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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, July 25, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 813
PUBYAC Digest 813
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Chinese New Year craft
by Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us
2) Alternate uses for library cards?
by "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org>
3) Sno-Isle Regional Job Postings for the Week of July 23, 2002
by Valerie Worrell <VWorrell@sno-isle.org>
4) Mystery Program...
by "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
5) Re: Teen Advisory Groups
by "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
6) Re: Pet magazines
by "C.A. LeBlanc" <claire_oldsmar@hotmail.com>
7) Re: Yuck Night for teens
by "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
8) Re: Teen Computer Class for "Get Graphic@Your
Library"
by "Tamara Butler" <tamara_r_butler@hotmail.com>
9) RE: shelving series books
by "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
10) Thanksgiving Feast for Pre-K????
by "Williams, Sally" <WilliamsS@ci.mount-dora.fl.us>
11) Attention-Getting Rhymes in Storytimes
by "Susan Ungham" <susan.ungham@medina.lib.oh.us>
12) little sister WISH
by "Bloedau, Linda" <LBloedau@cortn.org>
13) read-alouds for older grades
by Julie Darnall <jdarnall@ccls.org>
14) Re: Homeschoolers
by "Megan Vanderhart" <VanDerME@ri.lincon.org>
15) Stumper-Summer night
by NEames <neames@toledolibrary.org>
16) Answer to Stumper Solved: Family turned into robins and hunted
by CKehoe@bettendorf.lib.ia.us
17) corn picture book stumper
by "L.Marsh" <lmarsh@nstc.library.ns.ca>
18) RE: Wolf's Chicken Stew Stumper--THANKS!!
by "Williams, Sally" <WilliamsS@ci.mount-dora.fl.us>
19) Stumper Answer: Man with yellow slicker and cats
by "Allison J. Enger" <aenger@monroe.lib.mi.us>
20) Story Time Letters/Policies
by Elaine Moustakas <mailforelaine@yahoo.com>
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From: Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Chinese New Year craft
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:14:01 CDT
Our branch was given a sizable donation to use for some Chinese New Year
programs. Can anyone suggest a craft linked to the holiday? I've
looked
at some craft books, but nothing leaps out at me. Our craft age group
tends to be young (5-7) so something easy would be nice.
Feb. 1, 2003 will start the Year of the Goat, so a goat craft would work.
Many thanks!
Lin Look
Contra Costa County, CA
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From: "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Alternate uses for library cards?
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:14:09 CDT
My Director handed me a quantity of misprinted library cards, knowing I
can usually find a craft use for just about anything.
Can anyone suggest ways you might have used old credit cards or library
cards for crafting? It could be for kids of any age, or a display, etc.
I'll compile a list, if indeed there are that many suggestions!
Thanks in advance,
Laura Gruninger, Children's Librarian
Mercer County Library System, Lawrence HQ
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
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From: Valerie Worrell <VWorrell@sno-isle.org>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Sno-Isle Regional Job Postings for the Week of July 23, 2002
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Sno-Isle Regional Library System has an opening for Public Services
Assistant III - Children's Liaison, 32 hours/week located at the Mountlake
Terrace Library in Washington State. Job #0251 Closes 07/26/02. For more
information and to obtain an application on this employment opportunity,
please visit our website at http://www.sno-isle.org/employment/
or contact
our Job line at (360) 651-7040.
___________________________________________________________________________
Valerie Worrell
Sno-Isle Regional Library
Human Resources
Phone: 360-651-7004
Fax: 360-651-7151
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From: "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
To: OPLINLIST@EPICURUS.OPLIN.LIB.OH.US,
PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Mystery Program...
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Hello!
I am toying with the idea of doing a mystery program for my special monthly
program in October. I have checked out the DoubleDog Press mystery kits, and
may go with something like one of those.
I am sure others of you out there have done mystery-type programs. I would
like to also capitalize on the current interest with the movies out such as
Scooby-Doo and Spiderman.
Thanks for your imput.
Barbara Scott
Children's Librarian, Bucyrus Public Library
Ohio Reading Program Manual Editor
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From: "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <cphares@pearlriver.lib.ms.us>,
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Teen Advisory Groups
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:14:28 CDT
Our TAB started out with teens who are already volunteers. A couple years
ago I started recruiting teens who were not volunteers but who attended
programs regularly. This helped tremendously, and most of them ended up
becoming volunteers themselves!
