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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: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 979
PUBYAC Digest 979
Topics covered in this issue include:
1)
by "Anne McGivern" <anne.mcgivern@ntlworld.com>
2) stumper bird/fox
by "Ruth Shafer" <rshafer@fvrl.org>
3) Re: Stumper: line drawing of boy
by Kelly Vikstrom <vikstrom@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
4) Coming of Age - YA Service development
by "Cameron Morley" <cmorley@sl.nsw.gov.au>
5) HIT: Award Books/Separate Areas
by Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com>
6) Re: Turned off reading?
by Jonathan Pearce <able209@attbi.com>
7) wilderness survival program
by "jennifer friend" <jenfriend@hotmail.com>
8) snow crafts
by Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
9) adult programming listserv
by "Lori Fritz" <lfritz@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us>
10) Paper Bags
by Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com>
11) Re: Kids turned-off reading
by Inga Banitt <ibanitt@chartermi.net>
12) Stumper
by "Jessie Alexander" <jessiea@mail.sgcl.org>
13) RE: Cat named Cleo
by Anne Fescharek <annfes@yahoo.com>
14) vague stumper--solved!
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
15) state crafts
by "Bryce, Richard" <bryce@palsplus.org>
16) Re: Separate Sections for Books
by "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
17) Re: Separate Sections for Books
by "Pam Koehler" <pkoehler1949@hotmail.com>
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From: "Anne McGivern" <anne.mcgivern@ntlworld.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject:
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:23:31 CST
A big thank you for eberyone who helped me out! I work in Scotland but =
my patron has visted American and is delighted about all the information =
recieved. Thanks again
Katie
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From: "Ruth Shafer" <rshafer@fvrl.org>
To: "Pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper bird/fox
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Hello Folks,
I am looking for a picture book or beginning reader that a person read in
the mid-eighties in elementary school.
All I have to go is that fox is lost and looking for his way home. We asks
the other animals. The birds says, perhaps over and over again, "good
good
good seed".
That's all I have.
Anyone have a clue?
Thanks
Ruth
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From: Kelly Vikstrom <vikstrom@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Stumper: line drawing of boy
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:23:58 CST
Thank you to everyone (and there were lots of you) who responded to my
stumper! The overwhelming response was "Nothing Ever Happens on My
Block"
by Ellen Raskin. I am having it sent from another branch and I am sure
that my patron will be thrilled. Thanks again!
Kelly Vikstrom
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Roland Park Branch
Baltimore, MD
Original Post:
> I have a patron in her 30's remembering a book from her childhood that
> does not ring any bells with me. It is illustrated with black line
> drawings. A little boy is complaining that nothing ever happens in his
> neighborhood while in the background all sorts of exciting things are
> happening (e.g. a bank robbery). Sound familiar to anyone? Thanks in
> advance for any help you can give!
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From: "Cameron Morley" <cmorley@sl.nsw.gov.au>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Coming of Age - YA Service development
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Hi all,
The State Library of NSW has recently published papers from a workshop
on public library YA service development in Australia, entitled "Coming
of Age" See our website for full text in pdf:
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/plb/publications/issues/
Cameron Morley
Young People's Services Consultant
State Library of NSW
Australia
cmorley@sl.nsw.gov.au
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sender and delete it. The contents of this email are not given or endorsed
by the State Library of New South Wales unless otherwise indicated by an
authorised officer of the Library. Copyright law may also apply to the
contents of this email.
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From: Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com>
To: Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: HIT: Award Books/Separate Areas
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:24:15 CST
Thanks to everyone who replied about having a separate
section for Caldecotts and Newbery books. The
consensus was that there is no consensus ;-]. About
3/4 of the replies indicated that they had a separate
section for award books. Several were a "reference"
set that didn't circulate. About 1/2 of the people
who have a separate area for award books also had
duplicate copies in the general collection.
