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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: Saturday, December 01, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 618
PUBYAC Digest 618
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Tattletale picture books
by "Mar Mar" <mar121700@hotmail.com>
2) Santa Believers
by "Jason Stuhlmann" <imeanasis@hotmail.com>
3) Stumper: Who are you?
by "Nola Baker" <librarylady61@hotmail.com>
4) Rudolph Rhyme
by Abby Stapp <AStapp@flower-mound.com>
5) stumper-child locked in museum
by "Francie Schwarz" <francie-schwarz@ci.santa-monica.ca.us>
6) Stumper - Puddle to another World
by "Chris Mallo" <chrism@GRRL02.GRRL.LIB.MN.US>
7) Stumper: city lights
by "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
8) STUMPER-Little House dog
by "Patt Colwell" <pcolwell@jcls.org>
9) STUMPER- giraffe with scarves and sore throat
by "YPS Reference" <yps@barringtonarealibrary.org>
10) Re: Apprentice stumper
by Anne Cheadle <acheadle@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
11) Re: Poem Stumper
by Tracie Partridge <traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us>
12) Stumper....
by "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
13) Gingerbread Storytime Compilation
by "Kristy A. Evans" <EvansKA@MANSFIELDCT.ORG>
14) RE: Graphic Novels/Comics for YAs
by "Canosa-Albano, Jean" <JCanosa-Albano@spfldlibmus.org>
15) Loose Leaf radio series
by Jeff Dwyer <looseleaf@mindspring.com>
16) Re: Toddler storytime
by Laura Smith <laurajhs@yahoo.com>
17) Position opening announcement - Children's Librarian - Worthington
by Phyllis Winfield <pwinfiel@worthingtonlibraries.org>
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From: "Mar Mar" <mar121700@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Tattletale picture books
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:41:56 CST
Hi collective brain!
Looking for pictures books that deal with tattletales. Any help would
be
appreciated. Could also be books helping parents explain to children
tattletelling.
Thanks!
Maryann Ferro
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M. Ferro
Youth Services Department
Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
Hewlett, New York 11557
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From: "Jason Stuhlmann" <imeanasis@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Santa Believers
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:42:30 CST
Thanks to all of you that responded with great suggestions!! The
patron was
happy to have so many books to choose from. We both are appreciative.
Here's the list:
Welcome Comfort - Polacco
Santa Calls - Joyce
Red Ranger came callling - Breathed
Miracle on 34th Street - Davies
Christmas Sonata - Paulsen
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
Bah! Humbug! - Balian
Thanks again!
-Jason
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From: "Nola Baker" <librarylady61@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Stumper: Who are you?
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:42:57 CST
A patron recalls these few lines in a book. I have tried several
resources and I still do not have a clue as to the name of the
book.
Who are you? What's your name? Would you like to play a game?
Let's pretend we haven't met.
I'll ask questions - now get set.
Your house-----
Your friends----
Your hair-------
Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
Nola Baker
Children's Services
Branch District Library
Coldwater, Michigan
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From: Abby Stapp <AStapp@flower-mound.com>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Rudolph Rhyme
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Dear Friends,
Once upon a time I had a cute flannel board rhyme about the color of
Rudolph's nose. The end of each phrase was something like,
"Rudolph, your
nose isn't blue," or "Your nose isn't yellow," until at last
his nose is
red. I no longer have the rhyme and hope that some wonderful
librarian out
there knows it or has a copy and could e-mail it to me.
Thank you in advance.
Abby D. Stapp, Youth Services Librarian
Flower Mound Public Library
3030 Broadmore, TX 75022
(972) 874-6156
astapp@flower-mound.com
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From: "Francie Schwarz" <francie-schwarz@ci.santa-monica.ca.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper-child locked in museum
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Hi folks. A gentleman called yesterday wanting to know the title of a
=
book that he heard about from someone else. He insists that it is a =
picture book, with well-known illustrations, written by a man, about a =
child who gets locked in either the Museum of Natural History or the =
Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was written in the 60's or 70's.
