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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: Thursday, May 09, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 757
PUBYAC Digest 757
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) what to do with cardboard pizza "wheels"
by Rosemary Laguzza <rlaguzza@mailbox.lpl.org>
2) Tigger
by Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us>
3) Re: What to Do With Styrofoam Meat Trays?
by Amazontippy@aol.com
4) People who have dyslexia
by "Canosa-Albano, Jean" <JCanosa-Albano@spfldlibmus.org>
5) Styrofoam Meat Trays
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
6) books on death for 2 yr old
by Kelly Vikstrom <vikstrom@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
7) Ages for Young Adults
by Cheryl McConnell <cheryl@dcl-lib.org>
8) 2 stumpers
by "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us>
9) grocery/reading stumper solved
by "Ann Minner" <AMinner@leegov.com>
10) State Postcards
by "Diane Therrien" <dtherrien@haddampl.libraryofconnecticut.org>
11) Re: HBO series
by Jennifer Wells <jenlibrarian@yahoo.com>
12) signage re "Youth" or "Childrens"
by Janette Johnston <jj@round-rock.tx.us>
13) Re: Af-Am girls from island stumper answer
by <mneiman@cox.net>
14) Harry potter...
by "Julia Ozimek" <ozimekju@epicurus.oplin.lib.oh.us>
15) RE: Picture books set in Connecticut?
by <mneiman@cox.net>
16) Re: Mehndi
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
17) Seeking Postcards from Around the World
by Stacy Post <spost@tcpl.lib.in.us>
18) storytime group behavior
by "Brendle Wells" <bwells@mail.sacramento.lib.ca.us>
19) More about dyslexia and learner talents
by "Canosa-Albano, Jean" <JCanosa-Albano@spfldlibmus.org>
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From: Rosemary Laguzza <rlaguzza@mailbox.lpl.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: what to do with cardboard pizza "wheels"
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:08:50 CDT
We are in need of craft ideas for 16" cardboard pizza "wheels"
that hold
your delivered pizzas. We have a bunch that we need to use in some creative
way. Thanks for your input.
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From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Tigger
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:08:57 CDT
I know this may make me the Children's Librarian Klutz of the Year, but ...
how do you pronounce the little bouncer's name?
I have always said "Teeger." Where I live now "Tihgrr" is
preferred.
TIA,
Mary Ann G.
magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us
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From: Amazontippy@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
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Ideas...I took a bunch of old metal cookie cutters and morphed them into
"weird prehistoric animals"-some more convincing than others.
The children
would pick an
"animal" or "thing" cookie cutter and choose a strofoam
tray. They'd press
the cookie
cutter image into the tray- outline the indention with a black marker and
paint the
"creature" one color and the background another- We called our
project,
"Make a fossil print"- We used old discarded acrylic paints- regular
tempera
paints
often would flake off- but, your paint might work-test it beforhand.
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From: "Canosa-Albano, Jean" <JCanosa-Albano@spfldlibmus.org>
To: "PUBYAC (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: People who have dyslexia
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I believe a recent thread revolved around noted people who have dyslexia.
Just found this in the e-newsletter "Thursday Notes" forwarded by Dale
Lipschultz [dlipschu@ala.org] Literacy Officer, Office for Literacy and
Outreach Services at ALA, to the LIBRARY-LIT list. Please forgive any
cross-posting.
<snip>
Can Dyslexia
Be Overcome?
What does Charles Schwab, inventor of the discount brokerage have in common
with John Chambers, the CEO of Cisco as well as comedian Jay Leno and
political consultant James Carville? They all have dyslexia! For an
uplifting moment on how well dyslexia can be overcome-and what it takes to
do it-see Fortune Magazine's May 13 issue at
http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=207665
This article offers excellent links to websites that help with dyslexia as
well as information about dyslexia including dyslexia on the job.
