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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 28, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 723
PUBYAC Digest 723
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) stumper solved
by Joan Stokes <jrstokes@yahoo.com>
2) stumper
by "Rosemary Dukelow" <rdukelow@hotmail.com>
3) Stumper solved
by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
4) book bingo
by Jill Hinn <jhinn@amber2.jefferson.lib.co.us>
5) Stumper: Man washes dishes in rain
by "Parsons, Sherry L." <SParsons@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us>
6) RE: performance evaluations
by "Taylor Juvenile" <taylorjuv@hotmail.com>
7) RE: have any group crafts?
by "Andrea Johnson" <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
8) Re: Homework Centers
by "linda allen" <lindaallen@hotmail.com>
9) search for a book title
by Adamko <padamko@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
10) stickers and poetry
by "Marta Segal" <martasegal@hotmail.com>
11) Re: Stumper-cow's tail
by "Joy Wilcox" <j-wilcox@mail.wheaton.lib.il.us>
12) Stumper solved:woman in treehouse
by Sushila Mertens <kidlit_2000@yahoo.com>
13) 2001 Natl Medal of Arts Recipient - Rudolfo Anaya
by "Balkin, Catherine" <Catherine.Balkin@HARPERCOLLINS.com>
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From: Joan Stokes <jrstokes@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper solved
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:15:34 CST
Dear Pubyakkers-
Thanks to all who answered my stumper about a boy who sees the years passs
by from the window in his room. It is "Window" by Jeannie Baker,
published
by Greenwillow in 1991.
This info was posted 3 hours after I asked the question! You guys are GOOD,
and my patron is thrilled!
Many thanks again-
Joan Stokes
Southbury Public Library
Southbury, Conn.
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From: "Rosemary Dukelow" <rdukelow@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper
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Hello, A patron was asking for a book, a picture book, she thinks, in which
aliens abduct a pet which was being mistreated. The book was described to
her by a Barnes and Noble employee. B&N had sold out of this book. I looked
in amazon.com, booksinprint.com, local library catalogs. Any ideas? Thank
you so much.
Rosemary Dukelow
rdukelow@hotmail.com
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From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper solved
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:48:58 CST
Thanks to Beverly Bixler, Connie Rockman and Ariel Andrews for the title =
"Singularity," by William Sleator as the answer to the boy in the
bunker =
who eats a lot of peanut butter. I am ordering a copy today!
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From: Jill Hinn <jhinn@amber2.jefferson.lib.co.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: book bingo
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Hello Great Brain!
Does anyone have an easy way to create a book bingo card? We are going to
use titles, authors, etc. as the spaces, but we need to make between 35-40
cards! Any help will be greatly appreciated. Please reply to me
off-list
and I will compile the results for everyone!
Thanks,
Jill Hinn
Belmar Children's Library
Jefferson County, CO
jhinn@jefferson.lib.co.us
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From: "Parsons, Sherry L." <SParsons@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper: Man washes dishes in rain
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:50:24 CST
I have a patron who is looking for a story from an old anthology published
in the 80's or early 90's. She thinks the story it titled "The Man
Who
Didn't Wash His Dishes." The man procrastinates and uses up all of
his
dishes. He takes them into the rain to get them clean.
Can you tell me where I might find this story?
I have searched our story anthologies, looked through Storyteller's Handbook
and some other reference sources.
Thanks for taking the time to use those well-oiled minds. Please respond
to
the sparsons@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us.
THANKS!
Sherry Parsons
Children's Librarian
Beavercreek Community Library
Greene County Public Library
e-mail:sparsons@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us
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From: "Taylor Juvenile" <taylorjuv@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: performance evaluations
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:50:32 CST
Lori,
Wow! Thanks for this information! Sounds like you all have the right idea,
but then CA is usually ahead of the game. What I've been reading about
performance appraisals and my own experience have both been quite negative.
The ideal eval's are forward-focused and encouraging with losts of
communication in between, like yours! It's good to know some of these what I
consider forward thinking ideas are in practice.
Thanks again,
Gloria
>From: "Lori Karns" <lkarns@rain.org>
>Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org
>To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
>Subject: RE: performance evaluations
>Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:06:59 CST
>
>The County of Ventura (CA) used to require them. When we had massive
>downsizing, it was discontinued. After several years, the Ventura County
>Library found that we missed having them and reinstituted the practice.
