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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 546
PUBYAC Digest 546
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Autobiographies for Children
by Maria <u1002350@warwick.net>
2) Stumper
by Victoria Schoenrock <vschoenrock@wnpl.alibrary.com>
3) Trick or Treat Stumper
by Janice Del Negro <delnegro@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
4) stumper
by Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
5) Stumper: "humunculation"
by Emily Hee Dovermann <doverman@hawaii.edu>
6) seeking mermaid picture book
by "Gayle Richardson" <Gayle.Richardson@spl.org>
7) feed me "dilk and smackers"
by "Bloedau, Linda" <LBloedau@ci.oak-ridge.tn.us>
8) stumper: blue sun, red sun
by "Mary D'Eliso" <mdeliso@monroe.lib.in.us>
9) Stumper: Clothes Make the Man
by "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
10) countries and crafts
by "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
11) Preschool books on Japanese gardens
by <pcarlson@lbpl.org>
12) "Female Nomad" recommendation
by "GCPL Childrens Room" <gcplcr@lilrc.org>
13) stumper
by "Brendle Wells" <bwells@mail.sacramento.lib.ca.us>
14) Re: chicken fantasy stumper
by "Cindi Carey" <ccarey@timberland.lib.wa.us>
15) Literature based teaching of Math, Science, and Social Studies
by "Chapman, Jan" <jchapman@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
16) stumper: girl with ghost's diary
by "Theresa Hadley" <thadley1@uswest.net>
17) Re: Slightly Spooky Stories
by "Gayle Richardson" <Gayle.Richardson@spl.org>
18) Digitisation, European funding and historic book collections
by "Esther Gregory" <esther_childe@hotmail.com>
19) Stumper: Help with a title
by "Margaret Keefe" <mkeefe@midhudson.org>
20) Stumper-3 kids, old man....
by "HEATHER O MCCUTCHEN" <mccutcho@atlas.forsyth.lib.nc.us>
21) homeschooled teens
by "Maureen Lerch" <mlerch@uakron.edu>
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From: Maria <u1002350@warwick.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Autobiographies for Children
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:33:10 CDT
Dear Pubyac,
Can anyone suggest autobiographies that would be of interest to
students ages 11 - 13 ?
Any suggestions that would reflect contemporary actors,
musicians,
artists, singers, and the like would be most appreciated.
Please respond to :
thrall4@warwick.net,renos@rcls.org
Thanks,
Maria
Middletown Thrall Library
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From: Victoria Schoenrock <vschoenrock@wnpl.alibrary.com>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:33:37 CDT
I have a patron looking for a chapter book that she read in the '70's. It
was about a brother and sister who found some boots and when each wore one,
they had the ability to travel. I'm not sure if she meant time travel or
not. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Vicky Schoenrock
Warren-Newport Public Library
Gurnee, ILL
vschoenrock@wnpl.alibrary.com
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From: Janice Del Negro <delnegro@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults &
Children"
Subject: Trick or Treat Stumper
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:33:57 CDT
A little boy goes trick-or-treating too early/too late. His treats are
things like soap, etc. but no candy.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
I am drawing a complete blank.
Janice M. Del Negro, Director
The Center for Children's Books
GSLIS/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
delnegro@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb
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From: Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:34:14 CDT
Fellow readers: Another librarian sent me this request today, and I don't
know the book, so am sending it out to that great brain out there in
cyberspace.
An elementary teacher is looking for a book that will show how each
individual piece or part is unique on its own but can be combined with
others to make a whole. An example would be a quilt. Each piece
is unique
but combines perfectly with the rest to make the quilt. Does this
sound
familiar?
Please e-mail me directly. Many thanks!
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From: Emily Hee Dovermann <doverman@hawaii.edu>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: "humunculation"
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:34:41 CDT
Hi, collective brains, please do rescue us! Our reference coordinator
has been struggling to find out if "humunculation" used by Louise
Erdrich in The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse is
a real word and if so, what its definition is.
We searched on the Web using metacrawler, altavista, profuse and google. I
also searched many databases.
