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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: Saturday, August 24, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 842
PUBYAC Digest 842
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) card swap
by "Grace Slaughter" <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>
2) Re: Cleaning board books
by terri wimpee <t_wimpee@yahoo.com>
3) SRP 2003???
by "Kathleen James" <kathleen@melsa.org>
4) re: job opening - Groton Public Library, MA
by "Info @ GPL" <info@gpl.org>
5) Author Visit Update
by Jennifer Parker <jmpwel@yahoo.com>
6) Library card exchange
by Susan Engelmann <suengelm@yahoo.com>
7) reading club request
by "Allyson Goodwin" <Agood@ci.carlsbad.ca.us>
8) Re: library cards
by Suzanne Kirk <suzie_q_40011@yahoo.com>
9) storytime scheduling
by "B. Wells" <akajill2002@yahoo.com>
10) Craft ideas for bedtime storyhour
by "" <chrisbeth@excite.com>
11) Banned Books Week Press Kit
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
12) Re: words for Scat the Cat
by "Patricia Chaput" <pchaput@tpl.toronto.on.ca>
13) Stumper - Poem re hole in pocket
by "BALIS/PLS/SVLS Reference Center, SF Branch"
<srcsf@mindspring.com>
14) STUMPER
by "Jeri Kladder" <JKLADDER@cml.lib.oh.us>
15) Bib: Hunting
by "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us>
16) Re: family story times
by Susan Wizinsky <swizinsk@gfn.org>
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From: "Grace Slaughter" <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: card swap
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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:00:47 CDT
When you send in your request, don't forget to post your snail mail
address to the list.
g
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From: terri wimpee <t_wimpee@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Cleaning board books
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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:01:24 CDT
Heartfelt thanks to all who responded to my request
for board book cleaning solutions.
Tried-and-proven suggestions included Scrubbing
Bubbles, Demco book cleaner, and a solution of Spic 'n
Span(diluted in water, slightly weaker than normal).
Thanks again,
Terri Wimpee
t_wimpee@yahoo.com
W. Walworth Harrison Public Library
Greenville, Texas
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From: "Kathleen James" <kathleen@melsa.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: SRP 2003???
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Minnesota's 2003 summer theme is "Explore Bright Ideas @ Your Library"
with
illustrations by David Small.
Kathleen James
MN Summer Library Program Coordinator
MELSA
1619 Dayton Ave., Suite 314
St. Paul, MN 55104-6206
Phone: (651) 645-5731
Fax: (651) 649-3169
e-mail: kathleen@melsa.org
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From: "Info @ GPL" <info@gpl.org>
To: "cwinfo" <cwinfo@cwmarsmail.cwmars.org>,
Subject: re: job opening - Groton Public Library, MA
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My apologies - there is a typo in the job description. Should read: "One
Saturday a month, no evening hours".
Sorry! Please correct. Thank you very much.
-----Original Message-----
From: Info @ GPL [mailto:info@gpl.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:28 PM
To: cwinfo; massyac@mlin.lib.ma.us
Subject: job opening - Groton Public Library, MA
Groton Public Library seeks a Head of Children's Services for
a beautiful new facility with the following:
*Children's collection of 17,000
*High annual Children's circulation - 98,000 (60% of total)
*Summer reading program with over 700 children
*Children's book budget of $18,500
*Children's program budget of $4,500+
*1 full-time and 4 part-time Children's staff plus volunteers
*One Saturday a month, no weekends
*Support of Friends for programs, services and funding
For more information about the library and Groton, see:
www.gpl.org
Qualifications:
You should be ready to lead one of the most active and
well-supported Children's Programs in the state, and have:
MLS, 3-5 years library experience with children, including 2
as a supervisor. Ideal candidate will possess strong
customer service, management, and organizational skills;
have vision, creativity, a sense of humor and a love of
children.
Salary: $34,000-$41,000 with full benefits
Closing date: September 30, 2002
Send: Send letter, resume, and 3 references to:
Ms. Owen Smith Shuman
Library Director
Groton Public Library
99 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
oshuman@gpl.org
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From: Jennifer Parker <jmpwel@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Author Visit Update
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:01:45 CDT
Hello everyone,
I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all the peple who responded to
my question of how to get a large crowd to come to an author visit.
I was upset that I only had 15 people sign up. Most people said that 15 is
actually a good number when it comes to an author visit, even though we like
to see larger numbers turn up at our events.
Thursday Aug 22 we had Stephen Krensky at our library and 15 people worked
out great. The parents and children really enjoyed his talk. He is a
funny
man who really did communicate with all who were present.
I now feel that the program was a huge success and am happy with the turn
out
Thanks again to all who responded and put my mind at ease!
