|
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: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 425
PUBYAC Digest 425
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Cataloging series written by diff. authors
by Teresa Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us>
2) Mary Kate & Ashley mag
by "diane greenbaum" <dgreads@hotmail.com>
3) Re: Family Literacy Workshops. Help!
by "Bia Menezes" <biam75@lycos.com>
4) Crafts at storytimes
by Scinta <dscinta@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
5) Shelving Ya Fiction by Genre
by Debra21 <ldebra@bellsouth.net>
6) Program for Teens
by Ellen Scott <escott@Connect.bedlib.org>
7) stumper
by "L&N Shacklette" <shacklet@eclipse.net>
8) Question about Davy Crockett's companion?
by Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz>
9) stumper: illiterate wolf?
by Heidi Estrin <heidi@cbiboca.org>
10) stumper -- girl with triangle on head
by Martha Link <martha@lfpl.org>
11) Re: After school activities
by Mlmiller23@aol.com
12) Stumper
by Jamie Weaver <jweaver@dupagels.lib.il.us>
13) Identifying Holocaust Book for Patron
by Tracie Partridge <traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us>
14) Compilation of Medieval Ideas
by Christina Johnson <marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Teresa Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Cataloging series written by diff. authors
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:16:37 CDT
I just attended a conference workshop last week on readers advisory for
children, and it seems that many people are doing that, in the children's
department at least. The example was used of Mary Kate and Ashley and all
of the series that are about them. Yes the kids should learn how to use
the catalog, but we don't want them to get as frustrated as we do when
trying to find a book!
Terry Lambert,
Youth Services Coordinator
Bluffton Public Library
Bluffton, Ohio 45817
------------------------------
From: "diane greenbaum" <dgreads@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Mary Kate & Ashley mag
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:17:01 CDT
Do any of your libraries receive Mary Kate & Ashley magazine? If
so,
is it kept in Children's or YA? What do you think of it?
We've had one request for it, but I've yet to see it.
Diane Greenbaum
Wickliffe Library
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
------------------------------
From: "Bia Menezes" <biam75@lycos.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Family Literacy Workshops. Help!
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Language: en
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:17:33 CDT
Hi:
I work as a School Media Specialist in the New York area. I would like
to
plan a family literacy workshop. The program I planned would involve read
aloud, book talks and crafts.
Other than food, gifts, flyers has anyone used any other techniques to get
people to attend?
Also, has anyone run any successful programs? I am a student in library
school and would appreciate the information.
Thank you for your response.
Bia Menezes
biam75@lycos.com
Queens College
New York
Get 250 color business cards for FREE!
http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
------------------------------
From: Scinta <dscinta@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Crafts at storytimes
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:18:09 CDT
Dear Collective Brain,
We are currently planning our next series of storytimes for ages 3-5 and
kindergarten kids. In the past we have included a craft at the end of
the
program following the theme that week. We are thinking of cutting this
out and I would like to know if anyone does this type of programing.
Any input would help.
Diane Scinta
Children's Librarian
Cold Spring Harbor Library
------------------------------
From: Debra21 <ldebra@bellsouth.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Shelving Ya Fiction by Genre
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:18:36 CDT
I have been thinking recently of shelving my YA Fiction by genre i.e.
all the Fantasy together but still in alpha order
by author within that section. I plan to display more books face out
as
well. Has anyone else done anything similiar?
------------------------------
From: Ellen Scott <escott@Connect.bedlib.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Program for Teens
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:19:06 CDT
I am doing a Summer program for teens about Creative Writing Skills and
How to Get your work Published. I am wondering if anyone has done a
similar program and may have some ideas for me? Does anyone know of
any
good web sites? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance,
Ellen Scott
Bedford Public Library
1323 K Street
Bedford, IN 47421
Phone 812-275-4471
Fax 812-277-1145
email: escott@bedlib.org
------------------------------
From: "L&N Shacklette" <shacklet@eclipse.net>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:19:41 CDT
I have a patron looking for a book her son enjoyed about 14 years ago.
It is a large format picture book. The pictures may have illustrated
spring/winter, sunshine/darkness and/or above/below ground.
Imbedded in the illustrations were intricate line drawings, for example,
in
a tree trunk, faces and a woman in a TV set.
One of the characters in the story may have been called Trimpet or Trumpet.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Nancy Shacklette
Maplewood Memorial Library
Maplewood, NJ 07040
shacklet@eclipse.net
------------------------------
From: Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz>
To: "'PUBYAC'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Question about Davy Crockett's companion?
