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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: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:45 AM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 998
PUBYAC Digest 998
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) reading buddies
by Clara Sheffer <csheffer@nileslibrary.org>
2) Stumper
by "Misha Stone" <Misha.Stone@spl.org>
3) DVDs
by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
4) member's death
by "Marge Astolfi" <mastolfi@excite.com>
5) Yu-Gi-Oh!
by <laanders@bellsouth.net>
6) Re: Library Theme Song
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
7) Cat/Old Lady & Read to me Stumper
by Sandra Gillard <sgill@nioga.org>
8) RE: Another moment of humor...
by "Vicky Gilbert" <GilbeV@ci.loveland.co.us>
9) Sibert winners
by Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
10)
by "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
11) Curious George Storytimes
by Lisa Jean Philips <philipsl@metronet.lib.mi.us>
12) movie equipment question
by Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
13) RE: Another moment of humor...
by Nicole Conradt <nconradt@cooney.lib.wi.us>
14) Stumper: Boy with Flags
by "Carolyn Fain" <cfain@fountaindale.lib.il.us>
15) Display idea for valentine's day
by Jean Gullikson <JGulliks@stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us>
16) Stumper: Lion, Cricket, and Vankananny
by "Steven Engelfried" <sengelfried@ci.beaverton.or.us>
17) Longe-range plan staff survey
by Jill Dempsey <jdempsey@kenton.lib.ky.us>
18) I Wish I Was Sick Too!
by Larissa Teachworth <bkluvr2002@yahoo.com>
19) RE: Reading to Dogs program
by "Michele Farley" <mfarley@brownsburg.lib.in.us>
20) stumper
by TEACHINGTALES@aol.com
21) Re: Class visit
by "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
22) RE: I need a mummy!
by "Diana Hollingsworth" <dhollingsworth@shorewood.lib.il.us>
23) Dumb and Dumber question
by Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
24) Re: Harry Potter placement
by "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
25) Award Winners
by Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
26) DVD display & a related question
by Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
27) Redwall Club
by MzLibrary@aol.com
28) Class visit compilation (long)
by Juli Huston <jhuston@soar.snap.lib.ca.us>
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From: Clara Sheffer <csheffer@nileslibrary.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: reading buddies
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We are considering having a reading buddies program this summer, where we
match experienced readers with children wanting to be read to or needing
help reading. I know several other libraries have had success with this
program, and would be very interested if you can share how you got organized
and the logistics of carrying out a successful program. I would be happy
to
compile your responses and post it to the listserve. Thanks for all your
helpful feedback.
Clara Sheffer, Niles Library
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From: "Misha Stone" <Misha.Stone@spl.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:41:19 CST
Dear Great Brain,
Can you help us answer this patron's question? Thanks ahead of
time...
Misha Stone
Question: Can someone in the Young Adult literature section come up
with the title and author of a book which has a main character named
"Lancey", takes place probably in Tennessee in the 1920's, and is the
story of a mountain girl who is lame and eventually marries a
schoolteacher. The book may have won an award...
Wow! What an obscure question!
Thanks!
Misha M. Stone
Seattle Public Library
misha.stone@spl.org
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From: Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: DVDs
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How's come the DVDs get broken? We don't seem to have that much. I
thought the advantage of DVD was that it would last essentially
forever. We cancel children's videos after about 50 circulations. (It
seems low, but each one probably gets played ten times in the five
days!)
Our DVD's can't be taken out of the case in the library, however; there
are security cases on them. Maybe that makes it easier?
Bonita
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From: "Marge Astolfi" <mastolfi@excite.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: member's death
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:41:37 CST
Hi everyoneI have to inform you all that Margaret Astolfi, a retired
Children's Librarian of the Ridgefield Park Public Library (located in
Ridgefield Park), has passed away Jan. 18th of this year. I really don't
know what else to say... I know that she took tidbits of notes from you all
and placed them in a word document. She's been sick before she retired, last
January. If you like to reply, please email us at [auroraearth@yahoo.com]
and please use "Pubyak" as the subject; so I would know who it is from
and
won't accidentally delete it.
Sincerely,Christina Astolfi (daughter)
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From: <laanders@bellsouth.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Yu-Gi-Oh!
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I had a patron request something about Yu-Gi-Oh!, the new Japanese anime
card craze, and thanks to you all, I knew what he was talking about! I
went
to the website, http://www.yugiohkingofgames.com/.
The game is going to be
on the cover of TV Guide magazine on the newstand January 27, and on the
subscription copies Feb. 1. There will be three different foil collectors'
covers on the newstand. A new Play Station 2 game is coming from the video
game maker Konami.
According to the website, this game is top-rated (I don't know by whom) for
9-14-year-olds.