Jennifer Parker
jmpwel@yahoo.com
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From: Susan Engelmann <suengelm@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Library card exchange
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We decorate an outdoor tree and would love to feature
library cards as the theme this year. I will trade
cards with anyone who sends one.
Thanks in advance
Susan Engelmann
North Kansas City Public Library
2251 Howell
North Kansas City MO 64116
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From: "Allyson Goodwin" <Agood@ci.carlsbad.ca.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: reading club request
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Hi everyone,
Just finished cleaning up SRP and looking towards fall programs. I
have inherited a weekly after school reading "club" for 1st - 3rd
graders. I would like some feedback from those of you who have done/are
doing similar programs.
My questions are more on the "incentives" to come, to stay and to hang
in for the duration (October through May)
My predecessor gave little trinkets each week; pencil, balsa glider,
etc just for attending. She would track minutes/hours read and awarded
prizes (toys mostly) for 25 and 50 hours. She had at most 18 members
but averaged 12 on any given week.
I would like to move the rewards more towards books and "educational"
items. Currently I am thinking of awarding a personalized (library
and
club name) baseball cap at 50 hours with enamel pins for genre's read
(sort of like what Upstart does-only no patches to sew). I should
mention that over half her members read 100 hours and at least 4 of them
read 200 hours. I thought I would reward those children with gift
certificates at a local bookstore.
For those of you with similar programs; what incentives, prizes do you
offer? what works well with the kids? Any and all suggestions are
welcome.
thanks so much
ally ;-)
Ally Goodwin
Carlsbad City Library
Children's Services
760-602-2050
agood@ci.carlsbad.ca
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From: Suzanne Kirk <suzie_q_40011@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: library cards
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ON my request for library cards my address ended up at
the bottom of the e-mail instead of right after the
message I wrote. My address is:
Suzanne Kirk
Children's Services
172 Eminence Terrace
Eminence KY 40019
If you send me a card and would like one in return
just include you address in the envelope. Thanks
>
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From: "B. Wells" <akajill2002@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: storytime scheduling
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:04:34 CDT
Hello all!
A while back I
wrote in despair about my storytime situation. I
am pleased to say that I have relocated and found myself in a much better
storytime situation. Not that it is without problems, but they are
different problems!
Anyway, the
problem I am currently struggling with is scheduling
storytime series' for the upcoming year. Currently they are done in a two
months on one month off format that feels very disruptive to me, and I think
it might contribute to some of the other problems I have been experiencing.
For the upcoming year we are looking to add a toddler time to the storytime
line up as well.
In looking at the
calendar I cannot seem to figure out how to
make any sort of schedule work smoothly. I would love to hear from the
voices of experience on this one! Please respond to the above email.
Thanks in advance!
Brendle Wells
Youth Services Librarian
Fair Oaks Branch
Sacramento Public Library
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From: "" <chrisbeth@excite.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Craft ideas for bedtime storyhour
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:07:13 CDT
Hello, I am a brand-new Children's librarian (I have been on the job three
weeks), and a long-time "lurker "on PUBYAC. I am always impressed by
the
wonderful ideas you all have! I am planning my first storyhours, which has
been a lot of fun:) However, I am having a hard time finding a simple craft
idea to go along with my bedtime/sleeping theme storyhour for preschool age
(3-5 yrs) children. I have consulted both print and on line sources. I would
really appreciate any ideas or suggestions you may have on this topic.
Thanks in advance!
Christine Christine E. AttinasiYouth Services LibrarianOntario Public
Library1850 Ridge RdOntario, NY 14519Phone: (315) 524-8381Fax: (315)
524-2139E-mail: cattinasi@pls-net.orgPersonal
e-mail: Chrisbeth@excite.com
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Banned Books Week Press Kit
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Banned Books Week Press Kit
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bbwreporters.html#bbwpress
Includes:
Links to Letter to Journalists
2002 Press Release -- Let Freedom Read: Libraries, bookstores celebrate
Banned Books Week, September 21-28
Banned Books Week Materials (Guide, Posters, Order Form, and More)
Banned Books Week
Parents, Kids and Banned Books
Fact Sheet -- Banned Books Week
Most frequently challenged "classics"
Most frequently challenged books of 2001
Most frequently challenged authors of 2001
Most frequently challenged books of the last decade
This link is found at
For Reporters: A Quick and Easy Guide to Banned Books Week
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bbwreporters.html
and also links to the ALA Public Information Office's site at
http://www.ala.org/pio/presskits/bbwkit/
Banned Books Week is September 21-28.
Please feel free to forward this message to your local reporters.