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:20:10 CDT
Hi there PUBYAC people!
We have just had a customer request for the name of Davy Crockett's Indian
companion. Our customer seemed to think it starts with an 'M' and ends
with
an 'O'.
We have searched through our book sources and on the Internet but haven't
come up with anything.
Please can you respond to the email address below. Thank you in
anticipation!
Cheers
Zak
Zaklina M. Gallagher
Young Adult Librarian
Dunedin Public Libraries
PO Box 5542, Dunedin
Ph: +64-3-4743626
Email: zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz
WWW: http://www.CityofDunedin.com
------------------------------
From: Heidi Estrin <heidi@cbiboca.org>
To: "pubyac (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper: illiterate wolf?
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:20:48 CDT
Does anyone remember this recent picture book? A wolf (or other large
meat-eating animal) captures some smaller animal and is getting ready to eat
him. The wolf is illiterate, but the smaller animal can read, and
saves his
skin by mis-reading the directions in the cook book so that the wolf ends up
letting him go.
Can anyone identify this book for me? Alternatively, can anyone
suggest any
picture books to go with the theme "Get Caught Reading"? I'm
borrowing that
theme from the publishing industry for a special storytime.
Thanks!
Heidi Estrin
heidi@cbiboca.org
Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
------------------------------
From: Martha Link <martha@lfpl.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper -- girl with triangle on head
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:21:23 CDT
A friend stumped me with this one the other day:
It is a chapter book read to her class in elementary school (late 70s, early
80s) about a family who takes in a girl whose parents are missing or dead.
The girl is very unusual and has a silver or sparkly triangle (or other
shape) on her forehead. The other kids in the family want one, too,
and she
tells them that they must perform certain tasks. One task involves not
touching metal for an entire day and there is a dinner scene where one child
is wearing mittens and another is eating with a dollhouse snow shovel.
My friend can't remember how the story ended, and would love to find out.
I hope you can help!
Thanks....
Martha Link
Children's Special Programs Librarian
Louisville Free Public Library
Louisville KY
martha@lfpl.org
------------------------------
From: Mlmiller23@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: After school activities
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:21:57 CDT
I am presently working in an after school program with fifth graders and
have
started STAR computer club. We began with the keyboard, and WORD. I am
introducing skills and then on to searching on the Internet. They love it,
however the group is not large. 15 max.
Minna Miller
mlmiller23@aol.com
------------------------------
From: Jamie Weaver <jweaver@dupagels.lib.il.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:22:18 CDT
I have a patron that is looking for a chapter book that she read a few
years back. It was about a Grandfather that was taking the blame for his
grandson who had killed someone in a car accident. She thinks the title was
No One Needs to Know or Nobody Needs to Know. We thought we found the book
last week but this title No One Needs to Know was about mice. Any help that
could be given would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Jamie Lyn Weaver
Geneva Public Library
127 James Street
Geneva ll. 60134
jweaver@dupagels.lib.il.us
------------------------------
From: Tracie Partridge <traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Identifying Holocaust Book for Patron
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:22:54 CDT
Hi everyone. I need your help in identifying a book set during the
Holocaust for a patron. She checked it out four years ago from her
middle
school library, but she had to return it before finishing it. She does
not remember the title, author, or collection code. I have checked
numerous resources, but I have been unable to locate it. It involves
two
families: one Jewish and the other Gentile. The Gentile family
claims
a daughter in the Jewish family as their own. They use their deceased
daughter's identity to pass her off as their own. Their daughter died
in
the Peace Corp. She does not remember anything else. Thanks for
your
help. You can send any titles to me off list at
traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us.
Tracie Partridge
Children's Librarian
Wichita, KS
------------------------------
From: Christina Johnson <marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Compilation of Medieval Ideas
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:24:17 CDT
We did a medieval program a few years back where we
made stained glass
windows. You precut black construction
paper into an arched shape and
then make cut-outs. Cellophane in
colors can be cut to size and glued to the
back side of the paper. We bought
cellophane rolls at a party store.
Here is where the question comes in...
We also had some old cellophane rolls
that were much thicker and had
deeper colors that were quite nice. The
new stuff seems anemic by comparison.
Does anyone know of a source for the
heavier cellophane?
Please reply to me at binawill@aol.com
I will pass info along! Promise!
