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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, May 28, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 770
PUBYAC Digest 770
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: truant children
by Lesley Mason <lmason@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
2) Answer to telekinetic stumper
by "Heather Acerro" <vclsafq4@rain.org>
3) Thank You for Postcards
by hunzigel@hhpl.on.ca (Lisa Hunziger)
4) Re: practicum?
by Lesley Mason <lmason@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
5) Stumper - galss orb
by "Joanna Andrew" <andrew.joanna@stirling.wa.gov.au>
6) "Animal Adventure" books
by Katie Bunn <kbunn@farmington.lib.ct.us>
7) Re: Objectionable Content Review for Books
by Kate McCaffrey <katem@twcny.rr.com>
8) Snow Dogs/Gary Paulsen
by Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com>
9) Re: practicum?
by "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
10) Re: paper backpacks
by "Gretchen Krieger" <gkrieger91@hotmail.com>
11) Librarian I vacancies - Palm Beach County
by "Su Edgerton" <edgertons@pbclibrary.org>
12) Re: paper backpacks
by "Kathy Crawford" <kathy_crawford@hotmail.com>
13) Re: practicum?
by Amazontippy@aol.com
14) Re: backpacks
by Nancy Oldham <n.oldham@lacrosse.lib.wi.us>
15) Lord of the Rings Summer reading Program
by Christine Dalgetty <dalgettyc@bpl.on.ca>
16) Re: Stumper: Girl Named Bushy and Deep Snow
by MzLibrary@aol.com
17) I work for a library system that puts outreach to preschoolers
by "Kirsten Cutler" <Kirsten@sonoma.lib.ca.us>
18) Re: Summer Reading Club
by lisajo@nwlink.com (Lisa Anderson,
Children's Librarian)
19) stumper solved
by Debra Peart <dpeart@palmdalelibrary.org>
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From: Lesley Mason <lmason@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: truant children
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:59:26 CDT
We have a posted school day curfew violation regulation issued by the city.
I
am vigilent against truant children. The library isn't a substitution for
school. Check with your city many have truancy laws
Susan259@aol.com wrote:
> We have a new policy dealing with unattended children at the library which
> means that after attemptig to locate the parents the next stpes are
calling
> the school and or the police--
>
> Susan Smith
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From: "Heather Acerro" <vclsafq4@rain.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Answer to telekinetic stumper
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:59:33 CDT
Thank you all for your help! You are brilliant!
The answer is:
The Girl With the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
The question was:
I have been trying to remember the title of this book on my own, but it =
is proving impossible. I read it in the early 80's it is probably at the =
middle school level.
The book is about a girl who was a little nerdy and has no friends, but =
discovers that she is telekinetic. The only detail I can remember is =
that she drops a bag of groceries and is able to move the oranges with =
her mind.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Heather Acerro
vclsafq4@rain.org
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From: hunzigel@hhpl.on.ca (Lisa
Hunziger)
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Thank You for Postcards
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:59:39 CDT
Thank you so much to the people who have taken the time to mail our
library a postcard(s) for our summer reading programs. We have been
overwhelmed with people's generous use of their time. Thanks for the
kind wishes too! And if you haven't sent us a postcard, but are
thinking of still doing so ... please do (especially if your library is
in a major city somewhere)! Thank you so much again, and have a great
summer!
Lisa Hunziger
Children's Services
Halton Hills Public Library
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From: Lesley Mason <lmason@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: practicum?
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:59:45 CDT
With over 150 practicum hours I can tell you all about them!
While I was an undergrad, studying to be a high school teacher, my
practicums
consisted of working withing the classroom in the roll of the primary
teacher. I
had lesson plans, assignments, tests, etc. The practicum os designed to help
you
apply teaching methods learned in a classroom to an actual real life setting
(while still being supervised!
Good Luck
Amazontippy@aol.com wrote:
> What's a practicum? I'm just curious. I'll be starting grad
studies in
the
> fall....
> Arlene F. Badillo
> Chicago Public Library
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From: "Joanna Andrew" <andrew.joanna@stirling.wa.gov.au>
To: "PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children"
Subject: Stumper - galss orb
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:59:50 CDT
Hello,
A reader has sent this query in and I'm hoping someone out there can =
help.