=====
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: Jonathan Pearce <able209@attbi.com>
To: <kbaxter@semls.org>,
Subject: Re: Turned off reading?
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:24:24 CST
on 1/9/03 1:55 PM, Katie Baxter at kbaxter@semls.org
wrote:
> it's really very hard work<
In addition to all those reasons Katie cites is the actual physical labor, a
factor many teachers (and kids and parents) often overlook. The act of
reading requires focusing the eyes. Focusing requires muscular control.
Muscular control requires repetitive exercise. Reading is not only cognitive
and "cultural," it is also a very demanding but productive form of
weight
lifting! Ophthalmologists may not support the reasoning, but I have used
this argument with considerable success on 7th-grade and 11th-grade boys.
--Jonathan@Balona.com
Balona Books: See delicious #14--The Chocolate Korndog--at
http://www.balona.com/chocolate.html
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From: "jennifer friend" <jenfriend@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: wilderness survival program
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I would like to do a 45 minute program on wilderness survival during the
summer for children 8 to 11 years old, including tips on survival and
playing a game loosely based on the TV show Survivor. If any of you have
done such a program and have suggestions, please contact me at
jenfriend@hotmail.com. Thanks!
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From: Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: snow crafts
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:24:42 CST
Thank you all for the wonderful ideas for snow crafts! One of the most
interesting from Marcia was to mix Elmer's glue with shaving cream for snow
on a snow scene. Cindy suggested giving the kids white paper and white
things to glue on, for "Polar Bear in a snowstorm". The one we are
doing is
from Anne...using snowman shapes to make collages, as in Lois Ehlert's
"Snowball", which we're planning to read anyway. Susan, we loved
you idea
of having them fingerpaint in shaving cream, thus cleaning the craft
tables! We have filed all the ideas away for future
reference...thanks,
again. Nancy Bonne bonne@noblenet.org
Nancy Bonne
Children's Librarian
Beverly Public Library
bonne@noblenet.org
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From: "Lori Fritz" <lfritz@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: adult programming listserv
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Pubyackers -
Are there any discussion lists out there dedicated to discussing adult
programming? Something similar to what we do here, but for an adult
audience. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I will
compile
and post whatever I receive.
Thanks,
Lori H. Fritz
Branch Manager
Groves Branch Library
Lubbock, TX
(806)767-3733
lfritz@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us
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From: Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com>
To: Pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Paper Bags
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:24:59 CST
Hi all,
I'm looking for craft ideas to use with full size
brown paper grocery bags? Does anyone have any
suggestion? I bought them in the first place to make
'backpacks,' but now I have a lot left over.
Please e-mail me at xyjones3@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance,
Christy Jones
Children's Librarian
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From: Inga Banitt <ibanitt@chartermi.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Kids turned-off reading
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:25:08 CST
In response to Marsha's email--
I'm a member of the Captain Kangaroo generation as well. And, yes, I, too,
as a parent take advantage of TV as babysitter *sometimes.* And, no, I
don't feel at all guilty about it. We live in a small, relatively
homogeneous, remote city so I am grateful that there are television
programs that expose my children to other parts of the country and the
world. *But* I have also taken steps to limit my children's TV viewing and
screen time and I have to say that I am enormously pleased with the
results. Even an hour of "worthwhile" TV viewing can leave my
kids
crankier and prone to fighting. They turn off the TV and complain mightily
of "nothing to do." But in the past few weeks since implementing
this
change, I have noticed much fewer fights, more imaginative play . . . Winn
uses anecdotal evidence similar to what I observed in my own children but
she also uses scientific studies as well. She talks about the physical
effects of TV watching--altered brain wave pattern, change in metabolic
rate. She also stresses that young children learn through PLAY and they
tend to lose this ability to play through too much TV watching.
As I said in my earlier email, I do not have her book at hand any more so I
cannot do her arguments justice. But, agree with her or not, it is an
important book for parents and all those who work with children to be aware
of. I wrote initially to let listmembers know about her book in case they
were not aware of it.
