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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>
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1022
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
PUBYAC digest 1022
1) puppet compilation-a bit long
2) BIB: Surprise Ending Books
3) Wicca Request
4) RE: (Fwd) Re: Newbery and Caldecott winners
5) Re: Illustration Gallery Survey
6) Adults at children's computers
7) Re: What to read next?
8) weekends
9) Re: Weekend Question
10) RE: Behavior signs
11) Great web site for teen issues
12) RE: Multicultural Reading Lists
13) Little House program
14) RE: Mardi Gras Help
15) Another Stumper
16) Books about sex education for young children????
17) Toddler time
18) Career day for 3rd graders
19) Stumper - man who goes to bed wearing a hat
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From: Christine Brobst [mailto:cbrobst66@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:58 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: puppet compilation-a bit long
Hello Folks,
A few weeks ago I ask for info on circulating puppets. As usual, you were
a
great source of information. A big thank-you to all who replied. We
still
are unsure whether to allow play in the library or not, but we will be
circulating puppets later in the spring. Here are all the replies I
recieved. Sorry if I missed anyone.
Thanks
Chrissy Brobst
Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library
cbrobst66@hotmail.com
Hi, Our library has circulated puppets for around 15 years. We purchase
animal puppets and people, occupations and families. We purchase through
catalogs that carry supplies for daycares and preschools. We try to select
puppets that are washable. Since over time they do get a bit yucky.
So we
watch that pieces are not just glued on, they fall off in the wash. We
tried once dry-cleaning them, and also glued pieces fall off. We usually
spend between $5 and $7 for them. Damage isn't too much of an issue,
unless
some pet destroys one in which case we charge the patron whatever the cost
of the puppet was. We keep them in the room in laundry baskets and they
are
played with in the room as well. We allow 2 puppets to be checked out per
library card. The circulation period is one week. As it is hard to
adhere
a barcode to the puppets, we assign each puppet a number, which we write
inside the puppet with a permanent marker. We have cards at the desk with
the puppet number, description of the puppet, and a barcode affixed to the
card. When a patron brings the puppets to the desk, we simply pull out the
card and swipe the barcode. When the puppet is returned, we simply reverse
the process. We chose to use cards rather then place all the barcodes on
one sheet to lower the chances of swiping the wrong barcode upon check out.
I hope this makes sense and helps you out. Feel free to let me know if you
need any other information. Bonnie
Bonnie Banks banksbo@oplin.lib.oh.us
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If you maintain a puppet collection to be used IN the library you might
consider adopting the "Puppet Playhouse Rules" that were used in the
Elementary School Media Center my children attended. They are:
The puppets never fight
The puppets never bite
The puppets never fly (through the air)
It seemed to do the trick!
Sue Steiger
Wayne County Regional Library for the Blind
30555 Michigan Avenue
Westland, MI. 48186
(734) 727-7300
(888) 968-2737 TOLL FREE
FAX (734) 727-7333
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I used to work for Plano Public Library (Plano, TX) and we had many
circulating puppets (many from Folkmanis). We tagged them with a plastic
tag like you see on retail clothing and this had the barcode on it. We
stored them in colorful laundry-type baskets and had them out on the floor
for children to go through and pick. Patrons love them, but they do get a
little smelly and dirty after awhile. We never really found a good
solution
for that, unless one of us took them home and tried to launder them. More
often than not, we'd withdraw it if it was really in bad shape.
Hope this helps.
Ramarie Beaver
rbeaver@mckinneytexas.org
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Chrissy,
We circulate puppets for 2 weeks, with a limit of one per
person. They
are each kept in their own cloth bag. Each bag has a book pocket, title
label and barcode. The call # is Puppet # 2 (or whatever). We have a
puppet
stand that we use to keep the bags on. It takes up a bit of room in the
office, though. Puppets are kept in the office because of previous problems
with theft. We keep a notebook of puppets. Each puppet gets a page. Each
page includes the name of the puppet, the call # and a photo or picture from
the Folkmanis catalog. Patrons look through the notebook and tell us which
puppet they want and we get it for them. Puppets are cataloged so we can
check in our OPAC to see if they are available.