Thank you for your help in advance. Please send you replies directry
to
either of the following e-mail adresses:
richardsone@cadl.org
doverman@hawaii.edu
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
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From: "Gayle Richardson" <Gayle.Richardson@spl.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: seeking mermaid picture book
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:35:06 CDT
Hello,
Have a patron seeking a picture book she had around 1993 that
told the =
story of a little
girl who found a mermaid in the water (at the beach) , the mermaid took =
the little girl under water where they had a series of adventures.She
=
remembers they watched TV under water. Also that the book looked like
it =
might have come from Europe... (That says North/South Press to this =
librarian!) She also remembers the human had an unusual
name....Any brainstorms?? TIA Gayle Richardson Seattle
Public
We checked the short list in A TO ZOO but none of the titles there
rang =
a bell.
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From: "Bloedau, Linda" <LBloedau@ci.oak-ridge.tn.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: feed me "dilk and smackers"
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Oh, ye wise ones.... with more connected brain cells than I have this
afternoon. A patron with a perpetually hungry child remembers a story
from
her own childhood of "the hungry thing" who just never could
get the words
to come out right? Ring any bells? We don't have anything in our
collection that matches so far.
thanks, LJB in east Tennessee.
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From: "Mary D'Eliso" <mdeliso@monroe.lib.in.us>
To: pubyac <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper: blue sun, red sun
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:35:55 CDT
Hello PUBYAC'ers -
One of my co-workers received this stumper. Could you give it a try?
This books, read in the 1980's, was "a small book with few words".
In the book there is a land with 2 suns. When the red sun is out, the
inhabitants are people, when the blue sun is out they are animals.
The main character is a girl who doesn't change and is sent to a mountain.
Also, there's a wizard-like character who changes into an owl when the
blue sun is out and eats other animals (people) -yecch!
Any ideas?
Thanks so much.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Mary D'Eliso, Children's Librarian Monroe County Public Library
mdeliso@monroe.lib.in.us
Bloomington, Indiana
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From: "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: Clothes Make the Man
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:36:13 CDT
This one may be a stretch, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
My patron is looking for a story he read when he was a kid. He
remembers
reading it, possibly in a school textbook, in the early 1960s. It
would
have been about a 4th or 5th grade level book. The story is called
"Clothes
Make the Man." An unemployed and possibly homeless man is ignored
by
everyone as he walks around. He comes across a very elegant doorman's
outfit (shiny brass buttons, etc.) with no doorman inside. He puts on
the
outfit, stands in front of a building, and suddenly people are treating him
like a productive person.
Any ideas? Please contact me off the list.
Thanks in advance...
Mara Alpert
Children's Literature Department, Central Library
Los Angeles Public Library
malpert42@hotmail.com
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From: "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: countries and crafts
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:36:30 CDT
I was just informed by my local school that they want material on different
countries and crafts. Example Japan and Origami. Does anyone know some good
websites or country series with crafts in them?
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From: <pcarlson@lbpl.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Preschool books on Japanese gardens
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:36:55 CDT
Oh, help! A patron is serving as a docent at our local Japanese Garden and
would like to put together a collection of books on rock gardens, koi fish,
anything having to do with a visit to such a garden. The age range is
preschool-2. I found nothing age-appropriate in our collection.
TIA,
Pam Carlson
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From: "GCPL Childrens Room" <gcplcr@lilrc.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: "Female Nomad" recommendation
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:37:17 CDT
Several weeks ago, someone recommended "Tales of a Female Nomad"
by Rita
Gelman. I found the book here, loved it, and am now recommending it to
everyone I know. What a great story!!!! Many, many thanks to
whoever
posted that title. Nancy Pirodsky, Garden City (NY) PL
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From: "Brendle Wells" <bwells@mail.sacramento.lib.ca.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:37:36 CDT
Can anyone help?
A patron remembers a picture book she read as a child 25-30 years ago.