On another note--AR has *not* been implemented in our public schools and
after reading all the comments about it I am extremely happy about
that! If anyone ever tries to start the program, I'll have quite a few
arguments to raise against it.
>As a parent and a member of the "Captain Kangaroo" generation, I
feel
>compelled to respond to this.
>
>While I agree that it is very easy to let television and video games
>infiltrate too far into family life, I strongly disagree with the statement
>that "the process of watching television ... is detrimental to [a
child's]
>educational and emotional well being." I still remember
"Captain Kangaroo"
>reading to me about "The Five Chinese Brothers" when I was five
years old.
>He also read "The Story of Ping", which years later became my
son's
favorite
>book -- the one we wore out with reading.
>
>Sometimes I watched "Sesame Street", "Mr. Roger's
Neighborhood", and "3-2-1
>Contact" with my children. Sometimes I took advantage of the time
they
>spent
>watching those shows to catch up on other work -- in other words I used the
>TV as a babysitter. I'm not seeing the dreadful results predicted
here.
>
>Two out of my three children were avid readers from the time they learned
>how. The third didn't start reading for pleasure until she had to do
book
>reports in 6th grade and we started to explore the library together for
>books
>that would make that assignment less tedious for her. She'll turn 16
on
>Thursday and just finished reading "Pride and Prejudice" just
because she
>wanted to read it. Do you know one of the factors that brought that
book
to
>the top of her reading list? "Wishbone", that television
show that uses a
>terrier to mangle classic literature into 20-minute video clips.
>
>Our television is in our carpeted basement and is off most of the time.
But
>I think it's unbalanced and produces unnecessary guilt in exhausted young
>parents to say that even modest use of the television as a babysitter is
>detrimental to child development.
>
>My son quit reading for pleasure after junior high. I'm not sure what
>happened there, but it wasn't television. He not only reads less than
the
>rest of us, he also watches less television, other than sporting events.
>
>I think I may have to blame it on the piano lessons. That led to the
guitar
>and the accordian and who *knows* where the accordian may lead????
Maybe
>someone should do a study. ;-)
>
>Actually, I think it may be a lack of appealing literature that has dulled
>his interest in reading. He's not into suspense or sci-fi or fantasy
or
>mysteries or westerns. He watches basketball, writes for scholarships,
and
>earns scores that make my buttons pop on standardized college prep tests.
>
>What books truly speak to older teen boys where they are?
>
>Marsha
>
>(not speaking as a library employee, but as a mother)
>
>OdonLibrarian@aol.com
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From: "Jessie Alexander" <jessiea@mail.sgcl.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper
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A patron is looking for a book on a kind of ribbon weaving in
which you create little animals. She learned this from an 80-year-
old woman who has known how to do this since she was seven.
Any ideas?
Thank you!
Jessie Alexander
jessiea@mail.sgcl.org
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From: Anne Fescharek <annfes@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Cat named Cleo
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:25:30 CST
Many people sent me "Cleo the Cat" by Mockford. I was
expecting some thing from a classic children's book.
Perhaps I was mistaken.
Anne
--- Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
wrote:
> Please -- when you have gotten the answer to the
> stumper, would you share the answer? It's very
> helpful in case the question comes up again!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrea Johnson
> Cook Memorial Public Library
> Libertyville, IL
> ajohnson@cooklib.org
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anne Fescharek [SMTP:annfes@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:51 PM
> > To: Pubyac
> > Subject: Cat named Cleo
>
> > Thank you all for the help. At first I thought it
> was
> > the name of Alice's cat in Alice in Wonderland
> (Dina)
> > or Pinnochio's cat (Figaro)--I knew there was a
> Cleo
> > out there somewhere!!
