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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, July 26, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 506
PUBYAC Digest 506
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) RE: Children's Book Week 2001
by Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
2) Sno-Isle Regional Library Job Posting.
by Valerie Worrell <VWorrell@sno-isle.org>
3) Children's Book Week
by Judy Looby <jrlooby@yahoo.com>
4) Service Survey
by "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us>
5) RE: Patrons with conjunctivitis
by "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
6) RE: Books & Movies = a new perspective = "Read More About
It!"
by "Ruhama J. Kordatzky" <rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us>
7) RE: comic book collections
by Laura Whaley <WHALEYL@santacruzpl.org>
8) Childrens Book Week Theme
by Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
9) RE: Book Ideas for Lapsit-Parent/Toddler Story Time
by carrie@nysoclib.org
10) Re: Biting
by Gail Moore <gailsuemoore@yahoo.com>
11) story time prep
by lrogers@sdln.net
12) Bilingual Evening Storytime
by "Hicks, Marcia" <MHicks@ci.greenville.tx.us>
13) Re: Unattended children
by "Anne Simon" <asimon@MAIL.NYSED.GOV>
14) Re: Books & Movies = a new perspective = "Read More About
It!"
by Patrick Jones <connectingya@yahoo.com>
15) Carpeting children's areas
by "Deborah Gentry" <uwk021@mail.connect.more.net>
16) Responses to off-site library card registration
by vmenor <vmenor@is2.dal.ca>
17) Teen SRP Prizes
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
18) Books on Moving For teens
by "Dale Buck" <DBUCK@cml.lib.oh.us>
19) Re: Bunnicula
by Diana Cook <dcook@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
20) Cowboy/cowgirl storytime
by Kim Heikkinen <kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org>
21) music
by "Karen Holz" <easternlibrary@smithville.net>
22) Re: Harry Potter performer
by Mark Buzzitta <buzzittam@cadl.org>
23) STUMPER: Patricidal Myth (not Oedipus)
by Lynn Hickernell <lynnh@scils.rutgers.edu>
24) Stumper - Til Til
by Frances Plumpton <FrancesP@waitakerelibs.govt.nz>
25) Re: Stumper - history as mystery
by "Diane Adams" <diane@ccrls.org>
26) hamburger storytime?
by "Granny Sue" <pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu>
27) STUMPER--parents die of scarlet fever
by Manansala Stephanie <pubyac@yahoo.com>
28) Stumper located - Til Til
by Frances Plumpton <FrancesP@waitakerelibs.govt.nz>
29) Re: Sailor Moon
by "M. Neiman" <mellifur@tiac.net>
30) Stumper: Clocks
by l lindeman <lib03ny@yahoo.com>
31) STUMPER -- guinea pig..
by "Elaine A. Bearden" <ebeard@ltnet.ltls.org>
32) Looking for a children's book
by "Ravi Shenoy" <rshenoy@lib.naperville.il.us>
33) stumper from 1940's or thereabouts
by Selma Levi <slevi@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
34) Re: stumper
by Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
35) Getting It Down at Writing Camp
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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From: Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Children's Book Week 2001
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:40:51 CDT
Marty,
Check out http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/book_week.html
for information. They
have the posters, theme artwork, etc.
Andrea Johnson
ajohnson@cooklib.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marty Staton [SMTP:mstaton@ci.poquoson.va.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:21 AM
> To: pubyac@prairienet.org
> Subject: Re: Children's Book Week 2001
>
> What about the theme?? Anybody know??
> Thanks ....
>
> Marty Staton
> Poquoson Public Library
> 500 City Hall Ave.
> Poquoson, VA 23662
> mstaton@ci.poquoson.va.us
> 757-868-3063
> 757-868-3106 FAX
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From: Valerie Worrell <VWorrell@sno-isle.org>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Sno-Isle Regional Library Job Posting.
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:41:58 CDT
For more information on the Managing Librarian III position at the Lynnwood
Library in Washington with the Sno-Isle Regional Library System, please
visit our website at www.sno-isle.org/jobs
or contact our Jobline at
360-651-7040.
