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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: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 955
PUBYAC Digest 955
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) RE: Can anyone help with this stumper?
by "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
2) Stumper: upside-down 11 & 88 same
by Joyce Pinsker <jpinsker@sfu.ca>
3) Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged Making Evil Look Innocent
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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From: "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Can anyone help with this stumper?
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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:23:53 CST
Hi Jennifer & Pubyacers~
I have been a student of the Bible since I was a young child, and I do =
not remember any Bible story about cutting off one's nose to spite one's =
face. The OT has warnings about "an eye for an eye or a tooth for a =
tooth", and in the NT, Jesus warns us that if a body part will keep us =
out of heaven, then to cut it off. According to "Phrase Finder" =
(http://phrases.shu.ac.uk , the phrase
"Cut off your nose to spite your =
face" is proverbial, (but not the Proverbs in the Bible) and means to =
disadvantage oneself in order to do harm to an adversary. I also checked =
an online Bible concordance for the phrase (no results) and the word =
"nose," for which there were a few hits, but none of them was the
phrase =
in question.=20
As for books which illustrate the proverb, maybe "The Butter Battle =
Book" by Seuss will be close to what the patron wants, with each side =
escalating a war in which no one really wins, or other books with a =
similar theme. I hope this helps some.
Beverly Bixler
bbixler@sanantonio.gov
San Antonio Public Library, TX=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Cunningham [mailto:cunninje@oplin.lib.oh.us]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:22 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Can anyone help with this stumper?
I have a patron wondering if there is a Children's picture book of the
bible story about someone cutting off his nose to spite his face. Has
anyone heard of such an animal?
Thanks!
Jennifer Cunningham
Wright Memorial Public Library
Oakwood, OH
cunninje@oplin.lib.oh.us
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From: Joyce Pinsker <jpinsker@sfu.ca>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: upside-down 11 & 88 same
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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:24:02 CST
I have a patron requesting a novel she read over 25 years ago about a girl
turning 11 who realizes that this number is the same turned upside-down and
that this will not happen again until she turns 88. Patrons recalls it was
written in diary format. If this rings a bell, please reply to
jpinsker@bpl.burnaby.bc.ca.
Thanks.
Joyce Pinsker
Coordinator of Children's Services
Burnaby Public Library
6100 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby BC Canada V5H 4N5
(604) 436-5415
fax (604) 436-2961
jpinsker@bpl.burnaby.bc.ca
The contents of this message may not necessarily reflect the position of
Burnaby Public Library. If you have concerns about this message, please
Email bpl@bpl.burnaby.bc.ca.
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged Making Evil Look Innocent
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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:24:09 CST
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged Making Evil Look Innocent
http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/0127.asp
"Through the Harry Potter series, the ancient occult religion of Wicca
is
being introduced in almost every public school in America. This video
explains how Scholastic Inc., the largest publisher of children's
books
in the world, is supplying Harry Potter materials to millions of
schoolchildren."
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/
Free People Read FreelyŽ @ your library
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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