Our group does not have officers. I run it, but I ask for opinions and we
take a lot of votes! Then I take their choices to my dept. head and
administration, and they yay or nay. Mostly they yay.
Cindy Rider
Young Peoples School Liaison Program 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
level I'm really quite busy." -Unknown
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From: "C.A. LeBlanc" <claire_oldsmar@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Pet magazines
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:14:35 CDT
My library has it, but it is in the adult section. I suppose it would
appeal to kids also. I know our young patrons LOVE the pet books in our
adult NF section!
Claire
>From: "Linda Schloegel" <lschloli@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org
>To: pubyac@prairienet.org
>Subject: Pet magazines
>Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:23:56 CDT
>
>
>Hi,
>Do any of you subscribe to Pet Life Magazine? Is it popular? Cat
Fancy
>and
>Dog Fancy are not really kids' magazines so I'm looking for a pet magazine
>that is at least somewhat geared to the younger pet oweners.
>
>Linda Schloegel
>Youth Services Librarian
>Lakeside Branch Library
>Lakeside, CA
>lschloli@hotmail.com
>
>
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From: "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <spartalibrary@centurytel.net>,
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Subject: Re: Yuck Night for teens
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Of course, we'd LOVE to see your Yuck Night ideas!!
Cindy Rider
Young Peoples School Liaison Program Librarian.
Vigo Co. Public Library
Terre Haute, IN
crider@vigo.lib.in.us
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/yp/yp.html
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We have just completed our 7th annual Yuck Night as part of our teen =
summer
reading program.
We hold this outside on the library's side lawn and have messy, yucky =
games.
The event is always so much fun.
I would be willing to share this year's agenda and games with anyone who =
is
interested. I have gotten so many neat ideas from this listserve. I
=
would
be happy to share some ideas also.
If you have any messy outdoor games for teens that you would like to share
with me for next year, I would love it. It gets hard to dream up new
activities.
spartalibrary@centurytel.net=20
Lisa Wold
Sparta Free Library
Sparta, WI
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From: "Tamara Butler" <tamara_r_butler@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Teen Computer Class for "Get Graphic@Your
Library"
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I think this is a great idea, but I would make sure I am teaching them up to
date web standards like XHTML and CSS. Some of the HTML tags that we
learned only a few years ago will be obsolete in the near future.
Tamara Butler
Olean Public Library
----Original Message Follows----
From: Linda Kucalaba <LKUCALABA@libraryvisit.org>
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To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Teen Computer Class for "Get Graphic@Your
Library"
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 14:52:05 CDT
To tie into the Teen Read Week theme, "Get graphic@your
library", I'm
thinking of conducting a teen computer class on HTML - learn to build your
own webpage. Has anyone ever done this? Any suggestions? I was
thinking
of having a two or three part series, and the teens putting the coding
(tags) on a disk.
I seem to remember there was discussion on this topic about a year ago, and
someone even shared their class outline and handouts with this list, but I
haven't been able to find them in my files. Does anyone remember this?
Any suggestions and comments would truly be appreciated.
Many thanks.
Linda Kucalaba
Teen Services Librarian
Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
Email: lkucalaba@libraryvisit.org
Tamara Butler
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From: "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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We have a wierd style unique to our branch. If the book series has the same
author we leave them with the general collection and label the shelf. We
found that we had less circs when the series were separated. If the series
has different autors such as pokemon or power puff girls we file them all
under the first three letters of the series. For instance Powder Puff Girls
under POW. We found that this is the way children think and it is really
hard to tell a 3rd grader that wants full house books to look under six
different authors. It has been interesting. We put all the Mary Kate and
Ashley books under FUL for full house. They still looked for the mystery
books and Two of a Kind books under FUL.
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From: deb bodner [mailto:d_bodner@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 3:53 PM
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: shelving series books
Howdy,
I'm seeking the advice of your collective wisdom.
We will be opening a new main library and are
currently working on the collection. The question we
are grappling with is how to shelve the series books.
Is it better to interfile them with regular fiction or
pull them out and shelve them separately? My question
to you is do you have a separate section for series
books? If so, what criteria do you use for pulling a
series title, such as size of the series or multiple
authors. If you interfile with fiction, do you cutter
them under the series name or the author's name?
