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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"
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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 566
PUBYAC Digest 566
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: what do you remember hearing read aloud
by Ann.Minner@ci.austin.tx.us
2) Re: "Me and Caleb" & what do you remember
hearing read aloud?
by "Beverly Kirkendall" <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us>
3) Books read in school
by Jill Patterson <jillpatterson@yahoo.com>
4) re: What do you remember being read aloud...
by "Moffitt, Gina" <GMoffitt@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
5) Re:what do you remember hearing read aloud?
by RGrainer@cattlv.wnyric.org
6) RE: what do you remember hearing read aloud?
by Aarene Storms <astorms@kcls.org>
7) RE: little things we can do
by Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
8) Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award Nominations
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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From: Ann.Minner@ci.austin.tx.us
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: what do you remember hearing read aloud
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:12:01 CDT
My first grade teacher - Miss Mundt started to read A Wrinkle in Time to our
class but never finished it. I guess it was above some of our (6 year old)
heads. I was frustrated when she stopped. I finally found and read my own
copy when I went off to college!
I've almost finished reading Little House in the Big Woods to a weekly
homeschool group and then we will move on to Martin's Mice or A Cricket in
Times Square. The kids will choose. I love that some of them will remember
me as we all remember our readers.
ann
Ann Minner
Youth Librarian *
Pleasant Hill Branch
Austin Public Library
ann.minner@ci.austin.tx.us
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From: "Beverly Kirkendall" <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: "Me and Caleb" & what do you remember
hearing read aloud?
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Reading the answers has been interesting--my teachers read much of the =
same as has already been mentioned: Tom Sawyer (my 5th grade class as
a =
whole was so inspired we wrote our own play of the book and performed it =
for the whole school and the PTA), The Secret Garden, and A Wrinkle in =
Time.
I also remember Johnny Tremain (which I probably would have never picked =
up on my own but really enjoyed), Charlotte's Web (of course!), and =
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth. =20
The interesting thing is I think many teachers are reaching for these same =
books today--along with the many wonderful new titles, of course.
There are many others I remember enjoying but alas, I don't remember the =
titles!....Guess I could do a stumper and pretend it's not me who wants to =
know but some patron or teacher.......
Beverly Kirkendall
Hurst Public Library
Hurst, TX
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From: Jill Patterson <jillpatterson@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Books read in school
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:12:54 CDT
What a terrific thread!
I remember that one of my teachers (in 4th or 5th grade) read to us all
year (we're talking about the very early 60s here). She read Caddie
Woodlawn (where I learned what the word "climax" means in
literature),
Magical Melons, and Upside-Down Town. I don't remember any other
teacher reading to a class, but I remember all of these books so
vividly.
My daughter's 3rd grade teacher had a weekly reading time where a
parent would come to read to the class. Her grandmother, father, and I
all took a turn. I read a chapter from one of the Betsy-Tacy books
(the one where the girls cut off their hair--very funny and also
poignant). The kids loved it. I followed it with Paul
Fleischman's
first book of poems for two voices and had children come up and read
one of the parts with me. My favorite is still the poem about
bookworms, but a close second is the water bugs poem.
=====
Jill Patterson, Manager
La Habra Branch Library, OCPL
221 E. La Habra Blvd. California
e-mail: jillpatterson@yahoo.com
TEL: 562/694-0078 FAX: 562/691-8043
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From: "Moffitt, Gina" <GMoffitt@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: re: What do you remember being read aloud...
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Usually a lurker, this is a thread I've got to respond to...
This child of the 70s and 80s remembers fondly the following:
2nd grade: Charlotte's Web, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (which became
the first chapter book I ever read because my older brother owned a copy,
and I wanted to find out how it ended before everyone else!)
3rd grade: Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat, and Jennifer, Hecate,
Macbeth, William Mckinley and Me, Elizabeth by E. L. Konigsburg
I also remember fondly the teachers who did the reading... what motivators
they were!
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From: RGrainer@cattlv.wnyric.org
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re:what do you remember hearing read aloud?
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:13:50 CDT
Dear all,
I am now settling into my new job at an elementary
school. I have to
say that the book that I most remember being read to me is From the Mixed-
Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler in 3rd grade. I will try to read
it
aloud to MY 3rd graders (if I ever get more time in the period!!)
I am interested to hear what others have to say.
Take care and have a great day.