It is =
not From the Mixed up Files etc. I've tried A to Zoo under
"museums" but =
don't really know what I'm looking for. Any bells? TIA
Francie Schwarz
Santa Monica (CA) PL
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From: "Chris Mallo" <chrism@GRRL02.GRRL.LIB.MN.US>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper - Puddle to another World
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:44:30 CST
We have a patron who is looking for a book she read about
6 years ago. The plot revolved around a boy who fell
through a puddle into another world. She also remembers
a castle in the story. The illustrations include some
holograms. She remembers specifically the puddle and a
globe/map being holograms.
We exhausted all the regular sources. If anyone could
help us with this, we would really appreciate it!
Thanks!!
--
Chris Mallo
Great River Regional Library
405 St. Germain
St. Cloud, MN 56401
(320) 650-2500
chrism@grrl.lib.mn.us
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From: "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: city lights
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The information I was able to gather on this stumper feels pretty sketchy to
me, but maybe it will ring some bells out there. Here goes...
Patron read book in early to mid 1980s. It's a picture book, very
colorful.
It had something to do with lights and a city or cities. Patron
remembers
lights, skyscrapers, bridges, traffic. Very detailed but kind of
cartoon-ish. Patron mentioned cities might be New York or San
Francisco.
The book is not Night Lights by Rothman.
Any suggestions will be gratefully forwarded to the patron. Thanks!
Mara Alpert
Children's Literature Department, Central Library
Los Angeles Public Library
malpert42@hotmail.com
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From: "Patt Colwell" <pcolwell@jcls.org>
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Subject: STUMPER-Little House dog
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Greetings PUBYACers! Here's a hard one, unless you have a terrific
memory,
which you do, I know that, or you have read the Little House books recently.
Our patron wants to know the name of the first dog to appear in the Little
House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She thinks the second dog
was named
Jack. If Jack is in fact the name of the first dog, then what is the
name
of the second dog? I have read summaries in The Elementary School
Librarian
and Characters in Children's Literature and Who's Who in Children's Books,
but of course, the dog is not named. Thanks to any who have that good
a
memory!
Patt Colwell
Medford Library Childrens' Services
mailto:pcolwell@jcls.org
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From: "YPS Reference" <yps@barringtonarealibrary.org>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER- giraffe with scarves and sore throat
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I'm hoping that someone out there can help with a picture book we're
trying to find for a patron. We do not know the author's name or the
title of the book. The patron says the book is about a giraffe that
has
a sore throat and that the giraffe wears several different colored
scarves. She remembers a line from book where the giraffe is asked to
come out and play and says "Can't come out, sore throat, sore
throat."
The book was published in 1937 or before and the patron remembers it
being a large book. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Please
send
replies directly to yps@barringtonarealibrary.org.
Thanks in advance
for your help. =20
Marcie Barnett=20
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From: Anne Cheadle <acheadle@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Apprentice stumper
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:46:19 CST
The book appears to be "A Special Trick" by Mercer Mayer.
It's currently
out of print, but the patron recognized the title and is very excited to
have a title to help him in his quest to replace what his kids
"misplaced."
Thanks so much to Jen, Elizabeth, Beverly, Betsy and Jason for their
suggestions. What a terrific resource!
Anne
At 10:18 AM 11/23/2001 CST, you wrote:
>Thanks in advance for any help you can offer with this patron stumper:
>
>Patron remembers illustrated story of a boy hired to "help clean or
sweep a
>magician's tent." Boy is instructed not to touch anything,
but of course
>he does and manages to clean everything up again by the time the
magician
>returns. Patron is sure that the title is NOT "The sorcerer's
apprentice."
>
>Book was read in the mid-eighties and illustrations were "similar
to
>Maurice Sendak's."
>
>Please reply to me directly and thanks again. We are truly
stumped.
>
>Anne
>Moscow Public Library
>Latah County Library District
>acheadle@norby.latah.lib.id.us
>
>
>
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From: Tracie Partridge <traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Poem Stumper
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:46:56 CST
Thank you to all of the individuals who sent a response to my query.