The
plot featured a very large bird that laid an egg. A family found the
egg
scrambled it and then made a house out of the shell.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Brendle Wells
Youth Services Librarian
Carmichael Regional Library
Sacramento Public Library
bwells@mail.sacramento.lib.ca.us
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From: "Cindi Carey" <ccarey@timberland.lib.wa.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: chicken fantasy stumper
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:38:04 CDT
Dear Pubyac braintrust,
We are trying to help one of our regular patrons earn extra credit in
his English class by providing the answer to his teacher's stumper.
Here is the information he provided: The book is about a hen that can
lay anything. He was pretty confident that it is a fantasy and that
the story has chapters.
We have checked The Storyteller's Sourcebook and Fantasy Literature for
Children and Young Adults.
Thanks for your help.
Cindi Carey
Lacey Timberland Library
Lacey, Washington
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From: "Chapman, Jan" <jchapman@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Literature based teaching of Math, Science, and Social Studies
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:38:29 CDT
Hi all:
I had a Professor of Early Childhood Education stop by our library and ask
me about finding literature that might help teach math, science, or social
studies concepts to 4-6th graders. I was stumped and wondered if
anyone out
there in Pubyac Land might be able to come up with some suggested books
(fiction or non-fiction). I realize this is a very tall order, but
some
suggestions just to get her started would be greatly appreciated! You
can
reply to me off list and if other Pubyac readers are interested, I can
compile a list of suggested books.
TIA
Jan Chapman
jchapman@ascpl.lib.oh.us
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From: "Theresa Hadley" <thadley1@uswest.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper: girl with ghost's diary
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:38:56 CDT
Does this ring any bells?
A young patron is looking for a book about a girl whose mother is an
antique dealer. The girl gets a diary belonging to a ghost named Alice
(maybe). Alice turns out to have been murdered by the cleaning man who
also tries to kill the girl in the story, but he falls and dies and she's
safe.
Looking forward to your responses, Theresa
Theresa Hadley
Youth Services Librarian
Whatcom County Library System
5202 Northwest Road
Bellingham, WA 98226
360-384-3150
thadley1@qwest.net
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From: "Gayle Richardson" <Gayle.Richardson@spl.org>
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Subject: Re: Slightly Spooky Stories
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:39:32 CDT
To all who may be planning such programs:
I saw a title in my local independent recently that looks
very =
appealing. LITTLE HORRORS by Fangorn, who is credited as being the =
illustrator of the Redwall covers
(British editions, I suppose, as it looks like Troy Howell has done the US =
covers) It is a large sized (almost 'giant') picture book with a very =
attractive price--$9.99. A verse
story line describes seven types of little monsters lurking around our =
houses. Looked like
it would go well at a not-too-huge audience story time. I immediately
=
ordered multiple copies for my branch. (PS I have no connection with =
book, author, publisher, etc!)
Gayle Richardson
>>> adge73@yahoo.com 09/06/01
11:19 AM >>>
Hello all! I am planning a "Slightly Spooky Stories"
event for the after-school crowd, ages 5-10, on
Halloween. I am wondering if any of you may have
recommendations of stories you've used successfully
for these types of programs in the past.=20
E-mail me directly (adge73@yahoo.com),
and I'll be
happy to post a summary to the list.=20
Thank you!
Adrienne Furness
Maplewood Community Library
Rochester, NY
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From: "Esther Gregory" <esther_childe@hotmail.com>
To: lis-european-programmes@jiscmail.ac.uk,
lis-link@jiscmail.ac.uk,
Subject: Digitisation, European funding and historic book collections
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*APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING*
The CHILDE partners are pleased to announce that the full programme for the
"Opening the Portal" conference is now available. To book your
place please
contact me, either by return or through the CHILDE website
(www.bookchilde.org)
Opening the Portal:
A conference to establish a European Network of historical children's book
collections
Friday 19th October 2001
9:30 Coffee
9:45 Welcome from Mike Ryan, CHILDE Project Manager
9:50 Under suspicion - Nineteenth Century Fairy Tale Debates in
England
and Germany
Dr Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff
Institut fur Jugendbuchforschung, Frankfurt
10:30 Coffee
10:45 Rewarding Reads: Some thoughts about the gift books featured in
historic book collections
Prof. Kimberley Reynolds
National Centre for Research in
Children's Literature, UK
11:30 Collecting for the future - the policies and practicalities of
creating a major children's book collection
Elizabeth Hammill
Centre for the Children's Book, UK
12:15 Lunch
13:45 WORKSHOPS (45 minutes each) - N.B. all delegates will have an
opportunity to attend both of these workshops, as each will be run twice.
