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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: Thursday, May 10, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 446
PUBYAC Digest 446
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: PR: NPR reporter & ``off-the-beaten-path`` request
by "Lisa Herald" <lherald@vigo.lib.in.us>
2) RE: NPR reporter
by "Paula Anderson" <paulaan@lori.state.ri.us>
3) Summer Reading Themes and Vendors
by Sherelle Harris <sherelle_npl@yahoo.com>
4) Re: Craft Books
by Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us>
5) Children's Literature Navigator
by "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net>
6) Re: PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
by ES/AP <espicer@triton.net>
7) Re: Summer Reading Club Themes
by caes@pacificrim.net
8) RE: Summer Reading Question
by "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
9) unattended child policy
by dmoran@mindless.com
10) Re: ADD and respect
by Victoria Miller <millerv@mail.camden.public.lib.ga.us>
11) photo program for teens?
by Laurel Sharp <lsharp@mailbox.lpl.org>
12) RE: PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
by "Conkin, Barbra" <BConkin@QueensLibrary.org>
13) Re: Children's Magazines
by Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
14) Whose line is it anyway?
by "Sparta Library" <spartalibrary@centurytel.net>
15) Re: PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
by Jennifer Wells <jenlibrarian@yahoo.com>
16) RE: Question from SLJ RE: Summer Reading Question
by "Minkel, Walter (Cahners -NYC)" <WMinkel@cahners.com>
17) Young Adult Encyclopedia
by Cindy Patterson <cindy@billings.lib.mt.us>
18) Finger Counting
by "Sarah Cornish" <cornishsarah@hotmail.com>
19) Baker and Taylor bindings
by Andrea Terry <cavgrads97@yahoo.com>
20) Philosophical Question
by "F. Brautigam" <fbrautig@nslsilus.org>
21) Reply concerning Tiger Woods Cards
by "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us>
22) Re: unattended children policies
by Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
23) High - Low Audiobooks
by "Martha LaVallee" <mlavalle@ansernet.rcls.org>
24) Re: Sumer Reading Requirements
by ILefkowitz@aol.com
25) stumper--World War II
by woodk@carnegielibrary.org
(Kathy Maron-Wood)
26) search for NO sappy sweet endings
by Diane Raschke <draschke@mail.owls.lib.wi.us>
27) classics for 2nd and 3rd graders
by "Liz Maggio" <liz@palos-verdes.lib.ca.us>
28) Stumper Solved: Lazy Liza Lizard's Tricks
by "Ferguson, Joanne (LIB)" <JoanneF@omaha.lib.ne.us>
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From: "Lisa Herald" <lherald@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: PR: NPR reporter & ``off-the-beaten-path`` request
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:06:35 CDT
Two days ago I attempted to help a patron who wanted a copy of "Where
the =
Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein. To my amazement, 8 of the 15 copies
in =
the system were marked missing or long overdue or some variation! Lisa
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From: "Paula Anderson" <paulaan@lori.state.ri.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: NPR reporter
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:07:14 CDT
Quite a few copies of The Giver seem to give themselves away every year =
at our library.
Paula Anderson
Warwick PL
Warwick RI
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From: Sherelle Harris <sherelle_npl@yahoo.com>
To: Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Summer Reading Themes and Vendors
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:07:52 CDT
Hi:
Can you share with me the summer reading themes you
will use for 2001 and the names and phone numbers of
summer reading program vendors who have met your
satisfaction.
Thanks,
Sherelle
Sherelle_npl@yahoo.com
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"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements."
- Norman Douglas( 1868-1952)
Sherelle Harris
S. Norwalk Branch Library
10 Washington Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
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From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Craft Books
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:08:22 CDT
Actually, I just discontinued our *Mailbox.* I find (more) useful stuff in
*Copycat,* *Totline,* and *Building Blocks.*
magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us
Lisa Herald wrote:
> My favorite is a magazine called Mailbox. There is a section called
"Crafts for Little Hands" in the preschool edition. It's
wonderful! Lisa
Herald
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for good craft books with easy
> > crafts,appropriate for storytime?