____________________________________________________________________________
__________
A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
<snip>
Jean
Jean Canosa Albano, M.L.I.S.
jcanosa-albano@spfldlibmus.org
Head of Youth and Outreach Services
Springfield Library
220 State Street
Springfield MA 01103
voice: 413-263-6800, ext. 291
fax: 413-263-6825
TTY: 413-263-6835
Springfield is the home of the Dr. Seuss National Memorial! Coming June 2002
http://www.catinthehat.org
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:09:14 CDT
As always, you guys are awesome!! Instead of thanking each of you
creative brains individually, please allow me to just send this one note
to thank you collectively.
THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
Papillion, Nebraska
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
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From: Kelly Vikstrom <vikstrom@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: books on death for 2 yr old
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:09:20 CDT
A patron came in today looking for recommendations for books for a two
year old whose mother recently had a miscarriage late in pregancy. The
baby had already been named. Most books I have come across are for older
children. Any suggestions on titles for this age group would be
appreciated. Thank you!
Kelly Vikstrom
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Roland Park Branch
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From: Cheryl McConnell <cheryl@dcl-lib.org>
To: "pubyac@prairienet.org"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Ages for Young Adults
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:09:26 CDT
Hi,
Our library considers Young Adults to be in the 5th grade and up. It's
been that way as long as everyone here can remember. However, several
of the staff here were wondering what other libraries do. What age do
you consider to be young adult? Please email me off the list and thanks
in advance.
Cheryl Gendron
cheryl@dcl-lib.org
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From: "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: 2 stumpers
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:09:32 CDT
Hello all
I have a patron looking for a picture book that he remembers from
his childhood (probably 60s or 70s). It's about a little boy - sick in
bed with a big ball of string. He makes all kinds of contraptions in
his bedroom with the string in order to entertain himself.
The next one is a picture book from the 50s with three horses:
Brownie, Blackie and Whitey... that's all I have
Any ideas?
TIA
Laurie
Laurie Rose
Youth Services Librarian
Orono Public Library
Orono, Maine 04473
lrose@orono.lib.me.us
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From: "Ann Minner" <AMinner@leegov.com>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: grocery/reading stumper solved
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:09:39 CDT
Thank you to Lisa Mulak, Lu Benke, Susan Dailey, Peggy Townshend, Laura =
Wildey for answering the stumper about the man walking up and down the =
grocery isles grabbing the wrong food. The book is The Little Old Man Who =
Could Not Read by Irma S. Black. It is out of print but got great reviews =
and is used a lot for school visits.
Thank you one and all
ann
Ann Minner
Youth Librarian
Rutenberg Branch Library
aminner@leegov.com
Phone 239.458.5900
Fax 239.433.3630
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From: "Diane Therrien" <dtherrien@haddampl.libraryofconnecticut.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: State Postcards
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:09:44 CDT
Our summer reading program is called "Read Across America". We
would
like to get postcards from all 50 states mailed to us for a display. If
you can help, please send a postcard with a picture of your state to:
Diane Therrien
Youth Services Coordinator
Brainerd Memorial Library
P.O. Box 8
Haddam, CT 06438
Thanks so much for your help!
Diane
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From: Jennifer Wells <jenlibrarian@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: HBO series
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:09:50 CDT
I have watched them. I am not sure I would label them
politically correct. Although they do include
voices,settings, and characters other then your usual
white european fairy tale setting. I watched a Native
American version of Snow White a few weeks ago. And I
have also seen a Reggae version of Rumplstiltskin
which was fun. I think they would be great for a
library collection.
Jennifer Wells
jenlibrarian@yahoo.com
Cobb County Public Library (GA)
--- Selma Levi <slevi@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
wrote:
> Hi, Has anyone out there heard of/seen the series
> "Happily Ever After"
> that was shown on HBO from 1995-1999? It supposedly
> includes politically
> correct versions of fairy tales and features voices
> such as Della Reese,
> Lou Rawls, Wil Smith, Chris Rock etc. Any info that
> would help our AV dept
> decide whether to purchase would be appreciated.