Hope this helps. Our method works here, but it may not work as well in a
larger system. I think we have about 30,35 puppets.
Cathy Chesher
Youth Services Librarian
Adrian Public Library
143 E. Maumee St.
Adrian, MI 49221
517-265-2265
cchesher@monroe.lib.mi.us
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We circulate our puppets in a mesh bag along with a matching book. I've
created tags with our name and the puppet call number and barcode on the
back. I cover this tag with Kapco to make it durable. Children are
not
allowed to play with the toys/puppets in the library because there would be
pieces all over. They check out for a week. Have fun!!
Nicole
Oconomowoc Public Library, WI
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Chrissy -
Okay, to be perfectly frank, my circulating puppet collection is the bane of
my existence (along with my inherited realia collection.) But, I will
share
with you how we circulate them. First, we sew labels into each puppet that
has our name on it, and we also write in indelible marker, a number (we
started at 1 and we're up to about 102 puppets.) In a small photo
"binder"
we have placed a card that has on it the puppet number, the puppet name and
a barcode. We have two of these binders because the circulation desk has
one for checking out the puppets and the children's desk has one for
checking in the puppets (you obviously need a set of duplicate barcodes for
doing this - our circulation coordinator refuses to check in certain
children's items such as puppets, realia, book packs, because she says it
takes up too much of the circulation staff's time. But that's another
story.) The puppets go out in older plastic book bags. Patrons (in
theory)
get charged if they don't return the puppets in the bags. It hasn't been a
problem.
Anyway, for display, we purchased larger clear book bags and put the puppets
in the bags on a large spinner rack. We have tried to discourage the
children from playing with these puppets by putting big clips on the bags
that say do not open in the library, take to the circulation desk for
check-out, but we find the bags and clips all over the children's area.
The
biggest problem for me (and this is something that was already in place
before I came here) is that a former board member donated a puppet theater
and they put it in the "play area" of the children's department.
Now if
this doesn't encourage loud talking, singing, etc., I don't know what does
and it also gives parents/kids the right to play with the puppets. I mean,
it's set up for that. We spend a LOT of time picking up puppets. I
even
went so far as to buy a great big rubbermaid tub at Target to store certain
puppets that they could play with and I plastered a sign on the side of it
asking people to please put the puppets in the tub when they were finished,
but we still find them thrown around. I've even seen kids see how far away
they can stand from the puppet theater and can still manage to throw the
puppets into the opening.
AND, on top of this, there is the grime, smell, and overall yuckiness that
comes with circulating something that is made out of fabric. We do not
have
the time (or inclination) to take these puppets home very often to clean. We
do it about once a year. If it were my kids, I wouldn't even let them
touch
the puppets and every time I check them in I wash my hands with
antibacterial wash after I'm finished. The last time we took the puppets
home to wash them, my assistant said the water was so disgustingly black,
she couldn't believe it. Granted, the puppets looked much better when they
came back, but some of them fell apart too. I also try to replace/buy new
puppets about once a year, but this year no money has been budgeted and I
suspect it will be the same next year.
So, that is my story. I hope that this helps.
Good luck,
Jennie
Jennie J. Stoltz
Children's Coordinator/Webmaster
Frank L. Weyenberg Library of
Mequon/Thiensville, Wisconsin
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We don't circulate puppets at my current library, but my previous library
did. The puppets were kept in cloth bags (someone on the staff might have
made them) with a drawstring through the top to close it up. The barcode
was pasted on a small card that also had the name of the library branch and
what kind of puppet it was. The puppets were hung from their drawstrings
on
a coat-rack-type thing in the children's room and kids could play with them
at the library.