<snip>
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From: "Andrea Johnson" <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: have any group crafts?
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This works especially well when you give them a type of "something" to
=
construct: i.e., "build a better mousetrap," "create a
monster," etc. =
It's also pretty easy to adapt to a variety of themes, if you want to =
fit it into your Summer Reading club. E.g. food theme: build a =
sandwich, using paper or craft foam for bread and what-have-you =
miscellaneous craft supplies for filling & condiments... Animal theme:
=
create a wacky animal out of misc. craft stuff and give it a name. =20
You can also turn this into a contest, and judge the results. The great =
thing about a contest like this is you can give out all kinds of awards: =
scariest, funniest, most colorful, etc.
It's also fun with food. We did this at our Harry Potter party a couple =
of years ago: Design-your-own Honeydukes treat! Kids got baggies filled =
with graham cracker squares, M&Ms, raisins, jelly beans, and whatever =
else we could scare up, and a plastic knife. Each table got a tub of =
frosting (store-bought) to use as glue, and were challenged to make =
their own magical treats! They got really creative and they loved =
eating the results!
Good luck!
Andrea Johnson
Cook Memorial Public Library
Libertyville, IL
ajohnson@cooklib.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Stewart [SMTP:stewartj@eiNetwork.Net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:05 PM
>=20
> I got the idea from this list - give each person a paper bag with =
"left-over" craft materials and tell them to use their creativity to =
make something - could be scraps of paper, feathers, wiggle eyes, pipe =
cleaners,w hatever you have.
>=20
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From: "linda allen" <lindaallen@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Homework Centers
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:50:46 CST
I was going to ask for input about the same topic, and would appreciate it
if I could piggyback some specific questions on to Melissa's request. Who
does the homework help? If you use volunteers how do you handle security
issues? Are volunteers screened? Does it take place in a meeting room or the
library? How often? How is it publisized? Who coordinates the program? What
ages are helped? How many people are involved? Thanks. Linda Allen, Monroe
Public Library, Monroe WA
>From: Melissa Bates <mbates@leaplibraries.org>
>Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org
>To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
>Subject: Homework Centers
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:38:43 CST
>
>Hello. We're looking into creating Homework centers, targeting
students
>ages 11 - 14 (Grades 5 - 8) at the Cheshire Public Library, Cheshire,
>Connecticut. If anyone is currently running Homework Centers/Help at their
>library, we're looking for ideas/suggestions on how to run a
"successful"
>Homework Center: how to staff them, hours of operation,
>cooperation/collaboration within the school system, and so on.
>
>Please forward responses directly to me at: mbates@leaplibraries.org
>
>Thanks in advance!
>If anyone else is interested, I will compile a list of these suggestions
>(once I receive them) and post them PUBYAC.
>
>
>Melissa Bates
>Young Adult Librarian
>Cheshire Public Library
>Cheshire, Connecticut
>
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From: Adamko <padamko@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: search for a book title
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:50:53 CST
I wonder if anyone remembers a book a patron is trying to find? It's a
story about a man who lives in the middle of a bunch of row houses that
all look alike. He can never tell which house is his so he plants a rose
bush (or some such thing). Well, his neighbors love the idea and they all
plant a rose bush so he's back where he started. I think he does a couple
of other things when he finally paints his house, etc. He gets more and
more upset I think. But the book ends with every house owner realizing
the benefit of being unique so all the houses become different. The book
was published in the mid 70's or earlier. Thanks for any help you can
give. Please email me directly. Pat Adamko padamko@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Pat Adamko,
Young Adult Librarian
Comsewogue Public Library
170 Terryville Road
Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. 11776
(631) 928-1212 email: padamko@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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From: "Marta Segal" <martasegal@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stickers and poetry
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:50:59 CST
Hi
I have two questions, one which I know has been asked and answered before
and one which is a follow up to a previous question I asked.
1) Does anyone have a good source for personalized stickers
2) I previously asked about poetry slams and coffe houses that people had
done for teenagers, I got a lot of wonderful and helpful comments from
people. I'm now working on a paper about the idea and was wondering if
anyone had any BAD experiences doing these programs, or if anyone had any
objections to the idea. Perhaps you think slams pervert the idea of poetry
by turning it into a competition? Perhaps you think turning the library into
a coffee house goes against the idea of a library? Perhaps you just think
they're stupid or that they don't work. I'm trying to make sure the paper is
balanced so please feel free to vent.
