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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 752 PUBYAC Digest 752
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: QUICK! Fines question...
by Carol Hoke <hoke@mail.crlibrary.org> 2) Re: reading novels first by "Megan VanderHart" <VanDerME@ri.lincon.org> 3) RE: Summer Reading Club by "Hiett, Debra" <DHiett@aps1.net> 4) Compilation:Core History Collection by Carrie Silberman <csilberman@nysoclib.org> 5) Re: QUICK! Fines question... by nadine <booklover32@yahoo.com> 6) Beginning Phonics Readers by "Brenda Evans Childrens Librarian" <chroom@seidata.com> 7) RE: Reading novels first by "Andrea Johnson" <ajohnson@cooklib.org> 8) reading books first by Ellen Braby <ebraby@pen.ci.santa-monica.ca.us> 9) Thanks, Large Wall Map by "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org> 10) Early 60's children's fiction, "shrinking children in the ant wor by "Lukhaup, Vicki R." <VRLukhaup@GENESEE.suny.edu> 11) Foxy Stumper answered! by Allison Peters <apeters@jefferson.lib.co.us> 12) re: stumper-monster who wouldn't die by Judy Czarnecki <jczarnec@vml.lib.mi.us> 13) Angleworms on Toast by Susan Wizinsky <swizinsk@gfn.org> 14) Thanks: titles - not giving up by Ingrid Henderson <ingrid.henderson@ncc.govt.nz> 15) reading novels first by "Sharon L." <sharonthelibrarian2@hotmail.com>
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From: Carol Hoke <hoke@mail.crlibrary.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: QUICK! Fines question... Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:03 CDT Children's fines are 10 cents per day while adult fines are 15 cents per day. I think that the reasons for this are that children don't have as much money to pay and also the material value is usually less than for adult books.
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Carol Hoke Children's Services Manager Cedar Rapids Public Library 500 First St SE Cedar Rapids IA 52401 319-398-5145, ext. 259 fax 319-398-0746 Hoke@mail.crlibrary.org
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From: "Megan VanderHart" <VanDerME@ri.lincon.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: reading novels first Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:10 CDT
Just out of curiosity, and for clarification, what do you include in your
reading scope? Just fiction, or do you also read biographies, poetry and other non-fiction as well?
I try to keep up with our new titles and do better at some times than at
others, but I certainly agree wholeheartedly that it's the most reliable reader's advisory preparation. I'm glad to hear that it's a priority among so many of you.
Megan E. VanderHart
Rock Island Public Library Rock Island, IL
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From: "Hiett, Debra" <DHiett@aps1.net> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Summer Reading Club MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:16 CDT
Hi Irene,
When we had our SRP theme of fantasy a couple of yrs ago we played Folktale
Trivia, did a writing program on "fractured fairytales" and had a "scary stories to tell in the dark" program. We put a large castle on the wall and had a yellow brick road leading up to it. With each book read an elf or whatever we used was advanced to the castle to capture something... I don't remember what.... but you get the idea. It was a great summer; both the children and the staff had lots of fun!
Hope this helps.
Deb Hiett
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From: ilang@gfn.org [mailto:ilang@gfn.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 7:11 PM To: Pubyac List Subject: Summer Reading Club For this year's Summer Reading Program, many of the libraries in our area are using the Upstart theme "Catch a Dragon by the Tale" focusing on fairytales and medieval fantasies (frogs, unicorns, dragons, knights in shining armor and damsels in distress), along with a hint of H. Potter & Lord of the Rings. We are, of course, looking for suggestions for crafts, games, coloring sheets and booklists. If you have a manual you'd be willing to share that would be tremendous! Thanks, in advance for your help. Irene Lang Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative ilang@gfn.org
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From: Carrie Silberman <csilberman@nysoclib.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Compilation:Core History Collection MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:22 CDT
Thanks to those of you who responded to my request for favorite history
series/titles. I only received three responses, but they were very helpful. Any other recommendations would still be appreciated. Here's a summary:
e are a middle school and have had much success with the
following titles. Our students seem to gravitate towards these on a regular basis:
--Oxford U. Press - History of Women (exact title?)
--UXL (publisher)reference sets on slavery, civil rights, holocaust, amer. vietnam war, american revolution. These sets are 3-4 volumes containing almanac, primary sources docs., and biographies. --Also, Grolier's "American Scene" series. They have a new one on The Sixties which I think the students are going to eat up when they get to their "Cold War / Vietnam" unit. It's difficult to find material on this era. --Look at Oxford U. Press - they have some good sets that are often overlooked in school libraries.
Hope this helps.