The
answer is Our Presidents: A Memory Rhyme. It appeared in Poems
Teachers
Ask For, Book Two. I have notified the patron, and he is thrilled.
This
list is invaluable, and I will also look into subscribing to Poemfinder, a
resource that many of you used to find the answer.
Tracie Partridge
Central Library
Wichita, KS
traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us
On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Tracie Partridge wrote:
>
> Hi, everyone. I am trying to find a poem for a patron.
"First on the
> list is Washington, Virginia's proudest name. John Adams, next,
the
> Federalist from Massachusetts came. Three sons of Old Virginia
into
> the..." I checked all editions of the Children's Index to
Poetry and
> various search engines with little to no luck. Does anyone
recognize this
> poem or know of a good resource that I could consult, print or
electronic,
> to find it? My patron would like the complete text of the poem as
well as
> a book that it appears in. I would appreciate any assistance that
you can
> give me. Thanks.
>
> Tracie Partridge
> Central Library
> Wichita, KS
> traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us
>
>
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From: "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
To: OPLINLIST@EPICURUS.OPLIN.LIB.OH.US,
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:47:21 CST
Hello,
This stumper comes from a patron (one of my story hour mothers) who is
trying to remember the name of this movie.
The premise of the movie is that the family who are like the main characters
have discovered the fountain of youth. She distinctly remembers a scene from
the beginning of the book when a boy from the family falls from a ferris
wheel and should have died, but doesn't because the family drinks from this
fountain of youth.
There is also another sort of main character of a wealthy young girl who
wants to live with this family, but is sent back to live with her own.
The family lives in the woods.
She remembers seeing this film (at the time) in school. She is hoping that
it has been made into a video. She is young enough that it could have been
shown in that format in school.
Sorta sounds like a Steven King novel to me, but hey, what do I know?
If you can supply me with a title, she (and I) will be eternally grateful!
You can reply to me directly at barbarascott@hotmail.com
Barbara Scott
Children's Librarian, Bucyrus Public Library
Ohio Reading Program Manual Editor
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From: "Kristy A. Evans" <EvansKA@MANSFIELDCT.ORG>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Gingerbread Storytime Compilation
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Thanks to everyone who sent me gingerbread ideas. A lot of people asked for
compilations so here it is.
Thanks again.
Kristy
Crafts:
-Cut gingerbread man shape out of sandpaper, (regular hardware store
sandpaper, and the figures should be about 3" tall, I have a teen
volunteer
draw the shape onto the paper, or precut). Then draw eyes and a mouth or
other decorations,
Then rub the sandpaper figure with a cinnamon stick. The cinnamon sticks to
the sandpaper, and it smells great!
-Cut gignerbread figures out of large grocery bags and let decorate
-Have pre-made gingerbread men cookies for them to decorate
Fingerplays:
I did this one as a flannelboard:
One gingerbread boy sitting on a shelf
Wondering why he was sitting by himself
Another came along looking for his shoe
Sat upon the shelf and then there were two
Along came another looking for a tree
Sat upon the shelf and then there were three
Along came another looking for the door
Sat upon the shelf and then there were four
Along came another looking for a hive
Sat upon the shelf and then there were five
Five gingerbread boys neatly on the shelf
I saw them sitting there and ate them all myself!
ACTION RHYME:
Gingerbread
Gingerbread
Gingerbread man
Copy my actions
If you can
Raise your right hand
Way up high
Now raise your left hand
Up to the sky
Hop on your right leg
Careful and slow
Hop on your left leg
Off you go!
Bow to your right
Down to the floor
Now bow to your left
Bend some more!
Look to the left
What do you see?
Now look to the right
Can you see me?
Gingerbread cookies, run around.
Gingerbread cookies, touch the ground.
Gingerbread cookies, around you go.
Gingerbread cookies, now--go--slow.
(the children are the gingerbread cookies)
5 gingerbread kids cooling by the door.
