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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: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 745
PUBYAC Digest 745
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Zena Sutherland Lecture: Naomi Shihab Nye
by Andrew Medlar <amedlar@chipublib.org>
2) STUMPER: Jimmy John
by Andrew Finkbeiner <ANDREW@rockford.lib.il.us>
3) fining children
by corinne singer <cosinger@yahoo.com>
4) Re: Books you can sing
by tackba <tackba@oplin.lib.oh.us>
5) Re: Books you can sing
by bgilchri@sdln.net
6) thanks for advice
by "Kathleen Gasi" <kzalargasi2@hotmail.com>
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From: Andrew Medlar <amedlar@chipublib.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Zena Sutherland Lecture: Naomi Shihab Nye
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:40:33 CDT
Please join us for the 2002 Zena Sutherland Lecture presented by Naomi
Shihab Nye
Date: Friday, May 3, 2002
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: The Harold Washington Library Center, 400 South State Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60605
A reception will follow the lecture
Ticket Information
Tickets are $10 in advance and can be obtained by writing to:
The Sutherland Lecture, University of Chicago, 1362 East 59th Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Checks should be made payable to "University of Chicago/Sutherland
Lecture", and enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope. Tickets will
not be sold at the door.
Further information at
http://www.chicagopubliclibrary.org/003cpl/childrensrvcs/zenamain.html
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From: Andrew Finkbeiner <ANDREW@rockford.lib.il.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: STUMPER: Jimmy John
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:40:41 CDT
Got a man looking for a book read to him as a child about 15 years ago (1985
or so) about "a kid who did mean stuff to this one little kid."
The mean
kid's name was Jimmy John (Jimmie John? Jimmyjohn?). The other kid
asked
his mom what to do and she said not to pay any attention to him and maybe
he'd stop. When asked for anything else about the story, the man said
"its
about sharing." Sound familiar to anyone?
I did keyword searches on the name variations and "sharing" with no
positive
result. Tough Jim by Miriam Cohen (ill. by Lillian Hoban), 1974, seemed
like a possibility in A to Zoo, but I couldn't find a description.
Thanks in advance for you help!
Andrew Finkbeiner
Rockford (IL) Public Library
andrew@rockford.lib.il.us
Visit our website at http://www.rpl.rockford.org
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From: corinne singer <cosinger@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: fining children
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:40:47 CDT
Hello everyone,
My name is Corinne Singer and I am a mature age
student completing a Librarianship degree at Monash
University in Melbourne, Australia. As part of my
course I need to join a professional listserv and
discuss and evaluate a professional opinion. My chosen
topic is also one which is being deliberated upon at
the moment in my place of employment (a small library
service with 4 branches), that is: Should we fine
children for returning their library books late? By
fining children, are we sending a negative message to
children and deterring them from reading? Or,
conversely, is fining children for bringing their
books back late teaching them responsibility? If so,is
it the library's position to teach responsibility? If
we don't fine, are there issues of funding involved?
I would welcome discussion in this topic and look
forward to hearing other people's points of view and
other libraries' policies. The library where I work
currently has a policy of fining all patrons, whether
adult or child, 20 cents per item per day (=a US
dime).
Regards, Corinne.
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From: tackba <tackba@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Books you can sing
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:40:55 CDT
There are all of the Iza Trapani books.
I'm a Little Tea Pot
Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Row Row Row Your Boat
Shoo Fly!
How Much Is That Doggie in the Window
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Rub A Dub Dub
She is coming out with Frog Went A Courting in July of 2002.
There are other books that you can sing to.
Frog Went A courting by Chris Conver.
America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates
There Ain't No Bugs On Me by Jerry Garcia, et al (Be warned the last verse
does have HELL instead of HECK)
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
Three Blind Mice by John W. Ivimy
A Farmyard Song by Christopher Manson
To Market To Market by Anne Miranda
Just a few I was thinking of.
Barbara Tack
Youth Service Coordinator
Ashtabula County District Library
335 W. 44th St.
Ashtabula, OH 44004
phone: 440-997-9341 ext. 230
Fax: 440-992-7714
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From: bgilchri@sdln.net
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Books you can sing
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:41:02 CDT
My favorites are done by Iza Trapani and Kin Eagle. They have done such
songs
as "I'm a Little Teapot," "Itsy, Bitsy Spider," "Humpty
Dumpty," "How Much
is
That Doggie in the Window," etc. They work on separate titles, but
the
titles
have a similar look. Most are published by Whispering Coyote Press, but
some
are published by Gareth Stevens. Betty Gilchrist, Children's Librarian,
Huron
Public Library
Quoting Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>:
> Hello all...
> I am working on compiling a list of "books you can
> sing". Traditional ones like "Old MacDonald" or "Over
> in the Meadow" but also ones that use traditional
> tunes but change the words like "Seals on the Bus"
>
> Can you please send me your favorites?
> I'll be happy to post the results.
>
> TIA,
> ~jenniferbaker
> Fresno Co. Library
> jbaker93711@yahoo.com
>
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From: "Kathleen Gasi" <kzalargasi2@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: thanks for advice
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:41:08 CDT
Many thanks to all who gave advice regarding wild children in storytime.
It
was much appreciated! The main points that seemed to be made by the
responses were: It's best to contact the parent before the next storytime,
it's good to give her a second chance, outline guidelines and expectations
in writing to be handed out at the beginning of the session, make general
announcements to the whole group hoping the mom will take the hint, let
parents know it's o.k. to leave the room when kids can't sit still, suggest
that the child may be more ready at the next session. My situation turned
out well. To make sure I was as sensitive as possible I put myself in her
place. When I spoke to her about taking the boy out of the room, it ended
up sounding like I was looking out for HER, trying to make her life easier.
She did sound relieved and actually said "Oh, thank you".
However, they
didn't show up the second time and we will see if they are back for week
number 3!! THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU!
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End of PUBYAC Digest 745
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