Bina Williams
Bridgeport Public Library.
p.s. we also cut out solid paper into
the same arch shape, but turning
it point down made a coat of arms
shape. Kids were encouraged to design
their own using cut paper, pens,
pencils, crayons and glitter glue.... We
went through lots of glitter glue.
Lots....
Here in Merrimack we did READERS OF THE ROUND TABLE in
1990--long
before it showed up in Upstart (or
whatever company does it now). We built,
with the help of 9-14 year olds, a
reading castle. The frame was wood
and chicken wire, plastered over and
with milk cartons making the top.
The door to our room had a cardboard
portcullis over it and the door
was flanked by life sized cardboard
cutouts of a knight (Sir Reads-a-lot)
and a lady (Lady Readsmore). We did a
class where children made their
own coat of arms. We had made banners
using heraldic designs to hang
on the wall. A poster board dragon
guarded one wall. Our game board took
up most of one long wall and was a
cutaway of a castle plus the village
and fields nearby. Each week the
children added animals, peasants,
servants, performers and finally nobles
to the mural--need I say that
at the time a had a staff member who
was an artist--she left us to do art
full time, bummer.
In various activity programs children
made helmets, ladies' pointed
hats, shields, castles, dragons from a
variety of objects and
difficulty levels. One program was
games, call HOW TO WHILE AWAY A
SIEGE. We played games that were played in the Middle
Ages and then played shield
ball(light weight balls were thrown at
3 or 4 players in the middle of
the room. they had to deflect the
balls with cardboard shields. if
they were hit they were out). We also
had mock jousts, with the
children on hobby horses made of rolled
newspaper and paper bag heads.
I know we did more, but I don't have
the descriptions with me right
now. I'll look for it and send another
message of any good ideas I
forgot. Oh, good books to use: INDOOR
GAMES or how to while away a
siege (from the Society for Creative
Anachronism), HUZZAH MEANS
HOORAY by Laurie Carlson and KNIGHTS(craft topics
series) by Rachel Wright.
Hope this helps
Beverly Little
Head of Youth Services
Merrimack Public Library, NH
Christina - I see someone already mentioned the SCA. I
belong as well
(come to think of it, several
librarians do. Hmmmmm) I took the liberty
of looking up local groups. You should
probably contact Jody Ross at
317-931-0561. She's the contact person
for the Indianapolis group.
There may be one closer, and she'd be
able to tell you how to get in touch.
They can be a good resource. You might
also try to get a copy of Days
of Knights and Damsels: An Activity
Guide by Laurie Carlson, ISBN
1556522916. It has loads of ideas for
crafts and activities. We did a
medieval theme at a library I used to
work at, and at the time, Demo
had bookmarks, book bags, etc. with
knights and dragons. My personal
favorite was a set of 2 lifesized
posters with the front and back of a
full suit of armor, all parts labeled.
Good luck!
Lisa Loftin
Dayton/Montgomery Co. PL
Have you contacted the SCA/Society for Creative
Anachronism? I am
a member of this group and have listed
at the end of this message the
contact for the Indianopolis area.
If you are not familiar with
the SCA - it is a friendly group of
people who enjoy recreating the middle
ages.
Knighting ceremony for
completing the program
Classes in papermaking, book
binding, calligraphy
Medieval faire with fighters,
minstrals, etc.
SCA - Jody Ross, 4221 N. Park Ave, Ind.
IN 46205 317-931-0561
If you have any other questions
please ask!
Sarah
Sarah J. Beldin
All opinions
expressed
Moline Public Library
are my own.
309/797-4366
I am presently designing a Summer Reading Program for
Lambton County
(Ontario, Canada)and it's 27 branches
using the Medieval theme. I
would very much like to hear any ideas
you may receive or some of your own.
Some of ideas I have just started to
gather are as follows;
-Display medieval books around a Fisher
Price castle.
-Display the alphabet letters of that
time.
-There a are a few web sites that give
directions on how to build a
castle for you library. (I am at home
right now so do not have that
information with me.) - Children
design coat of arms for that period and display
in the library. These are just a few that come to
mind. I will check my files at work
for more to share if you are
interested.
Barbara Beckett
Lambton County Library
Wyoming, Ontario
Sorry I lost the original message...