A cow ate 1, and then there were 4.
4 gingerbread kids running by the tree.
A pig ate 1, and then there were 3.
3 gingerbread kids by a pond so blue,
A fox ate 1, and then there were 2.
2 gingerbread cookies running in the sun.
A hen ate 1, and then there was 1.
1 gingerbread kid running for its life.
It ran away from the farmer's wife.
(I didn't like that last couplet, so I changed it--
1 gingerbread kid behind the cupboard door,
I gobbled it up and then there were no more.)
Another book to use with this theme, even though it doesn't
Gingerbread Man
Stir a bowl of gingerbread (stir as in bowl)
Smooth and spicy brown
Roll it with a rolling pin
up and up and down (Pretend to roll)
With a cookie cutter, (pretend to cut out)
make some little men.
Put them in the oven (place in oven)
till half past ten!
THE BAKERY
Down around the corner in the bakery shop, (Point hand to the right)
There were 10 little gingerbread men (Hold up 10 fingers)
With icing on top.
Along came Katie all alone, (Walk fingers along)
She grabbed a big one & ran on home. (Grabbing motion, run in place)
(Continue counting down until no gingerbread men are left)
CHRISTMAS GINGERBREAD
Bake gingerbread for Christmas, (Arms in circle to form bowl)
Stir it with a spoon, (Stirring motions)
Pop it in the oven and (Push g.bread in oven)
Pull it out at noon. (Pull it out again)
Spread the icing on it, (Spreading motions)
What a pretty sight! (Hold out both hands)
For you and me and Santa Claus, (Point to audience & self)
To see on Christmas night. (Shade eyes)
FIVE LITTLE GINGERBREAD MEN
Five little gingerbread men (Hold up 5 fingers)
Knocking at my door, (Knocking motion)
1 ran away & then there were four. (Hold up 4 fingers)
4 little g.bread men playing with me... (Dance 4 fingers around)
3 little g.bread men playing with you... (Dance 3 fingers around; point to
audience)
2 little g.bread men playing in the sun... (Encircle arms above head)
1 little g.bread man when the day was done, (Hold up 1 finger)
He ran away & then there were none.
GINGERBREAD
Mix gingerbread, stir gingerbread; (Make stirring motions)
Pop it in a pan. (Mime action)
Bake gingerbread, toss gingerbread; (Pretend to toss)
Catch it if you can! (Pretend to catch)
GINGERBREAD MEN
I am making cookie dough; (Point to self)
Round and round the beaters go. (Roll arms over each other)
Add some flour from a cup, (Pouring motion)
Stir & stir the batter up. (Stirring motions)
Roll them, cut them, nice & neat, (Mime actions)
Put them on a cookie sheet. (Mime actions)
Bake them, count them, 1, 2, 3. (Put up 3 fingers)
Serve them to my friends for tea. (Extend hands)
Mix a pancake, stir a pancake (bowl w/ one arm; stir with other)
Pop it in a pan (pour into imaginary pan)
Fry a pancake toss a pancake (shake "pan" back and forth; toss
motion)
Catch it if you can!
Also good old
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man;
bake me a cake as fast as you can;
Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with a "B"
And put it in the oven for baby and me!
Songs:
Ginger Man, Ginger Man (a corruption of Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear!)
Ginger man, ginger man turn around,
Ginger man, ginger man touch the ground,
Ginger man, ginger man reach up high,
Ginger man, ginger man touch the sky,
Ginger man, ginger man bend down low,
Ginger man, ginger man touch your toe.
Sung to: "The Muffin Man"
Oh, do you hear the Christmas bells,
The Christmas bells, the Christmas bells?
Oh, do you hear the Christmas bells
That ring out loud & clear?
Oh, can you see our Christmas tree,
Our Christmas tree, our Christmas tree?
Oh, can you see our Christmas tree?
It fills the room with cheer.
Oh, do you smell the gingerbread,
The gingerbread, the gingerbread?