__________________________
Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225; Fax: 312-280-4227; dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/
http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipalegalfund.html
intellectual freedom @ your library
Free People Read FreelyŽ
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/intellectualfreedomandcensorship.html
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise,
we don't believe in it at all."--Noam Chomsky
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From: "Patricia Chaput" <pchaput@tpl.toronto.on.ca>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: words for Scat the Cat
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Hi,=20
The story goes that he's bored being black like his brothers and sisters.
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So he proudly says ::I'm Scat the Cat, I'm Sassy and Fat
And I can change my color=20
Just like that"
he turns
-green like the leaves and grass ( but nobody sees him)
-blue like the water (but he almost drowns)
-yellow like the sun (but he meets a lion that gets mad at him for being =
the same color)
-red like an apple (but everyone thinks he's so funny looking)
He is soon sad and lonely,that he doesn't want to be any other color than =
black
Hope this helps, Patricia
>>> barch@scls.lib.wi.us
08/19/02 11:53AM >>>
Hello everyone!
We did a flannelboard a couple years ago called Scat the Cat and have lost
the words. Does anyone out there know them? It goes something like this: =
"
I'm Scat the Cat, I'm sassy and fat, And I can change my colors just like
that."
Thanks for any help you can supply!
Karen and Beth
Baraboo
Youth Services Staff
Baraboo Public Library
230 4th Ave., Baraboo WI 53913
Phone: 608-356-6166 FAX: 608-355-2779
barch@scls.lib.wi.us=20
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From: "BALIS/PLS/SVLS Reference Center, SF Branch" <srcsf@mindspring.com>
To: "Pubyac" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper - Poem re hole in pocket
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Apologies for the duplication, but I forgot to say in my earlier message:
please send any replies directly to us at srcsf@mindspring.com,
as we are
not subscribed to the list. Thanks again!
>Does anyone recognize a poem which begins with the following lines?
>
>"I had a penny yesterday to buy a lollipop.
> I put it in my pocket, but I didn't hear it drop."
>
>It's not "I had a penny" by A.A. Milne. We've searched the
following
>sources:
>Index to children's poetry
>Poemfinder
>Granger's world of poetry
>Reader's guide, 1920-55
>Poems teachers ask for
>Coates. Children's book of poetry
>Gaige. Recitations old & new for boys & girls
>
>Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!
>
>- Catherine Sylvia
>
>BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch
>c/o San Francisco Public Library
>100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor
>San Francisco, CA 94102
>tel: (415) 552-5042 fax: (415) 552-5067
>email: srcsf@mindspring.com
>
>
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From: "Jeri Kladder" <JKLADDER@cml.lib.oh.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER
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Hi all,
This niggles the memorybanks but, alas, I can't turn it
up.
There's so much detail here but...we can't pull anything up in indexes
(of which we have many, including our own). Does this ring any bells? -
Thanx awfully - jeri
This is the customer's description:
This is a juvenile fiction, somewhat short chapter book with a few
illustrations, possibly published by Scholastic or Arrow books, from the
70's.
The book's main characters are a mother (Dorothy?) and father (Avram),
the mother's mother (a grandmother), Dorothy and Avram's two daughters
(names?), and the mother's baby brother Max, who eventually joins them
in America. There is also a piano teacher, possibly named Miss Michaels.
The older daughter's rag doll also figures importantly in the story.
The highlights I remember from the story are:
The two little girls celebrate their mother's May birthday by making
fragile May Baskets for her and filling them with flowers. The older
daughter takes piano lessons, which she dislikes intensely. At one point
in the book, she has a recital, the dress rehearsal for which she is
unable to attend, due to illness. When the night of the recital comes,
she walks out onto the stage and seats herself at an unfamiliar
instrument (a pump organ) which does not play. Wildly, she sees a real
piano near the front of the stage and quickly goes over to it, but not
before she imagines she hears tittering laughter from the audience.
After the recital is over, the daughter declares that she will never
take piano lessons again. Her father supports her in this decision - he
attended the recital and witnessed his daughter's mortification. The
mother disagrees, wanting her daughters to have some of the finer
education opportunities she missed out on as a girl. The father says
that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Horrified, and taking his statement literally, the mother says "Avram!
You compare your daughter to a horse?!!" The parents argue over the
situation while the daughter is crying herself to sleep. Quiet falls
finally, and the daughter hears her mother tiptoe into her bedroom. She
stands at the bedside, and wonders aloud if a mother can know a
daughter's mind. Aware that her daughter has been crying, she smooths
her hair, wipes her tears and tells there will be no more piano lessons.