Thank you
Valerie Worrell
Sno-Isle Regional Library
360-651-7004
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From: Judy Looby <jrlooby@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Children's Book Week
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:42:21 CDT
The theme is Get Carried Away...Read. Check the
Children's Book Council web site <www.cbcbooks.org>
for more info.
Judy Looby
Charleston Public Library
Charleston, IL
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From: "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Service Survey
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:42:49 CDT
I want to make a survey for teachers to be given to teachers so that I can =
better develop programs and services to meet their classroom needs.
Does anyone in the group have services that they provide to teachers that =
they would be willing to share? If so I would be glad for the
input.=20
Thanks in advance,
Mary Moody
VC PL
\0/\0/\0/ "Let everything that hath breath Praise the Lord!"
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From: "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Patrons with conjunctivitis
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:43:10 CDT
I would be very interested to hear the answer. We have parents drop off sick
children (12 and up) to do homework because school sent them home. Though
they assure us they will stay in the corner they frequently spend the time
asking a million questions and coughing on us. We really cannot say no
because we are a public library and usually it is a sick and run. Either
they ask and fly out the door or the child informs us after the parent has
left. I would have a different opinion for an organized function I did ask a
parent whose child was obviouslly sick to leave. I told her I could
not see
to her child's needs (nose wiping bathroom runs) because I do programs
alone. Thsi worked because her plan was to go upstairs and read while her
daughter attended teh program.
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From: "Ruhama J. Kordatzky" <rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Books & Movies = a new perspective = "Read More About
It!"
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:43:36 CDT
I've made a list of books and movies--not necessarily the ones that have
been turned into a movie, but books that follow the same theme or ideas.
Here's a sample:
If you liked Ever After, then try Beauty by Robin McKinley.
I haven't compiled the titles into a neat list (currently they're on scraps
of paper everywhere), but I'll do so if there is interest!
:) ruhama
Ruhama Kordatzky
Youth Services Librarian
Burlington Public Library
Burlington, WI
rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us
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From: Laura Whaley <WHALEYL@santacruzpl.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: comic book collections
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:44:01 CDT
Here at Boulder Creek comic books, as opposed to Graphic Novels , are
displayed in Princeton files in the YA area and are tracked as uncatalogued
paperbacks. They circulate slowly, mainly being read in house. A local
dealer donates them to us so no real outlay on our part.
Laura
History unlike story is untidy with its endings.
J. Yolen
-----Original Message-----
From: Allyson Goodwin [mailto:Agood@ci.carlsbad.ca.us]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:26 AM
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"<pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: comic book collections
Looking for advice from any public libraries out there with comics in their
collection
first of all how are they handled. do they circulate/lend out or are
they
for in house use only. how do you display them? are they treated
like
reference materials and a library card is held while in use?
thanks in advance for your help
Ally Goodwin
Children's services
Carlsbad City Library
agood@ci.carlsbad.ca.us
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From: Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Childrens Book Week Theme
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:44:24 CDT
The Children's Book Council has designated November 12--18 Children's Book
Week.
The theme is: Get carried away...read!
Promotional materials (and other good stuff) are available through their
catalog: 1-888-807-9355 or www.cbcbooks.org
Lisa Smith
lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us
(They have Newbery and Caldecott bookmarks for half what ALA charges)
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From: carrie@nysoclib.org
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Book Ideas for Lapsit-Parent/Toddler Story Time
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:44:56 CDT
I am preparing for our fall session of our Parent Toddler time and am
looking for a few fresh ideas for the program. Our sessions are twenty
minutes for an 18-36 month child and an adult. Looking over the past
sessions we have done themes like farms, and colors, etc. I have been
pouring over titles and am wondering does anyone out there have a some
favorite read alouds for this age group? Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated! Thanks for your time!
ckehoe@bett.lib.ia.us
*****************************
Crystal Kehoe
Bettendorf Public Library
2950 Learning Campus Dr
Bettendorf IA 52722
319-344-4178
Any opinions stated herein are mine only, and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions or policies of the Bettendorf Public Library.
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From: Gail Moore <gailsuemoore@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Biting
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:45:20 CDT
Here is a bibliotherapy site (using books as therapy)
that has a topic of Biting and lists a couple books.