Oh, do you smell the gingerbread?
I'm glad Christmas is here.
Gingerbread (sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques")
Gingerbread, gingerbread
Yum, yum, yum
Yum, yum, yum
I like gingerbread, I like gingerbread
In my tum,
In my tum.
Gingerbread Boy (sung to the tune of The Muffin Man)
Oh, will you bake a gingerbread boy
A gingerbread boy, a gingerbread boy
Oh, will you bake a gingerbread boy
Then put him in the oven.
Oh, will you eat the gingerbread boy,
The gingerbread boy, the gingerbread boy
Oh, will you eat the gingerbread boy
Then take him out right now!
Here's another version with the same tune:
Oh, do you know the gingerbread man
Gingerbread man, gingerbread man
Oh, do you know the gingerbread man
Who ran and ran and ran?
He said catch me if you can
If you can, if you can
He said catch me if you can
Then ran and ran and ran
I can run like the gingerbread man
Gingerbread man, gingerbread man
I can run like the gingerbread man
Now catch me if you can!
Gingerbread (sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques")
Gingerbread, gingerbread
Yum, yum, yum
Yum, yum, yum
I like gingerbread, I like gingerbread
In my tum,
In my tum.
Poem:
I always loved the poetry version--"The Gingerbread Man" by Rowena
Bennett.
It's on page 50 of Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems
(Scholastic Hardcover, 1988), which you probably have, and in other books as
well, I'm sure. As a sample, the first verse goes
The gingerbread man gave a gingery shout:
"Quick! Open the oven and let me out!"
He stood straight up in his baking pan.
He jumped to the floor and away he ran.
"Catch me," he called, "if you can, can, can."
MY GINGERBREAD HOUSE
I made a house of gingerbread
It was so sugary sweet
It took me all day long to make
But lasted just a week!
Monday--I ate the ceiling
Tuesday--I ate the door.
Wednesday--I ate the windows
Thursday--I ate the floor
Friday--I ate four walls
Saturday--I ate the lawn
Sunday--I licked up the crumbs
My gingerbread house is gone
--Dottie Enderle
Books:
Aylesworth, Jim. THE GINGERBREAD MAN.
Baumgartner, Barbara. THE GINGERBREAD MAN.
Brett, Jan. GINGERBREAD BABY.
Cousins, Lucy. MAISY MAKES GINGERBREAD.
Egielski, Richard. THE GINGERBREAD BOY.
Galdone, Paul. THE GINGERBREAD BOY.
Kimmel, Eric. THE GINGERBREAD MAN.
Lindman, Maj. SNIPP, SNAPP, SNURR & THE GINGERBREAD.
Rowe, John A. THE GINGERBREAD MAN.
Tews, Susan. THE GINGERBREAD DOLL.
Van Woerkom, Dorothy. THE QUEEN WHO COULDN'T BAKE GINGERBREAD.
Mr. Cookie Baker, by Monica Wellington
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff.
Cookie Count by Sabuda
Games:
"Can't Catch Me"
Have children sit in a circle. Choose one child to be the "gingerbread
man."
He walks around the circle & taps each child on the head. When he comes
to
the child he wants to chase him, he says, "Catch me if you can" as
he taps
the child's head. The chase begins. As the 2 children are chasing each
other, the other children chant: "Run, run, as fast as you can. You'll
never
catch him, He's the gingerbread man." Play until each child gets to
participate.
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From: "Canosa-Albano, Jean" <JCanosa-Albano@spfldlibmus.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: RE: Graphic Novels/Comics for YAs
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Regarding graphic novels comments (snipped postings below)...I recommend
looking at Stephen Krashen's The Power of Reading (Krashen, Stephen D. The
power of reading : insights from the research / Stephen Krashen. Published
by Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1993.) for good stuff about how
comic book & graphic novel readers are reading FAR more words and
picking up
MUCH more vocabulary than most people give them credit for. Addressing
a
point made by another one of the below posters (Amy?), I believe there is a
wide range of graphic novel readers. Certainly Superman, Elfquest and
One
Bad Rat can be in the same collection; you will just need to adjust
quantities etc. based on your specific population, just as you would do for
picture books, videos, etc. We have all our graphic novels in the YA
fiction area. I have them cataloged the same way novels are cataloged
(not
in the 741's) but then just have them all on a shelf...they get browsed,
read, and checked out so much there's no sense in shelving them.