Hi,
I'm looking for the title of a childrens novel that was published =
somewhere from the late 80's to the early 90's. I read it in primary =
school, and I have looked for it everywhere since, and had no luck. I =
even went back to my primary school library looking for it, but it was =
not there.
Maybe it will jog the memory of somebody there, or you could refer me to =
some childrens book specialist who might know the title? I am fairly it =
won a book award. It's pretty important to me to find it :)
Three children have to destroy three dark cyclones coming to destroy =
their town. They dig up a glass orb with knubs on it which they use to =
see the cyclones coming, and somewhere in the story, lightning hits a =
tree and tears it down leaving the mark of a spirit on the trunk.
I am fairly sure the cover had a drawn picture of the glass orb on it, =
with one or more children leaning over it looking inside. If this rings =
any bells or you have any ideas, please let me know :) Thanks.
Please email answer to andrew.joanna@stirling.wa.gov.au
Thank you!!
Joanna
Perth, Western Australia
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From: Katie Bunn <kbunn@farmington.lib.ct.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org, speak@stephano.libct.org
Subject: "Animal Adventure" books
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Hi booklist experts! I need your help. I recently put out a binder
full of booklists in my teen room. The lists are sorted by topics and
genres, i.e. mysteries, sports, adventure, humor, romance etc. As a
result, I received a request from a teen patron who liked the book
lists, and wants a list of "animal adventures". These should be
mainly
for kids in grades 6-9. I'll be working on it myself, but could use
some help. If I get responses to this request, I'll post a compilation.
Thanks in advance!
--
Katie Bunn
Teen Services Librarian
Farmington Library
Farmington, CT
860-677-6866
"People say that life's the thing, but I prefer reading."
Logan Pearsall Smith
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From: Kate McCaffrey <katem@twcny.rr.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Objectionable Content Review for Books
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:00:01 CDT
A pretty disturbing question to come across on a library
listserv....planning on getting a black magic marker and blocking out
objectionable words and paragraphs? Whose definition of
"objectionable"
are you comfortable with?
At 07:20 PM 3/7/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Everyone is familiar with sources that review movies and their
>appropriateness
>for children. We also have filters for the internet. Is anyone
familiar
>with a
>similar source that identifies objectionable material in books? I'd
like
to
>have a ready source for parents that expands a little more upon age groups
>etc.
>
>Thanks,
>Melanie Petersen
Kate McCaffrey
Onondaga County Public Library
Adjunct faculty, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
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From: Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com>
To: Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Snow Dogs/Gary Paulsen
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:00:09 CDT
I just watched the Disney movie Snow Dogs and the
credits said it was "inspired" by Winterdance by Gary
Paulsen. I've read Winterdance and don't see how the
movie (cute as the dogs are) has any connection to
Winterdance (other than being about sled dogs). One
of the movie websites says the movie was originally
going to be called Winterdance. The movie is not
about the Iditorod, has the main character looking for
his birth father, has Cuba Gooding Jr. moving from
Miami to Alaska, etc. I'd hate to have anyone show
this movie as a book tie-in! Anyone else see the
movie and have thoughts?
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Jeanette Larson
Youth Services Manager
Austin Public Library
P.O. Box 2287
Austin, TX 78768-2287
512-499-7405
larsonlibrary@yahoo.com
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From: "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: practicum?
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A practicum is an exercise in which you take information you have learned =
and put it to practical use. For instance, in Reference class, we had to =
write annotations of several reference works. Then we were given questions =
to be answered using those items. These included books and online sites. =
As an undergrad, I took classes in early childhood education which =
included practicums requiring me to participate in several classroom =
situations by observing and planning activities, similar to student =
teaching.
Cindy Rider
Young Peoples Associate Librarian.
Vigo Co. Public Library
Terre Haute, IN
crider@vigo.lib.in.us
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/yp/yp.html
"It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular=20
level I'm really quite busy." -Unknown
>>> Amazontippy@aol.com
05/24/02 11:23AM >>>
What's a practicum? I'm just curious. I'll be starting grad studies
in =
the
fall....
Arlene F. Badillo
Chicago Public Library
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From: "Gretchen Krieger" <gkrieger91@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:00:21 CDT
Yes -
I had good experience with paper backpacks.
I got some paperbags from the local supermarket for free. One year I used
streamers for the straps to the bags and I taped them to the bags -I am not
sure how they held up at home because the streamers are not that strong.