I thought this site would also be useful for other
problems your patrons may want help with.
Gail Moore
Greenville County Library (SC)
www.clpgh.org/clp/libctr/famctr/bibtherapy/
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From: lrogers@sdln.net
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: story time prep
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:45:52 CDT
At our library, we have about 30 "staff kits" which do not
circulate and
stay
in the Youth Services office. Each kit contains books which range from baby
to
kindergarten level as well as a sheet of suggested fingerplays, songs, cut
and
tell, draw and tell, flannels, videos, puppets, big books, string stories,
etc.
All of these resources are in our office files, puppet boxes or in youth
reference. We use these as a basis for baby time, toddler time and preschool
as
well as for outreach story times to kindergarten. Each of the three
staff
storytellers adds her own special flair and presto! Story Time. We also keep
copies of hand-outs to parents/caregivers with fingerplays, songs and book
lists on them which can be quickly copied. It takes anywhere from 5 to 30
minutes to put a story time together. It is wonderful when the scheduled
story
teller calls in sick. It has cut down tremendously on prep time. It takes
less
money to keep some resources on hand than to pay staff to "re-inevent
the
wheel" everytime. We also each keep our own story time lists for Our
"can't
live without" story times for which we do not have kits. We can pull
these
together quickly too, but have to find books that are on the shelf. Our city
population base is 60,000 and we serve the county as well. Hope this helps.
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From: "Hicks, Marcia" <MHicks@ci.greenville.tx.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Bilingual Evening Storytime
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:46:19 CDT
This is a new area for us. We have had evening storytime for 4 years
but
beginning a Bilingual Evening Storytime. Any ideas? I was going
to read
bi-lingual stories.....Spanish...English. Please send idea info
directly to
me. Thank you, mhicks@ci.greenville.tx.us
Marcia Hicks
Children's Librarian
W. W. Harrison Pubic Library
#1 Lou Finney Ln.
Greenville, TX 75401
mhicks@ci.greenville.tx.us
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From: "Anne Simon" <asimon@MAIL.NYSED.GOV>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Unattended children
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:46:48 CDT
Julie,
There are a variety of sample policies relating to unattended
children =
in the library in "Kids Welcome Here! Writing Public Library Policies
that =
Promote Use By Young People" in Chapter 8: Library Conduct. It's
=
available from the New York Library Association at: http://www.nyla.org/yss=
/descriptions.html=20
Anne Simon, New York State Library
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From: Patrick Jones <connectingya@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Books & Movies = a new perspective = "Read More About
It!"
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:47:19 CDT
Over the past six months or so, I've been conducting a
variety of focus groups in the Twin Cities with
teenagers. One question is I ask each teen to tell me
their "reading autobiography" - how they got from
Steven Kellog to reading Stephen King. Almost to a
person, every young adult has told me that the first
"adult" book they read was due to a movie. Either
reading the book the movie was based on (Godfather,
2001, Carrie, etc) or reading more about a topic
because of a movie (WWII because of Pearl Harbor;
Vietnam because of Apoc Now).
Some of the most successful things I've done were in
the "you've seen the movie, now read the book" vein.
Years ago I did a book discussion group where we read
the book, watched the movie, then compared the two.
I just want to validate the importance of relating
reading to other media as one of the key methods by
which young adult make the transisition from
literature FOR teens to literature FOR adults but of
teen interest.
pj
=====
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projects, and coaching.6914 Pillsbury, Richfield MN 55423,
612-861-3795http://www.connectingya.com
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From: "Deborah Gentry" <uwk021@mail.connect.more.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Carpeting children's areas
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:49:59 CDT
I work in a children's services area at main library in an historic downtown
building. We are planning to renovate. Presently, and for the last 20 years
or more, there has been tile on the floor of the children's stack area and
carpet in the story room. Neither has been replaced or cleaned regularly
(because of a lack of funds? neglect? I'm not sure.) The tile holds up to
this kind of treatment better than the carpet and seems more sanitary to me.