>
> > Anne Fescharek (and Dewey)
> > Children's Librarian/ Assistant Director
> > Millbury Public Library
> > Millbury, MA 01528
>
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Anne Fescharek (and Dewey)
Children's Librarian/ Assistant Director
Millbury Public Library
Millbury, MA 01528
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: vague stumper--solved!
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:25:38 CST
Thank you everyone who responded so quickly. This time
I got to impress a reference librarian--it was his
daughter looking for the book.
The answer is "Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great" by
Judy Blume, which I read in 6th grade and even did a
book report presentation on dressed as Sheila! I guess
I've slept since then. Thanks for jogging my memory
everybody. I'll refrain from listing all those who
responded since there were at least three dozen names
and this email is already long. ;)
bye-bye,
~j.
--- Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Okay everybody this one's a long shot...
>
> We have a young lady, fifth grade, looking for a
> fiction book probably a chapter book. This is all we
> have to go on:
>
> 1) the cover is green
> 2) on the cover there are two girls, one playing
> with
> a yo-yo
> 3) one of the character's names may be Sheilah
> Tubman
> (could be spelled differently) this might even be
> part
> of the title.
>
> any bells?
>
> Please respond to jbaker93711@yahoo.com
> TIA!
>
> =====
> ~jenniferbaker
> "If an item does not appear in our records, it does
> not exist."
> ~ Jocasta Nu (librarian from "Star Wars: Episode II
> Attack of the Clones")
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From: "Bryce, Richard" <bryce@palsplus.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: state crafts
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:25:47 CST
Hello, all! This school year I have been doing a craft program for the
kids
when they're off from school, Made in America. In April we will be
"heading
out West" and I was looking for crafts to make that are indicative somehow
of these states. The ones I'm considering so far are:
California
Arizona
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
I was thinking about some kind of a gold rush activity for California but
didn't have any ideas. I'm also not sure I want to do a potato craft for
Idaho, though I'm open to all suggestions. Have you ever "made"
a cactus
(Arizona)?
The kids who attend are ages 5-12 and the programs are drop in. I average
between 25-30 kids at each program. Thanks so much.
Richard Bryce
Sr. Children's Librarian
West Milford Township Library
bryce@palsplus.org <mailto:bryce@palsplus.org>
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"All it takes is one good deed to change the world for good."- Rabbi
Menachem Schneerson
"So many things have made living and learning easier. But the real
things
haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the
most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and to be cheerful
and have courage when things go wrong."- Laura Ingalls Wilder
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From: "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
To: <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>,<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Separate Sections for Books
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We do the same in our branch. The Sunshine State books, (for Fla) are =
shelved separately for the year, then interfiled. We use Demco labels to =
identify Caldecott & Newberys, which are always interfiled.
Kim E. Dolce
Children's Librarian
Port Orange Regional Library
Port Orange, FL 32129
kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us
>>> treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
01/09/03 16:00 PM >>>
Jeanette,
We shelve our state children's choice award winners, Golden Sower books,in =
a separate area for the year they are being read and voted upon by the =
children. We put GS stickers on the spine. After the current year is
=
over, they are shelved in with the rest of the books.
Newbery and Caldecott books have spine labels, but they are shelved in =
with the general fiction or non-fiction.
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From: "Pam Koehler" <pkoehler1949@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Separate Sections for Books
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:26:10 CST
We shelve the award winning books in a separate section, called the "Dickey
Books" named after our first librarian. It used to be just Newbery
and
Caldecott winners, but we expanded it a few years ago to include Coretta
Scott King, Pura Belpre, and Batchelder winners. We also have a section of
our state's readers - Young Hoosiers, but we take it a step further. We
already have next years books, announced in November, this years, and four
prior years. They are always such good books it is the place many parents
and kids go first.
We also have a holidays section, divided into general, Jewish Holidays,
Valentines Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
However, this said, it will probably be changing. We are getting ready to
move into temp. quarters while our library is torn down and rebuilt. We'll
have to see how we can arrange the space.
Pam
West Lafayette Indiana Public Library
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