Please e-mail me off line at <d_bodner@yahoo.com>.
thanks in advance, your suggestions in the past have
always been helpful.
deb bodner
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From: "Williams, Sally" <WilliamsS@ci.mount-dora.fl.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Thanksgiving Feast for Pre-K????
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We have been so fortunate with our teen volunteers this summer--they =
have been wonderful with the SRP programs and are still hanging around =
helping to prep crafts for upcoming pre-k storytimes. =20
Our dept. assistant found some Thanksgiving stuff in Copycat from some =
years back, and the kids are busy cuttin' coifs and hats. Which leads =
to the question--have any of you ever done a Thanksgiving Feast for the =
little guys? What worked, and (more important) what didn't? Are we
out =
of our collective heads here in Florida, or could it possibly work?
Talk amongst yourselves....
Sally Williams
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From: Loralee Armstrong [mailto:larmstrong@tpl.lib.wa.us]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 3:53 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Board Books Help
I just ordered a catalog of board books from BWI, Inc. I haven't=20
seen it yet but it was recommended to me by a children's person in a=20
different library system.
Quoting Phoebe Carter <pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us>:
> Hi,
>=20
> I am hoping someone out there will be able to help me. Our
> library hosts=20
> a Books and Babies program, an early literacy program
> involving the=20
> distribution of board books to
> the area hospitals and social service agencies. We always
> purchased our=20
> board books from the Bookmen, but this spring the Bookmen was
> purchased by=20
> Ingram.
> Since then I have had to scrape from our jobber (B & T) to
> find the=20
> quantities of board books needed for our program (about 300 of
> each of=20
> four titles). Does anyone know of another board book
> distributor?
>=20
> Thanks!
>=20
> Phoebe Carter
> Youth Services Manager
> Weber County Library
> Ogden, Utah
> pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us=20
>=20
Loralee Armstrong
Tacoma Public Library
"Meddle not with dragons for thou art crunchy and taste good with=20
catsup"
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From: "Susan Ungham" <susan.ungham@medina.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Attention-Getting Rhymes in Storytimes
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:15:10 CDT
Here are some more suggestions to deal with straying attention in
storytimes:
With toddlers or older lapsit groups, bounces (knee rides) or tickles
re-capture their interest when the children begin to wander too much.
Nearly every young child loves to go on knee rides or to be tickled
gently!
Call out, "Everybody find a lap!" Bounce a puppet friend on your
lap to
model the ride. Keep copies of the text of bounces written in very
large print posted on your flannelboard for the adults to read and
follow along. Some favorite bounces are: "Father, Mother, and Uncle
John" and "Bounce Me." My favorite tickle is
"Criss-Cross Applesauce"
from Rob Reid's excellent book Family Storytime. I'll write the
texts
of these bounces below. Also, John Feierabend has written an excellent
book of bounces.
"Father, Mother and Uncle John" (Bounce your child in your lap
to the
rhythm of the rhyme)
Father, Mother and Uncle John
Rode to the doctor one by one.
Father fell off. (Lean your child in one direction)
And Mother fell off, (Lean your child in the opposite direction)
But Uncle John rode on and on and on. (Bounce the child in an upright
position)
---Traditional
"Bounce Me" (Bounce your child in your lap to the rhythm)
Bounce me, bounce me on your knees.
Bounce me, bounce me pretty please.
Bounce me, bounce me here... (Lean the child) and there... (Lean the
other way).
Bounce me, bounce me everywhere! (Lean the child in a big circle)
--- Traditional
"Criss-Cross Applesauce" Tickle (Sit the child on your lap facing away
from you)
Criss-cross (Draw a giant pretend "X" on your child's back)
Applesauce (Squeeze your child's shoulders with your hands)
Spiders crawling up your back! (Run your fingers up your child's back)
Cool breeze (Blow gently on your child's neck)
Tight squeeze (Hug your child)
And now you've got the shivers! (Tickle your child's belly)
----Thanks to Rob Reid's book Family Storytime
For older groups like preschoolers and early elementary
schoolchildren, songs that are sung with a fingerplay (like
"The
Itsy-Bitsy Spider," "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" or a short
version
of "The Wheels on the Bus") work well to re-capture their attention.