I have been asked/told that I want carpeting in the new kid's spaces. Yes, I
would love kid friendly soft carpeted floors, but if they are going to
become soiled and worn and are not replaced or cleaned as the carpet
manufacturers suggest, I think I would want something more durable and less
likely to accumulate dirt and other nasty things.
In addition, the "historic" walls have a tendancy to crumble down
onto the
floors, and the carpeted areas seem to suffer more than the tile from this.
Even with renovation, I'm not sure this problem will go away. Right now, we
have a separate entrance to our kids library which compounds the dirt
problem. We may locate in another part of the building which would eliminate
some of the dirt that comes in that way.
I have learned that carpet should be replaced about every 8 years - maybe
less in kid spaces and this definitely hasn't happened in the past. I
haven't had a chance to talk to the director about this and perhaps we will
be able to maintain carpeting better in the future or could use a
combination of flooring like we have now.
Before I talk to her, or meet with architects again, do you have any
experience with this type of problem and can you suggest floor covering that
has worked well for you? If you have experience with any newer types of
flooring like the "fake" wood products, etc., please let me know.
This is the first time I have asked for help from pubyac, but I have enjoyed
suggestions from this group for two or three years now and I am constantly
amazed at the timeliness of the subjects that come up. I hope there are
others out there who could benefit from a discussion of renovation
materials.
Cordially,
Deborah Gentry
uwk021@mail.connect.more.net
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From: vmenor <vmenor@is2.dal.ca>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Responses to off-site library card registration
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:50:35 CDT
Good morning!
Thank you to everyone who responded to my search for information about
off-site library card registration! Here are the complied responses
that
several people requested.
Thanks for all your help,
Vanessa
1)
We've done this in a couple of different ways with varying success. The
least successful way was at a Literacy Day at Sam's Club, where we signed up
anybody who stopped. Some dropped their new cards in the store before they
left; others didn't complete the application legibly. Basically, we added no
new members. Sometimes at PTO we do library sign-ups. We get a few
duplications, but not many, and we add whole families at a time. The
children are usually patrons before the school year ends, and it saves a lot
of hassle down the road. The most successful method for us is to have the
school collect applications and give them to us. We register each child in
the computer and deliver the cards back to the school. One school had 94% of
their students registed last year using this method, and at least half have
become library users.
2)
I've always had success (but IMHO, if even one kid signs up for a card, it's
a complete success) doing remote sign ups. I take bookmarks, applications
of course, and I make some kind of poster with library activities, programs
and other fun things...and I display the poster close to where I'm sitting
so I can point things out. I usually do remote signups at schools on
"library day", PTA night, or whenever I can get them to invite me,
and if
I'm lucky, they'll let me tell a story or something while I'm there.
3)
The biggest problem with off site registration is that the information
must be entered into the computer. Do you have some way to connect to your
circulation system remotely? We did a controlled off site registration a
few years ago when our Bookmobile went back on the road. We dropped off
registration cards at a school that was on the Bookie route and collected
them back by class, entered all of hte information and assigned a barcode,
we then put each card into a sealed envelope withthe name on it and
returned them to the school, also by class where the kids picked up their
cards and signed the back. We were eagle eyed about watching for mixed up
cards until they were signed. A big problem about doing it in an
uncontrolled environment (i.e. sidewalk sale or whatever) would be that a
fair number of people would apply for a card forgetting that they already
have one but haven't used it in a while (cynical aside, these are also
people likely to have a lost book or stack of fines on their cards.)
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Teen SRP Prizes
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Oh Great Ones,
This has been my first summer trying to get a Teen SRP off the ground
and we got some response; not a lot. Hoping to be more successful next
summer. Every time a teen read a book they got to enter a drawing.
I got a few gift certificates from CD Warehouse, and a few from a local
bookstore. I'd like to add a few more prizes. Any ideas?
The gift
certificates were each for $10.
Thanks in advance,
Toni
Toni Reese
Sump Memorial Library
222 N. Jefferson St.
Papillion, NE 68046
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
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From: "Dale Buck" <DBUCK@cml.lib.oh.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Books on Moving For teens
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Does anyone know of any good POSITVE books tha would be good for helping a =
teen cope with moving? Almost all the ones I'm finding are about the =
"awfulness" of moving and scheming teens trying to get out of
moving. =
Pleae help!