Monica Anderson
Youth Services Librarian
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Midland Michigan
m.anderson@vlc.lib.mi.us
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The Ventura County Libraries have circulated them for years. However, due to
budget cuts, they are dwindling. We put the barcode numbers inside the
puppet using t-shirt paint. We put them in clear plastic hanging bags. A
short catalog record is put in the computer. They circulate for the same
period as the books (3 weeks). Staff and volunteers catch the dirty, smelly,
or damaged ones. We charge the purchase price if they are lost. Most of the
Folkmanis puppets can be washed and dried without losing too much. The
action in the dryer will scratch the plastic eyeballs so you might want to
but them in a mesh bag. I also found that it helped to take the stuffing out
of the head and bodies of the largest puppets before washing them. Less time
in the dryer meant less damage to the plastic eyes. If the stuffing smelled,
we re-stuffed it with new.
Hope this helps.
Good luck!
Lori Karns
Ventura County Library
lkarns@rain.org
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Hello Chrissy,
We have a large circulating toy collection in our county. We have gotten
several grants, which we used to buy more than oh it's probably 25 bags of
puppets by now. I have lost track of how many because they are always
checked out.
We have them in large mesh bags we bought from ABC. The puppets themselves
have the library initials on the permanent tag, but the barcode and a tag
with the theme of the bag and the number and type of puppets is attached to
the bag. The entire bag checks out for 2 weeks, and then we check the
contents against the tag before it checks in. Each bag has between 3 and 5
puppets matched together to encourage creative play. We were worried about
cleaning them for a while, but now we mostly check to see if they are filthy
and then I take them home and throw them in a gentle cycle and air fluff (no
harm done to any so far!) I also do some stitching on seams that have been
loved apart. We do charge replacement cost plus a $10 standard processing
fee for all lost items, puppets included. We haven't lost many over the
years.
We have a very large toy library (which includes the puppets), none of which
can be opened in the library, so we have a play area at the back of the
children's department that has puzzles, games, and about 8 puppets and
stuffed toys to play with while they are here, which takes some of the edge
off the need to play with the bagged toys. Make sure you have very clear,
very prominent signs telling the rules, or you will have a mess on your
hands.
Email me back if you need more information, but otherwise, good luck and
have fun!
Beth Lokken
Youth Services Librarian
Door County Library
blokken@mail.nfls.lib.wi.us
**********************
Hi Chrissy,
We've been circulating puppets for about 30 years. Puppets are in the room
on 2 puppet trees. Kids can play or check out. We use permanent marker
inside puppet (or sew a label inside if puppet interior is black) to mark a
name and number and library name. Then we make up a 3"x5" card
with the
puppet name and number and barcode that card. We file the cards numerically.
When kids come up, we look at the puppet number, find in file next to
check out and check 'em out. We have 3 circ points so we make copies of
barcode and have three sets of cards. Works slick. Kids, parents and
staff
love it. No need for bags or whatever. Periodically we send notes
home
saying how families can give puppets a "bath" (put in pillow case and
wash
in cold water); we don't wash them ourselves. When they get old and gross
we w/d. Check Plushpups on Internet. $10 puppets that last really
well.
GREAT source!!
Marge
Marge Loch-Wouters
Head of Youth Services
Menasha's Public Library
440 First Street
Menasha WI 54952
920 967-5166, ex. 700
lochwouters@menashalibrary.org
Hi Christine,
We have a few Folkmanis puppets in our children's area for the kids to play
with while they are at the library. I also have several in my office to be
used for story times.
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
Papillion Nebraska
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From: Brenda Evans [mailto:evans@madison-jeffco.lib.in.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:15 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: BIB: Surprise Ending Books
Dear Pubyacers, I received so many new ideas for Surprise Ending Books since
yesterday that I am sending you a revised list. Here is the list you helped
me make. Thank all of you for your help. Brenda Evans, Madison-Jefferson
County Public Library, 420 West Main Street, Madison,
Indiana 47250 (812)265-2744 E-Mail address evans@madison-jeffco.lib.in.us
Surprise Ending Books
Aminal By Balian, Lorna
Bark, George By Feiffer
Black And White By David Macauley
Blue Rabbit And Friends By Wormell
Boats by Flora McDonnell
Dinner At Magritte's By Michael Garland
First Day Jitters By Julie Dannenberg
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed By Eileen Christelow
Frog Princess? By Pamela Mann ; Illustrations By Jill Newton
Green Wilma By Ted Arnold
Green Wilma By Tedd Arnold
Hungry Hen By Richard Waring
I'm Coming To Get You By Ross, Tony
Just Like Daddy By Frank Asch
The Knight and The Dragon by Tomie DePaola.