The following year I punched holes in the bags and used packing twine/rope
which held up better then the streamers but took a little longer to prepare.
I then had the kids decorate them.
They loved them!!!
Gretchen Olearczyk
Kenmore Branch Public Library
BECPL System
>From: Kindt_CA <Kindt_CA@co.brown.wi.us>
>Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org
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>Subject: paper backpacks
>Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:23:21 CDT
>
>Has anyone had any luck making backpacks out of paper bags? I thought
I
>have seen patterns but did not know how complicated they were. I am
doing
>a
>"Dora the Explorer" program this summer to kick-off a weekly
preschool jr.
>explorer club and thought the backpacks would be an appropriate keepsake.
>Please let me know your experience with these and if it was very
>complicated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Clare Kindt
>Brown County Library
>Green Bay, WI
>
>kindt_ca@co.brown.wi.us
>
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From: "Su Edgerton" <edgertons@pbclibrary.org>
To: <publib@sunsite.berkeley.edu>,
<paula@bc.seflin.org>,
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Subject: Librarian I vacancies - Palm Beach County
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:00:27 CDT
PALM BEACH COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
LIBRARIAN I, YOUTH SERVICES - 3 POSITIONS
Librarian to plan and conduct children's services. Duties include
creative
programming, storytelling, reference, collection development and readers'
advisory for toddlers, school age children and young adults, parents and
care givers. Promotes library to schools. Demonstrates interest and
knowledge of public youth services including children's literature and
Internet experience. Strong communication, organizational and time
management skills are desirable. For more information on the Youth
Services
Librarian I position at the Main Library, call Priscilla Jacobson at
561-233-2773, email: jacobsonc@pbclibrary.org
For more information on the
Youth Services Librarian I position at the Wellington Branch, call Connie
Brain at 561-790-6070, email brainc@pbclibrary.org
For more information on
the Youth Services Librarian I position at the North County Regional
Library, call Beatriz Ceruti at 561-626-6133, email cerutib@pbclibrary.org
All positions require ALA accredited MLS. Schedule includes evenings and
weekends. Starting Salary: $32,760 plus excellent benefits.
TO APPLY FOR THESE POSITIONS, SEND APPLICATION/RESUME TO PALM BEACH COUNTY
PERSONNEL, 50 SOUTH MILITARY TRAIL, SUITE 210, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33415.
(PHONE 561-616-6888, FAX 561-616-6893) EO/AA EMPLOYER M/F/D/V. DFWP
Applications/resumes for these positions must be received by 5PM, June 21,
2002.
From:
Su Edgerton
Personnel/Payroll
phone:561-233-2707
fax:561-233-2622
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From: "Kathy Crawford" <kathy_crawford@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: paper backpacks
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:00:34 CDT
We made them last summer and had boos success. There are directions in
Mailbox magazine, Preschool edition, August/Sept. 2000 p. 50. There are
several pages of camping ideas that are really good. We did not cut the
slit and run the handles through them but only taped them with strong tape
to the outside, and that saved a lot of work.
Kathy Crawford
LaRue County Public Library
201 S. Lincoln Blvd.
Hodgenville, Ky. 42748
Phone:270.358.3851
Fax:270.358.8647
kathy_crawford@hotmail.com
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Has anyone had any luck making backpacks out of paper bags? I thought I
have seen patterns but did not know how complicated they were. I am doing
a
"Dora the Explorer" program this summer to kick-off a weekly preschool
jr.
explorer club and thought the backpacks would be an appropriate keepsake.
Please let me know your experience with these and if it was very
complicated.
Thanks,
Clare Kindt
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
kindt_ca@co.brown.wi.us
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From: Amazontippy@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: practicum?
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:37:57 CDT
Thank you for the definition...
and here's one of my favorites....
"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your
life."
Confucius
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From: Nancy Oldham <n.oldham@lacrosse.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: backpacks
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:38:03 CDT
Last summer our kids made the backpacks out of grocery bags. My teen
volunteers
made the first cuts so the kids could just decorate the bags and then just
cut out
the straps and tab out of left over bag. It worked like a charm and the
kids even
talked about them this year during school visits.