Linda Anderson
Nashville Public Library
Nashville, Tennessee
laanders@bellsouth.net
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Library Theme Song
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:41:53 CST
Not so much the lyrics--although some days it's
true--but we listen to Disney CDs every Wednesday
(helps get over the hump). One day during "Spoon Full
of Sugar" toward the end of the song when the music
gets really hectic and crazy we had a sudden rush of
patrons and computer problems and the phone ringing
all at once. It felt really appropropriate.
~jennifer
Fresno County Public Library
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From: Sandra Gillard <sgill@nioga.org>
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Subject: Cat/Old Lady & Read to me Stumper
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Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer my stumpers. Linda, Joan
and Laurie let me know that the book about the child who could read but
pretended not to be able to so that she would still be read to is "Read
Me a Story" by Rosemary Wells.
The stumper about the 8 women and 8 cats was "Old Ladies Who Liked
Cats"
by Greene. The description from the patron was not very accurate so I
congratulate Bonita, Jo-Ann and Mairi Ellen for coming up with the
title.
Thanks to June and Nicole for suggesting "Cat Up a Tree" which I had
thought of as well. Kim suggested "Cats of Mrs. Calamari" which
was not
right either but thanks for taking the time to respond. Thanks again.
Sandy Gillard
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From: "Vicky Gilbert" <GilbeV@ci.loveland.co.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Another moment of humor...
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I had a patron ask for pictures of dragons from when they existed. She =
needed it for her daughter. I gave her books about mythical creatures =
and hoped she would figure it out eventually.
Vicky Gilbert
Loveland Public Library
Loveland, CO
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From: Beverly Kirkendall [mailto:bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:58 PM
To: trikki@peoplepc.com; pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Another moment of humor...
I had a similar experience to the Shakespeare picture not too long ago. =
In my case, photographs of dinosaurs were wanted. By a PARENT!!!!!!!!!! =
She was serious, and she didn't want pictures from movies since they =
were fake dinos...
Scary, isn't it?
Beverly Kirkendall
Library Manager, Youth Services
Hurst Public Library
Hurst, TX
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From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org, yalsa-bk@ala.org
Subject: Sibert winners
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:42:17 CST
Sibert winners: Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, Giblin
Sibert Honors: Six Days in October, Blumenthal
Hole in My Life, Gantos
Action Jackson, Greenberg/Jordan/Parker
When Marian Sang, Ryan (or is it Munoz Ryan, I'm not sure).
It's nice to see another YA book rack up double honors (House of the
Scorpion with Newbery & Printz honors and Hole in My Life with Printz &
Sibert honors) this year. Certainly a sign of the growth of the field.
Eric Norton
Head of Children's Services
McMillan Memorial Library
Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494
715-422-5130
enorton@scls.lib.wi.us
"Very senior librarians...once they have proved themselves worthy by
performing some valiant act of librarianship, are accepted into a secret
order and are taught the raw arts of survival beyond the Shelves We Know."
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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From: "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:42:26 CST
Dear Yackers,
The results of the Wells County (Indiana) Public Library's two Mock
Caldecotts are...
Thursday
Winner: Dear Mrs. LaRue by Mark Teague
Honors: When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick
Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt,
illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Friday
Winner: When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick
Honors: It's Snowing by Olivier Dunrea
Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated
by Mary GrandPre
Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt,
illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Anxiously awaiting Monday's announcement,
Susan Dailey, librarian, speaker and author of "A Storytime Year"
Ossian Branch Library
Ossian, IN
obldailey@wellscolibrary.org
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From: Lisa Jean Philips <philipsl@metronet.lib.mi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Curious George Storytimes
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:42:35 CST
Hi there everybody!
I think I remember someone being really proud of their Curious George
Storytime they did at their library. The Curious George costume is coming
to my library and I am planning a storytime around it. If you've done
anything fabulous with George, could you please share it with me? Send
your thoughts and ideas to me at:
philipsl@farmlib.org
Thanks so much!!!
Lisa Philips
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***
Lisa J. Philips
Children's Librarian
Farmington Community Library
32737 West Twelve Mile Road
Farmington Hills, Mi 48334-3302
philipsl@metronet.lib.mi.us
"Things are more like they are now than they have ever been."
Gerald Ford
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From: Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: movie equipment question
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:42:44 CST
We are considering showing a weekly movie this summer
in conjunction with the Illinois' state theme -
Lights! Camera! Read!, and I was wondering what kind
of equipment those of you who show movies use. All we
have is a regular-size TV & VRC on a cart. Do you
think that will be sufficient? We don't anticipate
huge crowds, but then again, we've never done this. I
don't see us investing in a big screen anything, and
we don't have a video projector. Do any of you borrow
those things, or what?
