the safety =
aspect, because it would be very short and we're sure safety will be at =
the forefront of the designers' minds. SO, just wondering if anyone out =
there happens to have any sort of unusual or unique or attractive feature =
in their children's area and what impact has it had for you, what problems =
has it caused, etc.=20
Thanks so much again, we really appreciate your help.
Shalar Brown
Iowa City Public Library
Iowa City, Iowa
shbrown@iowa-city.lib.ia.us
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From: Jennifer Parker <jmpwel@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Book Club
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:25:07 CST
I want to say thanks to everyone who sent ideas on
starting a parent child book club. I got some great
ideas and have a great starting place.
Thanks everyone.
Jennifer
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From: "Andrea" <juvserv@customnet.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: German teacher needs help
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:25:34 CST
Hi!
I have a patron that is a part time German teacher. She needs a book =
that has excersizes and games to help her teach several 6-7-8 year olds. =
Does anyone know if such a book exists and how to get a hold of one?
=
Thanks in advance, as usual!
Andrea Terry
juvserv@customnet.com
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From: Courtney Doyle <CDoyle@kdl.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Rain Stories (long)
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:26:03 CST
Wow! I want to thank all of you who sent me ideas for a Rain story!
You
all have such wonderful ideas, and you're all so helpful! Thank you!
Some of you asked me to post the ideas to the list, so here they are.
BOOKS:
Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain, by Verna Aardema (K-2nd graders)
Rain, by Manya Stojic (K-1st graders)
Ben's Dream by Van Allsberg
Rain Song by Lezlie Evans
Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin, Jr., Holt, 1988.
Come on, Rain! by Karen Hesse
Bumpa Rumpus and the Rainy Day by Reay Joanne
STORYTELLING:
There was no rain in (your town) for days, weeks,
months! It was so hot
and there was no water for the people or the animals to drink and they were
so thirsty. So the people called out to the sky and said "please
sky please
let it rain". But it did not rain. The birds called out to
the sky tweet
tweet tweet tweet tweet which meant "please clouds please let it
rain". But
it did not rain. The dogs called out to the sky woof woof woof woof
woof
woof which meant "please sky please let it rain". But it did
not
rain. (add as many animals as you want also you can drag it out in other
ways but I digress) Finally the fish looked up at the sky and said
kissy-sound, kissy-sound, kissy-sound which meant "please sky please
let it
rain". The sky heard the sound of kisses from the fish and
thought The
creatures of the earth must love me. They are sending me kisses.
Since I
love them too I will send them rain. And it rained.
I usually split the audience into four parts( the
people, the birds,
the dogs, the cats and the fish) and they make the barking sounds and
meowing and tweeting and whatever else you need. You can finish with
one of
those rainsticks for the rain sound or you could have the children pat their
legs for a heavy rain sound.
Another way to drag it out is to repeat the sounds
with an explanation
such as... And it still did not rain. The people had asked (please sky
please let it rain), the birds had tweeted (tweet tweet tweet) and the dogs
had barked (woof woof woof woof). So the fish decided to give it a
try.
They looked up to the sky and ...
Enjoy,
Kate
Kate McLean
Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library
DeKalb County Public Libraries, GA
mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us
"My opinions are my own."
Here's one I found in Caroline Feller Bauer's "READ!"
The Frog
A Hopi tale from storyteller Bert MacCarry, Sanibel Island, Florida
Props: rain stick, frog puppet
Audience: divided into four groups: frogs, ravens, coyotes, villagers.
Many years ago in a HOpi village in the territory
of Arizona there was
a dreought. No rain had fallen for many weeks. The rivers were
dry. The
animals had no water to drink. A little frog sitting on the bank of
the dry
river bed thought to himself,
"I wonder if the Rain God has fallen asleep
and forgotten to make it
rain. Perhaps if I make a lot of noise I could wake him up."
He began to
croak: "Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit."
The other frogs heard him. "Why are you
making so much noise?" The
little frog, answered, "I think the Rain spirit has fallen asleep and
forgotten to make it rain. I'm making a lot of noise so that he will
wake
up."
"We would like to help," said the other
frogs. And they began to
croak. (Frogs in the audience help) "Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit."
A raven flew over the dry river bed and heard the
frogs croaking. Why
are you making so much noise?" the raven called to them. After
the frogs
explained the raven said, "I would like to help. "He began to caw,
"Caw.