Dover Company has possibilities: they
use to have a castle or two you
could build, one was very easy and of
course the other harder to put
together. The cost was around $10.00
for both. Do you have a local Society
for Creative Anachronism? Our area SCA came and
performed ground jousting, had
chain mail makers, crafters, etc. If
you know someone to borrow costumes from
you can decorate with them too. One craft I did with
the kids was to make a
very easy castle if you want I could
probably fax you a copy or snail mail it to
you.
Good Luck.
Amy Blake
ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us
Canada
Hi! Someone from my library system may have already
written to you.
We did a medieval theme last summer at
Medina County District Library,
Brunswick Branch.
We used several large flattened
cardboard boxes with chalked-on bricks
to make castle walls, large tube
figures of a king and queen in a
tournament tent, 5 construction paper
dragons, and wall gallery of 3-D
paper portraits of a unicorn, jester,
etc. We also made a knight with
a styrofoam head, metallic dryer pipe
arms, shield of construction
paper/wallpaper, and a purchased
plastic armor helmet.
I hope that this helps you. Feel free
to email me with any questions.
Susan Ungham
Children's Associate
Brunswick Community Library
Medina County District Library
Brunswick, Ohio 44212
One of the companies like Brodart or Demco has
bookmarks and banners
for an Arthurian/medieval theme. Also,
you could create heraldic banners
depicting different authors, books or
even the different departments of the
library.
Sincerely,
Melanie C. Duncan, M.S.L.S.
Christian Fiction columnist, Library
Journal
Editor/Publisher, The Bookdragon Review
(ISSN 1527-0157)
http://www.bookdragonreview.com
All opinions expressed are my own.
We did a medieval theme a couple of years ago. We
called our programs
(both teen and children's) Readers of
the Round Table. I can send you a copy of
our reading logs as well as copies of
our handouts if you are interested. We had
lots of bookmarks, word search sheets,
and lots more. Let me know if you are
interested in these things (teen and/or
children's) and I will send you a packet
of information!
DianeTuccillo
Senior Librarian/YA Coordinator
Mesa Public Library, AZ
Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us
We did a medieval/fantasy theme two years ago. This
was one of our
most
sucessful themes, and we got a lot of
compliments on how the Children's
Department looked. We turned the
Children's Reference desk into a
castle,
using large cardboard boxes and paint.
We turned the book stacks into
castles and arches, also using
cardboard. We decorated the walls with
large (very large, we have huge walls)
and friendly dragons and other
medieval/fantasy type scenes.
I hope this helps. Please let me know
if you need anything else. Good
luck!
Sarah House
El Dorado County Library
Cameron Park, Ca
sarahh@innercite.com
A few years ago we did this theme and used a
Fisher-Price castle and even made a 3-D
puzzle of a castle (use your teens for this). Borrow
the castle from a parent or ask your
friends to purchase.
Make shields w/coats of arms and
standards to fly.
When I did school visits, I used Robert
Munsch's Paper Bag Princess. I picked
children to play the characters and even had them
"audition" to play the parts.
Make a "paper bag" dress and have the
princess slip it on after the "fire." Ad lib
and go for it!!! We used lots of stuff from Demco and
Upstart. Good Luck.
Jean Nichols
I am the children's librarian for the Darlington
Library. One year
we participated in a Renaissance
Festival. I borrowed a slide of an
English castle. We flashed it on our
dry-erase wall and traced a wall
sized castle. An artistic staff member
jazzed it up for us. We also
rented a dragon costume (I have
forgotten the company name). The
dragon led the children from the county
square down the hill to the library
for story time. Hope these
suggestions are helpful.
Karen
Two summers ago we had this theme....we went off the
state's
theme and did our own. We had
automatic glass doors that open when patrons
come in. I made 2 "knights" with shields, each
facing each other - the size of
the doorway. In the Library I had made
banners than hung from the ceiling.
These were primarly solid colors -
inexpensive material from the
fabric store. On some of the pillars,
shields with different crests were hung.
On the glass windows - the teens made
stained glass windows.
[tissue paper placed in between two
pieces of black paper with cut
out shapes] The elementary school had
castles that their 4th graders had made
that were also on display.
Have fun with it.