>
> Selma K. Levi
> slevi@epfl2.epflbalto.org
> voice # 410-396-5402
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th!
http://shopping.yahoo.com
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From: Janette Johnston <jj@round-rock.tx.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: signage re "Youth" or "Childrens"
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My director asked me to post this question. We are looking at possibly
ordering neon signage for our library. Our children's area is very bright
with primary colors; the carpet looks very youthful with pictures that look
as if they might have been drawn by children. However, the area also
contains junior fiction and non-fiction that goes up to 7th or 8th grade
level, some instances. We don't want to put "Children's", although
that's
what we all call it, because we don't want to preclude the older elementary
and pre-teens. I don't like the words juvenile, junior or youth
particularly, either. Does anyone have any great suggestions? Appreciate any
suggestions, especially at this busy time of the year.
Janette Johnston, Children's Services Supervisor
Volunteer Coordinator
Round Rock Public Library System
Robert G. and Helen Griffith Library Building
216 E. Main
Round Rock, TX 78664
512-218-7002
jj@round-rock.tx.us
http://www.ci.round-rock.tx.us
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From: <mneiman@cox.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Af-Am girls from island stumper answer
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:10:03 CDT
Could you please tell us what the original stumper WAS? I don't remember
this question. Thanks!
Miriam
>
> Wrom: CAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXISHJEXXIMQZUIVOTQNQEMS
> Date: 2002/05/08 Wed PM 03:11:14 EDT
> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
> Subject: Af-Am girls from island stumper answer
>
> Hi, Thanks to Lynne Miller and Christine Hill who provided the title Neeny
> Coming, Neeny Going by Karen English as the answer to my stumper. The
> patron was thrilled.
>
> Selma K. Levi
> slevi@epfl2.epflbalto.org
> voice # 410-396-5402
>
>
Miriam Neiman
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Glastonbury, CT
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my library.
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From: "Julia Ozimek" <ozimekju@epicurus.oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Harry potter...
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:10:09 CDT
Hi all!
My boss and I have been planning a Harry Potter afternoon centering
around the video. And she was wondering if anybody had any recipes for
Harry potter food or drinks. One she mentioned was Butter Beer and how
neat it would be to make that for the kids to drink. Having not read the
books (yes, I haven't! I am sure there were some gasps out there! I am
not in to these types of books, but am thinking about listening to the
tapes!) I'm not too famililar with what they ate and drank!
Anyways, I'd appreciate your help! thanks in advance!
Thanks again,
Julia Ozimek
Youth Services Aide
St.Paris Public Library
ozimekju@oplin.lib.oh.us
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From: <mneiman@cox.net>
To: Celeste Fong <CMFong@ci.ontario.ca.us>,"'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
Subject: RE: Picture books set in Connecticut?
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The problem with most of those, though, are that the ones by Avi, Estes,
Speare, and Voigt aren't picture books.
I don't know these, but
http://www.fcsweb.net/teachers/mwilliamson/units/state_books.htm#Connecticut
lists the following:
Solomon Grundy by S. Hoguet
Warm As Wool by Scott Russell Sanders
According to their descriptions, they both would qualify as historical
fiction picture books.
For anyone who is interested, all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. are
represented on the list.
Miriam
>
> Wrom: PWIGYOKSTTZRCLBDXRQBGJSNBOHMKHJYFMYXOE
> Date: 2002/05/08 Wed PM 11:32:22 EDT
> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
> Subject: RE: Picture books set in Connecticut?
>
>
> Hi Julie--
>
> These were from a bibliography sent to pubyac some time ago:
>
> Connecticut:
> Windcatcher
Avi
> 26 Fairmont Ave.
DePaola
> Rufus M. (and other Moffat books)
Estes
> Witch of Blackbird Pond
Speare
> Homecoming
Voigt
>
> Hope it helps!
>
> Celeste Fong
> Librarian
> South Ontario Branch Library
> 2403-D Vineyard Ave.
> Ontario, CA 91761
> (909) 395-2251
> Fax: (909) 930-0836
>
> cmfong@ci.ontario.ca.us
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Wrom: AIJJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXIS
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 12:12 PM
> To: pubyac
> Subject: Picture books set in Connecticut?