Caw. Caw"
Other ravens said the would help too. They
all began to caw. (ravens
in audience help.) "Caw. Caw. Caw"
A coyote in the desert heard the disturbance and
called to the ravens
flying overhead, "Why are you making so much noise?" The
ravens explainde
the situation.
The coyote said, "I would like to help."
He began to howl, "Ow-oo.
Ow-oo. Ow-oo."
Other coyotes asked, "Why are you making so
much noise?" The coyote
explained and the coyotes said, "We would like to help."
They howled,
(coyotes in the audience help.) "Ow-oo. Ow-oo. Ow-oo."
High on the cliffs, the villagers heard the noise
from the frogs,
ravens, and coyotes. "What is all the noise?" When te animals
explained, the
people said, "We would like to help." They brought out their
drums, dressed
in their best and began to chant and dance. (Hopis in the audience help.)
"Drum, Drum, Durm."
Soon it began to rain (Use rain stick) It rained and
rained and rained.
One little frog can make a difference. (Use frog
puppet) RIBBIT RIBBIT
RIBBIT!
(I used a sort of combination of the these two previous stories. I
ended it
with something like this:
And a black cloud started to roll in and all the animals ran for cover.
Then the wind started to blow (rub hands together)
and it started to sprinkle (snap fingers)
then it started raining harder (pat hands on legs)
and then it really started to pour! (stomp feet)
And then back down again)
Here are some more ideas:
--I've used large sheets of plastic to create thunder sound effects for
plays. Something close to poster board size works fairy well.
The person
holding the sheet simply rattles it back and forth. (The large plastic
sheets that come in poster frames works well.)
--I have seen and participated in simply "creating" a summer storm
by
beginning with a few sprinkles (finger snapping a little)
to more sprinkles (finger snapping quickly)
to light rain (lightly slapping legs)
to heavier rain to downpour (quickly slapping legs hard)
and back again. Unfortunately, there wasn't a story to go with it, but
the
sound effects in and of itself were very effective.
--My favorite rain story, particularly for a group is the paper folding
story in Just Enough to Make a Story by Nancy Schimmel. It's a great
story,
and I always adapt it to say the boy is floating to the nearest library to
them.
Georgia
Thank you again for all the wonderful ideas!
-Courtney
Courtney Doyle
Youth Librarian
Wyoming Branch Library
Kent District Library
CDoyle@kdl.org
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From: Ruth Metcalf <RMETCALF@SLOMA.state.oh.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: ALA ANNUAL PROGRAM IN SAN FRANCISCO
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ALA ANNUAL PROGRAM DATE!!
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2001, 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Cultural Connections: Collaborative Partnerships Between Libraries,
Museums, and Educators"
While you are planning your ALA Annual Conference Agenda, we hope you
will take some time to add this program to your roster of events. If you
have been trying to make connections with local museums to serve
families in your area, this is the program for you!
This program will show how local public libraries are partnering with
their local museums to introduce rich cultural experiences and promote
literacy for families in their communities. Successful program models,
unique collaborations, and effective strategies for reaching families
at-risk will be explored.
Exciting models of this type of collaboration will be shared. Some of
the speakers include:
Maria Salvatore, formerly of the D.C. Public Library and the
Smithsonian National Museum of American History will describe their
program entitled, "The Story in History"
Sally Anderson, Coordinator of the Vermont Center for the Book, will
discuss her partnership with the Montshire Museum to implement
MOTHER
GOOSE ASKS WHY.
Sharon Breen, of Middle Country Public Library, will describe their
library's "International Museum Day Celebration: A Collaboration
with
Twenty Long Island Museums"
Ellen Riordan, of Enoch Pratt Free Library,will discuss the "Enoch
Pratt
Free Library Exploration Center at Port Discovery"
Basic goals of this program will be to:
* Demonstrate how museums and libraries can collaborate for
service in their communities.
* Share methods for sharing history through the use of hands-on
exhibits and quality children's literature.
* To share practical ideas on Public Library service to at-risk
families and on coalition building.
The ALSC Liaisons with Organizations Serving Children and Youth
Committee is excited about doing this program, as we see that it fits in
very well with our mission of sharing information with librarians on the
benefits of collaborative efforts. For further information on
this
program contact Ruth A. Metcalf, Co-Chair of the committee at
614-644-6910 or e-mail: rmetcalf@sloma.state.oh.us
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