Please respond to me directly. If anyone wants a
compilation, I'll send it at your request. Thanks,
Lorraine Getty
Forsyth Public Library
Forsyth IL
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From: Nicole Conradt <nconradt@cooney.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Another moment of humor...
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My favorite was a mother who was interested in a book which could tell
her young son where our words "came" from- the (Latin) root of the
word.
A valid request. I tried to explain to her it might be difficult- not
only is Latin not commonly spoken- I thought there would be few
juvenile books to choose from. None-the-less I offered to look because
you never know. Her follow up comment was...
"Don't they speak Latin in Latin America?"
I hope I hid it well!
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I had a similar experience to the Shakespeare picture not too long ago.
In
my case, photographs of dinosaurs were wanted. By a PARENT!!!!!!!!!! She
was
serious, and she didn't want pictures from movies since they were fake
dinos...
Scary, isn't it?
Beverly Kirkendall
Library Manager, Youth Services
Hurst Public Library
Hurst, TX
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From: "Carolyn Fain" <cfain@fountaindale.lib.il.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: Boy with Flags
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Hello!
I have a patron with the following stumper:
A (perhaps) picture book in which a boy leaves flags to find his way home.
The title of the book might have the boy's name in it. Henry? Harry?
Charlie?
Patron's son (who is turning 30) read them as a child. The patron was not
sure if the books were new then (late 70s, early 80s) or not.
It may or may not be part of a series.
Does this ring any bells with anyone? Sorry to provide such a skimpy
amount
of information!
Thanks for any and all help!
Carolyn Fain
Assistant Children's Services Coordinator
Fountaindale Public Library District
300 W. Briarcliff Road
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
voice: 630.759.2102 x. 22
fax: 630.759.9519
cfain@fountaindale.lib.il.us
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From: Jean Gullikson <JGulliks@stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Display idea for valentine's day
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Hello All-
Just wanted to share an idea that we've had a lot of fun with at our
library. We've created a very inexpensive display for Valentine's Day that
has been promoting the Children's staff members' favorite books. From the
ceiling, we hung the poster from UpStart/Highsmith that reads "Roses Are
Red, Violets Are Blue, Here Are Some Books I Recommend For You". We
also
hung strings of pink, red, and white hearts to grab patrons' attention.
Below the poster, there is one shelf for each of the three staff members and
a sign is on each shelf to designate whose favorite books those are. We've
pulled the books for face-out display and added colorful hearts to let
patrons know these books can be checked out.
It has been a lot of fun for us to think about our favorite books to add to
the display. We made a point to try to pick picturebooks, easy readers,
fiction, and nonfiction so there would be something for all tastes. Our
patrons have really enjoyed selecting "our" favorites and we've had
some fun
and positive feedback about our selections.
Have fun-
Jean Gullikson
Children's Services Manager
Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Dubuque, Iowa
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From: "Steven Engelfried" <sengelfried@ci.beaverton.or.us>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
Subject: Stumper: Lion, Cricket, and Vankananny
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Stumper: Our patron read this picture book to her kids around 1990 =
(though she thinks the book is much older): It's about a Lion and a =
Cricket who try to get rid of a hairy little monster called the =
"vankananny" (pronunciation is correct, spelling we're not sure).
She =
thinks the title is "The Lion and the Cricket." It had an
Africa-like =
setting. It could be a folktale. We've checked WorldCat, and Indexes
=
to Folklore. We did find a reference to "The Lion and the
Cricket" by =
Suarez in Alibris, but couldn't tell if this is actually the book. If =
this rings any bells, please let me know. Thanks!
Steven Engelfried, Children's Division Librarian
Beaverton City Library
12375 SW 5th Street
Beaverton, OR 97005
503-526-2599 sengelfried@ci.beaverton.or.us
=20
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From: Jill Dempsey <jdempsey@kenton.lib.ky.us>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Longe-range plan staff survey
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My library system is in the process of writing a new long-range plan. We
would like to survey the staff to see what they think is important for us to
focus on. (We will be surveying patrons separately.)
I have been asked to come up with short questionnaires to survey our staff
about children's services, adult services, YA services, and outreach.
Has anyone done a similar type of survey at their library? If so, would
you
be willing to share your questions with me? Or alternately, what questions
would you ask on such a survey?
I've got questions about what programs and services we should offer, how we
could add to or enhance our current services, and what organizations or
segments of the population we should be reaching out to. Any other ideas
or
suggestions?
Your help is much appreciated!
______________________________
Jill M. Dempsey
Supervisor of Children's Services
Kenton County Public Library
401 Kenton Lands Road
Erlanger, KY 41018
859-962-4000, ext. 4118
jdempsey@kenton.lib.ky.us
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From: Larissa Teachworth <bkluvr2002@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: I Wish I Was Sick Too!