>
>
> Hello,
> We are working on a 50 states booklist and are having
trouble coming up
> with picture books set in Connecticut. The closest we have been able to
> find is Auroa Means Dawn by Sanders, a westward expansion story that
> starts in CT but isn't really set there. The only other fairly short and
> easy books we have are the 26 Fairmont Ave. books. Anyone have any
> suggestions?
> Julie Rines
> Thomas Crane PL
> Quincy, MA
> jrines@ocln.org
>
>
Miriam Neiman
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Glastonbury, CT
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my library.
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Mehndi
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:10:20 CDT
Just thought I'd throw this in...
Mehndi can last anywhere from a couple of days to 6
weeks depending on where on your body you put it, the
mixture used, how long you leave the mixture
undisturbed on your skin, and how you take care of it.
The place that it lasts the longest is usually on the
palm of your hand. I have a "tattoo" right now that's
been on my hand for 10 days. It's from a traditional
henna mixture that I left on for 4 and a half hours.
>From the looks of it, it will probably last another
week to 10 days.
Tattoos on other parts of the body--arms, wrists,
ankles, etc. do not last as long because the skin is
less porous. Also most people don't have the patience
it takes to let a henna tattoo process without
touching it, accidentally smudging it or wiping it
off. The recommended time to "leave it alone" is 6
hours and you should rewet it with lemon juice and
sugar at least once during that time. Also if you take
it off with just plain water or water mixed with lemon
juice, it will continue to darken until you wash it
with soap. Although it's not always practical, putting
olive oil on your tattoo when you shower also helps it
last.
Another thing to note is that the premixed tubes of
henna paste that come in most kits, especially the
ones with added colors, will not stain as dark or last
as long because they have preservatives in them that
interfer with the staining process.
If you do it, I wouldn't worry about parental consent
too much but make sure the kids know that it CAN last
for a while and if they get a good stain it CANNOT be
scrubbed off. So if they think their parents might not
approve they probably shouldn't do it. They should
also be told that the mixture can permanently stain
clothing and hair so they should be careful with it
until it dries.
~jenniferbaker
Fresno Co. Library
__________________________________________________
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From: Stacy Post <spost@tcpl.lib.in.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Seeking Postcards from Around the World
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:10:26 CDT
Hello All!
Our summer reading club theme this year is "Reach for the World-Read!"
I
was excited to see another library's request for postcards and thought we'd
give it a shot as well. We are encouraging our patrons who travel to send
the library a postcard from their destination. We would like to encourage
libraries to drop us a postcard at either one of our locations:
Tippecanoe County Public Library
c/o Youth Department
627 South Street
Lafayette, IN 47901
or our new location:
Tippecanoe County/Ivy Tech Library
c/o Stacy Post
3101 South Creasy Lane
Lafayette, IN 47903
We are thankful for any contribution! I'll look forward to the exotic (or
not so exotic) responses!
Aloha!
Stacy Post
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"Hope your life is filled with books!!"
Stacy Post
Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library/ Ivy Tech Library
3101 South Creasy Lane
P.O. Box 4639
Lafayette, IN 47903
(765)772-9380
spost@tcpl.lib.in.us
www.tcpl.lib.in.us
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From: "Brendle Wells" <bwells@mail.sacramento.lib.ca.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: storytime group behavior
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:10:32 CDT
Hello all!
I know this has been
discussed in recent weeks, but I am having
behavior problems at my storytime that I can't seem to find a solution to
and I was hoping for help.
Here is the situation.
I have a continuous drop in preschool
storytime. I am drawing an average of 40 kids plus parents (maybe 60 to 70
people on average). Storytime is held in the middle of the picture book
section. We have no community room. In a few weeks we will move outdoors
into a tent. The majority of the children are in the 3-5 age range, but
there are a signifigant portion of under-age kids. Most of the Moms are
very responsive to behavior problems and will pull out disruptive children
or come up and sit by their child if I had spoken to him/her more than once.
I have been at this library for two years now and
up until now was
able to manage the crowd just fine with a few bad days here and there.