HTH,
Jean
Jean Canosa Albano, M.L.I.S.
jcanosa-albano@spfldlibmus.org
Head of Youth and Outreach Services
Springfield Library
220 State Street
Springfield MA 01103
voice: 413-263-6800, ext. 291
fax: 413-263-6825
TTY: 413-263-6835
Springfield is the home of the Dr. Seuss National Memorial! Coming June 2002
http://www.catinthehat.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Trish Hull [mailto:hulltrish@hotmail.com ]<snip>
>From: "Amy K. Long" <a_long@ix.netcom.com>
>
> > >3. We've had a comment that most graphic novel readers
don't actually
enjoy
> > the more "literary" or "quality" graphic
novels. Have you found this to
be true?
>
> I have found quite the opposite to be true in
my library. The richer
>the detail, the more "sophisticated" the graphic novel is, the
better it
>circulates. It's true, I do have some graphic novels of
Shakespeare's
>plays that don't circulate, but I think that is because they are shelved
in
YA
>822.33 rather than YA 741.54 with the other graphic novels and are thus
>overlooked.
>Hmm, maybe I ought to have that call number changed . . .
>
>Amy Long
>Young Adult Librarian
>Harford County Public Library (MD)
>
I have never seen Shakespeare graphic novels? Do they circ much in other
libraries? The ones that go out in our library are mostly the current
superhero or game hero. Are there other more"literary" graphic
novels and
how close are they to the real story? Would a Shakespeare graphic novel be a
good way to ease a non-reader into something a little more
"enlightening"?
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From: Jeff Dwyer <looseleaf@mindspring.com>
To: List Serves Posting <looseleaf@mindspring.com>
Subject: Loose Leaf radio series
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:49:02 CST
Dear Friends,
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It has been almost two years since the Loose Leaf Book
Company radio
program first hit the public radio airwaves. A lot has happened
since
then, and I wanted to catch you up on our accomplishments and our future
plans. =20
Having started our run in January 2000 with 19 stations, we are
now hear=
d
on over 240 stations in thirty-seven states. We reach a weekly
audience of
250,000 enthusiastic listeners and Loose Leaf has improved audience share
and pledge drive performance in our local time slots across the nation.
Activity on our companion website, www.looseleaf.org,
has increased steadil=
y
and now stands at over 25,000 hits per week.
For me, by far the most gratifying development has been the
launch of ou=
r
first two Partners in Reading programs - Wichita in February of '01, and Sa=
n
Francisco in November =8C01. The Partners in Reading programs are a
locally
based reading initiative which coordinates the existing reading efforts of
public and school libraries, classroom teachers, university education
programs, public radio, and independent booksellers around the weekly Loose
Leaf broadcast and booklist.
I attended the launches in both Wichita and San Francisco
and came away
mightily inspired by the dedication and enthusiasm of the librarians and
educators who make it all possible. We envision a day when there are
dozen=
s
of Partners in Reading programs across the country hosting a revolving tour
of visiting authors, artists, and children's literature impresarios.
If
you'd like to have a look at our debut in San Francisco, and read about my
visit to Wichita, please go to www.looseleaf.org
and look under "Community
Outreach Programs". If all goes according to plan, we will be
underway wit=
h
new programs in Seattle and Abilene by the end of 2002.
As long as we're looking ahead, I must admit our future
at this point i=
s
uncertain. The events of September 11 have shifted priorities for many
people and organizations, which is as it should be. Many funds
previously
available to cultural non-profits has been redirected to relief efforts, an=
d
public radio funding is just one area of the arts where the pinch is being
felt. We face a double-whammy of sorts because the corporate
advertising/underwriting market is also at a 25 year low. What this
means
is that the anticipated revenues from underwriting and grants are now
anything but expected. We have a major grant application in at the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which will be announced in February,
and we continue to open conversations with potential corporate underwriters=
.