> >
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From: "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Children's Literature Navigator
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:08:57 CDT
Hello:
I developed this site of links for a library science class. It has over
400 CURRENT links and is organized by topic. I just wanted to share it
with the list
http://www.geocities.com/childlitnavigator/
Thank you....
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From: ES/AP <espicer@triton.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:09:31 CDT
I'll second the grant-writing books, and also the do-it-yourself divorce
and child custody books.
Ann Perrigo, Director
Allegan (MI) Public Library
espicer@triton.net
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From: caes@pacificrim.net
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Summer Reading Club Themes
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:10:10 CDT
I was very fond of our jungle theme one year. We strung thick twine
"vines" around our children's rooms. Children wrote the
titles of the
books they'd read on "leaves" which were then attached to the
vines. The
leaves were cut with straight, angled sides on our powerful electric paper
cutter, but since we crumpled them before we hung them up, and they
looked
very realistic. Kids also made tissue paper flowers to add to the
vines,
and the effect was of a jungle that grew more lush and green with every
passing week of summer.
Another fun theme one year was our statewide "Incredible Reading
Machine."
We arranged with a local university class to make us a robot that counted
how many books were read. For every book read, a child would get a
ball
bearing to place in the robot's mouth. The front of the machine was
plexiglass, so the ball bearing was visible as it rolled down ramps, and
spun gears, and made interesting bells and whistles go off, before landing
on a mechanism that changed the number on the counter. Very Rube
Goldberg!
Kids loved it. Years later, they were still asking me if we were
ever
going to have it in the library again. Sadly, it was fragile and only
lasted the one summer.
Catherine Sarette
At 05:32 PM 5/9/01 CDT, you wrote:
>Dear PubYac-
>I'm in the rudimentary stages of planning for my summer reading program.
I
>have decided not to go along with the theme of my county which is
"Folktales
>from Around the World." I'm trying to decide what theme I'd like to
do.
>Last year I did "Space" and I loved it because there were so
many things I
>found to decorate with, so many crafts, stories, etc... I am
looking for
>recommendations of your most favorite theme you ever did for the summer
and
>what made it so great.
>Thanks a lot.
>Elaine
>elainem9@hotmail.com
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>
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From: "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Summer Reading Question
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:10:42 CDT
I agree. My library has a tremendously large summer reading program. Almost
300 kids finished last year. Our budget (both for activities and books)
depends on your circulation. Because we are a summer resort we allow patrons
to buy 3 month cards for 5.00. We also do not require children to be library
members to be in our craft programs, stortimes or to attend functions. I
think that is more than generous. The local summer school craft program
charges a fee. . As my branch manager says we are in the business of
creating lifetime library users, not kids that run in write down books and
get prizes.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea Johnson [mailto:ajohnson@cooklib.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:31 PM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: RE: Summer Reading Question
That's pretty easy to say when you're in a small town. However, in a
good-sized suburban library like ours, if we opened the reading club to all
comers we'd soon break the bank and not be able to afford prizes for our own
taxpayer families. We don't have the advantages that come with a
finite
population like that of Bluffton, plus whomever's visiting them. We
get
kids from the next town over, and the next one over from that, and so forth.
The next town over has an extremely limited budget since they've had trouble
passing a referendum to support the library's operating budget, and as a
result their summer activities are more limited than ours. Should we
be
penalizing the kids from our district (whose parents pay taxes to support
our library) to include the kids from the next district (whose parents have
so far not elected to support the library's financial needs)? Doesn't
seem
particularly fair to our kids. I certainly don't think you can label
me as
"anti-child" for saying so.
Andrea Johnson
Cook Memorial Public Library
Libertyville, Illinois
ajohnson@cooklib.org
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From: dmoran@mindless.com
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Subject: unattended child policy
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:11:24 CDT
our unattended policy was recently revised. you can access it from our
webpage under youth services, unattended policy at
http://river.suffolk.lib.ny.us
donna moran
riverhead free library, ny
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From: Victoria Miller <millerv@mail.camden.public.lib.ga.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: ADD and respect
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:12:07 CDT
I agree with you Lori. Melissa has had more than her share of
judgemental
verbal abuse the past few days. Can we PLEASE give this topic a rest?
