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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" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 701
PUBYAC Digest 701
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Review sources for CD-ROMS
by Susan259@aol.com
2) Re: About stumpers
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
3) Women's history booklist,NYPL
by Mary Gonzalez <marycgon@lmxac.org>
4) states series
by S Jadczak <sjadczak@mhs.sad59.k12.me.us>
5) Teenage authors
by Greg Ullman <gullman@ci.covina.ca.us>
6) juvenile biographies
by "mary thornton" <mthornton@techline.com>
7) Posters
by Eom225@aol.com
8) Upcoming American Library Association Conference
by Betsy Diamant-Cohen <bcohen@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
9) RE: Harry Potter Read-Alikes for everyone (including adults!)
by Cote Moxon Andree <Andree.cote-moxon@nlc-bnc.ca>
10) Adult summer reading program
by "Sparta Library" <spartalibrary@centurytel.net>
11) re: Library Card info. complie
by Amy Blake <ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us>
12) Dinosaur extinction stumper
by Sandy Gillard <sgill@nioga.org>
13) RE: About stumpers
by "Vasilik, Patricia" <vasilik@palsplus.org>
14) Child afraid to leave home
by "Susan Zimmerman" <susanzm2@hotmail.com>
15) book series--getting ready for school
by "Ruhama J. Kordatzky" <rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us>
16) Re: SPEAKER NEEDED
by "Grace Slaughter" <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>
17) Subscribing to this listserve
by Mary Gilbert <m.gilbert@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us>
18) RE: diverse gender idenity
by Beverly Bixler <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
19) Stumpers
by Charlotte Gerstein <cgerstei@snap.lib.ca.us>
20) ACPL has Fabulous nontraditional gender role list ONLINE!
by Mary Gonzalez <marycgon@lmxac.org>
21) Stumper
by Beverly Bixler <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
22) Valentine's Day Games
by <bkworm@mindspring.com>
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From: Susan259@aol.com
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Review sources for CD-ROMS
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:28:19 CST
I am looking for good review sources for CD-ROMS. I recall that this has
been discussed before, but I am having no luck searching the archives.
Susan Smith
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: About stumpers
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:28:28 CST
Wouldn't the return address be available in the
message header?
--it depends on what kind of browser & email software
you are using.
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From: Mary Gonzalez <marycgon@lmxac.org>
To: "pubyac@prairienet.org"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Women's history booklist,NYPL
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:28:33 CST
FYI
There's a nice list for Women's history month here.
http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kidstext/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=58
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From: S Jadczak <sjadczak@mhs.sad59.k12.me.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: states series
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:28:39 CST
I am replacing a 50 states book series written for third grade students.
Can
anyone recommend a good set that has been published recently?
Thanks.
Sylvia Jadczak
Madison Area Memorial HS Library
sjadczak@mhs.sad59.k12.me.us
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From: Greg Ullman <gullman@ci.covina.ca.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Teenage authors
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Hello Pubyac,
Does anyone have a list of books that were written by teenagers
(authors between 13 and 19 years old)? I'm making a display of the ones we
have, and the only list I could find on the 'net was at
http://www.geocities.com/cplrmh/teenauthors.html
<http://www.geocities.com/cplrmh/teenauthors.html>
. I suppose a lot of
them are privately published or by small publishers, but just about all the
books our library would already have would be from the major publishers.
Thanks,
Greg Ullman
Covina Public Library (Calif.)
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From: "mary thornton" <mthornton@techline.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: juvenile biographies
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:28:51 CST
Hello,
I have a stumper that I hope you can help me with. I have two patrons, =
one in her mid-fifties, and one
about thirty who both said they read a series of biographies about great =
people. She said she read about Abigail Adams, he read about men.
The =
only other thing they can tell me about these books is that all the=20
illustrations were silhouettes. They were a series but not necessarily =
all written by the same person. =20
Thanks very much
Mary Thornton
mthornton@techline.com
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From: Eom225@aol.com
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Posters
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For my summer reading club I would award the teens posters and this has been
very successful but when I contacted Argus Posters I found out that they are
defunct. Does anyone know of a source of teen oriented, relatively cheap
posters? I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Ellie Mazor
Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
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From: Betsy Diamant-Cohen <bcohen@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Upcoming American Library Association Conference
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:29:03 CST
Hello everyone,
Last year, at the annual AAM (Association of American Museums)
Conference, I chaired a session called "Win-Win Solutions" in which
collaborations between public libraries and museums were showcased.