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:43:37 CST
My thanks to everyone who immediately recognized the
book from my childhood memories as "I Wish I Was Sick
Too" by Franz Brandenburg, illustrated by Aliki.
All of the descriptions you sent sound accurate, and I
have ordered the one remaining copy in our system to
see!
THANKS SO MUCH!
:) Larissa
::sings:: I get by with a little help from my friends!
> >
> > But here's a stumper: I also remember a story my
> > mother used to read us (since I grew up with a
> sister
> > who was always sick) that was about a little
> animal (I
> > think) who had a sibling who got to stay home and
> be
> > tended to. "It" wanted to stay home too. And
> > eventually got its wish, b/c it got sick too. I
> was
> > thinking that the title was something along the
> line
> > of "I'm sick!" or "I'm sick too!" It had a
thick
> > lavendar border on the front cover. The pictures
> were
> > muted, if there at all, with lots of line
> drawings.
> > This would have been widely available in paperback
> in
> > the early to mid 1980's.
> >
> > (Guess I just dated myself!)
> > TIA & GL to Beth!
> > :) Larissa
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Larissa Teachworth, Children's Librarian
Green Hills Branch Library
Nashville Public Library
3701 Benham Ave.
Nashville, TN 37215
615-862-5863
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From: "Michele Farley" <mfarley@brownsburg.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Reading to Dogs program
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:43:46 CST
Rosemary,
I run a program called "Paws to Read." The program includes 2
dogs and
8 kids. Each of the children gets 20 minutes of time to read to the
dogs and they meet twice a month. I select books for the kids to choose
from and I also help them find their own. One of the kids brings her
reading book from school. I have 3 first graders, 2 second graders, 2
third graders and 1 sixth grader. I contacted the reading teachers at
the school and asked them specifically if they knew kids that would be
interested in doing this and that were having difficulty in reading. We
recently had a party for the kids and B&N donated books for the dogs to
give to the kids. It has been very successful. Please email me if
you
have any more questions.
Michele Farley
"I have a new philosophy. I am only going to dread one day at a
time."
- Charlie Brown
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From: Rosemary Laguzza [mailto:rlaguzza@mailbox.lpl.org]=20
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:00 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Reading to Dogs program
Hi! I am considering a long-range program where children come to the
library and read to dogs from a Visiting Pet Organization. I am
wondering
if any of you run or have run a program like this. I need to decide on
time of day/year, length and frequency of sessions, and ages of readers.
Any concerns and/orideas for this type of program would be appreciated.
Has
anyone had a ruff time with it? Thanks in advance. Rosemary
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From: TEACHINGTALES@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:43:53 CST
Hello all,
I am posting this for a storytelling friend. I told her you have all the
answers! Can you help with this stumper? Many thanks!
Karen
A story my mother read to me as a child. Nearing80 (next month) she has
said
for the last few years she does not remember it. But I do. I can't
find it
at the library, through search engines etc. because I don't remember the
title or author. I was little! The storyline is: an old woman
lived on a
farm, she had a cat, a pig, a duck or goose and some other animals. Her
mean
nephew comes and throws her out. She spends
the night on a bench with the animals around and on her to keep her warm.
The animals decide "she'll never last. We have to do something."
So they
start wreaking havoc at the house. Nephew moves out. Old lady gets
to move
back in.
I loved that story. I loved the way the animals whom she had cared for
came
to her rescue when she couldn't care for herself anymore.
It was like a mini-book in format, in my memory, similar to the little
Beatrix Potters.
If any of you have any idea what I'm talking about, I'd love to know.
Thanks!
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From: "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Class visit
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:44:01 CST
Juli,
Class visits are my favorite thing to do!
I have a very successful scavenger hunt I do with grades 3-5. (and
scout troops) We break the class up into groups of 3-4 and assign an
adult to each group. The adult has control of the clue sheet and the
pencil. There are 8 clues on the sheet , to avoid confusion we start
each group at a different question. When each team finishes they go to
the Children's department where each team member gets a sticker,
bookmark or other small prize. One year we had a bunch of Jr. Frosty
coupons left over from Summer Reading Club that we gave out to!
We haven't had any complaints from other patrons using the library
while the kids are here, as a matter of fact several folks commented
that it was good to see them really using the library as opposed to
just "hanging out" here.
I have attached a copy of the hunt so you can get an idea of what I do.
Feel free to adapt it to what ever you need.
Good luck! :)
Beth McFarland
Youth Services
Westland Area Library
Columbus Ohio
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From: "Diana Hollingsworth" <dhollingsworth@shorewood.lib.il.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: I need a mummy!