Librarian from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Louella Mae, She's Run Away by Karen Alarcon
Lucky Pennies And Hot Chocolate By Carol Diggory Shields
Milo's Hat Trick By Jon Agee
Monster at the End of This Book
Mr. Wolf's Pancakes By Jan Fearnley
My Little Sister Ate One Hare By Bill Grossman
Paperbag Princess By Munsch
Princess Smartypants By Babette Cole
Shortcut By David Macauley
Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen.
Sometimes It's Turkey, Sometimes It's Feathers By Balian, Lorna
Stephanie's Ponytail By Munsch
Stinky Cheese Man by Scieszka, Jon
Surprise By George Shannon
Swimmy By Leo Lionni
True Story of the Three Little Pigs By Scieszka, Jon
Tuesday By David Wiesner
Viper by Lisa Thiesing
What A Mess by Stephen Krensky
What's the Time, Grandma Wolf? by Ken Brown
What's Wrong With This Book? By Richard Mcguire
Widow's Broom By Chris Van Allsburg
Zoom By Istvan Banyai
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From: MzLibrary@aol.com [mailto:MzLibrary@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:58 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Wicca Request
The librarian in a town near me is not on the PUBYAC listserv but she called
me this morning with concerns about some reaction to young adult books she
has suggested. The kids love them and she needs some support and feedback.
Apparently she has a series of paperback books for young adults that deal
with Wicca and the kids are asking for more information. She is afraid of
a
negative reaction from the parents if she continues to give them more Wicca
books and information.
We talked about this on PUBYAC a short time ago but I didn't save any of the
responses although I was impressed with the knowledge and open-minds of the
librarians who responded. I went to a few websites and found myself
curious
and glad that I became acquainted with them. I was especially impressed
with
a list one librarian posted of WICCA books for the juvenile or young adult
population. Unfortunately, I did not save it.
Could any of you respond to her, off the list, with support, reaction and
information? Her name is Sarah Morgen at the Bixby Library in Francestown,
NH. E-mail sarahmorgen@yahoo.com.
I am forwarding her the information to
get on the PUBYAC listserv but she needs help from you as soon as possible.
Thanks.
Charlotte Rabbitt, Children's Librarian
Peterborough Town Library
Peterborough, New Hampshire
"Oh, magic hour when a child first knows it can read printed words!"
from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
mzlibrary@aol.com
crabbitt@townofpeterborough.us
http://townofpeterborough.com/library
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From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick [mailto:MGilpatrick@ci.walla-walla.wa.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:58 PM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: RE: (Fwd) Re: Newbery and Caldecott winners
Are you a member of ALSC? As such, you can make the proposal. Frankly, I
think it is unlikely -- the makeup of the committee from year to year will
determine the selections as much as the formal criteria. There are many
excellent previous winners for the center of the age range, such as
*Whipping Boy.* -- Mary Ann
I just finished looking at the site. At the bottom is the statement:
"Adopted by the ALSC Board, January 1978. Revised, Midwinter 1987." So
it
looks like the rules can be changed. Incidentally, the information about the
ages the Newbery is for was not under "Terms" but under
"Definitions." IMHO,
I still think that ALSC should change the Newbery's definition of age so
that it does not overlap with and duplicate the efforts of the Printz Award.
Beverly Bixler
bbixler@sanantonio.gov
San Antonio Public Library, TX
If interested, y'all can visit the official Newbery site and read the Terms
and Criteria for the award:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery_terms.html
Linette Ivanovitch
YA Librarian
Missoula, MT 59802
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From: Carol Hoke [mailto:hoke@mail.crlibrary.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:58 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Illustration Gallery Survey
Dear Jo,
Our library has a collection of 850 original illustrations from children's
literature mostly from the 40s, 50s and 60s although we have 8-10 from the
80s and early 90s. About 200 of them are framed and we display about 60 of
them at any given time in the children's room and in the conference
room. We just had them all reframed with acid free paper, matboard,
etc. Those unframed are stored in museum boxes. Some are in a poor
condition and will never be framed or displayed.
