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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: Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 710
PUBYAC Digest 710
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Places to Order Stickers
by "Sean P. S. George" <sgeorge@stcharles.lib.la.us>
2) Action rhyme for seatbelts
by "Lori Karns" <lkarns@rain.org>
3) Earth Day compilation- Thanks!
by Jennifer Fay <j_fay84103@yahoo.com>
4) Lost Lemony Snicket
by "DRYSDALE, ISOBEL" <ISO@pueblolibrary.org>
5) Re: LOTR responses repeated
by "Baraboo Children's Dept." <barch@scls.lib.wi.us>
6) Stumper
by "Campbell, Dana" <Dana.Campbell@ci.corvallis.or.us>
7) Twisted Summer - Discussion questions
by "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us>
8) Rain books for storytime
by Susan Fisher <sfisher@lib.williamson-tn.org>
9) TV stumper
by Lisa Loftin <mt_lisa@DAYTON.LIB.OH.US>
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From: "Sean P. S. George" <sgeorge@stcharles.lib.la.us>
To: <mailforelaine@yahoo.com>
Subject: Places to Order Stickers
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Janway is an excellent resource for such promotional items, and they are
very friendly and willing to work with your library's payment
procedures.
They have a website-- www.janway.com
and a toll-free number-- 1-800-877-5242
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Sean P. S. George
Youth Services Librarian
St. Charles Parish Library (La.)
sgeorge@stcharles.lib.la.us
985-785-8464
Original Message:
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From: Elaine Moustakas <mailforelaine@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Places to Order Stickers
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:10:34 CST
Hi There-
I'm interested in getting some great stickers for my
library. Anyone know where I can get stickers such as
those that say "I got my library card today," and
other pro-reading stickers? Smilemakers requires
pre-payment
and I want to use a purchase order. Can anyone make
any good recommendations? Please send replies to
mailforelaine@yahoo.com. Thank you!
Elaine
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From: "Lori Karns" <lkarns@rain.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Action rhyme for seatbelts
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:48:15 CST
Does anyone have a fingerplay/actionrhyme to encourage preschool and
primary
aged children to "buckle up" their seatbelts? We would be using it in
a
thematic storytime for Road Trips. We have a number of other rhymes
associated with car trips, but wanted to start with "buckling up"
before
the
storytime trip begins.
Thanks in advance!
Lori Karns
Support Services Manager
Ventura County Library
lkarns@rain.org
805 641-4449
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From: Jennifer Fay <j_fay84103@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Earth Day compilation- Thanks!
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Here's the Earth Day responses I received. If anyone
has anything else, please post it.
Thanks,
Jennifer Fay
Murray Library
Murray, Utah
Books:
Multicultural Crafts from Recycled Materials by
Deborah Whitacre
Clever Curriculum Crafts from Recyled Materials by
Deborah Whitacre
Holiday and Seasonsal Crafts from Recycled Materials,
same authour,
Keepers of the earth : native American stories and
environmental activities for children. By Caduto,
Michael J.
Earth Day by Linda Lowery
Mighty Tree by Dick Gackenbach
Poem - Every Time I Climb a Tree
Every Time I Climb a Tree (a collection of poetry) by
David McCord=20
Tape - "Let's Clean Up Our Act, Songs for the Earth"
by Tom Callinan and Ann Shapiro.
Read Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Window by Jeannie Baker
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Lowery, Linda. Earth Day
Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree
Silver, Donald. Why Save the Rain Forest?
Roop, Connie and Peter. Let's Celebrate Earth Day
Livingston, Myra Cohn. Earth Songs
Earthdance Joanne Ryder
What a Wonderful World George David Weiss & Bob
Thiele
Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney
Dear Children of the Earth Schim Schimmel
The Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (anymore) Stan &
Jan Berenstain
Earthsong Sally Rogers
The Tree in the Wood Christopher Manson (My
Favorite b/c of the singing!)
The First Forest John Gile
A Tree for Me Nancy Van Laan
Great Kapok Tree Lynne Cherry
In the Heart of the Village Barbara Bash
A Tree is Nice Janice May Udry
It Could Still be a Tree Allan Fowler
A Tree This Tall Inez Rice
The Tree Donald Carrick
Yep - it's sponsored by the local garden club - I read
stories, sing songs and then we plant as a group - 2
years ago it was flowers all around the library, last
year it was a tree, and this year we will probably do
plants for the children to take home (S&S Recreation
has a fairly inexpensive
package with pots, paint, soil and seeds). Both years
the weather was great so we were able to do the
program outdoors, and it was really nice to have the
garden club their to plant with the children .If you
can get a nursery or arboretum to donate tree
seedlings, it makes a nice activity to have kids and
attendees pot the seedlings in paper cups with soil.
An activity sheet regarding trees can also be given
plus instructions on how to care for the seedling.