The panelists met together before the session, and introduced the idea
forming a group of museum librarians or public
librarians that were also involved with museums.
Dina Sherman, the librarian from the Brooklyn Children's Museum, and I
both expect to attend ALA in Atlanta this year, in place of AAM. We
would like to organize an informal gathering of librarians who work in
or with museums. We would like to talk about the kind of collaborations
that are currently taking place (including high points and
frustrations), to hear creative ideas for the future, and to brainstorm
about
ways in which we as a collective group can promote public library/museum
collaboration. Perhaps an ALA round table group could evolve from
this. Please contact me if:
* you would like to be involved with
this
* there are specific topics for
discussion that are of interest
to you
* you will be unable to come, but
would like to stay on this
mailing list
* you can send names and email
addresses of other people who
might be interested in this group.
Thanks!
Betsy Diamant-Cohen
Manager of the Exploration Center
Enoch Pratt Free Library at Port Discovery
35 Market Place
Baltimore, MD 21209
Tel: 410-864-2716
Fax: 410-864-2730
bcohen@epfl.net
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From: Cote Moxon Andree <Andree.cote-moxon@nlc-bnc.ca>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>, Librenee@aol.com
Subject: RE: Harry Potter Read-Alikes for everyone (including adults!)
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Good idea to re-read the "Lord of the Rings". I have just
re-read the
trilogy myself!
Also, if you like fantasy, consider reading (if you haven't already):
1) The Golden Compass Trilogy (or "Northern Lights Trilogy", depending
on
which published version your library holds) by Philip Pullman
2) Wizard of EarthSea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin
3) The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
4) Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis
5) A Wrinkle in Time (Wind at My Back, Swiftly Tilting Planet, etc.) by
Madeleine L'Engle
6) The Dark is Rising Series (Over sea, under stone, etc.) by Susan Cooper
7) Watership Down, by Richard Adams
8) The Witches, The BFG, Matilda (or anything else!) by Roald Dahl
I am sure there are more that I am forgetting but this should keep you
reading! (library patrons and spouses!).
Happy reading!
Andree
**********************************
Andree Cote Moxon
Reference and Information Services
National Library of Canada
andree.cote-moxon@nlc-bnc.ca
(former Children's Librarian)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Barker [mailto:barker@noblenet.org]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 12:17 PM
To: Librenee@aol.com
Subject: Re: Harry Potter Read-Alikes for Adults
Hi! I'm also a HUGE Harry Potter fan and am desperately waiting for the
next book in the series. I've just started reading "Lord of the
Rings", by
Tolkien. I read it in sixth grade but after seeing the movie, I realized I
didn't remember very much. I'm only about a 100 pages into it but it's
FANTASTIC! In my humble opinion, it's definitely worth revisiting. There's
also another new book out which is going to be a series. It's called "The
Eyre Affair", by Jasper Fforde. It's about a special agent in Britain
called Thursday Next who has to keep an arch villain named Acheron Hades
from kidnapping and killing characters from literary masterpieces. It's
set in an alternate Great Britain in 1985, where the Crimean War has never
ended, and people are obsessed with literature. If you want to find out
more about the series and the author, there's a wonderful website
at: www.thursdaynext.com. I hope this
helps.
Kim Barker
--
Kim Barker, Children's Dept. Assistant
Peabody Institute Library, Danvers Massachusetts
barker@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange
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From: "Sparta Library" <spartalibrary@centurytel.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Adult summer reading program
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Does anyone out there have any experiences with doing multi-generational
summer reading program. I plan the young adult summer reading program, but
have had some lean numbers and would like to expand the program to include
adults also. I will still plan some activities exclusively for teens.
Has
anyone run a program like this? How did you set it up? What sort of
records did you keep or ask participants to keep? Any special programming
ideas?
Thanks,
Lisa Wold
Sparta Free Library, Sparta, WI
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From: Amy Blake <ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: re: Library Card info. complie
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:29:20 CST
Dear Pubyac,
THANK YOU again to everyone who responded to my query about the age limit
requirments to receive a library card.