I
don't agree with what she said and I don't believe this was the right forum
for her comments, but I do defend her 1st amendment right to say it.
Victoria
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From: Laurel Sharp <lsharp@mailbox.lpl.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: photo program for teens?
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:12:52 CDT
Greetings, Collective Intelligence:
Has anyone done a photo program for gr. 7 up? We have a digital camera
and
an ex-news photographer on staff. We've advertised the program as "tips
and
techniques for taking better pictures." It will be on Wed. the 23rd of
May.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Reply to me and I'll summarize.
Thanks!
Laurel Sharp
Liverpool (NY) Public Library
lsharp@mailbox.lpl.org
Laurel Sharp
Liverpool Public Library
310 Tulip Street
Liverpool, NY 13088
315 457-0310 x123
Fax 315 453-7867
lsharp@mailbox.lpl.org
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From: "Conkin, Barbra" <BConkin@QueensLibrary.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:13:33 CDT
Wicca and witchcraft guides, sex books(how-to's) and gay pride books
(especially when aimed at children) although some adult ones as well see the
most theft, by my observation.
Although you didn't ask for this information, I suspect that the wicca /
witchcraft books and gay pride books go missing from some people who want to
use them and some people who are censoring. The others I think are
from
people who want to use them. I am basing this solely on attitudes I
have
seen towards the books.
With the push to ban "Harry Potter" by some groups, I am curious
as to
whether libraries find it missing a lot. Of course, it may be taken by
someone who wants to own it too. Although I think most of the stolen
books
are ones people are embarrassed to check out (such as the sex and gay pride
books), particularly in small communities.
***********************************************************************
Barb Conkin, CLASP Materials Specialist
Programs & Services Department/Queens Library
Opinions are my own and not necessarily those of Queens Library.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jrossa@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us
[mailto:jrossa@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:33 PM
> To: pubyac@prairienet.org
> Subject: Re: PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
>
>
>
> >From Bridgeport Public Library (CT):
> Books on grant writing, witchcraft and the occult, exam books
> (police[!], firefighters, civil service, nursing, etc.), martial arts.
>
>
>
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From: Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Children's Magazines
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:14:09 CDT
In judging the popularity of a children's magazine, it is a good idea to
look at physical condition, as well as, circulation numbers.
I hear many parents telling their kids that they can't check out magazines
because they will get lost or torn. My Sesame Street magazines show
plenty of wear, indicating that they are looked at in the library. But
I
find it completely understandable that parents do not want to take
magazines home for that age group.
Sports Illustrated for Kids also shows signs of heavy physical use that
does not reflect circulation numbers.
I encourage parents to use the subscription cards if they see a magazine
that their child would enjoy having at home. I also leave a box of the
torn out cards on a counter near my preschool bibliographies.
Lisa Smith
lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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From: "Sparta Library" <spartalibrary@centurytel.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Whose line is it anyway?
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Please forgive my disorganization. I was saving some information I
found on
this list about presenting a teen game show fashioned after "Whose Line
Is
It Anyway". I can't find the information anywhere and hope that
some of you
out there would be kind enough to send it to me. Has anyone presented
this
program? Can you give me any helpful hints. It sounds like such
a fun
idea.
Thank you,
Lisa Wold
Sparta Free Library
Sparta, WI 54656
spartalibrary@centurytel.net
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From: Jennifer Wells <jenlibrarian@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:15:25 CDT
We can't seem to keep a GED book in the library past
more than one or two check outs.
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Jennifer Wells
Cobb County Public Library
jenlibrarian@yahoo.com
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From: "Minkel, Walter (Cahners -NYC)" <WMinkel@cahners.com>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>,
Subject: RE: Question from SLJ RE: Summer Reading Question
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Katie & folks-- Sure, please forward my message. I will add a couple of
things that have popped up several times in the responses I've received,
&
please pass those along, too. Several of the librarians responding have been
concerned that somehow automating the SRP means that kids will come in to
the library less and do the whole thing online. I don't think that'll happen
as long as the program & the software are designed to encourage
participation _in_ the building. An important adjective is
"customizable"--we want the software to fit _your_ library's
program, not
the other way around. I see each library, system, region, or state running
an SRP Web site that has changing announcements of activities & programs
happening throughout a system or region, so when kids go online to enter
their hours or books read, enticements to come on in are in their face.