Dena Becker
Reference Librarian
Baker College of Auburn Hills
248-276-8222
We did a medieval theme at my library a few years
ago.Simple
heraldic banners are pretty easy to
make. Demco had a whole packet of
ideas, as well as a full size poster of
a suit of armor. You might also
contact your local chapter of the
Society for Creative Anachronism, a
medieval recreation group. They may
have items they can lend. They will
often come in and demonstrate some
fighting, dancing or arts from the
middle ages as well. Your local group
is known as the Barony of An
Dubhaigeainn. They have a web site at
www.scaducks.org. Their contact
is Peter Carpenter. He can be reached
at (631) 589-1057 (it says to call
before 9pm). I belong to the group in
Dayton and we always enjoy
working with libraries on summer
reading programs. Good luck!
Lisa Loftin, Children's Librarian
Dayton/Mont. Co PL, Ohio
WHen our theme for srp was Readquest a few years ago,
we had a great
time decorating. Even posterboard and
printer paper can be bought with the
parchment scroll design, and all
printing can be done in a medieval
font. Our tees were grey with a
friendly looking dragon breathing fire and a
pennant blowing above with the name of
our library. One of the best activities
we did was a make your own coat of arms
craft day. We had posters up front
that explained what various patterns
and emblems stood for. Most kids were
willing to leave their designs here for
display, which added to our decor for
several weeks. The 'shields' were
precut for them, and a supply of emblems
(lions, dragons, swords, etc).
We made a huge felt banner to hang over
the children's ref desk that
said Readquest begins Here, with the
same dragon on it.
Also, felt pennants 'labeling' various
parts of the dept. can be made
easily using fabric markers (ie.
fantasy books, knights in armor, humor, etc).
A fun craft we didn't do would be
building catapults-there are some
fairly easy designs out there for
miniature catapults.
We did have a juggling class, it was
well attended.
I'm sure you'll receive lots of good
ideas!
Debra Bogart, M.L.S.
Youth Services
Springfield Public Library
Springfield, OR
We used this theme two years ago and it was a great
success. We called it, "Dragon Tales
and Reading Quests." Demco had a lot of nice things
that we used, including a
banner-sized poster of all different people from the
Middle Ages
that we put across the front of our
circulation desk. We also ordered several
cut-out books from Dover and made castle and dragons.
We used the opaque projector to
make a person-sized dragon, painted it and mounted it
on the wall of
entrance to the room. If you have an
Elison machine, they have lots of dye-cuts,
castles, unicorn, dragon, etc. We cut out lots in
bright colors and had kids put their names
on them every time they got a prize and soon the room
was filled with all
the colored shapes.
If you need any more info, let me know.
Susan
sfichtel@infolink.org
Woodbridge Public Library
Woodbridge, NJ
We did a medieval theme two years ago, it was very
successful. Our
first craft program was making heralds
(coats of arms), the kids could choose to
leave theirs for display all summer and
most did. They covered one large wall
and looked terrific. This only takes a
little research to provide all the
necessary designs, etc. to make them
realistic.
We made a huge pennant banner to hang
over the children's desk, where
the reading records were handed out,
with a dragon and the slogan
"Readquest begins here". There is great
printer paper and posterboard availble in
scroll and quill design for flyers and
publicity. Wish I could remember more,
I'll think about it.
Debra Bogart, M.L.S.
Youth Services
Springfield Public Library
Springfield, OR
Think about the crafts and decorations at a Renaisance
Faire, like
the little wreaths with streamers and
ribbons that little girls like to
wear on their heads, or princess hats.
"Stained glass" ornaments or
suncatchers (colored tissue paper works
well as do colored markers on
regular or shrink plastic). Make
simple Punch and Judy type puppets
and give a show. Get in touch with
the nearest chapter of the Society for
Creative Anachronisms (there is a
national web site--do a search--with
local contacts listed) to see if they
could give any kind of
performance, such as a sword fight,
etc. Even just having them show up
in their costumes would be neat.
Jugglers would be appropriate. Do
you know anyone with a guitar or lute
or dulcimar who could sing some
ballads or funny folk songs to or with
the kids? A cardboard box
castle? A paper mache dragon or a long
mural of a dragon? The kids
could even make that. You could play
"King Henry" or "Queen
Elizabeth" Says. Sand castles (mix
glue with the sand) or make sand castings. I
can't think how to have a meal that
would require them to use their
fingers instead of forks although that
should be fun. A chemist who
would do a little "alchemy" for the
kids. Weaving? Dying with natural
substances like plants? Block
printing. Calligraphy. Copies of
complicated page illuminations that
they could take home and color with
good markers. They could design their
own coat of arms. Cardboard
armor or at least a shield? Crowns.
