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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, January 16, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 986
PUBYAC Digest 986
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Got Surveys?
by "Debbie Chevron" <dchevron@ci.camas.wa.us>
2) Stumper - Little League Ball Hog
by "Shalar Brown" <SHBROWN@iowa-city.lib.ia.us>
3) suggested picture books for grades 6 and 7 ?
by "Kelly Kowalchuk" <kkowalchuk@hotmail.com>
4) Book Sales
by "Carol Chatfield" <cchatfield@myriad.middlebury.edu>
5) Re: Children Turned Off Reading
by Dawn Sardes <Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org>
6) Need Mardi Gras video
by Cassie Wilson <cwilson2@woh.rr.com>
7) answer to stumper
by "stai" <stai@vineland.lib.nj.us>
8) Answer to dog stumper
by Rita Hunt Smith <RitaHuntSmith@DERRYTOWNSHIP.ORG>
9) Stumper-picture books with Black dialect
by mary yee <mqyee_49@yahoo.com>
10) RE: Moving to a New Library
by "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
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From: "Debbie Chevron" <dchevron@ci.camas.wa.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Got Surveys?
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:33:32 CST
Hi, about a year ago we surveyed our parents on making two Family
Storytimes. This is what the survey looked like:
HOW ARE WE DOING?
Tell us your thoughts about family storytime?
If a second storytime was available, help us identify the best time for
you and
your family. Please circle one. Days of week
AM or PM
Are you interested in a Summer Storytime?
What other children's programs would interest you?
Are you interested in volunteering?
Hope this helps.
>>> treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
01/15/03 05:12PM >>>
Hi Everyone,
Our director has suggested that we do a survey of parents who bring
their children to our BabyTime, Time for Two's, and Preschool
StoryTime
programs.
If any of you have used a survey that gleaned important information,
yet
was not too complicated or time-consuming to fill out, could you tell
me
the questions that were asked?
Thanks in advance,
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
Papillion Nebraska
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
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From: "Shalar Brown" <SHBROWN@iowa-city.lib.ia.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper - Little League Ball Hog
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:33:40 CST
Hello! I tried to post this before but I never saw it, and I hope I'm
not repeating it:
A colleague is searching for a book with this description:
"I have someone who's looking for a juvenile sports book. She thought
she knew author and title but I've not been able to verify in Something
About the Author or FirstSearch. She also described a little about the
plot. So I thought I'd appeal to you.
She thought the book was by Matt Christopher and the title Little
League Ball Hog. Her son read it around 1971 and she thought it was a
contemporary book written around that time. She said it was about a boy
who every time the ball was hit over the fence, took the ball and hid it
away somewhere. He eventually got caught and in trouble. Ring any
bells?"
We also did lots of keyword searching and tried Best Books, to no
avail. Any ideas, oh collective wisdom? Please reply directly to me.
Thanks so much,
Shalar Brown
Shalar Brown
Children's Services
Iowa City Public Library
123 S. Linn Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
(319) 356-5200, ext. 304
shbrown@icpl.org
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From: "Kelly Kowalchuk" <kkowalchuk@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: suggested picture books for grades 6 and 7 ?
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:33:55 CST
Dear Members:
A classroom teacher with grade 6 and 7 students in her class has asked for
picture books appropriately themed for this age group. The students have
already done an author study on Chris Van Allsburg. (In addition, I've read
a number of folk & fairytales to the kids in the library.) The teacher would
like some titles to use in language arts class that could be read in one
sitting. If anyone has suggestions, could you please e-mail me directly?
Many thanks for your assistance. The more titles the better, as we are at
a
small rural school and our collection is not all that large! We will
hopefully have at least some of the ones you suggest.
Kelly Kowalchuk
kkowalchuk@hotmail.com
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From: "Carol Chatfield" <cchatfield@myriad.middlebury.edu>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Book Sales
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:34:07 CST
We never deal directly with the publishers, as it's too much bother to go
through all the channels. Instead we work with the local bookstore, who is
happy to have a presence at our events. They do the legwork and send
someone to handle the selling. Some stores will give you a perrcentage of
the profits; instead we let the store keep it all but call upon them
frequently for favors. They pay for publicity when we co-sponsor events,
they donate books (of my choosing) to our annual Christmas book drive for
needy children, etc.
The arrangement works well for us.
Carol Chatfield
Ilsley Public Library
Middlebury, VT
cchatfield@myriad.middlebury.edu
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From: Dawn Sardes <Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Children Turned Off Reading
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:34:16 CST
Then there's the mom who is looking through the video and DVD
collection for a copy of Dumb and Dumber (or, any comparable idiotic
film that, IMHO, shouldn't even be in a library, but that's another
topic). Her kid comes running up, all excited, with a book.
JUNIOR: "Mommy, Mommy, look at what I found. Can I take this book
home?"
MOM: "What!? We ain't in here for no books; We're here to get movies.
Who wants to read some stupid book?"
Don't laugh folks. My desk is right on the other side of an area
divider (a thin, fake, moveable wall) from video. This conversation
gets repeated almost every day within my hearing.
By the way, want to hear a funny story? Last week, after throwing out
my sixth misbehaving kid in a single day, I returned to the YA area
with a co-worker. I told my co-worker, in a voice loud enough to
carry, "That makes 6 today and it's still early. I'm going to win
that money today."
[Now, my co-workers know me well enough to play along with me]
So, one teen girl looks at me and says, "What money?"
So I say, "The staff has a pot. Everyone chips in one dollar and if I
can break my record of putting 12 kids out in one day, I get the
money. It's about $70."