Craft:
Earth Day Wreath (for photo see
www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/earth/mearthwreath.html)
Materials needed are:
Ring of cardboard (can be a cereal box, recycled
material)
Blue and green construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Small piece of wool or other device for hanging
Trace a small plate and a large plate onto a piece of
old cardboard.
Cut a small strip of cardboard to glue onto the back
of the ring for
reinforcement. Cut strips of construction paper 1 by
4 inches. (Should be pre-cut early elementary)
*Write on each strip a way in which you can help to
save the planet
Glue the strips into rolls, like paper chain
Glue the rolls onto the wreath, alternating blue and
green. (use of patterns)
Tape the wool or other hanging device to the earth and
place in the center of the wreath to allow it to hang.
Participate in the Earth Day Groceries Project
(www.earthdaybags.org) in which
teachers borrow paper
grocery bags from local grocery stores. Students then
decorate the bags with environmental messages about
reduce, reuse, recycle, wildlife, conservation, etc.
The grocery bags are then
returned to the grocery store and used for customers
on Earth Day, April 22, to spread the message. This
is a completely cost-free project.
--- for our earth day theme last year we made dirt
cups. using all food items to represent the layers of
the earth. you get to teach the kids about earth and
soil and how the environment works and have a snack at
the same time. We let the kids help make these. Our
Young Adult group did this but it would work for all
ages. We also planted a memorial garden behind the
library and let the kids paint rocks to put around
thier garden. I hope this helps.
Web Resources:
BlueWeb'n - www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
National Wildlife Federation - www.nwf.org
A to Z Teacher Stuff
-www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/environment.shtml
Earth Day Network - www.earthday.net
Earth Day 2002, by the Wilderness Society -
www.earthday.wilderness.org
International Earth Day site - www.earthsite.org
Earth Day Network - www.sdearthtimes.com/edn/
Earth Day Clip Art -
www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/earthday/index.html
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From: "DRYSDALE, ISOBEL" <ISO@pueblolibrary.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Lost Lemony Snicket
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:48:27 CST
Oops! I was going to work up a bookmark based on the If You Like Lemony
Snicket, Read These... bibliography, but I lost it. Can anyone please
re-post it to me, privately, at
iso@pueblolibrary.org/
Thanks!
Isobel Drysdale
Pueblo, CO
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From: "Baraboo Children's Dept." <barch@scls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: LOTR responses repeated
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:48:33 CST
To All,
This is not a new compilation! Someone did not get the complete
information and we tried sending directly to her, but the message did
not
go through so we are posting to the list again so she will get it. This
is
all the info we received. There is not an attachment.
Thanks for your patience.
Miriam
>We received several requests to share any Lord of the Ring responses.
We
>received a few ideas which are copied here. There is still a lot of
>interest if others have specific plans. We may be looking at one event
>that includes LOTR and other SF/fantasy, but not any extensive
programming
>on the theme. Will let you know what happens as our teens work on
their
>plans.
>
>Responses:
>Most of the LotR games are set up so that you earn points to achieve or
to
>reach the various resting places the Fellowship reaches in the first
book.
>You could divide your summer program into those sections and have some
>reading goal to be reached. Logical divisions are Buckland, Tom
Bombadil's
>House, Bree, Rivendell and Lothlorien.
>Special challenges or events could be offered that would correspond to
each
>- 'shortcuts to finding a good book' on the way to Buckland, 'reading
where
>ever you find yourself, even if under an evil willow tree' on the way
to
>Tom's, a musical event set during the week of the Bree division....
>
> This is an idea that we never got off the ground for Teen Read
Week
>because I had it too late. Have a Hobbit Tavern Filk Sing. Filk songs
(for
>those who weren't SF convention goers in their misguided youth) are
take
>off songs often based on SF or Fantasy books or characters sung to a
folk
>or other popular song tune. Think of them as another type of song like
>those storytime ditties sung to teinkle twinkle little star or brother
>John.
> Basically what you would need to do is find someone who
plays
guitar,
>the sheet music to the original tunes and lyrics that I would suggest
>printing out. There are a number of sites on the web just stick "filk
>songs" into a search engine. Part of my reasoning for handing out
lyrics
>is that because many of these can have questionalbe lyrics depending on
>your age group. Serve Root beer and regular cider in place of their
"hard"
>cousins and some munchies. There are quite a few songs with a Tolkien
>basis.
>
>We did a couple of programs for last year's Teen Read
>Week (Make Reading a Hobbit-ALA) that were based on
>The Lord of the Rings.
>We did a LOTR/Hobbit scavenger hunt- we made up clues
>in rhyme with 2 sections. The first section was a
>clue that was an object, book or whatever (Ex. "I am
>always in the sky, but you can't always see me.