Another important point (& I know this makes some librarians
uncomfortable,
but it does draw many kids who are less-motivated readers) is that kids
would need to come in to the library to get paperbacks or other prizes and
incentives. Getting incentives, and the activities, would be times when
librarians would still get a chance to interact face-to-face. Imaginative
librarians, I think, won't find it too difficult to come up with ways to
lure kids into the buildings; I know too many youth librarians who are
_really_ good at that.
My program idea has three basic goals:
1) To allow kids who spend all or part of the summer away from their
hometowns to still participate in their hometown library's SRP (i.e.,
"building brand loyalty").
2) To allow kids who might not have regular easy access to the library (such
as kids in daycare programs or at-risk kids who might participate in a
summer-school program or community center, but whose parents might not take
them to the library) an opportunity to participate in the SRP. This
opportunity could be tied to grant programs if the community centers do not
currently have Net access.
3) To keep statistics more easily, & to have standardized sets of
statistics
that libraries could use to demonstrate the power of SRPs & their role
in
stimulating literacy. I'd like to see the principal of every school in this
country (& every mayor, county supervisor, etc) receiving a letter that
says, "The students at _____ School spent __,____ hours reading [or
read
_,___ books] in the ______ Public Library Summer Reading Program this past
summer." I'd like to see the software's statistics-keeping able to
compile
these kinds of stats easily by school. If you've read my columns, you know
that I believe that every library should be engaged in a whole lot more
horn-tooting than it does now.
I don't particularly care _how_ the automated SRP works, although I think it
should make signing kids up and tracking their stats as painless as possible
so that library staff can do more outreach, programming, & reader's
advisory
during the summer. We certainly need to make sure libraries have enough PCs
& sufficient Net access to let everyone in the community participate,
& I
think tying SRPs more closely to literacy levels & keeping up reading
scores
is the way to convince local governments & foundations &
corporations that
fund grants that it's worth paying for. But we also need a critical mass of
the nation's public libraries to motivate the vendors to do the focus groups
& the design work that would be required to make automated SRP software
flexible enough to accomodate the spectrum of SRPs libraries use.
Thanks. I'd be interested in hearing the opinions of the members of your
steering committee. Please invite them to send me e-mails & let me know
what
they _really_ think. 8-{)> --W
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Walter Minkel * Technology Editor, School Library Journal * www.slj.com
wminkel@cahners.com * (212)
463-6721 * fax (212) 463-6689
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From: Cindy Patterson <cindy@billings.lib.mt.us>
To: "pubyac@prairienet.org"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Young Adult Encyclopedia
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:16:58 CDT
We are purchasing a new YA encyclopedia (ages 13-17) for our teen center
and are trying to determine which is best. Please send me your
thoughts.
Thanks,
Cindy Patterson, Youth Services Librarian
Parmly Billings Library
510 N. Broadway
Billings, MT 59101 (406)657-8256 FAX(406)657-8293
cindy@billings.lib.mt.us
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From: "Sarah Cornish" <cornishsarah@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Finger Counting
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:17:18 CDT
Dear Helpful Pubyaccers,
Many thanks to all who responded to my request for books which would show
how to count on one's fingers. Several of you mentioned a Korean (?)
method
called "chisenbop." This actually was not what my patron had
in mind (she
truly did just want her child to be able to count 1-10 on her fingers), but
I found it very interesting.
The most often mentioned book for showing good finger pictures was
Don and
Audrey Wood's Piggies. I've gotten that and Tana Hoban's 1,2,3 for my
patron, and of course I told her all about preschool storytime where we do
endless fingerplays that involve counting on our fingers.
Thank you so much for your quick and helpful responses!