Amy Ojserkis
Media Specialist Belhaven Avenue School Linwood, NJ 08221 amyojserkis@linwoodschools.org
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******************************************** These are some of my favorite authors: Russell Freedman (especially his biographies) Jean Fritz (also especially her biographies) Jim Murphy (especially his books about the Civil War) Albert Marrin
Good luck -
Julie Rothenfluh Children's Services Supervisor Nichols Library Naperville, IL
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There's a series of books about the Founding Fathers
and the 1770's by Jean Fritz. These would be good for younger kids and lower level learners. Mary Colorado
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From: nadine <booklover32@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: QUICK! Fines question... Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:28 CDT
My library charges children's cards the same 10 cents per day to a max of
$2.00 as they do adult cards...that has been the case as far back as I remember. We do have patrons that will use the kids cards when the adult card becomes delinquent.
Nadine
*********************************************************** Nadine Lipman Head of Children's Services Waterford Public Library Waterford, CT 06385 email: booklover32@yahoo.com
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From: "Brenda Evans Childrens Librarian" <chroom@seidata.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Beginning Phonics Readers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:33 CDT
Dear Great Minds,
I have just had a patron request very beginning phonics readers- the Moncure books are too difficult. She wants fun books with pictures and rhyming text that would play on the different sounds of words. We have the Cowley books, the Moncure books, but these are not what she is looking for. Do you have any ideas? Thank you. Brenda Evans, Madison-Jefferson County Public Library, 420 West Main Street, Madison, Indiana 47250 Fax: (812)265-2744.
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From: "Andrea Johnson" <ajohnson@cooklib.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Reading novels first Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:40 CDT
Susan,
I'm with you; I'd love to be able to read every novel that we buy for
our library, but to do that (not counting multiple copies of the same title), I'd have to read over 400 books a month. And that's not counting nonfiction (which is my collection development area) or picture books (which I try to keep up with for storytime). I read pretty quickly, and I do read a lot (very little of which is adult fiction), but our budget and collection size make this an impossible task.
I do make it a point to read the award-winners and runners-up, and as
many books as I can from "best" lists. Since I work in a largish children's department, I also rely on my colleagues for the scuttlebutt on what books everyone's talking about.
I do think it's important to read from your collection as much as you
can; there is no better way to do reader's advisory. However, how much is "as much as you can" will vary a lot from person to person, job to job, and library to library.
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From: Ellen Braby <ebraby@pen.ci.santa-monica.ca.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: reading books first Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:46 CDT
Sheilah,
I think it is admirable that you read all the novels for your library. In our library with one main library and 3 branches, we have a monthly collection development meeting. Each of the youth services librarians is responsible for reading and orally reviewing a number of books each month--usually 5-8, most of which are novels. Usually, they each receive one YA book plus a number of other titles. That forces everyone to read some titles that they might not normally pick up, but I feel strongly that it is important to have read any books that you booktalk for a class or recommend to individual children. In addition, some of the librarians read many other titles on their own time. For picture books, series fiction, and a lot of non-fiction (what I call report fodder) we send them around to the branches in boxes and allow the librarians to inspect them on an individual basis. That way, most of the staff sees the new titles. In youth services, so much of what we do requires knowledge of the collection and that cannot always be found by looking in the catalog. No computer can match 10-20 years of experience when it comes to finding the right book for the child.
In the days when I first started working in a branch, I did manage to
read most of the new children's fiction, but nowadays that is not possible as I have more managerial duties. I also try to read adult fiction-mostly mysteries and fantasy-and recommend that others dip into an adult book now and then, just to get a break from children's books.
I think that the majority of responses indicate that most other
PUBYACCERS think that you are not going overboard, and would love to be able to read as many of the books as you evidently do.
Ellen Braby
Coordinator of Youth Services Santa Monica Public Library
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From: "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Thanks, Large Wall Map MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:52 CDT
I recently asked for suggestions on finding an inexpensive wall map for
our SRP. Thanks to those of you who sent suggestions. I am still working on what I want to do. So far, I printed out a 64 page wall map from the web site mentioned, but haven't assembled it yet. I'll let you all know how it goes. Thanks again. I deleted a message from Marguerite Hill that mentioned a site to dowload "megamaps." It worked here on our high volume printer: www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm Laura Gruninger, Children's Librarian Mercer County Library System, Lawrence HQ Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 Last year I used a states outline map behind my desk for our summer reading program. I made a transparency of an outline map I found on the Internet. Then, I tacked a sheet of clear plastic (painter's drop sheet) on the wall and projected the transparency onto the wall, adjusting it to the size I wanted. It was a simple matter to trace the outline with a marking pen. We could add whatever we wanted either with marker or tape. It was great.