Nancy Oldham
Black River Falls Public Library
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From: Christine Dalgetty <dalgettyc@bpl.on.ca>
To: tagad-l@topica.com, PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Lord of the Rings Summer reading Program
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I'm planning my summer reading program for YA and would like to use Lord of
the
Rings as my theme.(Its supposed to be released on video in early August) I
know some of
you used this theme for Your Teen Read Week last year and am wondering if
you would be
willing to share you ideas and results with me. Email me directly (
dalgettyc@bpl.on.ca)
or post your ideas for everyone on the list. Thanks in advance!
Christine Dalgetty
Youth Services
Burlington Public Library
2331 New Street
Burlington, ON
CANADA
L7R 1J4
(905)639-3611 x 132
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From: MzLibrary@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Stumper: Girl Named Bushy and Deep Snow
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:38:15 CDT
Unfortunately, my stumper about the little girl named Bushy and deep snow
didn't ring any bells with any of you. However, as a matter of interest I
listed this question at https://answers.google.com/answers/main
simply
because I was curious how that site works. I offered a $4 fee (lowest
possible) for an answer and have not had to pay it due to the fact that my
question was not actually answered. I was given some good clues and some
interesting links by a few good-hearted people (somewhat like ourselves!)
For your own interest, you might want to check out this google site being
beta-tested.
The comment I received through this Google answers site led me to the
ClassicReader.com site and the Red Fairy Book with a story called "Bushy
Bride." I am going to check with my patron and possible she
remembered her
story as a compilation of stories from Andrew Lang's fairytale books.
Charlotte Rabbitt, Children's Librarian
Peterborough Town Library
Peterborough, New Hampshire
mzlibrary@aol.com
"A library is a most congenial place for happily-ever-aftering." ~
Karen
Hesse
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From: "Kirsten Cutler" <Kirsten@sonoma.lib.ca.us>
To: <PUBYAC@PRAIRIENET.ORG>
Subject: I work for a library system that puts outreach to preschoolers
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I work for a library system that puts outreach to preschoolers at the
bottom of its list of priorities. I would be interested in hearing about
libraries that do this type of outreach. How did you get your management
to make it a priority? I am also very interested in lending "bookbags"
(filled with books and storytime suggestions) to daycare facilities. We
are simply told "no" because we do not have enough staff.How did you
get
this service to be a priority? How much staff time does it take to
implement and run this service?Thanks for any advice.
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From: lisajo@nwlink.com (Lisa Anderson,
Children's Librarian)
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Summer Reading Club
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 15:26:10 CDT
Irene,
Our library used that theme last year. Here are a few ideas.
I set up stations where the children could make design their own family
clan
shield ( cardboard-cereal box weigh) I cut the shape and cut 1 in stripe
and fasten
brad so they could slip their hand underneath. Another station they
designed their
own dragons out of self-hardening clay and I had red hots and slit peas
for
them to
press into the clay for scales. Next time I would probably have them hot
glue them on because some of the scales fell off. I had a story ( related
to the theme) that one
of our pages read and then the children learned how to make a simple
origami dragon hand puppet. I will try to remember the book I used.
The library also hosted a Family Night bridge building competition. I
built
a sample bridge out of straws, paper clips and string that was self
standing.
I laid out an assortment of materials: pipe cleaners, string, wire, sugar
cubes, cardboard, toothpicks, popiscle sticks, straws, self hardening clay,
etc. Our participants had two hours to complete their bridges. The
results
were incredible.
Every bridge was unique and self supporting with trestles, ramps, etc.
I
asked
our city engineers to judge them with the following criteria: Strength of
the structure,
bridge design, & creativity ( new design) All particpants got
either a
place ribbon or participant ribbon.
Lisa
>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: Debra Peart <dpeart@palmdalelibrary.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper solved
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Hello Pubyacers,
Just want to thank Anne Perrigo, Colleen Cunningham, and Julie Ann Rines
who solved my stumper about the little circus dog who was teased by the
other circus animals because he was so tiny, but who, in the end grows
up to be huge. Each had a slight variation of the title: Pee Wee the
Circus Dog, Little Pee Wee, and Dear Little Pee Wee. All remembered it
as a Little Golden Book. I left a message on the patron's answering
machine telling him I had checked eBay, Amazon.com, and Books in Print
for all 3 variations of the title, with no luck.
Thanks for the quick responses. I knew someone out there would know
this!
Debra Peart
Library Assistant
Palmdale City Library
Palmdale, CA
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