My biggest worry about them is that they will deteriorate because we are
not a museum to preserve them as they perhaps should be. But it is a
wonderful collection and our city is lucky to have it.
Carol Hoke
Programming Services Manager
Cedar Rapids Public Library
500 First St SE
Cedar Rapids IA 52401
319-398-5145, ext. 259
fax 319-398-0746
Hoke@mail.crlibrary.org
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From: Bonita Kale [mailto:Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:57 PM
To: pubyac
Subject: Adults at children's computers
We don't allow adults to use the children's room computers unless the adult
room is full, or they have a child with them. And even then, they're
liable
to be kicked off for a child.
Bonita
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From: Carol Barcus [mailto:barcusca@oplin.lib.oh.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:57 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: What to read next?
Susan-
Do you have access to "Novelist" database? You can search for
read-alikes
by author and if you know your patron's likes you should be able to come up
with some matches for him.
Has he read Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements? My YA book group loved
this book. How about Crispin and other Avi titles?
Good luck,
Carol
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From: Bonita Kale [mailto:Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:57 PM
To: pubyac
Subject: weekends
We are open for four hours on Sundays, and get paid time and a half. No
extra for Saturday. Management generally isn't scheduled on Sundays (they
cost too much!).
Bonita
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From: Tara Mendez [mailto:TaraM@mail2tara.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:57 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Weekend Question
Our full time staff get time +1/2 for working sunday.
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From: Diana Cook [mailto:dcook@rpl.regina.sk.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:16 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Behavior signs
This happens at our library all the time, because we are here working some
mornings when we are not open, and people peer around the sign and just haul
on that door, repeatedly. It has got so we just ignore people who stand at
the door pounding away. Unfortunately, I once ignored a facilitator who came
extra early to do a program for staff. I thought he was just another door
puller!
Our book drop is located right beside the glass door, so that when we are
emptying it when we are closed, it makes it even harder to ignore these
people, but they just don't get it.
We recently moved our circ desk/service area over a few feet, leaving our
old desk area walled off. It has been two months and people still go and
stand beside our old, empty desk area, just a few feet away from where the
staff and the computers are waiting to serve them. We have moved the old
signs (the ones that I thought no one ever read, till I had a woman insist
that the other space was the service area when I tried to help her at the
new desk) and we have created new ones, which we have tried to place in many
obvious places with big arrows, but patrons are still having troubles with
this...
I think perhaps part of the trouble is that we library workers are readers
in the first place. I know I look at the hanging signs in Safeway to find
the groceries I cannot immediately locate, before I will ask for help. I
read bulletin boards and posters wherever I go. I peruse almost every
pamphlet and note that comes into my house. But there is a lot of
overload
in our world, as well as in our library; we have posters everywhere.
Sometimes I feel sorry for the patrons trying to make sense of it all.(But
in the meantime, I enjoy reading all the postings that go to show that
people all over the library world are the same, ignoring those signs!!!)
I have been waiting to get a sign made to the effect of no drinks,
rollerblades, etc. but I think I am probably just wasting my time....
Keep up the great work, pubyaccers!