Sarah
Sarah Cornish
Young Adult Librarian
Warren Twp. Library
Warren, NJ 07059
(908) 754-5554
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From: Andrea Terry <cavgrads97@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Baker and Taylor bindings
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:17:53 CDT
Greetings and Saluatations--
If you don't use Baker and Taylor, please feel free to
delete this! Thanks for opening it, though..!
If you do, have you noticed that they seem to not have
a lot of plain, good 'ol trade hardbacks in stock? We
have relatively low circ for most of our titles--and a
high theft rate (transient population)--so I tend to
order trade rather than school and library bindings.
Of couse, if B&T is stocking less trade and more s+l,
they make more money because they give us a musch
smaller discount.
I understand that Ingram and other major distributors
often use different criteria to determine discount,
but with a library our (tiny) size, we use almost
exclusively B&T.
Mostly I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this
trend. Thanks for your input--you may respond to me
privately at cavgrads97@yahoo.com
and I will
compile/post result. Thanks again!!
Andrea Terry
cavgrads97@yahoo.com
Old Orchard Beach, ME
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From: "F. Brautigam" <fbrautig@nslsilus.org>
To: pubyac <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Philosophical Question
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:18:26 CDT
I've been waiting to see if anyone would respond to the question in
Melissa's ADD post about why ADD is a current problem, and to our
knowledge wasn't a problem in the past. I think it's an interesting
question, even though it was perhaps meant rhetorically. I read a book
I
would recommend about fetal and infant brain development and its longterm
effects on behavior. It was called Ghosts from the Nursery, and put
complex neurological information into understandable terms. Very
simple
actions on the part of a pregnant woman or parent can change how the
brain's neurotransmitters develop, which can affect things like aggression
level permanently.
While the neurological phenomenon I'm mentioning isn't new, it seems to me
(even though I'm no sociologist) that given societal changes, the
combination would be what we call ADD. I'm sure the child damaged by a
neglectful parent who was in an opium den or clinically depressed by
living in an isolated soddy would have been experiencing very different
things in term of care by neighbors and extended family, and would also
have had a very different set of expectations as someone working to help
the family eke out survival rather than sitting for six hours in a
classroom.
If this sort of philosophizing is making anyone crazy or adding fuel to
the fire, I apologize in advance. I just thought the question was
worth
thinking about. I've been a foster parent for over a decade, and some
of
the irreversibly damaged ones come to live at my house.
--
Faith Brautigam
Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL 60120
E Mail: fbrautig@nslsilus.org
Phone: 847-742-2411 Fax: 847-742-0485
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From: "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Reply concerning Tiger Woods Cards
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Greetings,=20
I recently sent a message concerning the Tiger Woods Cards. In that =
message I mentioned a bogus website about Mankato, MN. The URL is :
http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/mankato/mankato.html=20
I received a note from someone tinforming me that Mankato is a real city =
in Minnesota and that if I had checked I would have known that. =20
Well the fact is I knew that. My purpose for mentioning the false
website =
was to bring to attention to the coincidence that the city to which the =
Tiger Woods cards were to be sent had the same name as the city with the =
bogus site.
Apparently by the "tone" of the message I received, the person was
upset =
with me. I apologize if my message was misunderstood and if anyone
else =
was offended.
Mary Moody
School Liaison Librarian
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From: Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
To: GCPL Childrens Room <gcplcr@lilrc.org>
Subject: Re: unattended children policies
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:19:25 CDT
One of the issues with establishing a minimum age for being left alone is
the same issue that is faced is passing laws about when children can be
left home alone. Children vary greatly in their maturity and comfort
with being alone, so one child is ok at age 8, but another not until
12. (And I once had a 16-year-old hiding in the bushes outside the
library because he wasn't comfortable waiting alone for his father to pick
him up!) We know about the child who has trouble being alone; we don't
know about the child who's okay.
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
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> To Rebecca, Cathy and several other people who asked me to post
responses
to
> my question about policies - I haven't had ANY responses yet. If
anyone
> reading this now has a policy they'd be willing to share, please do.
