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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 31, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1006
PUBYAC Digest 1006
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: circulating puppets
by "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net>
2) Re: book ends
by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@lmxac.org>
3) RE: another humorous moment
by CKehoe@bettendorf.lib.ia.us
4) Re: Newbery and Caldecott winners
by Rebecca Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
5) Scavenger Hunt
by "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
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From: "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: circulating puppets
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:35:20 CST
We don't have a circulating collection but we do have a puppet stage (the
plastic Little Tykes version) and a milk crate of puppets which are almost
constantly in use. It is wonderful to see the creative play (and might I
say language development?) as kids use them. Our puppets were from
Oriental
Trading Company -- I think they cost $20 for 12! (We bought 2 different
assortments and still have 18-20 left after more than two years.) They are
perfectly-sized for child hands and have stood up well through several
washings (in lingerie bags & hung dry).
Carol Levin
Enjoy Life! This is not a Dress Rehearsal!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: circulating puppets
> Hi all,
>
> Is there anyone out there that allows the public to check out puppets?
We
> would like to start a program, and have purchased 10 folkmanis puppets.
We
> are unsure what is the best way to store them and check them in and out.
Do
> you allow kids to play with them in-house or do you keep them behind the
> counter? Do they have barcodes somewhere on the puppet? Do you charge
for
> damage? I would be grateful for any information that's out there.
Please
> send directly to me at cbrobst66@hotmail.com,
and I will post a
compilation
> if anyone is interested. THank you very much.
>
> Chrissy Brobst
> Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library
> cbrobst66@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
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From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@lmxac.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: book ends
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:35:27 CST
Our shelves are wooden and we use large metal book ends with cork bottoms.
We found that the rubber bottoms tend to peal off easily, and the plain
metal book ends slide too much.
Susan
sfichtel@lmxac.org
Woodbridge Public Library
Woodbridge, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
To: <jrines@ocln.org>; <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: book ends
> We have some of the hanging bookends too, and they CAN be a pain in the
children's room (or even in the adult section with small paperbacks!). We
seem to have had good luck with the cork. All of our shelves are metal,
HTH,
> Kim
>
> Kim E. Dolce
> Children's Librarian
> Port Orange Regional Library
> Port Orange, FL 32129
> kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us
>
>
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From: CKehoe@bettendorf.lib.ia.us
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: another humorous moment
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:35:37 CST
My favorite "duh" story was when the city had a huge power outage for
48
hours. We of course were running on generator power, but that meant we were
mostly in the dark, with a few sparse lights. We had one patron come in,
walk around for a while in the dark, try to use a computer and then with no
astonishment, look at me and say, "Do you not have any power here,
either?"
I found it VERY funny....
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Edwards [SMTP:edwarc@mx.pon.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:07 PM
To: pubyac listserv
Subject: RE: another humorous moment
I thought I had the most difficult reference question ever when a
patron
wanted a photograph of Aesop. After the explaining went on and she
left,
deeply disappointed in the inadequacies of the library and my
reference
skills, I found a painting by Velasquez that would have made her
happy,
because it looked like a photograph. Sigh!
When I recited this woeful tale to a colleague, she topped me. She
works in
a a busy business department and she had gotten her firt phone call
of the
day. The question was, "Do you have a phone there?"
Ciao, Carol
edwarc@pon.net
Carol Edwards
Sonoma County Library
Santa Rosa, CA
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From: Rebecca Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Newbery and Caldecott winners
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:35:45 CST
Well, I too was surprised by My Friend Rabbit
(which I still haven't seen), but I absolutely
*adore* The Three Pigs by David Wiesner and so do
the kids who come to our library--it's one of the
most frequently circulating books in our
collection. I love all books that inspire kids to
use their imaginations and think "outside the
box," and that is something that the creations of
Wiesner, Scieszka, Van Allsburg and others do. I
wish that more books like these were published
and received wide publicity. What some might
consider a re-hash doesn't bother me--after all,
some of the greatest artists of all time imitated
each other a bit from time to time.
Rebecca Verrill Smith
Lesley Ellis School Library
--- Anne Fescharek <annfes@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> It never seems to fail. Some of the most
wonderfully illustrated picture books are
bypassed by
> Caldecott. Last year they chose "The Three
Little Pigs", which really was a rehash of a
concept already
> created by Jon Scieska [sic?] in "Stinky
Cheeseman", over the brilliant "Tin Forest".
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From: "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Scavenger Hunt
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:35:53 CST
For everyone that wants a copy, here ya go! :)
Have fun with it, we do!
Book Detectives Inc.
You are about to become a member of an elite fact finding squad. To
complete your mission you and your group must work as a team. Read each
clue carefully; there are lots of hints provided.
Please remember these few rules.
· Talk softly, you will be using the whole library to answer these
questions, you don't want to disturb other patrons.
· Most of the answers will be found just by looking on the spine of the
item. If however you need to take an item off the shelf, please put it
back EXACTLY where you found it. If you don't remember EXACTLY where it
goes, please place it on a table or a cart for re-shelving.
· If you need assistance using a Discovery Place computer just ask,
we'll be glad to help you.
· GOOD LUCK J
1. Find the world book encyclopedia. Find the 4th volume, what is the
heading of the first entry? ____________________
Place the volume back on the shelf in the correct location when you
have finished.
2. On a discovery place computer look up the title Hatchet by Gary
Paulson. Click on the third selection, what is the call number?
__________________ How many pages does the book have?
__________________
3.What Dewey group would you look in to find books on about space?
_________________
4. Find a book with a call number in the 700's. What is the
title ?_________________________________ who is the
author?_______________________________ what is the complete call
number?______________________
5. Find a copy of the Columbus Dispatch. What is the date?_________
What is the headline?______________________________________
7. List three magazines found in the Periodicals room.
____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
8. Where do you apply for a library
card?_____________________________________________
Beth McFarland
Youth Services
Westland Area Library
Columbus Ohio
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