Sing the song twice while doing the fingerplay, the first time at a
normal volume and the second time more quietly. Sing the song a third
time, but this time ask the children to perform the song silently, just
remembering or hearing the song in their heads while they do the
fingerplay. You will be very surprised at how intently the children
will work at performing the fingerplay of the song silently! It
calms
them down very well. And you can give them a well-deserved compliment
on their ability to concentrate and remember!
--- This idea comes from Cathy Hausman, also at Brunswick Community
Library.
Susan Ungham
Children's Associate
Medina County District Library
Brunswick Community Library
3649 Center Road
Brunswick, Ohio 44012
330-273-4150 Phone
susan.ungham@medina.lib.oh.us
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From: "Bloedau, Linda" <LBloedau@cortn.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: little sister WISH
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Dear collective brain,
a patron recalls a chapter book about a little girl who wishes for a little
sister, and one is born near Christmas and named Star. The story she
recalls might be as early as l940's? A scene she remembers fondly is of a
bus trip to the city with her mother to buy new shoes. Sound familiar to
anyone?
thanks for working those brain cells!
Stay cool!
Linda B. in east Tennessee
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From: Julie Darnall <jdarnall@ccls.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: read-alouds for older grades
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:32:27 CDT
I haven't seen this discussed in a while, so I thought I'd ask: On
occasion, we get grade school groups in who want a story in addition to a
tour of the library. I have a few favorites, like The Scrambled States of
America by Laurie Keller, Click Clack Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin,
and The Lima Bean Monster by Dan Yaccarino but I wondered if anyone else
lurking out there wanted to throw out a couple of books they enjoy.
Reply to my email, I'll put out a complete list once they come in.
Thanks!
Julie Darnall
Youth Services Librarian
Chester County Library System
jdarnall@ccls.org
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From: "Megan Vanderhart" <VanDerME@ri.lincon.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Homeschoolers
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:32:33 CDT
After reflecting on my earlier post which described some of the services =
we presently provide to homeschoolers, I wanted to comment on what we have =
NOT yet attempted to do. So far, library-initiated "special"
programming =
just for homeschoolers has been fairly limited. I have heard more =
enthusiastic responses from families who find the materials they are =
looking for (i.e., lots of books for all ages about ancient Egypt), which =
is what we are here to provide.=20
In the earliest stages of our Homeschool Resource Center development, I =
prepared an introduction and invited families that I already knew. I =
wanted them to know what we already have (books by G. A. Henty) and what =
we are willing to do (give them the same six-week due date benefits that =
other teachers regularly use). I also asked what their needs are, and how =
we as an institution could appropriately serve them. In the second stage, =
I created a "how to use the library" workshop, or specifically,
"how to =
use the catalog to ensure successful searching," which was very
well-receiv=
ed. Third, I am presently finishing a summer "Master Reader's Book
Club." =
This has been targeted to homeschoolers, but anyone else would be welcome =
to come, as it takes place in the evenings. Attendance has not been =
astronomical, but it has been steady and enjoyable.=20
If there were sufficient interest, we might offer special storytimes as =
other libraries do, but thus far, many have simply appreciated our current =
resources: our collection and our building (if they wanted to have =
gatherings here). Some do attend our regular storytimes and special =
programs, of course.
I don't have any background in education either. It isn't necessary. My =
special interest is in Children's Literature, so I am eager to offer my =
expertise in that area. However, many families have unharvested specialties=
and skills in the arts, sciences, or other hobbies, and may be glad to =
have a place for a Saturday basket-weaving workshop in your community =
room. Then publicity is their own responsibility, and you can enjoy the =
circulation benefits which frequently accompany such visits.
My only regret is that I don't have children of my own (yet!) to homeschool=
...so I am glad to participate in the efforts of "my" homeschooling =
families!
Best wishes,
Megan E. VanderHart
Homeschool Resource Center
Children's Room
Rock Island Public Library
Rock Island, IL
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From: NEames <neames@toledolibrary.org>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper-Summer night
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:32:40 CDT
Hi Everyone-
We need help with a stumper. The patron is looking for a picture book in
which a mom and her kids watch the city street from their window. The story
takes place at night in the summertime. The book is not "The Summer
Night"
by Charlotte Zolotow. We've tried OCLC WorldCat and A to Zoo.