When Uncle Max arrives, he is a big disappointment to the older
daughter, because of his funny accent, his clothing, and his manners. He
tries to find employment, and rides a bicycle everywhere. The older
daughter's teacher agrees to tutor Uncle Max in English. One afternoon
after his arrival, a large (white?) dog arrives in the yard, and the
older daughter, who is home alone at the time, sees him as an answer to
a long-cherished wish to have a pet. She names him (Prince?), and tries
to make him stay with her, going so far as to take the family's pot
roast out of the oven where it is cooking for dinner, and laying it down
in the dirt in front of the dog. The dog politely licks it, then
continues on his way. The older daughter is saddened by the dog's
departure, and dismayed over the ruined dinner, and wraps the meat in
newspapers and stows it in the bottom of the trash can. When her Uncle
Max arrives home, she tells him her troubles, and together they retrieve
the meat from the trash, rinse off the dust and ants, and replace it in
the oven. Later that evening, over supper, while picking at her dinner
and covertly searching for floating ant bodies in her gravy, the older
daughter asks her Uncle Max about the poor conditions in his homeland,
and he tells her what people there do to avoid starving. She asks,
pointedly, if they would even eat meat that had been thrown away, even
if it had dust and ants all over it. Uncle Max assured her that they
would eat it. Her mother is disgusted at the question, and asks what in
the world has come over her daughter.
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From: "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Bib: Hunting
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As promised, here is a bibliography of combined responses to my
request for books that portray sport hunting in a positive or at least
neutral light. Many thanks to those who suggested titles; it's still
a short list, but I've got more titles than I knew about before. Sorry
it's taken so long, but you all know what summer reading can do to
even the best intentions... Still, here it is, well before Opening
Day- -I hope others may get some fresh ideas from it.
Armentrout, David. Hunting. Rourke, 1998.
Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey. Little, Brown, 1960.
Caesar, Jonathan. Essential Deer Hunting for Teens. Scholastic
Library Publishing, 2000.
Casanova, Mary. Moose Tracks. Hyperion, 1995.
_____. Wolf Shadows. Hyperion, 1997.
Goldsmith, Diane Hoyt. Arctic Hunter. Holiday House, 1992.
Hanmer, Trudy J. Hunting Debate: Aiming at the Issues. Enslow,
1999.
Jeffers, Susan (adapt. & illus.). Three Jovial Huntsmen.
Bradbury,
1973.
Johnson, Scott. I Can't Wait until I'm Old Enough to Hunt with
Dad. Deer Pond Publishing, 1995.
_____. Deer Tales series.
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. A Family Goes Hunting. Clarion, 1991.
Paulsen, Gary. Tracker. Simon & Schuster, 1984.
____. A number of his autobiographical works treat with hunting,
including My Life in Dog Years (Bantam, 1998) and Guts
(Delacorte, 2001).
Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows. Doubleday, 1961.
Scheer, Julian. A Thanksgiving Turkey. Holiday House, 2001.
Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown's Book of the Wacky
Outdoors. Morrow, 1987.
Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear. Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
In addition, one respondent suggested a couple of nursery
rhyme/songs:
Bye Baby Bunting
Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go (which has been picture book-ified in
two versions I know of, by Stephen Kellogg & John Langstaff)
Vicky Smith
vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us
Children's Librarian
McArthur Library
270 Main Street
Biddeford, ME 04005
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From: Susan Wizinsky <swizinsk@gfn.org>
To: Roberta Meyer <roberta@effinghamlibrary.org>
Subject: Re: family story times
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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:08:56 CDT
Please share your suggestions for evening family storytimes with the rest
of us. I'm planning one for one evening a month this fall. I'm using
themes that appeal to all ages such as Americana and winter sports. I
plan to use picture books along with exerpts from novels, poetry, and lots
of songs. However, I'm hoping for more ideas to make them truly
"family"
storytimes
versus "preschool" storytimes.
Thanks
On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Roberta Meyer wrote:
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> In a "radical" move on our part, we have decided to, at least
temporarily,
> discontinue public preschool story times. Several factors led to this
> decision, the major one being that, instead of BEING preschool (which we
> were at one time), we are now COMPETING with preschool for numbers.
>
> Instead, we have decided to try an evening, family story time. I know
that
> this type of story time has been discussed on the list before, and I have
> kept some of the suggestions. But I would welcome specific do's and
> don't's. We will probably start out having the sessions just once a
month,
> and may work up to more. Budget constraints being what they are
(we're
> going for an operating cash referendum in November), we must provide
> programming that will attract the greatest number of patrons.
>
> If you have specific suggestions, please e-mail me directly at:
> roberta@effinghamlibrary.org.
>
> Thanks so much! You folks are great!
>
> Roberta
> **********************************************
> Roberta L. Meyer
> Youth Services Librarian
> Helen Matthes Library
> 100 East Market Ave.
> Effingham, IL 62401
> (217) 342-2464 x6
> Fax (217) 342-2413
> roberta@effinghamlibrary.org
>
> "The Library is the Answer. What's the Question?"
>
--
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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