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Diana,
Last winter when I visited the Cleopatra exibit at the Museum of Science and
Industry in Chicago, I saw the same inflatable mummy in one of their gift
shops. Maybe you could contact them - if they no longer carry them, maybe
they could give you another source. It's a long shot, but I thought it might
be worth a try.
Good luck,
Diana Hollingsworth
Director of Y.S.
Shorewood-Troy Public Library
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Behalf Of Ziman, Holly
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:01 PM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: RE: I need a mummy!
DEMCO has a stand up 5 1/2 foot tall Mummy, (but flat) for sale for $29.95.
A cool project is to have teens or upper grade kids color the mummy - comes
with a crayola 8 marker set. CR131-7351 & CR 174-0252 from their Past
Ports
catalog. 1-800-356-1200.
Hope this helps.
Holly Ziman
Burbank (CA) YA Librarian
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From: DIANA MARTIN [mailto:dmartin@kcpl.lib.in.us]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:28 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: I need a mummy!
Help!! We are doing Ancient Egypt for our Summer Reading
Program in May. We found a really neat site for getting
all things Egyptian. There was a 60" inflatable mummy for
$29.95. Rejoice!!
!They are SOLD OUT! Do any of you kind,
sweet, always ready to be of service to your fellow storyteller
and librarian kindred have or know of a 60" inflateable
mummy we could borrow or buy?
Thanks for all your help.
As always you can contact me on list or at
dmartin@kclp.lib.in.us or at bookreader54@hotmail.com
Thanks again and have a warm day we are at the high for today
15 degrees with a wind chill of ZERO! Yes, I am a warm weather
fan 69 - 75 is just right!
Diana
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From: Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Dumb and Dumber question
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:44:17 CST
First of all, I'm a fan of Dumb and Dumber, South
Park, Simpsons, etc. BUT the reasons why videos like
Dumb and Dumber don't make it into our library have to
do with:
1. With limited shelving space, we need to be very
selective; while our new DVD collection (which is
housed in our workroom & has much room for expansion)
is including some current and popular movies like
Windtalker and We Were Soldiers, our video shelves are
pretty full. Most of our videos for adults are either
classics, family-oriented, miniseries or of an
educational nature. About 3/4 of our adult video
collection is nonfiction. Our children's collection
is half fiction and half nonfiction, and I have some
serious weeding to do there to make room for new ones.
Part of the reason we don't seek to expand our video
numbers is that given the choice between more video
carousels and floor space, we'd rather have the floor
space, and also because we've just not made "videos" a
priority in part because of # 2, below.
2. We are sensitive to the local businesses who rent
videos. We are a small area (on the edge of a large
area) and my library is governed by the village board,
which has the well-being of the entire village in
mind, including its commercial aspects. We try not to
"compete" with other services provided. Partly for
this reason, we also do not sell books in the library
(but there's more to that story ... too involved for
this discussion!).
Call it a double-standard or self-imposed censorship,
we just feel like our patrons have plenty of access to
the light and fluffy stuff & the horror genre, and we
try to provide something of a different calibre that
they can't get elsewhere. We probably will be getting
some more humorous DVDs in the future, but it's highly
doubtfull that we'll be getting much in the way of
Dumb and Dumber.
As a disclaimer, let me say that I'm only the
children's librarian and am not responsible for
selecting adult videos....this is just my "take" on
our situation and why I think we "do what we do."
Lorraine Getty
Forsyth Public Library
Forsyth IL
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From: "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
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Subject: Re: Harry Potter placement
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:44:25 CST
We also have the Spanish, as well as German. Anyone circulating the
British versions???
Beth McFarland
Youth Services
Westland Area Library
Columbus Ohio
>>> librarylady4kids@yahoo.com
01/23/03 06:34PM >>>
Hi All,
We are surrounded by HP, too. We even have large
print AND the complete (so far) set in Spanish!!!!
It's all good! Dori
--- "C.A. LeBlanc" <claire_oldsmar@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> >We have Harry Potter books in adult, children's,
> and YA. They're all
> >over the place (Help, they're multiplying!!!!)
> >
> >
> >Bonita
> We did too, but it was making the shelver crazy, not
> to mention the circ
> staff when they had to pull stuff for ILLs. Now
> they are all in Children's,
> which I'm not personally nuts about, but it makes it
> easier to find them.
