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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 678
PUBYAC Digest 678
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Stumper: Boy who can fly
by "Miriam Neiman" <Neiman@glasct.org>
2) stumper/fairy tale craft
by Carrie Silberman <csilberman@nysoclib.org>
3) Stumper solved: Hypochondriac pic bk
by Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
4) Poetry Stumper Question
by Helen Moore <helen.moore@yourlibrary.ca>
5) Suggestions please
by Claire Isaac <cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
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From: "Miriam Neiman" <Neiman@glasct.org>
To: <<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>>
Subject: Stumper: Boy who can fly
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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 22:42:20 CST
A fellow librarian received this question from a patron:
A boy puts cream on his shoulders that makes him able to fly. It's a =
chapter book from the 60's or 70's.
That's all the information we have. Can anyone recognize it from this =
skimpy description?
Thanks!
The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer.
Miriam Neiman
YA/Reference Librarian/Web Page Mistress
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Glastonbury, CT
http://www.wtmlib.com
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From: Carrie Silberman <csilberman@nysoclib.org>
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Subject: stumper/fairy tale craft
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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 22:42:27 CST
Hello! I have two requests I'm hoping you can assist me with.
1. I have a patron who remembers reading a children's book about 40 years
ago about an island type place where the king wanted to eliminate the letter
"O" The book then goes into the consequences of making words
without the
letter "O"
2. Does anyone have any great fairy tale crafts to use with kids ages 5-8?
I have Kathy Ross's book, "Crafts from Your Favorite Fairy Tales,"
which is
good, but I'm looking for additional ideas, specifically geared to
school-age kids (not preschoolers) that can be done in an half hour or less.
Thank you in advance!!
Carrie Silberman, Children's Librarian
New York Society Library
carrie@nysoclib.org
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From: Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
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Subject: Stumper solved: Hypochondriac pic bk
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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 22:42:36 CST
I got no responses to this stumper, which I posted
on January 7:
"Patron seeks the name of a humorous picture book
with black and white line drawings, read in the
past year but not a new book. Main character is a
girl, an animal of some sort, whose friends are
animals of different sorts (patron remembers Fatso
the Tiger, someone named Loretta). The girl
thinks she does everything better than all her
friends, and patron remembers a biking competition
in particular. The main plot point is a visit to
the doctor, where the doctor sneezes on the girl
and horrifies her: she is now convinced she's
going to develop terrible diseases. I keep
thinking Nancy Carlson, but can't quite get it."
Well, the patron found the answer herself on
Amazon.com (after she talked to me, she remembered
"unbearable" was in the title and didn't tell me):
Lucretia the Unbearable (Holiday House, 1981)
written by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated
by Janet Stevens
I thought you might want closure!
N.
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Nicole Reader
Head Youth Services Librarian
Benicia (CA) Public Library
nreader@snap.lib.ca.us
www.ci.benicia.ca.us/library.html
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From: Helen Moore <helen.moore@yourlibrary.ca>
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Subject: Poetry Stumper Question
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Dear Collective Brain,
A colleague had a phone call this evening from a young patron looking for
part of a poem to include in an essay due on Friday. Unfortunately, she
didn't know the name of the poem, the poet or even a line from the poem! The
poet writes about how he (?) has been here and there and done this thing and
that thing, and the last line is along the lines of "and I did them all in
books" or "I did it all by reading" or something like that.
> Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Many thanks in advance! This list is a fabulous resource!
Helen Moore
Youth Services Librarian, Richmond Public Library
Canada
helen.moore@yourlibrary.ca
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From: Claire Isaac <cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
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Subject: Suggestions please
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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 22:42:52 CST
I have a client whose grand-daughter used to visit an adult friend. The
child is about 5 years old. She cannot visit any more because the adult
has developed a problem with substance abuse. The family hopes that in
the future the problem will be handled and the visits may be resumed.
The grandmother would like a book which explains this situation simply and
does not go into detail about the substance abuse.
Any suggestions? We are stumped.
Please reply directly to me at cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca
Thanks very much.
Claire Isaac
Regina Public Library
Regina, Saskatchewan
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