I tried sending this to just the people who were interested but it bounced
back. Press delete at this time if you are not interested in the results
from
the required age limit to receive a library card.
2nd semester 1st graders - 1
3 year olds - 4
K or 6 years of age - 4
At Birth - 4
5 years of age - 2
Parent or guardian signature 5
No Age limit - 22
Jennifer Parker and Sara Howrey; I can fax or e-mail the written responses,
but please contact me again. My last message to you came back.
Amy Blake
Knox County Public Library
ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us
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From: Sandy Gillard <sgill@nioga.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Dinosaur extinction stumper
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I have tried keyword searching our data base any number of ways and have
found nothing that fits this stumper. A young man remembers a book from
our library that he thinks is at least 10-15 years old and it tells what
animals might have existed if the dinosaurs had not become extinct. He
does not know if it was in the picture book section but vividly
remembers some of the pictures in it. Our copy of What Happened to the
Dinosaurs? by Carrick is out so I could not check that with the patron
and no one owns Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs? by Most. Does
this
sound familiar to anyone? Thanks.
Sandy Gillard
sgill@nioga.org
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From: "Vasilik, Patricia" <vasilik@palsplus.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: About stumpers
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To Cassie and to all Pubyaccers -- Poor Shannon has explained this over and
over again. All of us have different e-mail programs, and many of them
strip the headers from the message. On my e-mail, I can see the original
sender's e-mail, but I can't cut and paste from there. Sometimes I just
don't have time to do the extra steps and so I don't reply at all. It
would
really help if as suggested by this most recent post -- and has Shannon has
asked -- if we all put our e-mail in the body or signature of our message.
Pat Vasilik
Children's Coordinator
Clifton Public Library
Clifton, NJ
vasilik@palsplus.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Cassie Wilson [mailto:cwilson2@kent.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:16 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org; Susan
Dailey
Subject: Re: About stumpers
Someone wrote:
>Please put your email address in the body of your message or under your
>signature. It will make it easier to reply directly to you. I
enjoy
>reading the stumpers and replying to those (few) I know, but it is a
>challenge sometimes to know where to send the response. Thanks.
Wouldn't the return address be available in the message header? It is easy
to copy and paste into a
new message, even without typing it in.
I know that your responses are appreciated. Thank you for your concern.
Cassie Wilson
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From: "Susan Zimmerman" <susanzm2@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Child afraid to leave home
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:29:39 CST
Hello fellow Pubyac subscribers,
My co-worker was approached by a patron of ours for any title that deals
with a child who suddenly never wants to leave the house. Once they leave
the child has fun, but seems to never want to leave home. (I agree this
sounds disturbing.) This is not something we have seen in a book. Any ideas?
The child is 3 years old.
Susan Zimmerman
Reply to me personally--if anyone knows of this type of book.
susanzm3@hotmail.com
_________________________________________________________________
Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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From: "Ruhama J. Kordatzky" <rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us>
To: "'pubyac'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: book series--getting ready for school
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:29:46 CST
Hi everyone--
I had a mom come in and ask if there were any other series like "What Your
First Grader Needs to Know" so that she could get ahead during the summer
with each of her kids. I discovered that in our library we also had the
series "How Is my First Grader Doing in School?" and she took that.
I went to amazon and found a few more series--"Summer Smarts,"
"10 Minutes
a Day"--and I was wondering if I missed any, and are there any that stand
out above the others?
Thanks very much!
:) ruhama
Ruhama Kordatzky
Youth Services Librarian
Burlington Public Library
Burlington, WI
rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us
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From: "Grace Slaughter" <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: SPEAKER NEEDED
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:29:51 CST
Drs. Sharon and Craig Ramey have dedicated many years of research into
this topic. For more info see the Civitan International Research Center
website: http://www.circ.uab.edu/
As speakers, they are probably out of most of our budgets. Thirty years
ago, they were researching the effect of parent or care-giver
stimulation/interaction on the physical and mental development of
infants. Now they head up the CIRC. You might work with your local
Civitan chapter to get help.
For the rest of us, there is a booklet available according to this press
release:
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2002/nichd-23.htm
I saw a video of them talking about one of their projects last year. But
for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the project. In the
video they talked about what parents can do to stimulate the mental
growth of their children. I checked the news/media archive but did not
find it although there were some really interesting sounding stuff with
links to full text. If you are interested, maybe you can email someone
on the site.