A) Capturing the past - Practical digitisation techniques and strategies
Simon Tanner
Higher Education Digitisation Service, UK
B)A guide to gaining European funding
Claire Herbert
Buckinghamshire County Council, UK
15:15 Tea
15:45 The Next Step: Creating a European Network - a discussion forum led by
the CHILDE partners
16:30 Close
Esther
Esther Gregory
CHILDE Project Co-ordinator
www.bookchilde.org
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From: "Margaret Keefe" <mkeefe@midhudson.org>
To: "MH Youth Listserv" <MHLS_youths@topica.com>,
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Subject: Stumper: Help with a title
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:33:40 CDT
-----Original Message-----
From: MHLS Libraries List Serv
[mailto:MHLS_LIBLIST@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On Behalf Of Laurie Shedrick
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:29 PM
To: MHLS_LIBLIST@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Subject: Help with a title
I have a patron who is looking for a book.......
It is a children's book about a boy who builds a house for a mouse, then he
gets a cat and has to make the mousse house larger to accommodate the new
animal. He does this by adding on. He then gets a dog and has to
add on
again. Then a goat etc., etc..
The patron believes that the title is "the foogle house".
However, the
patron has no idea of the spelling, since he remembers it from having it
read to him. It could be "phoo", "Fu" or something
else altogether
Any ideas???
I tried a to zoo and fastcat
Margaret M. Keefe
Coordinator of Youth Services
Mid-Hudson Library System
103 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 471-6060 X35
(845) 454-5940 FAX
URL: http://midhudson.org
Laurie
Lauries@hotpop.com
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From: "HEATHER O MCCUTCHEN" <mccutcho@atlas.forsyth.lib.nc.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper-3 kids, old man....
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:36:22 CDT
I have a teenage customer who remembers a book from her
childhood. It was a chapter book in which three kids meet a man
at the zoo. He teaches them to look through things thus going into
other worlds. There are bubblegum trees and living motorcycles in
these other worlds. Ring any bells?
Thanks a lot
Heather McCutchen
Forsyth County Public Library
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From: "Maureen Lerch" <mlerch@uakron.edu>
To: ohioya@winslo.state.oh.us
Subject: homeschooled teens
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:30:06 CDT
Hello,
This message is being cross-posted on various
listservs, so please forgive the duplication.
I am posting this message for a colleague who
is not a subscriber to children's / young adult
listservs. If you reply to the list (which will
probably generate interesting discussions), I
will forward your responses to her. Or, please
feel free to respond directly to Janet at
jwelch@apk.net. Thanks!
Maureen Lerch
>From Janet Welch:
Friends:
I watched a family of homeschoolers in our
children's department today and took note of the
age of the oldest child. She looked to be about
12 or so, and I got to thinking that perhaps the
children's department was no longer the right
place for her. With this idea in mind, and with
the rumble of the bulldozer shaking the walls
(the official start of our addition/renovation
project which will include a special place for
teens), I thought I'd throw out a few questions:
1. What services, programs, or materials does
your library provide that are specifically
intended for homeschooled teens?
2. Do you include homeschooled teens when
soliciting members for teen advisory boards and
other volunteer work?
3. How do you get the word out to homeschooled
teens? Obviously you must reach them in ways
other than announcements on the school PA. Have
you found ways to include them in things like
college nights?
Thanks, in advance, for any ideas or tales
from the trenches...
Janet
Janet Welch
Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator
Wadsworth Public Library
132 Broad St.
Wadsworth, OH 44281
(330) 334-5761
fax: (330) 334-6605
Maureen T. Lerch
Reference / Outreach Librarian
University of Akron Wayne College Library
1901 Smucker Road
Orrville, Ohio 44667
Phone: (330)684-8951 Fax: (330)683-1381
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