>
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Dori Blodgett
Children's Services
Chetco Community Public Library
405 Alder St.
Brookings, Or. 97415
(541) 469-7738
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From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org, yalsa-bk@ala.org
Subject: Award Winners
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:44:32 CST
Here are the award winners for 2003 that were posted already this morning:
Newbery: Crispin: Cross of Lead, Avi
Newbery Honor: House of the Scorpion, Farmer
Pictures of Hollis Woods, Giff
Hoot, Hiaasen
A Corner of the Universe, Martin
Surviving the Applewhites, Tolan
Caldecott: My Friend Rabbit, Rohmann
Caldecott Honor: Spider and the Fly, Howitt
Hondo and Fabian, McCarty
Noah's Ark, Pinkney
Printz: Postcards from No Man's Land, Chambers
Printz Honor: House of the Scorpion, Farmer
My Heartbeat, Freymann-Weyr
Hole in My Life, Gantos
I notice that all of the Newbery titles are on the upper end of the age
recommendations so that in our library both the Printz and Newbery titles
this year (and honor books) are in our YA section.
Eric Norton
Head of Children's Services
McMillan Memorial Library
Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494
715-422-5130
enorton@scls.lib.wi.us
"Very senior librarians...once they have proved themselves worthy by
performing some valiant act of librarianship, are accepted into a secret
order and are taught the raw arts of survival beyond the Shelves We Know."
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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From: Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: DVD display & a related question
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:44:42 CST
We do our DVDs and CDRoms the same way - we have 2
large binders on a table/countertop that contains a
picture of the DVD or CD cover, with a card in a
pocket. If the patron wants that one, they take out
the card and bring it to one of us; then we get the
DVD or CD from the workroom. When the card is removed,
a little sign underneath indicates that that item is
checked out. The CDs are already in a hanging bag
with the instruction book, etc, while the DVDs are in
plastic covers.
Our collection is also very new, and we have also
already had to deal with a scratched DVD. We bought a
kit to repair them,....a staff member called it a
"spin doctor" but I don't know if that's the actual
name of it, and I don't know where they got it. If
you want to know, email me and I'll find out.
My related question is for those of you who have
outside drop boxes --- do you put any restrictions on
what types of media partons may leave there? We were
wondering if DVDs are more suscpeptible to damage from
the cold.
Thanks,
Lorraine Getty
Forsyth Public Library
Forsyth IL
lgetty1969@yahoo.com
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From: MzLibrary@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Redwall Club
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:44:51 CST
I just had the first meeting of the Peterborough Redwall Club this afternoon
and I'm very pleased to say that it was fun, even though I am just beginning
my first Brian Jacques book. We had thirteen members between the ages of 7
and 14 (four girls, nine boys) at this first meeting held after school here
at the library. Of those members, only one is now starting to read the
series; the others have read some or all of them. So I'm not alone
in
being
a Redwall rookie. We are discussing the Outcasts of Redwall,
Jacques'
eighth book in the series, at the next meeting in February and they tell me
that I don't have to start with the first book! We'll see; I'm no fan of
most fantasy literature which is a definite minus in the world of children
and libraries. I remember trying to get my daughter turned onto the
Redwall
book years ago so I guess it runs in the family. I'm willing to embark on
the journey and I am thrilled that so many kids are excited about any
series.
I have two Redwall-fan moms helping me. We had a very democratic meeting,
picked our first discussion book from a hat, shared favorite books and
characters, chose jobs for the next meeting ('literary luminary,'
'vocabulary
enricher,' 'illustrator,' 'summarizer,' 'chef,' 'discussion director' etc.,)
made Shrinky-Dink nametags by tracing and coloring characters from a Redwall
poster, did a Redwall crossword (found at the <A
HREF=3D"www.Redwall.org">www.Redwall.org</A>
Web site), and
we ate very proper blueberry and cranberry scones for a snack. Our
possible
activities are to make FIMO or SCULPY figures and to create a Redwall trivia
booklet.
If any of you have such a club and have ideas for me I would appreciate it.
I asked on PUBYAC in December before the holidays but received no responses.
Thanks.
Charlotte Rabbitt, Children's Librarian
Peterborough Town Library
Peterborough, New Hampshire
mzlibrary@aol.com
crabbitt@townofpeterborough.us
http://townofpeterborough.com/library
"The library was a little, old shabby place.=A0 Francie thought it was
beautiful.=A0 She liked the combined smell of worn leather bindings, library
paste and freshly-inked stamping pads."=A0 ~ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by
Betty
Smith
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From: Juli Huston <jhuston@soar.snap.lib.ca.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Class visit compilation (long)
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:44:59 CST
Thank you to everyone who emailed me with ideas for my upcoming 3rd grade
class visit. Here is a compilation of the responeses I have received so
far. I appreciate your help very much.