If nothing else, maybe you can find a speaker amongst all the groups and
fellow researchers mentioned in the various sites.
g
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From: Mary Gilbert <m.gilbert@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Subscribing to this listserve
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:29:58 CST
Here's a question I haven't seen addressed. I've been on this
listserve
for several years, and find it wonderfully full of ideas. Two of my
co-workers want to subscribe, but are having trouble getting a response. I
gave them the information I got when I subscribed, but with a server
change and several years going by, that doesn't seem to work any more.
Could someone please post the instructions for new librarians wishing to
subscribe? Thanks so much.
Mary Gilbert
Children's Services
St. Joseph County Public Library
South Bend, IN
[Moderator: Instructions for subscribing are on the PUBYAC webpage at
www.pallasinc.com/pubyac ]
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From: Beverly Bixler <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: diverse gender idenity
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Try getting your idea through to those professors! We have a booklist we use
in our library system, but I, for one, would love to see professors move on
to something else already!
Beverly
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Linneman [mailto:juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:17 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: diverse gender idenity
This is not a response to the question, and those of us who face this
question regularly (usually by students of children's literature) have to
have books to offer, but does anyone else see what a sexist question this
is?
We are constantly getting this question at our library from college
students, and I think the premise (from the standpoint of the professors
who assign it) is: We are going to combat sexist books by showing books
of women doing "men's work" and men doing "women's work."
But that very
idea is sexist. To perpetuate the idea that miners or truck drivers, or
even office managers, are "supposed" to be men, and caregivers, nurses
and
teachers are "supposed" to be women--and THIS book (whatever nonsexist
book you choose) is special because it shows a woman doing that job or a
man doing that job--is totally behind the times.
Just wanted to share some food for thought. Has anyone else thought this?
By the way, Dennielle, hope you find some good suggestions.
Julie Linneman
juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 Dennielle@aol.com
wrote:
> Help, Looking for picture books that show men and women in
different
> gender
> roles. For example, "My mama is a Miner" which shows a
woman in a typical
> male role. If you can think of other titles please forward them to
me.
>
> Thanks
>
> Danielle Day
> Kansas City Public Library
> ma_danielle@kclibrary.org
>
>
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From: Charlotte Gerstein <cgerstei@snap.lib.ca.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumpers
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Hi, everyone. A patron is looking for two books she remembers enjoying
as a child.
The first is a picture book which she thinks might have been a Golden
Book. It's about a mischievous mouse who gets into things, and may be
called something like "Bad Mousie." It was read to her around
1965-ish.
The other one is a chapter book with a title something like "The
Adventures of Perrin." It's about a Russian girl who is the daughter
of
royalty. She read this one around 1970.
Do these ring a bell?? Thanks for any help!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Charlotte Gerstein, YA Librarian
Benicia Public Library
150 East L Street
Benicia, CA 94510-3281
(707) 746-4345
(707) 747-8122 (fax)
cgerstei@snap.lib.ca.us
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From: Mary Gonzalez <marycgon@lmxac.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: ACPL has Fabulous nontraditional gender role list ONLINE!
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:30:16 CST
Julie, you're being more generous than I have been. I've gotten this
question
in St. Louis, San Antonio and New Jersey. I assumed the teacher was trying
to
give them an exercise in "books that are hard to find without being very
creative and taking a long time in your search." It's a sad statement
about
the
education system and it's communication with libraries if none of us has
ever
had a professor warn us about the assignment or explain the purpose.:)
Anyway...this gives me a chance to thank the wonderful people at ACPL
library
who keep this list current, and many other helpful lists, like the
"Wordless
picture book list."
Here's the link:
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/Childrens_Services/gender.html
Julie Linneman wrote:
> This is not a response to the question, and those of us who face this
> question regularly (usually by students of children's literature) have to
> have books to offer, but does anyone else see what a sexist question this
> is?