>Sometimes by day, but mostly at night. What am I? A.
>The moon.) The teen has to answer the first section
>to answer the second section (Ex. What is the call
>number for the above answer [Moon]? Go to the area
>where books on it are located) Once the teen has
>answered the second section- this will direct him/her
>to where the next clue is located.
>The teens were placed on teams. The team with the
>most correct answers, and the shortest amount of time
>(to answer the questions) wins.
>
>We also had a LOTR/Hobbit art conest. The teens could
>turn in an art piece, using any medium (except
>perishable. The subject had to be related to the LOTR
>or the Hobbit, it could be a character, a scene from
>one of the books, whatever.
>These programs were quite sucessful for us. Maybe you
>could use this for a summer program.
>
>
>I think the Lord of the Rings could be a very
>successful summer reading theme. We used this theme
>for our fall programming last year to tie in with the
>teen read week theme of 'make reading a hobbit' and to
>take advantage of the free publicity of the movie
>coming out [wasn't that movie excellent?!]. I designed
>a scavenger hunt and an art contest which was then
>implemented throughout our system. We did the
>scavenger hunt at two different branches and accepted
>art entries from all locations. We then did an art
>show and awards ceremony at our brand new branch
>(opened Sept. 1). It really worked out quite well.
>For the scavenger hunt the teens had to first solve a
>riddle whose answer lead them to the next location in
>the library where they found the next riddle. We used
>a few made up riddles that we found on a riddle site
>(can't remember which just do a google search for
>riddles), but we also used the most of the riddles
>that Bilbo and Gollum exchange in 'The Hobbit' as well
>as the riddle Harry must solve in the maze in 'Goblet
>of Fire'.
>
>The scavenger hunt especially was a great success. We
>managed to get around 25 teens (mostly 13-15 years
>old) at my branch even though we were competing with a
>last minute dance at the middle school. All of the
>teens who came have been begging us to do another one
>and one local school seems to have gotten wind of it
>and has asked us to reproduce the program at their
>media center.
>Because we used this theme last fall, we won't use it
>again this summer (repetition and teens is a fatal
>combination). We are leaning toward a 'patriotic'
>theme this year.
>Still if we hadn't used it so recently, I think it
>would be an excellent theme to use.
>
>
>Youth Services Staff
>Baraboo Public Library
>230 4th Ave., Baraboo WI 53913
>Phone: 608-356-6166 FAX: 608-355-2779
>barch@scls.lib.wi.us
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From: "Campbell, Dana" <Dana.Campbell@ci.corvallis.or.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Stumper
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This question was sent to me by a fellow children's librarian.
She is looking for a children's book about a girl named Susan and her
doll,
Arabella. The girl crosses the plains and then goes to a mission school
and
makes friends with a chief's daughter. First the doll, and then the
girl,
get kidnapped to keep the chief's daughter company after he takes his
daughter out of the school. This book might be from a series.
If anyone knows this book please let me know and I will pass the
information
on to my friend. Many thanks. Dana
Dana Campbell, Youth Services Librarian
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
645 Monroe Ave.
Corvallis, OR 97330
541-766-6784
Fax: 541-766-6481
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From: "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us>
To: Pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Twisted Summer - Discussion questions
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Hello,
Has any one used the book Twisted Summer by Willo Davis
Roberts in a book discussion group? If so do you have discussion
questions that you would be willing to share?
TIA
Laurie
Laurie Rose
Youth Services Librarian
Orono Public Library
Orono, Maine 04473
lrose@orono.lib.me.us
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From: Susan Fisher <sfisher@lib.williamson-tn.org>
To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Rain books for storytime
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:50:43 CST
Hi, everybody. I am looking for suggestions for books about rain for my
preschool storytime, also any fingerplays or songs that go with this
topic. Thanks!
--
Susan Fisher
Bethesda Public Library
4905 Bethesda Road
Thompson Station, TN 37179
615.790.1887
fax: 615.760.8426
sfisher@lib.williamson-tn.org
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From: Lisa Loftin <mt_lisa@DAYTON.LIB.OH.US>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: TV stumper
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:50:50 CST
This is a personal stumper that's been driving me crazy for months. I
have some recollections of a television show from the early 60's called,
I think, the Electric Company. This is *not* the live-action PBS show.
This was animated, although part of each show was a short film about
some topic, generally science-related as I recall. I remember it as B&W,
with line-type drawings, although it may have been color (we had a B&W
tv). The only character I remember was a very politically incorrect
Native American called Chief something. He only spoke with a loud honk
and wore the stereotypical feather headdress, etc. I've checked the
internet, and several print books on old shows with no luck. We lived in
Hawaii when I was little, and it's possible this was a local show and so
nobody else really ever saw it. Anybody remember this one?
Lisa Loftin
Dayton/Montgomery Co. PL
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