I'm
> particularly interested to know the minimum age for being left alone in
the
> library. Thanks much! Nancy Pirodsky, Garden City (NY) P.L.
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From: "Martha LaVallee" <mlavalle@ansernet.rcls.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: High - Low Audiobooks
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:20:04 CDT
I am looking for a source of high interest/low vocabulary audiobooks that
would either come with a print copy, or be able to be paired with a print
copy for an intermediate student, reading below grade level. does
anyone
provide these in their collection, or know of a good source. I would
like
to package them as kits. Martha L. Woodbury Public Library, Central
Valley,
NY mlavalle@rcls.org
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From: ILefkowitz@aol.com
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>,
<lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: Sumer Reading Requirements
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:20:28 CDT
< Our children's reading program has a lot of rules about what the
children
must read, which I can understand -- it is a good idea to expose them to
different genres, etc. But when they come to the YA desk and ask me
about
*my* rules, I just look at them and ask, "Aren't you old enough to
decide
for yourself what to read?" And they always walk away with a big
grin on
their faces! >
Lesley,
I like the way you think! I think empowering the kids is something
that we
don't do enough of.
Ilene Lefkowitz
Reference/YA Librarian
Kinnelon Public Library (NJ)
ILefkowitz@aol.com
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From: woodk@carnegielibrary.org
(Kathy Maron-Wood)
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper--World War II
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:20:58 CDT
Hi all--I'm grateful to all of you for your past
help. Here's another stumper.
A customer remembers a book about World War II
that was published anywhere between late '40s to
the 60s. It is about a young boy traveling from
England to America and is a maritime adventure for
boys. The customer also mentioned that the character
may have been a merchant marine, that he may have
run into the Germans, and that the author is known
for writing these type of maritime adventures.
This isn't much to go on, but I hope that someone
out there will have some ideas.
Thanks in advance,
Kathy
Kathy Maron-Wood
Senior Librarian, Children's Dept
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
woodk@carnegielibrary.org
412-622-3122
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From: Diane Raschke <draschke@mail.owls.lib.wi.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: search for NO sappy sweet endings
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:21:31 CDT
I have a patron looking for books, 3rd to 5th grade reading levels, that
do NOT have happy, sappy-sweet ending. If anybody could help me I
would
greatly appreciate the feedback.
Diane Raschke
Children's Librarian
Clintonville Public Library
draschke@mail.owls.lib.wi.us
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From: "Liz Maggio" <liz@palos-verdes.lib.ca.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: classics for 2nd and 3rd graders
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:22:00 CDT
Hi All--I need help! We have many second and third grade children (and
parents) asking for "classics" to read for a school assignment.
The parents
proceed to suggest something like Peter Pan, or Alice in Wonderland, not
realizing that these titles are indeed classic works, but meant for a more
advanced reader. Many picture books are "classics", however,
when the
patron hears the term "picture book", they become disinterested.
We do
carry the Wishbone Classics series (can this be considered classic??)--does
anyone know of any others for a younger age?
Thanks!
Liz Maggio
Young Reader's Librarian
Palos Verdes Library District, CA
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From: "Ferguson, Joanne (LIB)" <JoanneF@omaha.lib.ne.us>
To: "PUBYAC (E-mail)" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper Solved: Lazy Liza Lizard's Tricks
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:22:35 CDT
Dear PUBYACERS:
Bonnie Warren from Oregon and Judy Looby from Charleston Public Library in
Illinois responded that there is a book called Lazy Liza Lizard's Tricks by
Marie Curtis Rains published in 1953. It's a collection of stories about
Liza Lizard, Mr. Snake,Mr. Frog and Old Gentleman Grasshopper. This appears
to be what the patron was looking for. Out-of-print copies are in the
$295-400 price range! Thanks for your help in solving the stumper.
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Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh
Millard Branch of the
Omaha Public Library
Children's Librarian 13214
Westwood Lane,
Omaha, NE 68144
joannef@omaha.lib.ne.us
402-444-4848
http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us
402-444-6623 (FAX)
"Not the
cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to
fly and follow."
-- Chinese Proverb--
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