Diana Cook
dcook@reginalibrary.ca <mailto:dcook@reginalibrary.ca>
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From: Margaret Keefe [mailto:mkeefe@midhudson.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:58 PM
To: Pubyac
Subject: Great web site for teen issues
HEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT WEBSITE
http://midhudson.org/hip/main.htm
The Mid-Hudson Library System's Health Information Project provides consumer
health information and substance abuse prevention materials which address
issues of concern to young people ages 20 and under, to their families, to
educators and to agencies serving youth. Materials may be borrowed at no
charge through the 71 System member public libraries. Ongoing revisions and
updates have made the Project's site a comprehensive source of information
regarding adolescents. WE ENCOURAGE YOUR AGENCY TO LINK DIRECTLY TO THE
PROJECT'S SITE BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS AT
http://midhudson.org/hip/hip_logoforlinking.htm
Site features include:
· 121 teen-reviewed, teen recommended current videos addressing teen
topics
· Direct links to 15 top-ranked teen websites
· Fiction and non-fiction books on "hot topics" arranged by subject
· Parenting and Spanish materials
· Review Collections of videos addressing different age groups,
available for borrowing by youth services providers
· Links to general consumer health information sites
· Direct links from materials listings to online catalog and
REQUEST-A-TITLE online ordering procedures
· Procedure for providing direct link to the Health Information
Project website
The Health Information Project follows the research-based RISK AND
PROTECTIVE FACTORS framework, and is funded by the NY State Office of
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and in part by Dutchess
County (NY) government.
Call Barbara Lindsley, HIP Outreach Coordinator, at 845-471-6060 x45 or
blindlsey@midhudson.org for further
information.
Margaret M. Keefe
Coordinator of Youth Services
Mid-Hudson Library System
103 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-471-6060 X35
FAX: 845-454-5940
E-mail: mkeefe@midhudson.org
URL: midhudson.org
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From: Hendon, Alison [mailto:A.Hendon@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:23 PM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: RE: Multicultural Reading Lists
Kim - a co-worker of mine forwarded this to me (I'm not on PUBYAC):
Here are some suggestions:
http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/teen/index.cfm
Click on Latino Roots - nice book list for teens
ALA's YALSA popular paperback lists
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper/
Check out the 2002 list, topic Tales of the Cities - quite a number of
multicultural titles
http://www.hbook.com/blackhistory.shtml
Horn Book magazine's Black History Month booklists (3 age groups)
you might also check the Coretta Scott King awards and the Pura Belpre
awards lists.
HTH,
Alison Hendon
Brooklyn Public Library
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From: April Mazza [mailto:AMazza@minlib.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:59 PM
To: PUBYAC
Subject: Little House program
Hi all,
I wanted to share with everyone a really fun (and easy!)program I did
with a group of 3-5 yr olds at a daycare for Laura Ingalls Wilder's
birthday last week.
I brought in an example of all the various formats of "Little House"
books that are available, from board books to the original chapter
books. I explained to the group that the "big" books were so
popular
they decided to make books for kids of all ages. I also showed them some
of the illustrations from the "World of Little House" book (by Carolyn
Strom Collins) to give them an idea of what a log cabin was like and how
they traveled in covered wagons. This all took about 5 minutes. Then
I
read 2 of the picture book adaptations (A Little Prairie House and My
Little House ABC) and then we did a craft. I was having a hard time
finding one I thought would be age appropriate and meaningful and after
searching online I chose to have the kids make log cabins by gluing
small pretzel sticks onto a picture of a house. I just went into my
Microsoft clip art and picked a simple looking house and enlarged it then
made lots of copies which I glued onto sturdier paper. Of course the
kids loved eating the left over pretzels!
I had just really panicked when I couldn't find a simple craft and didn't
have time to post to PUBYAC! It was definitely a lot of fun,
inexpensive, and easy.
April Mazza
Youth Services
Wayland Public Library
(508) 358-2308
AMazza@minlib.net
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From: Rosette Lee [mailto:RLee@ci.ontario.ca.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:26 PM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: RE: Mardi Gras Help
Along those lines, does anyone out there know of any fun, festive
picturebooks that deal with the Mardi Gras/ Carnival theme? (it's for
storytime for elementary school-age kids)...thanks- much appreciated.
Rosette
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From: Tracie Partridge [mailto:traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:59 PM
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Another Stumper
Hi, everyone. I have another stumper. A patron is looking for a book
that
was read to her in the late 1950s or early 1960s. It is a picture book.
It features a magic bus, which she believes to be a Greyhound or
Continental. She knows it is not a school bus. The only things that
she
really remembers about the story are the bus goes into a jungle or
rainforest, and at the end, all of the individuals riding the bus are
painting a sunset. Does this strike any bells with anyone? The
illustrations were in color if that helps. So far, I have searched our
automated card catalog, used A to Zoo, and tried Novelist. Thanks for any
assistance you can provide.