>
> We are constantly getting this question at our library from college
> students, and I think the premise (from the standpoint of the professors
> who assign it) is: We are going to combat sexist books by showing
books
> of women doing "men's work" and men doing "women's
work." But that very
> idea is sexist. To perpetuate the idea that miners or truck drivers,
or
> even office managers, are "supposed" to be men, and caregivers,
nurses and
> teachers are "supposed" to be women--and THIS book (whatever
nonsexist
> book you choose) is special because it shows a woman doing that job or a
> man doing that job--is totally behind the times.
>
> Just wanted to share some food for thought. Has anyone else thought
this?
>
> By the way, Dennielle, hope you find some good suggestions.
>
> Julie Linneman
> juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us
>
> On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 Dennielle@aol.com
wrote:
>
> > Help, Looking for picture books that show men and women in
different
> > gender
> > roles. For example, "My mama is a Miner" which shows a
woman in a
typical
> > male role. If you can think of other titles please forward them
to me.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Danielle Day
> > Kansas City Public Library
> > ma_danielle@kclibrary.org
> >
> >
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From: Beverly Bixler <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper
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Hi~
I received the following stumper from a colleague here and was hoping that
someone out in pubyac land might be able to help with it.
A young man asked me about this on Sat. He thinks it was titled Chocolate
tree. There's a birthday party for the lion (could be some other animal)
attended by animals (beaver is one). An owl brings him a treasure map. He
thinks it was about 100 pages in length.
I did a keyword search on the BIP children's site w. no luck. Looked
on amazon.com, but nothing matching this description there either.
Does anyone recognize this book?
TIA
Beverly Bixler, bbixler@sanantonio.gov
San Antonio Public Library, TX
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From: <bkworm@mindspring.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Valentine's Day Games
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:30:28 CST
Here are the answers I received from my query about games for a Valentine's
Day party. Sorry, everyone, that I did not post this before Valentine's Day.
I was getting responses right up to the 14th. Maybe you can save these for
next year. These were all great ideas and thanks for all the help.
Two
people mentioned books:
Things to Make and Do for Valentines Day by Tomie de Paola and Valentine
School Parties: What to Do by Wilhelminia Ripple.
Mary L. Jones
Bailey Cove Public Library
Huntsville, AL
> I played this game in my son's preschool but I think all
> ages would
> like
> it. It's called "Sucking Hearts", paper hearts cut out of
> constructionpaper,
> pick up one heart by sucking air through a straw & race to the
> other side of
> the
> room, run back & it's the next player's turn. Can't use your
> hands to hold
> the
> heart on to the straw and if the heart falls off the straw you
> have to go
> back
> and start over. A relay race, everyone should have their own
> straw, of
> course.
>
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Doing a relay race - running with heart shaped candy on a
spoon and putting it into a red bowl is EASY and fun.
Make up red hearts for everyone with the names of famous book
pairs to put on the backs of each attendee. They have to guess from clues
given to everybody they meet who their characters are. You could even
include famous writing and/or illustrating duos like Leo & Diane Dillon,
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, etc. -
Are familiar with, "If you love me honey, then smile". One person goes
up to
someone else in the group and says "If you love me honey, then smile".
He
can not touch the other person. The person he is speaking to replies "I
love
you honey, but I just can't smile" This is repeated 3 times. If the person
replying smiles then he must go and try to get someone else to smile. If he
doesn't crack a smile the original speaker must try getting someone else to
smile.
Candy heart races
have a race between two teams who can scoop the most candy hearts with a
spoon and dump into a bucket at the end.
unwrap hershey kisses with mittens
Roses are Red... Board
Use one large white poster board and title it "Roses are red, Violets are
blue..." at the top center. Cut one large heart out of construction paper
and glue to the bottom corner of the poster board so that it forms a pocket
to hold markers, smaller hearts and scotch tape. Cut smaller hearts out of
construction paper ~ these should be big enough so that you can write a line
or two on them. Place these in the larger heart pocket. When guests arrive
tell them to take a heart and finish the next two lines of the poem. Then
they stick their heart to the board with scotch tape. Try and fill the board
with original and funny ideas for this very old love poem.
Heart Targets
Draw a large heart on a piece of poster board. Draw graduated hearts inside
the large heart...like a target, mark each layer with points. Use a bow and
arrow (kiddie type with rubber suction cup).
Valentine Present Wrap
This is a version of the mummy wrap game for Halloween. For valentine's day
you instruct the children that they are wrapping a valentine gift. When
they are done wrapping their "gifts" give them a big red bow to finish
the
package. You can put the
children in pairs or small groups.