Nancy Bostrom
Youth Services Librarian Lewistown Public Library Lewistown, MT
Laura,
How about if you get a small outline map and a big piece of butcher
paper and use a overhead projector to trace it onto the paper? I've done things like that in the past and it works great.
Best,
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian Sump Memorial Library Papillion, Nebraska treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us <mailto:treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
Actually, our library just purchased a couple of wall maps, since our
summer reading program has a road trip theme.
There is a huge black and white wall map for 11.99.
It was discovered in the Holcomb's catalog. (www.homcombs.com)
Hope this helps.
VVannucci
Shaker Hts Public Library Shaker Hts., OH
216-991-2030
Laura,
Try contacting Dan O'Connor, who is the George Cram Sales Rep
in NJ. He may be able to work a deal for you. He works out of Branchburg. 908-707-9545
Ann Job
Kinnelon Library, Kinnelon, NJ ------------------------------ From: "Lukhaup, Vicki R." <VRLukhaup@GENESEE.suny.edu> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Early 60's children's fiction, "shrinking children in the ant wor MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 15:00:19 CDT
I'm looking for author and title of a children's book I read in the early
sixties about two kids who shrank somehow and lived with an ant colony for a while. Can someone help me find this info?
Thanks,
Vicki R. Lukhaup
Reference Librarian Genesee Community College VRLukhaup@genesee.edu 585-343-0055x6419 585-343-0433 Fax
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From: Allison Peters <apeters@jefferson.lib.co.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Foxy Stumper answered! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 15:00:25 CDT
Thanks to all of you who answered my stumper about the fox who goes out on a
chilly night. The answer was Peter Spier's "A Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night."
Thanks again everyone! You have made my patron's day!
Allison Peters
Children's Services Librarian Jefferson County Public Library 555 S. Allison Parkway Lakewood, CO 80226 (720) 963-0900 apeters@jefferson.lib.co.us
Find us on the web at: http://jefferson.lib.co.us/
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From: Judy Czarnecki <jczarnec@vml.lib.mi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: re: stumper-monster who wouldn't die Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 15:00:32 CDT
It looks like the book the patron was searching for is The Monster Who
Wouldn't Die and Other Strange but True Stories by Steve Otfinoski. It was a mass market paperback published in 1976 by Xerox Educational Publications out of Middletown, Connecticut.
Many thanks to those who replied!
Judy Czarnecki
Youth Services Associate Veterans Memorial Library Chippewa River District Library System Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
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From: Susan Wizinsky <swizinsk@gfn.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Angleworms on Toast MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 15:00:38 CDT Many, many thanks for all your help in solving my stumper regarding creamed worms. I am sure it is Angleworms on Toast!
Susan
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Susan E. Wizinsky, M.S.L.S.
Children's Librarian Genesee District Library Grand Blanc-McFarlen Branch 515 Perry Road Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439 810-694-5310
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From: Ingrid Henderson <ingrid.henderson@ncc.govt.nz> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Thanks: titles - not giving up MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 15:00:43 CDT
Hi everyone,
Thanks to Rosemary, Lesley, Sushila, Heather, Pamela, Jane, Lani, Suzanne, Christine, Lois, Kathleen and Ed who contributed the following titles for picture books for a 3 year old on the theme of not giving up. Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider and The Very Clumsy Click Beetle x2 Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare Watty Piper's The Little Engine that Could x7 Siomades's Itsy Bitsy Spider Alfie Gets in First by Shirley Hughes x2 Sara and the Door by Virginia Jensen x2
Brave Irene
Pepito the Brave by Scott Beck.
Series of "Sesame Street Babies" concept books about five years
ago, by Anna Ross. One of the titles was "I Did It!"
Ingrid
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From: "Sharon L." <sharonthelibrarian2@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: reading novels first Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 15:00:50 CDT
...Maybe I missed the question... but isn't the point of ordering by review
to learn about the material before it comes in the the library?? Thousands of children's books are published every year and if I had to read every single book that came in to our library I wouldn't have time to help patrons. (The pictures books would kill me; but to think about all the fantasies, historical fiction, and talking animals ... yikes!)
Now, I firmly believe that as librarians we should read books that we
recommend to patrons. Reading materials that are in our collection is imperative in assisting patrons in reader's advisory work.
I am required to read books for my job. I enjoy reading children's
literature so it's a requirement I happily adhere to.
I'm just having a hard time understanding why you would read every book
before you give it to patrons. That is why you read review journals.
Sharon Lawrence, MLIS
Children's Librarian
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