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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, September 26, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 871
PUBYAC Digest 871
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) City Light Stumper
by Carolina Martinez <cmartinez@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us>
2) First-name basis patrons??
by "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org>
3) Re: Pumpkin painting
by "Becky Stiles" <bstiles@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us>
4) Re: Titles for use with ESL students
by Janet Birckhead <jbirckhead@lmxac.org>
5) Thanks for the BookTalk info
by Cathy Neumueller <ctneumueller@nni.com>
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From: Carolina Martinez <cmartinez@pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: City Light Stumper
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:05:04 CDT
Hello, I hope you can help----
I have a patron who is looking for a book that was read to her as a =
child
about 22 yrs ago--sometime in the 70's. =20
She believes it was about City Lights---there were 1 or 2 children, =
they
went through a park and through the city and there were many big round =
bulb
lights throughout the city on trees and on buildings. It may have been =
a
book about New York or an industrial city. It is not a holiday book. =
The
colors were dull, not bright, pale colors, pale yellows --but the =
drawings
made it look like you were actually looking at a light bulb. She also
remembers sidewalks, trees and especially these big round light bulbs =
that
were everywhere.=20
I asked her if she remembered anything else about the book, or if she =
could
talk to anyone else who may have read her the book or been present when =
the
book was read to her, but unfortunately both her parents are deceased =
and
they were the only people she could have asked.
I know this is very little to go on, but I do hope this rings a bell =
with
someone.=20
Thanks,
Carolina G. Mart=EDnez
George W. Hawkes Central Library- Children's Center
101 E. Abram=20
Arlington, TX 76016
817/459-6907
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From: "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: First-name basis patrons??
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:05:11 CDT
I realized the other day that slowly over time, I've begun calling the
parents who come to storytime programs by their first names. Before
working in youth services I was in reference for many years, and with a
few exceptions, always addressed our regulars as "Mr., Mrs., Your
excellency, etc." I'm hoping the patrons don't see this as
disrespectful. The little kids always call me "Miss Laura" and the
parents refer to me this way in front of the kids. Some of the moms
simply tell me their first names, and I always tell them "I'm Laura"
whens they ask my name. (I always did this in reference too.) Mostly I
am the same age as they are, which I think contributes to this. When I
am talking with them as a group, they refer to one another by first
name, so it would be awkward for me to ask about "Mrs. so-and-so's new
baby", etc. I always refer to myself as Mrs...in writing, and refer to
my co-workers as Mrs./Mr. when referring patrons to them.
One thing I know is bound to happen is that as the kids grow older, I'll
be a middle aged "Miss Laura" when they come in to ask for help on
their
college entrance essays.
Do the rest of you call patrons by their first name?
Laura Gruninger, Children's Librarian
Mercer County Library System, Lawrence HQ
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
lgruning@mcl.org
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From: "Becky Stiles" <bstiles@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Pumpkin painting
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:05:18 CDT
Hi. I'm not sure about the cost, but paint pens work very well for pumpkin
decorating and there is less mess involved if you're dealing with younger
kids. Wal-Mart sells paint pens in their art/crafts section. Hope
this
helps.
Becky Stiles
Nantahala Regional Library System
Murphy, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine L. Tyner" <tynercl@yahoo.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:33 PM
Subject: Pumpkin painting
> Hi. I'm planning a pumpkin painting/decorating program
> for the week before Halloween. Does anyone have any
> tips as far as type of paint to use, etc. I'd love to
> hear any suggestions. Money is tight, so it's already
> going to have to be B.Y.O.P. (Bring Your Own Pumpkin).
> Thanks for any help. Please reply to
> tynercl@yahoo.com.
>
> Christine
>
> =====
> Christine L. Tyner
> Betty Warmack Branch Library
> Grand Prairie, TX
> 972-237-5773
> 972-237-5779 fax
> tynercl@yahoo.com
>
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From: Janet Birckhead <jbirckhead@lmxac.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Titles for use with ESL students
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:05:25 CDT
I talked with the Head of Reference. We got the grant quite a while ago so
she
doesn't remember all the suppliers we used, but she says we got some from
the
Literacy Volunteers of America and some from Laubach. She suggested a
check
of
the Subject Guide to Books in Print for other publishers.
Janet Birckhead wrote:
> The Head of our Reference Dept. got a grant to establish an Adult New
Reader
> Collection several years ago. We have quite a number of books, most
of
> which
> are short pamphlet type publications. None of them have the reading
level
> printed on them. By educated guess, I would say they range from
probably
> primer on up to probably fourth or fifth grade reading level. We
provide
> color coded labels that indicate the relative difficulty, but without
> reference to actual reading levels.
>
> I have forwarded your message to our Ref. Dept. Head, in hopes that she
can
> provide the name of the supplier or other info.
>
> "Baraboo Children's Dept." wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Has anyone had a request for book titles that are on the 3-4 grade
reading
> > level but with high school/adult interest level for ESL classes?
A
patron
> > has requested help and we are sure someone out there has probably had
this
> > question already!
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Karen
> > 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
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From: Cathy Neumueller <ctneumueller@nni.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Thanks for the BookTalk info
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:05:32 CDT
Wow, what a helpful list this is. I'd like to thank everyone for the
great BookTalk descriptions, links and examples. Thanks, Nancy Keane,
Lisa Cole, Solina Marquis, Louanne Capdebos, Natasha Forrester, Julie
Linneman, Wanda Jones, Cheryl Brown, Cara Romeo, Leslie Johnson, Sharon
Cerasoli, Stephanie Zaslav and Allison Peters.
Please accept my appologies if I've left anyone out. I was thrilled to
receive so many wonderful responses.
This list is great.
Cathy Neumueller
ctneumueller@nni.com
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End of PUBYAC Digest 871
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