There might be some tamer form of
Dungeons and dragons that you could
play with the kids.
Books: "Good Night, Good Knight,"
"Behold the Dragons" (Gail
Gibbons), "King Bidgood's in the
Bathtub," tons of castle books,
"Zel," "The Enraged Damsel and the
Dwarf" (or something like that; it
was published last year), "Catherine
Called Birdy" and the other two.
"Adam of the Road." All the King
Arthur sagas. Fairy tales. Nursery
rhymes. The black cauldron? Robin
Hood.
I'm getting too sleepy to go on.
Good luck
How did you ever manage to get that
neat e-mail address?
Cassie Wilson
St. Marys, OH
We are planning a Fractured Fairy Tale Program to do
in the next few
weeks, so this theme is much on the
brain! Hope you might find some of this
do-able:
<<Fractured Fairy Tales Fun Club.doc>>
One of the Paper Hat Tricks book has a
knight helmet/hat and a damsel
hat for take-it and make-it crafts.
Our castle is a large chair box spray
painted primer gray with bricks
magic-markered on, and four turrets (a
large rectangle scored and
glued/taped into a tube shaped) notches
cut out of the top and two
sides slit and slid onto the corners of
the big box. Looks cool!
hth
Elizabeth Murphy
Youth Librarian
Spicewood Springs Branch
Austin Public Library
8637 Spicewood Springs Rd.
Austin, TX 78759
(512)258-9282
fax (512)331-4435
elizabeth.murphy@ci.austin.tx.us
Fractured Fairy Tales
Read Aloud: The
Three Dinosaurs by Jim Harris (or any
others from attached list)
Change Bag Magic Trick - Frog in, kiss
the bag all over, then prince out (or
troll: "Oops, not every frog was a prince, you know"
Refreshments: Apple cider, animal crackers, tiny
pretzels, gumdrops, breadcrumbs
Decorations:
Castle of cardboard
Beanstalk (butcher paper
twisted)leading to Cloud (fabric drapes)with big boots
hanging down Colorful Pennants
Knight Statue
Spinnng Wheel
Props:
Flying Carpet
Golden Eggs with funny things inside
Rapunzel Braid
Red Riding Hood Cape
Basket with Wolf Head (puppet)
Damsel Hat
Games:
Fairy Tale Mad Libs - Kids pick nouns,
verbs, etc to fill in blanks of crazy tale
House Design Contest - Build a
house from newspaper and masking tape that
won't fall down when balloons are
bowled into it.
Name the Real Tale - Put out books that
are fractured retellings of old favorites.
Kids guess the name of the original
tale on which each retelling is based.
[Three Cool Kids (Emberly);
Sleeping Ugly (Yolen); Dinorella (Edwards);
PondlarkerGwynne); Somebody and the Three Blairs
(Tolhurst); Jim and the Beanstalk
(Briggs); Little RedCowboy Hat (Lowell); The Cowboy
and theBlack-Eyed Pea
(Johnston); Three little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
(Trivizas); The Runaway Tortilla
(Kimmell)]
Feed the Dragon Beanbag Toss - Throw
beanie babies into dragon's mouth.
Jump Rope with Rapunzel Braid
Follow the Breadcrumbs to "treasure"
Crafts:
Knight Helmet to color and cut (Paper
Hat Tricks)
Castles from cardboard tubes
Damsel Hats - roll butcher paper into
cone shape (wizard hat pattern) and
staple.
Tape a steamer of crepe paper
or tulle to tip of hat.
Swords - Cut long cardboard strips and
short rectangles of cardboard with a slit
in the middle. Slide long blade through slit to make
the hilt. Decorate or wrap yarn around
the handle. (optional: cover blade in tinfoil)
Sword Belts - Tear long strips of scrap
fabric to tie around waist for sword belt.
Design a Troll - Glue a paper strip
bridge on paper and use collage box to draw
and glue on a crazy troll under the
bridge.
Frog Prince or Princess - Die cut frog
with lips stamped on in red and gold
crown cut to glue to head.
Coats of Arms - Trace shield shape and
cut out. Decorate a family crest with
symbols and animals.
Pennants - Trace pennant shape and cut
out. Decorate then tape to a drinking
straw.
Magic Beans - Put glue on a lima bean
and put it in a can with glitter and shake.
Glue bean to the bottom of a paper and
draw what grows out of it.