Dale Buck
Southwest Public Libraries
dbuck@cml.lib.oh.us=20
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From: Diana Cook <dcook@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Bunnicula
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:52:12 CDT
Hi there PUBYAC people! I am writing to ask about Bunnicula parties; I
know I saw something fairly recently about these but think I deleted the
emails because I was under the impression that kids around here don't read
these
anymore. I really wanted to do a program and now I see there is a new book
out. Heeee's baaaaa-aaaacck!!!!!!so any help you can give me I would be
truly grateful for. You can post directly to me. Thanks a million!!!!
Diana Cook
Branch Library Assistant
Sherwood Village Branch
Regina Public Library
Regina, Saskatchewan
dcook@rpl.regina.sk.ca
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From: Kim Heikkinen <kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Cowboy/cowgirl storytime
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:52:36 CDT
Hi all,
I will be doing a cowboy/cowgirl storytime this Fall and am wondering if
anyone has any good fingerplays on this theme. Please reply to me privately
and I will compile them and send them to the list.
Thanks!
Kim
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Kim Heikkinen kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org
Youth Services Librarian
Franklin Public Library
Franklin, WI 53132 (414) 425-8214
"Are all librarians this much trouble?"--The Mummy Returns
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From: "Karen Holz" <easternlibrary@smithville.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: music
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:53:09 CDT
Thanks to everyone who sent the words to Fly Purple People Eater. I
did =
a search on the web, but put in too many words or something else that =
didn't work. Your wounderful. I am using part of it with my
purple =
story time.
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From: Mark Buzzitta <buzzittam@cadl.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Harry Potter performer
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:53:35 CDT
Is anyone aware of a Michigan performer who specializes in "Harry
Potter." A local magician, Jeff (JefftheMagician.com) has done a
program
in which he dresses up like Harry, does some magic, asks trivia
questions, etc. Anyone know of someone else who does a similar type of
program?
Mark Buzzitta
Main Library
Capital Area District Library
Lansing, Michigan
Buzzittam@cadl.org
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From: Lynn Hickernell <lynnh@scils.rutgers.edu>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: STUMPER: Patricidal Myth (not Oedipus)
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:54:00 CDT
Does this description ring a bell with anyone? If it does, please
contact
me at lynnh@scils.rutgers.edu.
Thanks in advance!
Lynn Hickernell
Youth Services Librarian
Florham Park Public Library
Florham Park, NJ
---------- Forwarded message ----------
There's a story in which it's been destined that a
charcater is going to kill his father. (It's not
Oedipus.) Later in the story he's competing in a
shot-putt tournament or something, and his father is
watching in the stands and gets hit in the head with
it and dies.
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From: Frances Plumpton <FrancesP@waitakerelibs.govt.nz>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper - Til Til
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:54:28 CDT
Thanks for the messages received so far, but I neglected to mention that
this character is not Tin Tin - our first thought - he's a great favourite
here.
Thanks anyway
Frances Plumpton
Waitakere Libraries, New Zealand
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From: "Diane Adams" <diane@ccrls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Stumper - history as mystery
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:54:52 CDT
Thanks to Pat and Jean for their answers. I was looking for the
book The Coach that Never Came by Patricia Beatty. A wonderful
story and none of the libraries in my current system have it.
Diane
*I'm looking for a junior fiction read about 10 years ago. It could be
*older though. It is a modern story but involves a boy about 10 -12
*years old who is living in Colorado for a summer. He uses the
*library to investigate a historical mystery. There was a
*stagecoach
*robbery in the area. The stage coach had the payroll for a mining
*company on it and the money was never found. The boy is given
*an artifact of some kind that leads him to believe a relative of his
*was involved. He sets out to find the money and solve the
*mystery.
*Thanks for any ideas you might have. I have tried American
*Historical Fiction by Lynda Adamson, but that is primarily adult
*novels.