Original Question
Hello All,
I am still getting the hang of class visits, so I thought I would post
here. I have a group of 20 3rd graders coming next Friday and was wondering
if you all have any ideas of what I should show them, etc. I work in a
fairly small library in a fairly small, but growing, town so most of the
kids are already familiar with the library. The teacher said she just kind
of wanted them to have a "refresher" course on the library. Beyond
that I
asked if there was anything she wanted me to highlight and she said she
would get back to me. We've already had first and second graders in, and
they were fairly easy to plan for since most of them were new to the
library. This one has me stumped a bit though. Thanks in advance for your
help and ideas.
Juli
Juli Huston
Children's & Young Adult Librarian
Solano County Library
Rio Vista Branch
jhuston@snap.lib.ca.us
Great and helpful suggestions
When we get this age group we read them folktales like Why Mosquitoes Buzz
in People's Ears and Abiyoyo. They seem to really enjoy these. How about
doing a craft with them too? Something that won't take a lot of time but
won't be too simple either. Tour the library with them. Ask the kids if
they know the rules of the library and such.
Hi Juli,
If you haven't gotten enough responses about your upcoming 3rd grade visit
I would like to suggest playing a game that teaches library skills. I use
ones from a book called Learning About Books & Libraries. I got it from
Upstart. If you wanted I could fax you the directions for a game I use
called "biblio-baseball". It basically goes over the parts of a
non-fiction
book. It's nice and general but the baseball theme is appealing to boys and
girls. There is also a website where you can create your own bingo games
and you can put in anything you want for the squares such as genres,
authors, titles. When I did it I had all kinds of fairy tale related words
and the kids really liked it:
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/.
Hope this helps!
April Mazza
Youth Services
Wayland Public Library
(508) 358-2308
AMazza@minlib.net
Hi Juli,
Just a thought - get a few books out that are interesting looking with nice
illustrations on the cover, both fiction and non-fiction, and have a quick
refresher about what is the title, author, and subject. So many kids are
either not getting instruction in their school libaries anymore or are just
not "getting it". Maybe even break the kids into small groups of 4-5
and
give group each a different book and 5-10 minutes to figure out the author,
title, and subject, and then one from each group could tell the rest of the
class what it's about (a mini-booktalk, I guess!).
If you really don't think a library tour would benefit much, you could also
do a booktalk or two if you have time. Highlight some of the new chapter
book series the library has gotten that the kids many not know about, or
may not realize the library has (Zack Files, Incredible worlds of Wally
McDoogle, Animal Ark, Hank the Cowdog, Captain Underpants, etc. etc. etc.).
Then, hopefully, they will be given a chance to check out books at the end.
With older kids I usually talk about basic librarypolicies like how many
books they can check out, fines, etc. I ask them where they think the money
to pay for the library comes from and get some interesting answers before
we finally get around to taxes. While I show them around the library I
pretty much do the same tour I do for older children but throw in a few
extra things like author vs. illustrator, fictionvs. nonfiction (if they're
really swift I'll throw them a curve ball and see if anyone could guess why
folktales are in nonfiction) If your branch has a backroom that is easily
assessible to tours kids love to see the behind the scenes
stuff--especially the bookdrop! I'll also read them some picture books for
"older" kids.Good luck!
Children (and teachers) can be intrigued with those "behind the
scenes"
places - like what happens to a book when it goes through a book drop, or
what a tangle of wires ensued when an older library was upgraded for newer
technologies. We'd emphasize the consequences of some nefarious person
getting your library card and checking out a bunch of CD's. (Moral, report
lost cards immediately!)
There's the basics: Where are the kid's books (J, NF, series, etc.)? Where
do I go to check them out and what special handling is needed? How do I
turn the books in? (Hopefully they all know from their school librarian not
to return the books to the shelves!) But if browsing, what does your
library want children to do with books taken off the shelves?
3rd grade is VERY young for showing how to place a hold for a book on a
computer because they can't spell or type well.
Booktalking cool new books that the school library doesn't have yet (and
the teacher's not heard of) is also an excellent way to build enthusiasm
for reading. And all that's probably more than you could manage in half an
hour with 25 kids, especially if you're giving them at least 10 minutes to
check out books. Ask the teacher.
Third grade is a good time to teach children about the Dewy Decimal System,
and about how to find books in your catalog. Usually 1st and 2nd graders
don't have enough reading skills to work the catalog properly.
Third grade is usually old enough to start talking about books that are
shelved by author (fiction), and by number (non-fiction). Talk about books
that can be checked out and those that can't (reference). There are several
websites that talk about DDS..
Show them microfiche or microfilm machines in your periodical or newspaper
section. Show them what's available on your computers.
We're in the process of creating and experimenting with tours at our
downtown library for 3rd graders. Here is a short summary of what we do: In
advance send library card applications to the classroom teacher. Prior to
the tour they return the appications and we input them so that the children
can receive their cards the day of the tour.