Rapunzel Tower - Paper towel tube with
notches cut along one end. Braid yarn
into a foot long braid to hang from
the top end. (optional: cut a picture of
a person or animal from a magazine
and tape them to the braid climbing
the tower)
Pumpkin Coach Design for the 21st Century- On outline
of a pumpkin, add details
to make a pumpkin coach cool for
2001.
Gingerbread House to Eat - Put icing
(powdered sugar and milk) in small
baggies and seal. Use icing to stick graham cracker
squares together into a house,
and to stick on gumdrops and other candy.
Paper Bag Puppet Princess or Prince
Dragon Necklaces - Die-cut dragon decorated with
sequins and tied around neck
with yarn.
Die Cut Castles - small castle (ace) and large castle
(Region XIII) to draw on.
Coloring Sheets - Knight in Circle; Wishbone Castle
Other Resource Books:
Ross. Crafts from Your Favorite Fairy
Tales
Schoeder. Fun Puppet Skits for Schools
and Libraries (Princess and the Pea
puppet skit)
Woodworth. Fairy Tale Jokes
Walton. Kiss a Frog: Jokes about Fairy
Tales, Knights and Dragons
As a dragon, I feel I should object to this theme <g>.
"Ring around the
rosies" is a good game for younger
children since it dates back to the
time of the Plague (rosies were the red
buboes that appeared on the people's
skin, and the whole song is about
dancing aroung the funeral pyres).
I would also create some princes and
lady knights just in case the kids
don't want the stereotypical girl/boy
stuff.
And see if there's a renaissance
festival in your area or a theatre
troupe; you might be able to have them
come in costume one day.
Sincerely,
Melanie C. Duncan, M.S.L.S.
Washington Memorial Library, Reference
Librarian
Library Journal, Christian Fiction
Columnist
The Bookdragon Review, Editor/Publisher
http://www.bookdragonreview.com
All opinions expressed are my own.
Hi! I had the kids design their own
coat of arms. I got a big
"shield" from oak tag for each kid and
had it divided into 4 parts. The first
part was for them to draw something
relating to their family name, the
second part was a favorite hobby or
sport, the third was for something they
wanted to do in the future, and the
last was anything they wanted (what you're
going to do in the summer?). I also
had them decorate their own
"swords". At the end of the program I
gave them the knight's oath and then
knighted them all- boys & girls. Try
& look for The Knight's handbook by
Christopher Gravett. It's filled with
great ideas.
Good luck!
Richard :o)
PS- I just saw the most amazing,
practically Broadway quality, high
school production of The Music Man.
They even had a professional orchestra!
The whole thing was fantastic!
Richard Bryce
Senior Children's Librarian
West Milford Township Library
973-728-2823
We are narrowing our SRP them to "Fractured Fairy
Tales" and we would
be very interested in all ideas you
receive. Please post to the list if
you can. Thanks!
Here is our smaller program idea list,
from which our summer theme will
grow. Hope you can use something!
<<Fractured Fairy Tales Fun Club.doc>>
Elizabeth Murphy
Youth Librarian
Spicewood Springs Branch
Austin Public Library
8637 Spicewood Springs Rd.
Austin, TX 78759
(512)258-9282
fax (512)331-4435
elizabeth.murphy@ci.austin.tx.us
All of the public libraries in Skagit County,
Washington are also doing
the summer reading theme, "Catch a
Dragon by the Tale". I imagine you are
ordering from Upstart catalog? We
already placed are order and have
been pleased with the quality of the
bookbags, reading certificates, the big
cardboard dragon that holds a book, and
the bookmarks.
Any ideas for prizes? We are looking
for stuffed dragons to give to
preschoolers/kindergarteners when they
finish the program. We are also
designing badges to hang from our
rafters. We put the kid's names on
the badges and they come in and look
for their names.
We have bookmark contest during
National Library Week and pick three
winners from three age categories to be
our "official bookmark" for that year.
The bookmark design is based on our
summer reading theme. If you'd like
more information, I can fax or mail you
a copy (I don't think I can email it
in the format it's in).
Hope this helps! Please let us know
what you find and I'll save your
address and let you know about any
other things we do.
Sincerely,
Lisa Webster
Mount Vernon City Library
Mount Vernon, WA
lisaw@ci.mount-vernon.wa.us
phone: 360/336-6209
fax: 360/336-6259
Christina, you need to contact your local ch
------------------------------
End of PUBYAC Digest 425
************************
|