*Diane
Diane Adams
Youth Services Librarian
Monmouth Public Library (503) 838-1932
P.O. Box 10
fax: (503) 838-3899
168 Ecols St. S.
diane@ccrls.org
Monmouth, OR 97361
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From: "Granny Sue" <pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu>
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Subject: hamburger storytime?
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I need to pick your brains--if you have any left after Summer Reading! I am
planning a storytime to be held at the local McDonald's. They will supply
happy meals to children who attend, we do the stories and activities and
promote our upcoming storytime series.
This is planned for the end of September. I am looking for book suggestions,
fingerplays, games, and other activities about hamburgers, fries, etc. What
I have so far: Hamburger on a Bun story from Annette Harrison's tape
Storytelling Activities Kit,
and the pizza hut song I posted here a few weeks ago (and by the way, one
neat lady form Ohio did call me and ask me to sing it for her!). The song
will be okay, because the refrain is McDonalds, McDonalds....
So what can you suggest? I'm open to any and all ideas, and will compile
them for you all. I will also let you know how the storytime went. This is a
first effort of this kind for us, and we are excited about it. McDonald's
benefits, of course, but so do we. For the past two years they have been a
"Star" partner for us, a program of theirs which means that they
offer us
free prizes, provide meals for our Volunteens, etc. So we've benefited in
many ways from the partnership, and we think that doing a storytime on their
location will be a way of giving back. Plus we get some very high visibility
too.
Just keeping my fingers crossed that no one upchucks!
Granny Sue
Stories from the Mountains and Beyond
R2 Box 110 Sandyville WV 25275
holstein_susanna@hotmail.com
toll-free 1-877-459-5502
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From: Manansala Stephanie <pubyac@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: STUMPER--parents die of scarlet fever
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:55:42 CDT
Hi PUBYACers,
A patron is looking for a children's book she read
about twenty years ago--the story is that the parents
of a family of children die of scarlet fever, and the
children end up living alone in the country, trying to
keep anyone from finding out their parents had died
because they don't want to be separated.
Sound familiar to anyone? I appreciate your help!
Thank you,
Stephanie
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Young Adult Librarian
Solano County Library
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From: Frances Plumpton <FrancesP@waitakerelibs.govt.nz>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Stumper located - Til Til
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:55:57 CDT
Thanks a lot for the replies - the character comes from Maurice
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird - illustrated by Brain Wildsmith
Frances Plumpton
Waitakere Libraries
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From: "M. Neiman" <mellifur@tiac.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Sailor Moon
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:56:13 CDT
Well, either my responses are being filtered out for some reason or they're
getting lost, because my most recent letters (Newbery Awards/Juvenile vs YA
and a plea to restate the original stumper in "stumper solved"
posts) have
not been posted. But I'll try to make a comment on this one and see if it
shows up.
I sympathize with the dilemma of what to do with the SAILOR MOON books, if
you're talking about the graphic novel versions. I bought five of them, and
I don't think any of them made it to five circs without falling apart.
Despite the fact that they are popular, I'm not going to buy any more,
because I can't justify the expense for something that is going to last
less than three months. As for where to put them, I had the same problem. I
discovered I'd put one or two in fiction paperback and the others in
nonfiction. They do cause a problem in non-fiction for size reasons. I
can't really compare circulation figures properly because they didn't
circulate enough to be able to get valid statistics. But my impression was
that the ones in non-fiction were read at more often. That makes some
sense, since they were with other graphic novels.
Miriam
At 10:30 AM 7/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Who purchases the Sailor Moon Series (graphic novels) for teens?
They're
>extremely popular here.
>
>Where do you shelve them? We've been putting them in nonfiction
(741.5).
>The problem is that they're so small they keep causing the whole shelf
of
>books to fall over and even onto the floor. So, I've been putting
them on
>the rotating squares with the other, nonfiction paperback series.
I would
>like to just catalog them as paperback series fiction so the kids will
find
>them more easily. Also, I am hoping if they're not falling behind
the
>nonfiction shelves so much they may last longer. At 10 bucks a pop
for
>these cheaply bound things, I am going nuts (not to mention broke)
replacing
>them.