Valentine Relay
Cut one heart for each child (an extra one if an odd number of kids).
Write different instructions on each heart for the relay race such as crawl,
hop, walk backwards; write the same thing to do on 2 (one for each team)
Divide the children in 2 groups (if not even, have one child go twice)
Put the hearts at the end of the room in 2 piles.
On go, the first player on each team runs up to the pile and takes a heart.
The players come back to the group doing what it says on the hearts. When
the first players get back the next players run to the hearts.
GROUP GAMES
Magic Marshmallow Game
Choose 5 girls and 5 boys. Give each kid a large marshmallow. The first
player must lick the marshmallow, stick it to their forehead, and run to the
finish line and back, to tag the next person. The next player does the same,
until each player has had a turn. If the marshmallow falls off, they have to
stop, stick it back on, and continue. The first team to be sitting in a
straight line wins! Play upbeat, energetic music while game is played. The
music starts on "Go" and stops when a team wins.
Drawing Relay
Put up a large piece of paper on each side of the room. (One for the boys
side, and one for the girls side.) Place several crayola markers beside it.
Place a "drawing list" beside each sheet of paper. The drawing list
includes
5 different things to draw to make a picture. We used, 1)A knight. 2) On a
horse. 3) With a lance. 4) And a magic fairy on his shoulder 5) Fighting a
dragon 6) The dragon is holding a princess 7 A castle is in the distance 8.
On "Go" the first person runs to the large piece of paper, and draws
item
#1. Then, they run back and tag person #2. They run to the paper, draw item
#2, and so on. The first team to draw each of the objects listed, and is
sitting in a straight line wins! Play upbeat, energetic music while game is
played. The music starts on "Go" and stops when a team wins.
Straw and Paper Race
You will need 1 piece of paper (approx. 4 inch. square) for each team, and a
straw for each player. Select 5 girls and 5 boys. The first player must use
the straw to pick up the paper, by sucking in through the straw. Then, they
must carry the paper to the finish line and back, but they must have the
paper stuck to the end of the straw while they run. If the paper falls off,
they must get it back on the straw, by sucking in through the straw, and
continue on. Each player takes their turn until all players have had a
chance. The first team to be sitting in a straight line wins! Play upbeat,
energetic music as the game is played. The music starts on "Go" and
stops
when someone wins.
Balloon in the Hoop
You will need 2 hula-hoops, and 2 balloons. Select 5 girls and 5 boys. The
first player must take the balloon, put it between their knees, and run
towards the hula hoop that is being help by another leader at the finish
line. They must get the balloon in the hoop, without using their hands. If
they drop the balloon on the way to the hoop, they must stop, pick it up,
and go back to the spot where they dropped it. Once they get it in the hoop,
they pick up the balloon in their hands, and run back to their line, giving
the balloon to the next player that will follow the same procedure. The
first team to have everyone complete the process, and are sitting in a
straight line wins! Play upbeat, energetic music while game is played. The
music starts on "Go" and stops when a team wins.
Hoop Circle
Equipment: Hula-Hoop
Description: The players form a circle and join hands. The leader has a
hula-hoop resting on his arm (and is holding hands with those beside
him/her). Without breaking hands, the leader must pass the hoop to the next
person and it continues around the circle with each player stepping into the
hoop and then over his/her head and on to the next person. Play continues
for a set time
Bingo Icebreaker
Instructions:
1. Print and copy a bingo card for each player.
2. Players circulate to find group members who match descriptions in the
bingo squares.
3. When a match is found, the player writes the name of the individual in
the square.
4. Different names must be used in each square. When a player has filled a
row with names, s/he yells "Bingo!"
5. With the group, check the squares and identify the individuals
described.
6. Continue the game for a second round, with the new goal of filling the
entire card.
7. When a player has filled the entire card, s/he yells "Bingo!"
8. Check the entire card, identifying group members matching each
description.
CIRCUIT
This is a good exciting indoor game for smaller groups. Tell the teens that
you are trying to complete an electric circuit and that you need their help
to make sure that the line is working. Group the teens into a circle. Every
person in the group is to take off one of their shoes. Add two basketballs
to the circle, so that everyone has one shoe and two people have a
basketball AND a shoe. When you blow the whistle, everyone must pass all the
items in his hands to the right, and the motion is to continue. The teens
must continue passing the items! Even if a teen is dealing with a basketball
and a shoe, or if the shoes start to bottleneck, keep the objects moving!