Thanks again for your help
Marta
(martasegal@hotmail.com)
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From: "Joy Wilcox" <j-wilcox@mail.wheaton.lib.il.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Stumper-cow's tail
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:51:05 CST
Dear Collective Minds-
A patron wants a book (probably picture) that she read
in the
mid 1960's that told about a cow whose tail was shot off. She
couldn't swat bugs away and was very annoyed until finally someone
made a tail for her out of rope and she lived happily ever after. The
cow's name could have been Josephine and the book may have belonged
to the patron's father.
I searched not only our department's collective minds
but also
the usual reference sources (hoping for a reprint), other library
collections, and even fairy tale and storytelling indexes. I did come
up with a 1960 story, "The Cow Doesn't Miss Her Lost Tail Till Fly
Time," but that wasn't it.
Does this story ring a bell with anyone? Please let me
know. TIA
Joy Wilcox
Children's Librarian
Wheaton Public Library
j-wilcox@mail.wheaton.lib.il.us
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From: Sushila Mertens <kidlit_2000@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper solved:woman in treehouse
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:52:49 CST
A big thanks to Jen from NY:
Sounds like Miss Twiggley's Tree by Dorothea Warren
> Fox
> Go to http://www.purplehousepress.com/future.htm
and
> scroll down to read
> about the future re-publication of this book by
> Purple House Press or go
> to http://www.logan.com/loganberry/most-fox.html
> to read more descriptions of the book and more
> pictures and info.
What a great resource we have at PUBYAC! Hip Hip
Hurray
>
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Sushila Mertens kidlit_2000@yahoo.com
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From: "Balkin, Catherine" <Catherine.Balkin@HARPERCOLLINS.com>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: 2001 Natl Medal of Arts Recipient - Rudolfo Anaya
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> President George W. Bush today recently announced that Rudolfo Anaya
> (author of MY LAND SINGS, 0688150780 hardcover for $17.00, and 0380729024
> paperback for $4.95) is one of the recipients of the National Medal of
> Arts for 2001.
>
> The President and First Lady, Honorary Chair of the President's Committee
> on the Arts and the Humanities, will present the medals to the 14 winning
> individuals and two organizations at a ceremony in April. The Medal
of
> Arts, established by Congress in 1984 honors individuals and organizations
> who, in the President's judgment, are deserving of special recognition by
> reason of their outstanding contribution to the excellence, growth,
> support and availability of the arts in the U.S. The National
Humanities
> Medal, first inaugurated in 1988 as the Charles Frankel Prize, honors
> individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation's understanding
> of the humanities, broadened citizens' engagement with the humanities, or
> helped preserve and expand Americans' access to important resources in the
> humanities. The complete list of award recipients are as follows:
>
> 2001 NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS RECIPIENTS
>
> -Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation (Modern dance company & school, New York,
> NY)
> -Rudolfo Anaya (Author, Albuquerque, NM)
> -Johnny Cash (Singer/Songwriter, Hendersonville, TN)
> -Kirk Douglas (Actor/Producer, Los Angeles, CA)
> -Helen Frankenthaler (Painter, Darien, CT)
> -Judith Jamison (Artistic Director/Choreographer/Dancer, New York, NY)
> -Yo-Yo Ma (Cellist, Cambridge, MA)
> -Mike Nichols (Director/Producer, New York, NY)
>
> 2001 NATIONAL HUMANITIES MEDAL RECIPIENTS
>
> -Jose Cisneros (Historical Illustrator, El Paso, TX)
> -Robert Coles (Child Psychologist/Researcher/Prof. of Psychiatry,
> Cambridge, MA)
> -Sharon Darling (Teacher/Literacy Advocate, Louisville, KY)
> -William Manchester (Historian/Writer, Middletown, CT)
> -National Trust for Historic Preservation (Preservation Organization,
> Washington, DC)
> -Richard Peck (Author, New York, NY)
> -Eileen Jackson Southern (Musicologist, Port Charlotte, FL)
> -Tom Wolfe (Author, New York, NY)
>
>
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