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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: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 568
PUBYAC Digest 568
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) stumper: Hungah?
by Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
2) Re:what do you remember hearing read aloud?
by "Elizabeth McKay" <ebuono73@hotmail.com>
3) Stumper: Henry Ware? books
by "Ferguson, Joanne (LIB)" <JoanneF@omaha.lib.ne.us>
4) RE: what do you remember hearing read aloud?
by Susan Schuler <sess10928@yahoo.com>
5) Re: What do you remember hearing read aloud
by chi_tonya <chi_tonya@DAYTON.LIB.OH.US>
6) RE: What do you remember being read aloud...
by Leslie Hauschildt <lhauscht@jefferson.lib.co.us>
7) Re: Read alouds
by Betsy Diamant-Cohen <bcohen@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
8) Re: What do you remember hearing read aloud
by Diana Cook <dcook@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
9) Re: School read alouds
by Madden <maddenk@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
10) Library Community Statement on Proposed Anti-Terrorism
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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From: Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper: Hungah?
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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:02:47 CDT
I got this request from an academic librarian, so am forwarding it on to
the experts. Anybody know this one?
"I am looking to verify or locate a short story for children titled
"Hungah"
which was perhaps published in the late 1950's or early 1960's.
It is
about 2 children performing for their relatives. This could be in an
anthology, a children's magazine, etc. I just don't know."
Many thanks for your help. Be sure to e-mail me directly!
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From: "Elizabeth McKay" <ebuono73@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re:what do you remember hearing read aloud?
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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:03:08 CDT
As soon as I saw this posting I thought immediately of my 7th grade English
teacher, Mrs. Nitschze, who read to us a lot, but the one thing I remember
listening to and loving was Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird."
I still
think of her whenever I even see that book, and it remains one of my
favorites.
Elizabeth McKay
Children's Librarian
The Ferguson Library
1 Public Library Plaza
Stamford, CT 06904
<elizabeth@fergusonlibrary.org>
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From: "Ferguson, Joanne (LIB)" <JoanneF@omaha.lib.ne.us>
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Subject: Stumper: Henry Ware? books
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Dear, PUBYACERS:
Here is some information one our our children's librarians received from a
patron who is looking for an older book series. Does anyone have a
clue?
Thanks for your help!
I can only remember that the author's name started with an "A." I
read them
no later than 1958, and as I said my Dad referred them to me, and I believe
he read them as a child or young adult. For whatever reason, I seem to
recall the main character was named Henry Ware. I believe another character
was Saul, but that was his first name. The stories were of the frontier
wilderness (Kentucky ??) and was sort of a less complex version of James
Fenimore Cooper's "Leather-Stocking Tales." I don't remember them
being
books for young children, and they may not actually have been children's
books. But they may be more simply written than I recall, and I think they
were in the children's section, but I am not sure, they may have been in the
adult section.
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Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh
Children's Librarian - Omaha Public Library
Millard Branch Library
13214 Westwood Lane
Omaha, NE 68144
402-444-4848
FAX: 402-444-6623
joannef@omaha.lib.ne.us
http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us
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From: Susan Schuler <sess10928@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: what do you remember hearing read aloud?
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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:03:52 CDT
My fifth grade teacher, Barbara Kohler at West
Haverstraw Elem. in 1980 read to us "Mrs. Frisby and
the Rats of Nimh" and "The Phantom Tollbooth". Still
to this day they remain among my favorite books. I
think of her whenever I see them or reccomend them to
a patron.
Susan Schuler
New City Library
New City, NY
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From: chi_tonya <chi_tonya@DAYTON.LIB.OH.US>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: What do you remember hearing read aloud
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In fourth grade, our teacher read "How to Eat Fried Worms" to the
class. I still add that title in to teacher's collections for SSR, and
I recommend it to kids who don't know what to read. Another title I
remember is "J.T." I was so bothered by this book, that the
same
teacher asked if I wanted to sit out in the hall while she read it.
(For those of you who have never read it, this has what I remember as
some very mean cat-haters in it!) I still get upset thinking about one
particular scene, and have avoided the book like the plague ever since!
I wonder if these teachers know how much of them and their choices we
still carry with us...
Tonya Cross
Reference Assistant
Dayton & Montgomery Co. Public Library
Dayton, OH
chi_tonya@dayton.lib.oh.us
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From: Leslie Hauschildt <lhauscht@jefferson.lib.co.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: RE: What do you remember being read aloud...
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I still remember having The Golden Impala read to me in fourth grade - any
book that could grab a fourth grade class after lunch and hold us as long as
the teacher would read is pretty darn good. Not a story that is
commonly
known (or even available anymore, darn it), but it opened my eyes to a
different word, and reinforced the wonder and magic of a good book.
Leslie Hauschildt
Head, Children's Services
Evergreen Library
Jefferson County Public Library
Evergreen, CO
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From: Betsy Diamant-Cohen <bcohen@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Read alouds
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:05:08 CDT
Dear all,
In six grade, my teacher also read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler. Our class worked and saved up money, and about a month
after
she
finished reading the book, we took a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum
of
Art in New York. The best part was throwing pennies into the fountain
in
the
cafeteria.
I still love that book.
Betsy Diamant-Cohen, Manager
Enoch Pratt Free Library
at Port Discovery Children's Museum
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From: Diana Cook <dcook@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
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Subject: Re: What do you remember hearing read aloud
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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:05:30 CDT
I have such vivid memories of the little house books being read to us
after noon hour. Also a book called " A Lantern in her Hand"
I think, and
I think a sequel to that book also. I find it interesting that I have
been reading pioneer type and/or diary type books to my ten year old of
late, after devouring the "Rose" books. I think these books
still strike
a chord in that the characters thoughts and feelings still seem real and
valid, despite our changing times. I am currently reading "Five
Pennies"
by Irene Morck, which is another book about life in the early 1900's on
the prairies. Even though I grew up on the prairies of the 1960's, we
still feel connected to these tales, perhaps from hearing similar tales
from grandparents???Maybe those read-alouds helped create an interest in
Prairie HIstory? I don't know, I came from a reading family and still
read almost everything I can that crosses my path.( I know, I know, so
many books, so little time....) I agree that I cannot fathom librarians
that aren't interested in books. Isn't that what got most of us
started???? I fervently hope that teachers keep on reading aloud, in spite
of having so many other subjects to cover. I know it made a difference
in
my life.
Diana Cook
Branch Library Assistant
Sherwood Village Branch
Regina Public Library
Regina, Saskatchewan
dcook@rpl.regina.sk.ca
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From: Madden <maddenk@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: School read alouds
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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:05:49 CDT
When I was in second grade I had a very tall, mean-looking, strict teacher
who used to
check our finger nails and teeth for cleanliness when we came to class.
She also so read
"James and the Giant Peach" by Dahl. She gave each character
its own
distinct voice and I will never forget how those characters came to life.
It was amazing and she was probably one of my favorite teachers because of
that and other reasons. Thanks for giving me a reason to share.
Kathleen Madden
Huntington Public Library
Huntington, NY
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Library Community Statement on Proposed Anti-Terrorism
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Library Community Letter to Congress on Anti-Terrorism Legislation (pdf =
file)
http://www.ala.org/washoff/terrorismletter.pdf=20
Library Community Statement on Proposed Anti-Terrorism Measures
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(pdf file)
http://www.ala.org/washoff/terrorism.pdf
__________________________
Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association
Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 1 + 4225
Fax: 312-280-4227
dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/
http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipalegalfund.html
intellectual freedom @ your library
Free People Read Freely=AE
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