>
>Also, are you experiencing the same problems of them turning up missing,
not
>being returned, and, if they do come back, falling apart after only one
or
>two circulations as I have?
>
>Dawn Sardes
>Young Adult Librarian
>Euclid Public Library
>631 E. 222nd Street
>Euclid, OH 44123
>216-261-5300, ext. 138
>FAX: 216-261-9559
>dsardes@euclid.lib.oh.us
>
>"Speak low-tread softly through these halls,
>Here Genius lies enshrined,
>Here Reign, in silent majesty,
>The monarchs of the mind."
>from "In the Library," by Anne C.L. Botts
M. Neiman
neiman@glasct.org
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Glastonbury, CT
http://www.wtmlib.com
The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of my organization.
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From: l lindeman <lib03ny@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Stumper: Clocks
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:56:32 CDT
To all the problem solvers of PUBYAC:
Please help with this stumper.
A patron came in looking for a book that was first
read to her in the 70's. It was about a man who had a
house filled with clocks. When he went from room to
room he noticed that all the clocks had different
times. It might have been a picture book. Any ideas?
Thanks
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From: "Elaine A. Bearden" <ebeard@ltnet.ltls.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: STUMPER -- guinea pig..
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:56:50 CDT
One of our patrons is looking for a book about a boy and a hamster
(gerbil, or guinea pig), who wants to talk to him and tell him "I love
You". She thinks it was published in the 1960s. Our
searching has not
turned over anything from that time period.
Please reply to blintn@ltnet.ltls.org
and the answer will be posted on
PUBYAC.
Thank you,
Elaine Bearden
Children's Librarian
The Urbana Free Library
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From: "Ravi Shenoy" <rshenoy@lib.naperville.il.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Looking for a children's book
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:57:13 CDT
Hello everyone,
I am putting this before the collective wisdom and accumulated memory
of the group. Does anyone remember a picture
book (most likely a British imprint) that was around in 1952/53.
Here's what the patron remembers of the story: Two foxes attend the
Dame's school where they sing, "Julius Caesar came from Rome."
One
morning they decide to play hookey and sneak out of the school
to
buy sage duck from a store with bottle-glass windows. They have a
picnic in a clearing in the woods. Unfortunately, they sprinkle too
much pepper on the sage duck. The patron remembers, the foxes going
"Atish-oo! Atish-too!" The patron now has a passion for sage duck
and
will not rest till she finds the book again. Can anyone please help?
Best,
--Ravi Shenoy
Ravi Shenoy
Reference Librarian
Naperville Public Libraries
Naperville, IL 60540
rshenoy@lib.naperville.il.us
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From: Selma Levi <slevi@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper from 1940's or thereabouts
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:57:29 CDT
Hi, I have a patron who remembers very little about a book her mother read
to her brother who died in 1948, so it could have been written earlier...
All she remembers is the following:
It was slightly oversized.
There was a bear on the green cover.
It was a collection of animal stories one of which was called "The
Little
Gray Squirrel".
Thanks in advance for searching your collective brains!
Selma K. Levi
slevi@epfl2.epflbalto.org
voice # 410-396-5402
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From: Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: stumper
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:57:42 CDT
The answer to the stumper is "Whiffle Squeek" by Caron Lee Cohen
with
illustrations by Ted Rand. It was published by Dood, Mead in 1987. Thanks
everyone!
At 09:50 PM 7/19/2001 CDT, you wrote:
>A patron came in yesterday asking about a picture book folktale she
>remembers reading 5 years ago about a cat who travels in a kabitka boat,
>makes boots out of jellyfish, finds a monster under the sea. . . she
>remembers the book is in rhyming verse. Any ideas? Thanks for your
response
>(please e-mail me directly at christin@mtlib.org
and I'll post to the
list).
>
>
>
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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Subject: Getting It Down at Writing Camp
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:57:58 CDT
Getting It Down at Writing Camp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1474-2001Jul15.html
"'I don't want to be shut out from the truth,' wrote Rory Edwards, 12.
'If =
they ban books, they might as well lock us away from the world.'"
See also Banned Books Week
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
See also new addition (site in progress):
Book Burning
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bookburning.html=20
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