Here's the fun: when a person drops an item, he must leave the game, but the
item stays in the game! Dealing with two different size objects such as a
basketball and a shoe will make it difficult. As the "circuit" starts
to
jam, more players will drop out of the game, but the same number of items
still move around the circle. It will make it harder and harder to keep from
dropping! The winners are the last four teens remaining. (Note: after
handling all those shoes, make sure they wash their before you hand out
refreshments!)
BALLOON RELAY
RUN DOWN TO THE CHAIR AND GRAB A BALLOON FROM THE GARBAGE BAG ON YOUR SIDE.
PUT IT ON YOUR SEAT AND SIT ON IT! YOU MAY NOT RUN BACK TO THE NEXT GROUP
UNTIL YOU HAVE POPPED YOUR BALLOON BY SITTING ON IT. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED
AT HOW MANY TEENS WILL SEND THAT BALLOON SHOOTING OUT ACROSS THE AREA OR
BOUNCE UP AND DOWN TWENTY TIMES BEFORE THAT BALLOON POPS! LOTS OF FAST FUN
WITH MINIMAL CLEANUP.
BALLOON CRASH
a lot of fun. Have balloons already blown up and tied. Put a nine-inch
string on each balloon and then have it tied to the shoe of each teen. Each
teen will have only one balloon on them. As the whistle is blown, the teens
will try to stomp other people's balloons without getting his balloon
stomped! You can start this out as a team effort, but then at the end when
you are down to one team, have them turn on each other and see who is the
last person out of that team. A fun variation of this is to tie the balloon
to each person's belt and give each teen a magazine or newspaper. The teen
must try to whack the balloon and break it. This game gets pretty wild. Just
make sure nobody is hitting anyone else in the head.
Conversation Heart Bingo: Cut out large heart shapes from pastel paper and
write messages on each one just like the candy conversation hearts. Use
conversation heart candy as markers. Let the children eat the markers after
they play Bingo.
Mailman, Mailman Where's my Mail? Everyone gets to participate in this game
involving a hidden valentine. Choose one child to be postman and give him or
her the mailman's hat. (Red strip of paper with pink heart that says
mailman.) The mailman must hide his/her eyes while you give another child a
valentine to hide behind their back. Then the mailman uncovers his/her eyes
and faces his/her classmates who say, "Mailman, mailman, where's the
mail?"
The mailman gets three guesses to find out who is hiding the mail. If he/she
guesses correctly, he/she continues as postman. If he/she guesses
incorrectly, the person with the mail becomes the mailman.
Web of Love: Take a ball of red or pink yarn and have the children sit in a
circle. Give the ball to one child and loosely tie the end of the yarn
around his/her wrist. The child begins by saying "I love________ because
he/she________"(suggestions: shares with me, plays with me, helps me clean
up,etc). The speaker tosses the ball of yarn to the child he/she named and
that child takes a turn,etc, etc, until all children have had a turn to toss
the yarn. Loop the yarn around each child's wrist as they take their turn.
Children are not supposed to say someone's name who already was tangled in
the web until EVERYONE has had a turn, then keep going until the yarn runs
out. See how long it takes to untangle yourselves.
These ideas came from Perpetual Preschool
(http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/)
but should work with older children as
well.
How about taking several fronts of Valentine's Day cards and cutting them
into puzzle pieces. Mix them all up in a bag and give each kid a piece.
Spread the kids out in the room. Without talking the kids must find the
other kids with the pieces to their card and put together the puzzle.
"Queen of Hearts". One person is the Queen (or King, presumably)
who sits on a chair (throne). One person is the Knave of Hearts. Everyone
except these two stands on a heart-shaped or square "tart"
(construction
paper). When the Queen says "Switch", everyone tries to run from one
"tart"
to another while the Knave tries to steal one. If the Knave succeeds, the
person left out becomes the new knave.
You can probably either play this until you get down on only one or two
people,
or you can play until the first Knave succeeds and then put the tart back
and
let the new Knave start.
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