Rosemarie Grainer
SLMS Little Valley Elementary School
Little Valley, NY 14755
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From: Aarene Storms <astorms@kcls.org>
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Subject: RE: what do you remember hearing read aloud?
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My father taught 5th grade for more than 20 years, and made it a custom to
read "Where the Red Fern Grows" out loud to his class every
spring. We (the
family) always knew when he was getting to the sad part, because he'd come
home
from school with his eyes all red and puffy--he cried through the end every
single time.
I thought that it was maybe the best thing he did for his students--sharing
a
wonderful book with them, and letting them see him cry through it.
He read it to me too, and we both sobbed when the dogs died. <G>
What a
fine
thing. I still get all snuffly, remembering it.
--Aarene
Most of my life I've spent reading books and riding horses.
The rest, I've just wasted.
Aarene Storms astorms@kcls.org
Richmond Beach and Kenmore Libraries
King County Library System
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From: Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: little things we can do
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:14:59 CDT
Pam Carlson is correct when she states:
>....the information shared since September 11 -
books, websites, etc. - is tremendously useful.
Catherine Sarette's addition of her "political views," while well
within her rights, is not germain to the subject of this thread:
>....the line is crossed into personal
>political views when someone adds comments like join
>the ACLU or contact the President to tell him where
>the money should come from to the general
>commentary on Little Things We Can Do.
Ms. Darnall reminds us that these are sensitive times and that
professionals need to READ, RESEARCH and ARCHIVE before leaping
should be taken to heart.
>I was told privately that one of the posts did have
>some severe political statements, and I missed it. Like
>many readers, I skimmed the post quickly,...and deleted it.
>And now of course, I have nothing to go back and check.
Stephanie Stokes
Studio City California
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> > Reply To: pubyac@prairienet.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:59 PM
> > To: pubyac@prairienet.org
> > Subject: RE: little things we can do
> >
> >
> > Sorry, but I thought that the purpose of this listserv was to
discuss
> > issues that pertain to libraries and the services we provide as
> > professionals, not to air personal political views. Correct me if
I'm
> > wrong, though, and I'll be happy to share mine.
> > Pam Carlson
> >
>
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
To: "Nanette Perez" <nperez@ala.org>,<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award Nominations
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Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award Nominations
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/school/news/downs-2001.html=20
October 15, 2001 is the Deadline for the 2001 Robert B. Downs Intellectual =
Freedom Award Nominations
Champaign, IL The Graduate School of Library and Information
Science
(GSLIS) at the University of Illinois seeks nominations for the Robert
B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award. Given annually, the award
acknowledges individuals or groups who have furthered the cause of =20
intellectual freedom, particularly as it impacts libraries and information
centers and the dissemination of ideas. Granted to those who have
resisted censorship or efforts to abridge the freedom of individuals to
read or view materials of their choice, the award may be in recognition
of a particular action or long-term interest in, and dedication to, the
cause of intellectual freedom.
The Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award was established in 1969
by the GSLIS faculty to honor Dean Emeritus Downs, a champion of intellectu=
al
freedom, on the occasion of is 25th anniversary as director of the School.
Previous winners have included Nancy Garden, young adult author, and
Bennett Haselton, creator of Peacefire.org (2000); Ann Symons, librarian
at Juneau Douglas High School in Alaska and immediate past president of
the American Library Association (ALA), for her long-term efforts to
resist attempts to censor information (1999); Mainstream Loudoun, for the
group's commitment to defending the right to access information on the
internet at Loudoun County (VA) Public Library (1998); Bruce Ennis,
Lead Counsel, for his representation of the coalition of organizations in
the Communications Decency Act case as heard before the U.S. Supreme
Court (1997); Sanford Berman, Head Cataloger, Technical Services
Division, Hennepin County Public Library, Edina, Minnesota (1996).
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, Connecticut, provides the
honorarium to the recipient and co-hosts the reception in honor of the
recipient. The reception and award ceremony for the 2001 Downs
Intellectual Freedom Award will take place in January 2002 during the
American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans.=20
Letters of nomination and documentation about the nominee should be
sent by e-mail to smith@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
with a copy to
t-weech@uiuc.edu or in paper form to
Linda Smith, Interim Dean, GSLIS, 501
E. Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820 before October 15, 2001.
=20
Questions should be directed to Terry Weech at t-weech@uiuc.edu;
More
information about the award is available at=20
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/school/downs-award.html.=20
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