So she says, "You ain't getting no money for throwing me out of here."
She takes her school books out of her bag and starts doing homework--
quietly. The sentiment is repeated all across the teen room as they
all grab books or magazines and start to do homework.
I had a quiet and peaceful afternoon and evening, and, since, their
behavior has been a bit better. heeheeheehahateeheehee.
Dawn Sardes
Teen Services Librarian
Euclid Public Library
Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org
216-261-5300, ext. 138
"Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find
the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to
use a library, the doors to learning are always open."
-Laura Bush, First Lady, June 2002
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From: Bonnie Warren <bonnielw@lincc.lib.or.us>
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:56 pm
Subject: Children Turned Off Reading
> Another side to the story. A child comes into the library,
> chooses a
> book and immediately Mom (or Dad) but usually Mom tells the
child "You
> can't read that, it's too difficult, too long, too whatever." So
the
> child really wants to read the book but Mom gets him one that she
> thinkshe/she can read, and all the while Mom is telling me the kid
> hates to
> read. I wonder why.
>
> Bonnie Warren
> Oak Lodge Library
> Oak Grove, OR
>
>
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From: Cassie Wilson <cwilson2@woh.rr.com>
To: "pubyac@prairienet.org"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Need Mardi Gras video
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:34:25 CST
Greetings!
I'm trying to put together a Mardi Gras party and float making activity
for the culturally deprived children of western Ohio who have never been
present for a Mardi Gras parade. So I need to show them what a float
actually looks like in real life. I've previewed a few tapes from my
consortium that were about New Orleans and one specifically about
titled, "Mardi Gras" but they have very few shots of floats; mostly
foot
parades. Have you any videos to recommend that actually show several
floats or can you recommend books that have good pictures that I could
use. I need to have some pictures ahead of time to show them what kind
of things they need to bring to put on top of the floats.
Any advice or inspiration you might have would be welcome.
Thanks a bunch,
a thoroughly subdued and apolitical,
Cassie Wilson
wilsonca@oplin.lib.oh.us
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From: "stai" <stai@vineland.lib.nj.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: answer to stumper
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:34:33 CST
Thank you to everyone who answered my stumper. There are too many people
to
name individually, but I am truly thankful. We do own the book and my
patron picked it up today. The answer was _The Funny Little Woman_ by
Arlene Mosel. It is a Japanese folktale, based on _The Old Woman and her
Dumpling_ or "The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling."
The following is my stumper:
I had a patron looking for a book that I'm not familiar with. The patron is
in his early twenties and also remembers reading _Tikki-Tikki-Tembo_ by
Arlene Mosel at the same time. The second book is also a Chinese folktale.
He thinks the title is something like _The Little Old Chinese Woman_ or _The
Very Old Chinese Woman_. This is what he remembers: The little old lady
finds a hole/doorway in her house that takes her to the center of the earth.
She leaves dumplings along the way so that she is able to find her way out
(similar to Hansel and Gretel). He also remembers statues trying to attack
her.
Thank you very much for your help.
Samantha Tai
Children's Outreach Librarian
Vineland Public Library
1058 East Landis Avenue
Vineland, NJ 08360
stai@vineland.lib.nj.us
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From: Rita Hunt Smith <RitaHuntSmith@DERRYTOWNSHIP.ORG>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Answer to dog stumper
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:34:41 CST
Thanks to all who responded to my stumper about the dog story set in England
which included a dying homeless man and a blind collie. The patron agrees
that the title is most likely Scruffy by Jack Stoneley. It was originally
called The Tuesday Dog. We don't have it here, but are trying to ILL it for
her.
Thanks again,
Rita
Rita Hunt Smith
Children's Librarian
Hershey Public Library
701 Cocoa Ave
Hershey, PA 17033
ritahuntsmith@derrytownship.org
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"It is never too late to be what you might have been." George
Eliot
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From: mary yee <mqyee_49@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper-picture books with Black dialect
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:34:50 CST
Hello-
A patron asked for picture books that contain Black dialect. Had no luck
finding any picture books but I did find several in the poetry collection:
MY DADDY IS A COOL DUDE by Karama Fufuka; NATHANIEL TALKING by Eloise
Greenfield; MY MAN BLUE; and T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS:AN AMERICAN
VERSION retold by Melodye Rosales. Has anyone else had this similar
request? If you have, please contact me directly and will compile a list.
Thanks in advance!
Mary Yee, Children's Services Specialist myee@libraryvisit.org
Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
305 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44503 (330)747-3722
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From: "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Moving to a New Library
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:34:58 CST
Kay,
One thing we did is measure how many inches of books we currently had on our
shelves (in each area). We then divided by the number of shelves we would
have in the new facility. As soon as the new shelves were set up, we
marked
the top shelf in each range with tape to show how far we should fill them.
Of course, this didn't work perfectly, but it did save us from major
shifting.
You might also want to re-evaluate your current procedures. You might find
that you do certain things only because of space restrictions or layout.
These can often be adjusted in a new facility to be more efficient.
You should be publicizing your closing, as well as your re-opening and any
special events that will go along with it. You might want to take pictures
or a video of your current facility. It's amazing how quickly you forget
how terrible things were before! :)
Besides all that, rest up! A move is tiring, both physically and mentally.
(Even though you have professional movers, I bet you'll end up with more
manual labor than you think.)
Congratulations and good luck,
Susan Dailey
librarian, speaker and author of A Storytime Year (www.susanmdailey.com)
Ossian Branch Library, Ossian, Indiana
260-622-4691
<mailto:obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
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