For the tour:
We display lots of books about libraries and librarians-
Library Lil
The Library
Richard Wright and the Library Card
Then we do a "magic box" of bringing out all the types of materials
found
in the library and talk about them-i.e. picture books, videos, homework
ref, etc. We also tell them that if they want to find ice cream books they
need to look on the shelves where we have put an ice cream container - we
leave about 10 visual "clues" by the books they are about. Then we do
a
"conga" line around the room and let the kids look for the clues and
see
where everything is located. We also do a story for the group--Book Book
Book is a favorite because it is silly and simple and doesn't take
long--but there are other fun stories like
Aunt Lulu
Library Dragon, etc.
That's most of what we do--hope this helps!
We also play a CD with library songs, Library Boogie
For 3rd grade visits, I usually will do bibliographic instruction.
Scavenger hunts work well. By this age, they're familiar with keyboards and
you can explain searching to them without typing being an obstacle.
Depending on what you have for technology, you can demo a cool website and
set them loose on one. Booktalks work very well at this age, too.
Hey Juli,
With some of my older classes (3rd grade and up) I have done scavenger
hunts to help highlight certain parts of the collection. Some of the
questions on the hunt have included silly things, questions relating to a
story I read them, or finding certain materials that the teachers requested
be highlighted (state books, California Missions, etc.) In a few spots I
have put treats (leftover summer reading program prizes or bookmarks).
Juli,
I don't know if you have some funds available, but I've given the following
"I've Got Your Number" comic book to 2nd/3rd grade students who seem
to
like the books a lot.
Here's the info:
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/products/index.htm
Tel: 1-800-848-5878 (no phone orders)
"I've Got Your Number" Comic Book
Treat young children visiting your library by giving them this low-cost
comic-style booklet
that teaches the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Designed for grades
K-5, in a 4-page booklet.
I've Got Your Number. Written by Jane Tesh.
Illustrated by John Fique.
Published by Alleyside Press. 1997. 8*" x 11".
4p.
Package of 50:
1-2 pkgs., US$14.95 UK ?9.25 per package
3-9 pkgs., US$12.95 UK?8.00 per package
10+ pkgs., US$11.95 UK?7.50 per package
I hope this helps!
One thing that we do for class visits that is always a hit is to talk about
taking care of books borrowed from the library. I know this sounds like a
riveting subject but over the years we have gathered books that have been
destroyed or damaged in various creative ways. I show them the books and
they try to guess what happened to them. The kids really like this and it
seems to get the point across that once a book is damaged/destroyed it
hurts everyone. The book I always save for last has three or four perfect
circles cut right through it. The kids guess, but no one has ever guessed
that it was set on top of a gerbils cage and the gerbil ate right through
it!
I've done scavenger hunts with 3th and 4th grade and they really seem to
like those. Gets them running all over the place, and makes a mess of the
books, but fun, fun, fun.
Good luck!
Juli - I have a chapter in my ALA book Somthing Funny Happened at the
Library titled "Lively Library Tours and School Visits." It steers
librarians away from "library lessons" and pointing tours and attempts
to
show how you can keep the students' attention and have them want to return
with their families.
Rob Reid
Youth Services/Special Needs Coordinator
Indianhead Federated Library System
1538 Truax Blvd, Eau Claire, WI 54703
715-839-5082, ext. 14
Fax: 715-839-5151
reid@ifls.lib.wi.us
One thing that is always a hit with kids (even as big as 3rd grade) is to
show them the outside night book drop, if you have one. I let them take a
book and put it through and then they watch as their friends slide books
through. It's the highlight of every tour! Actually my daughter came-up
with this activity. She always would bring her friends back there to show
them. I always make this the last stop on the tour and then they go out the
back door.
This is the rest of the usual pitch I give:
1. where are we?
2. Who has one of these? (hold up library card)
3. What is this? and what do you do with it?
4. If you don't have one, you can get one. all you have to do is bring one
of your parents into the library.
I also talk about library behavior "Do we run in the library?" and
"who do
you ask if you need help finding something?"
Another thing I have done for bigger kids is a scavenger hunt. I tape cards
with a letter on them in areas of the library. Then I make a sheet with
questions "find the kids videos" etc. When they find the area they
write
down the letter they find. Down below there is a word scramble puzzle with
the question numbers as clues to the proper letters.
Try to show them what THEY want to see, rather than only what they "need to
know". Tell them where they can find Captain Underpants and Spongebob
books, where you keep the puzzles, the bulletin board showing fun upcoming
programs, etc. They will remember this stuff much longer than where world
book is or how to use the catalog.
Juli Huston
Children's & Young Adult Librarian
Solano County Library
Rio Vista Branch
jhuston@snap.lib.ca.us
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