But, as of today we do not know how much longer we will be able to stay on
the air.
Our publisher supporters have gotten us this far with generous
underwriting and investment -- start-up money, if you will. We have
always
endeavored to move beyond the publishing industry for our financial needs
and hope that a combination of grants and corporate support will provide fo=
r
our future very soon. Some publishers continue to underwrite on the
program, but most are dealing with shifted financial priorities of their
own, and there is little more they can do.
I know that many of you have supported Loose Leaf from
the beginning an=
d
listen every week. For those of you who are not familiar with what we
do
with the books on our program and how those books are selected, I invite yo=
u
to spend some time at www.looseleaf.org.
You can read about our process and
the very smart people we have guiding us, and you can listen to any and all
of our current and past episodes.
I hope we will be celebrating our third year on the air a
year from now=
,
and I hope I will meet even more of you at the events to come. In the
meantime, we appreciate all the support we have received from the librarian
community and I look forward to continuing our common cause of putting the
very best in books for kids into the hands and heads of today's young
readers.
=20
Happy Holidays and a Peaceful New Year to you all.
=20
Sincerely,
=20
Tom Bodett
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From: Laura Smith <laurajhs@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org,<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Toddler storytime
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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:49:31 CST
My branch has their storytimes in a meeting room-not a special program
room, but one that we have to schedule just like the average public user.
I have worked for a branch that did Saturday storytimes (very small groups)
on a special rug in the middle of the Children's room. That worked
pretty
well because we drew in a few other listeners. The rug was one of
those
oval ones with the letters of the alphabet around the edges.
Then I worked for another branch that we just used the entire floor of the
children's area (which was maybe 25 x 25 feet) for children's
programs. The Children's area was closed for book selection at that
time
but we usually had a floor full, so it didn't matter.
HTH!
Laura Smith
Montgomery Co. Maryland
At 10:15 AM 12/1/01 -0600, Melissa MacLeod wrote:
>Hi again - I need to add the more specific question here - in what
>physical environment do you hold your storytimes? Do you have a seperate
>space set aside - if no access to a special room, do you designate
>special nook or corner. Does anyone have their storytime amid the bins
>and stacks? Thanks so much, I really need this info.! Melissa
>mmacleod@sailsinc.org
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From: Phyllis Winfield <pwinfiel@worthingtonlibraries.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Position opening announcement - Children's Librarian - Worthington
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:49:59 CST
CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN
FULL-TIME WITH BENEFITS
Worthington Libraries (WL) is seeking a Children's Librarian who considers
readers' advisory services and literature-based programming to be personal
strengths. The children's materials collection is well funded and our staff
is committed to providing excellent customer service. We use a
state-of-the-art computer network to enhance communications and to access
information. Qualified candidates will possess a Master's degree in Library
Science from an ALA accredited school. Experience working with
children is
preferred, as well as a desire to be part of a team. WL is nationally
recognized for providing traditional library service plus cutting-edge
information technology. Starting salary is $32,900 to $43,800 per
year,
based on experience. Full-time, 37 hrs/wk, including some evenings and
weekends. Benefits package includes health insurance with dental,
prescription card and vision, 11 paid holidays, sick leave, 4 weeks of
vacation and deferred compensation retirement program. Resumes may be
submitted via USPS, fax or e-mail. Submit your resume with cover letter and
a list of 3 references to Phyllis Winfield, Human Resources Coordinator,
Worthington Libraries, 820 High Street, Worthington, OH 43085-4108, fax
(614) 645-2642, e-mail pwinfiel@worthingtonlibraries.org.
Responses received
by January 2, 2002 will be given first consideration. Visit us on the
Web
at www.worthingtonlibaries.org.
An Equal Opportunity Employer.
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