Tracie Partridge
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Tracie Partridge
Children's Center Section Manager
316-261-8594 (v)
Wichita Public Library 316-262-4540
(f)
223 South Main traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us
Wichita KS 67202 http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us
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From: Sallywilms@aol.com [mailto:Sallywilms@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:58 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Books about sex education for young children????
I come yet again to the collective brain.....
Late this afternoon I had a patron (a mom) looking for books about sex and
reproduction for her six year old. What we have is geared to older
kids
(probably to ten years old or so), and this was not what she wanted.
The boy has become extremely interested in this topic in recent weeks, and
she has not been able to find anything herself that addresses the question.
I told her that I would post this and see what book recommendations the
Great
Brain will make. I am looking for titles you actually have in your
collections.
There is something about this that makes me (cranky old bat that I am)
uncomfortable. Although I didn't have the chance to suggest it today, I am
going to sugest that she also speak to her pediatrician and to a school
counselor.
Any help will be appreciated.
Sally Williams
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From: Beth Gaughan [mailto:beth@bgpl.lib.in.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:29 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Toddler time
Hello,
I apologize, I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I don't think
there are archives for this list. I have a small group of 2-3 year olds for
a toddler storytime. I have 7 signed up, which is fine, only had two today
because of the weather. The problem is that the kids don't seem to pay much
attention to anything. They are all first time attenders. I do songs with
clapping, jumping, etc. I realize they probably won't get the words, but
they don't even do the actions. They won't sit through a book. I guess
what
I want to know is:
Is this normal?
Is there something I can do that will help?
Should I just forget having a theme and pick toddler books and things that
have a big impact?
Should I just read through the chaos?
Thanks in advance,
Beth Gaughan
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From: Mary Geist [mailto:mgeist@meherrinlib.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:28 PM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: Career day for 3rd graders
Oh wise and seasoned PUBYACers:
I've been asked to talk about a career as a librarian to 3rd graders. No,
really. Isn't 8 a tad young to be planning one's career? said I.
Well,
it's really more about community helpers, said Teacher. There'll be
firefighters and police persons, and the mayor also, said Teacher.
Has anyone ever done Career Day for little folks? If you did anything more
clever than the "I had to go to college, then I had to go to library
school,
then I had to blah, blah", please send suggestions. I'll
probably read
Library Lil and Goin' Somplace Special. Any other suggestions? I'm
doing
this in early April.
Thanks as always,
Mary Geist
Richardson Library
One Spring Street
Emporia, VA 23847
www.meherrinlib.org
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From: Michael Dell [mailto:MDell@epl.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:41 PM
To: PUBYAC (E-mail)
Subject: Stumper - man who goes to bed wearing a hat
Once more I have to call upon your knowledge of books to help with a
stumper.
Our customer remembers a book in which a man? goes to bed wearing a hat.
It
is probably a picture book, and the customer remembers reading it "a long
time ago."
It's not Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina.
So far we have checked A to Zoo, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Google.
I realize that this is not much information, but that is all our customer
remembers. Does anyone recognize this book?
Thanks in advance.
Michael
Michael Dell
Manager, Children's Division
Stanley A. Milner Library
Edmonton Public Library
Edmonton AB T5J 2V4
780-496-7040
780-496-1885 (FAX)
mdell@epl.ca
http://www.epl.ca
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From: Molly DeCleene [mailto:molly_decleene@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:00 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject:
Hi Wanda!
We had a Mardi Gras party several weeks ago and although the turnout was
small (about a dozen children and their parents), everyone had a great time!
The youngsters made Mardi Gras masks and "cootie catchers" (also known
as
fortune tellers ... the kind you propel with your fingers and thumbs),
played Spongebob Squarepants Twister, and had their faces painted. I gave
each of them a treat bag to take home. I used several stickers, a bookmark
and some Mardi Gras beads (you can buy them for a song at Oriental Trading
Company ... Web address is orientaltrading.com).
Hope this helps!
Molly
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