Many thanks in advance,
Nancy Eames
Children's Library Manager
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Toledo, OH
neames@toledolibrary.org
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From: CKehoe@bettendorf.lib.ia.us
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Answer to Stumper Solved: Family turned into robins and hunted
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:32:47 CDT
Oops, I forgot the answer !it was the Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
Thanks to Deanna Causey, Megan Vanderhart, Carol Katz, Dana
Hegquist.
Suzanne Klein, Cindy Schilling, Kelly Kowalchuk, and Jen Marin for
their
speedy response to the following stumper. It appears that the
robins in the
story were ducks instead. Thank you all for taking time out to
answer my
stumper. Have a great day!
Crystal
Subject: Stumper: Family turned into robins and hunted
I have a patron looking for a book that she read in the 1970's. She
only
remembers that a family was somehow magically turned into a group of
robins.
The robins are then hunted by a group of hunters. She doesn't
remember an
ending, title, or any of the characters. Any ideas?
Thanks so much in advance, you are always a wonderful help.
Crystal Kehoe
Ckehoe@bettendorf.lib.ia.us
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From: "L.Marsh" <lmarsh@nstc.library.ns.ca>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: corn picture book stumper
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:32:55 CDT
Hi everyone,
A young woman asked us about a picture book she had read when she was young
(I'm assuming late 80's or so) The possible title she gave was "Corn
that
went to China". The characters that went on the trip were a corn on
the
cob, carrot, broccoli, and celery. She felt that it was similar to the
"Veggie Tales" characters. If this jogs anyone's memory please
email me at
lmarsh@nstc.library.ns.ca
Thanks in advance
Lynda Marsh
M.Lynda Marsh
Administrator Youth Services
Colchester-East Hants Regional Library
754 Prince Street
Truro, Nova Scotia
B2N 1G9
Telephone (902)895-1625
Fax (902)895-7149
"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not
knowledge in pursuit of the child." George Bernard Shaw
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From: "Williams, Sally" <WilliamsS@ci.mount-dora.fl.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Wolf's Chicken Stew Stumper--THANKS!!
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I'd like to thank all parts of the collective brain (world-wide, I might =
add) who knew what I had forgotten. The book I was looking for was =
indeed "The Wolf's Chicken Stew" and I am grateful to you all.
You are =
all wonderful.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rhonda Hunnicutt [mailto:rhunnicutt@carmel.lib.in.us]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:28 AM
To: Williams, Sally
Subject: Stumper
Hi Sally,
The book you described sounds like The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko
=
Kasza.
Hope this helps,
Rhonda
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From: "Allison J. Enger" <aenger@monroe.lib.mi.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper Answer: Man with yellow slicker and cats
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:33:11 CDT
Thanks to Maya, Nancy, Suzanne, and Sarai who sent suggestions on the book
about a man in a yellow slicker with a lot of cats. The original stumper is
at the end of the message. The suggested titles were:
"Burt Dow, Deep Water Man" by Robert McCloskey
"Millions of Cats" by Wanda Gag
"Little Old Man" by Natalie Norton
The patron thinks it is "Little Old Man" by Natalie Norton. We don't
have
the title, but are interlibrary loaning it for her.
Thank you for your time and responses. Our patron is pleased that her search
may have come to an end.
Allison
Allison J. Enger, MSLIS
Community Librarian
Dundee Branch Library
(734) 529-3310 phone/fax
Original Stumper post:
I have a friend looking for a title for one of her patrons. We have very
little to
go on. The book is about 20 years old. It is about a man in a yellow slicker
who is
stranded on an island with a bunch of cats. That's all we know. The patron
has been
looking for this book for quite some time. We checked A?Z00 and the other
traditional sources without luck.
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From: Elaine Moustakas <mailforelaine@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Story Time Letters/Policies
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:54:18 CDT
Dear PubYac-
For each season of story times that I do, I mail home
a letter to the parent of each registered child with
our schedule, attendance policy, and some general
guidelines about our program. I'm thinking about
revising this letter (in particular, shortening it
because right now it is 2 pages long and I don't think
people are bothering to read it). I would love to see
copies of some of your policies/welcome letters/what
to expect at story time letters to gather some ideas.
I would appreciate anyone who can help.
Email: mailforelaine@yahoo.com
Fax or mailing address: Email me and I can let you
know.
Thank you very much in advance!
Elaine Moustakas
Children's Librarian
Lee Memorial Library
Allendale, NJ
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