Suddenly I am having terrible problems keeping kids quiet, keeping them
seated, keeping them turned around...you name it. There is no one child who
is an instigator. It is more of a group dynamic that will begin with a
child or parent somewhere and spreads outward.
I have emphasized the need to follow the rules
before each
session--please be quiet, hold your questions, stay seated, put your books
away, etc. Parents, be sure to keep the little ones under control, reduce
distractions, etc. If I know a child's name I will use it. I will stop the
story until I get compliance on many occasions. All of this works on
occasion, but not always. Since it is drop in, I do get different people
each week. Repeating the lecture each week would, I am afraid, make it
something to ignore before the real storytime begins.
I know that some of the problem comes with the
continuous drop in
aspect. Many of these kids have play dates afterwards with each other so
they are psyched up for fun. I CANNOT change the format. (Believe me, it
would be easier to bring peace to the Middle East that get that changed.)
I
have considered registration, but as I can't have sessions, I can only see
more hassle and problems resulting. I have considered asking parents to
leave the little ones at home, but I know, having been in this community for
two years, that the end result would be that people would then stop coming.
This is a family event here, good for all the kids in the opinion of the
parents. We don't have the staffing to offer a simultaneous toddler time
either. Besides, the little ones aren't necessarily the problem. It
is as
I said, a group dynamic. There is no one thing.
I should also mention that I do a second
storytime on Saturday
mornings already which is smaller (avg of 10-15 kids plus parent), but is
growing. I do an extra toddler time twice a year as well so I am pretty
much storytimed out.
I am getting more and more frustrated each week
and I am desperate for
ideas before I run screaming from library. Does anyone have any thoughts
or
tips for me? Maybe a discipline trick that works great for you. A
speech
you have given with great success in the past? I need to make the best of
a
bad situation here. I am sure you guys will have ideas!
Thanks in advance!
Brendle Wells
Youth Services Librarian
Carmichael Regional Library
Sacramento Public Library
bwells@mail.sacramento.lib.ca.us
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From: "Canosa-Albano, Jean" <JCanosa-Albano@spfldlibmus.org>
To: "PUBYAC (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: More about dyslexia and learner talents
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Follow-up message about people with dyslexia...
Jean Canosa Albano, M.L.I.S.
jcanosa-albano@spfldlibmus.org
Head of Youth and Outreach Services
Springfield Library
220 State Street
Springfield MA 01103
voice: 413-263-6800, ext. 291
fax: 413-263-6825
TTY: 413-263-6835
Springfield is the home of the Dr. Seuss National Memorial! Coming June 2002
http://www.catinthehat.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Taylor Willingham [mailto:taylor@bwillingham.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 11:48 AM
To: Adult Literacy Library Initiatives
Subject: [LIBRARY-LIT:2597] dyslexia and learner talents
Since the Thursday notes refer to Charles Schwab, readers might be
interested to know that last night Charlie Rose hosted a PANEL DISCUSSION ON
DYSLEXIA with:
Dr. Sally Shaywitz, Yale University
Richard Branson, Chairman & CEO, Virgin Group
Charles Schwab, Chairman & CEO, Charles Schwab
The audio archive has not been posted yet (they may or may not choose to
include this segment opf his show in the audio archive), but you might check
http://www.charlierose.com/archive.shtm
at the end of the week.
One funny note about Branson. He said that his dyslexia made it difficult
for him to spend time with numbers so when he decided to launch Virgin
Group(the British airline) he relied on non-financial information. Good
thing because the numbers would have told him he was crazy to think he could
launch a successful airline! Ah, the value of compensatory skills. Don't you
see it in learners every day? Isn't it high time we found a way to capture
and promote those talents? Any stories? This might be a fun thread to start,
and maybe someone will figure out how we can highlight the gifts of learners
and overcome the portrayals we often see that learners are people who lead
pathetic, deprived lives and might do something careless and dangerous
because they can't read. PUHLEASE!
Taylor
Taylor L. Willingham
Austin-Pacific Consulting Co.
P.O. Box 1255
Salado, TX 76571
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