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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: Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:38 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1026
PUBYAC Digest 1026
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Stumper solved: 1906 San Francisco, rags to riches and back
by Greg Ullman <gullman@ci.covina.ca.us>
2) Dr. Seuss Party Ideas
by oneil <oneil@asbank.com>
3) gender roles
by Paula Huskey <phuskey@dallaslibrary.org>
4) preschool toys
by Ann Trompeter <ann@lfpl.org>
5) RE: More picture books awards?
by JANE BAIRD <lijhb@library.ci.anchorage.ak.us>
6) stumper
by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@lmxac.org>
7) RE: More picture books awards?
by "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
8) RE: gender roles
by Mary Ann Gilpatrick <MGilpatrick@ci.walla-walla.wa.us>
9) RE: Career day for 3rd graders
by "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
10) Stumper repost
by TEACHINGTALES@aol.com
11) RE: State library at risk
by "Tamar Wolfe" <lobolocomal@hotmail.com>
12) Board Game Summer Program...
by Sue Jones <sjones@ci.pleasanton.ca.us>
13) series
by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
14) Re: Board Games Program
by "RoseMary Honnold" <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us>
15) POEM
by Mary Ryan <mryan@noblenet.org>
16) Staff Picks
by Jennifer Cogan <jcogan@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
17) Rock 'n' roll program
by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
18) Redwall series
by Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
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From: Greg Ullman <gullman@ci.covina.ca.us>
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Subject: Stumper solved: 1906 San Francisco, rags to riches and back
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Dear PUBYAC,
Thanks to Nora Liederbach, Virginia Cooper, Gayle Richardson and Julie
Winkelstein for solving our stumper. All four agree the story is
Thunderbolt House by Howard Pease. Our patron hasn't picked up the answer
yet, but I'm pretty sure he will agree.
-- Greg Ullman
Covina Public Library
Original message:
We have a patron who read a book for an 8th grade book report in 1974 about
a family in northern California who move to San Francisco when they inherit
the house and artwork collection of a wealthy relative just prior to the
1906 earthquake and fire. It deals with the family's transformation from
poverty to wealth and then their loss due to the fire.
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From: oneil <oneil@asbank.com>
To: PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Dr. Seuss Party Ideas
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Help! I didn't copy the Dr. Seuss party ideas, and now I have been asked
to plan a party for a Head Start parents' program. Would someone please
send me a compilation of the list of suggestions? Also, what are your
favorites of his books for the youngest children? For instance, Mr.
Brown Can Moo.
Sally O'Neil
Kids Count
Head Start Story Hour Coordinator
Eunice, Louisiana
oneil@asbank.com
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From: Paula Huskey <phuskey@dallaslibrary.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: gender roles
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Once again I am turning to the great brains of childrens services...Child
care providers in our area are needing to locate five fiction books suitable
for preschoolers that have been published since 1998 on role reversals and
gender differences. I have used A to Zoo and several other reference
sources but the publishing dates don't meet the requirements or the audience
level is too advanced.
I have been recommending Kevin and His Dad by Henkes Our whole community
helpers collection is out because it is NF. Are suggestions?
TIA
Paula Huskey
phuskey@dallaslibrary.org
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From: Ann Trompeter <ann@lfpl.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: preschool toys
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Our library is interested in freshening up our children's area. The shared
information on furniture was very helpful.
We would like to get rid of the puzzles and offer something else for
preschoolers. I'd love some of your ideas.
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From: JANE BAIRD <lijhb@library.ci.anchorage.ak.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: More picture books awards?
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:14:41 CST
My absolute favorite picture book as a child was "Prince Bertram, the
Bad"
by Arnold Lobel. Just can't resist those redemption stories. :)
Jane Baird
Anchorage Municipal Libraries
p.s. A close second was "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr.
Seuss.
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From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@lmxac.org>
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Subject: stumper
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A patron heard of a book where a cat is a troubadour who goes around singing
about eating mice. Ring any bells?
Thanks.
Susan
sfichtel@lmxac.org
Woodbridge Public Library
Woodbridge, NJ
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From: "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: More picture books awards?
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:14:56 CST
The only books I remember from my childhood are "Cat in the Hat" &
=
"Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss & the Maj Lindman books about
Flicka, =
Dicka & Ricka and Snipp, Snapp & Snurr. I guess those are the books that
=
made the strongest impression on me. My mother took us to the library =
regularly and we checked out other books, but those are the ones I =
remember.
Beverly Bixler
bbixler@sanantonio.gov
San Antonio Public Library, TX=20
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From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick <MGilpatrick@ci.walla-walla.wa.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: gender roles
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:15:06 CST
Chances are that this is a homework assignment for people training to work
in Head Start. If you could get the sponsoring organization to hold a class
meeting at the Library where you would do some training on how to use the
Library, you will save yourself a lot of grief. Not to mention creating
library-friendly child care workers. -- MAG
-----Original Message-----
From: Paula Huskey [mailto:phuskey@dallaslibrary.org]
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 8:43 AM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: gender roles
Once again I am turning to the great brains of childrens services...Child
care providers in our area are needing to locate five fiction books suitable
for preschoolers that have been published since 1998 on role reversals and
gender differences. I have used A to Zoo and several other reference
sources but the publishing dates don't meet the requirements or the audience
level is too advanced.
I have been recommending Kevin and His Dad by Henkes Our whole community
helpers collection is out because it is NF. Are suggestions?
TIA
Paula Huskey
phuskey@dallaslibrary.org
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From: "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
To: <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org>,
Subject: RE: Career day for 3rd graders
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That is why, when I am invited to participate in "Career Days" for =
younger elementary-age children, I focus more on the services of the =
library rather than on how I became a librarian, or what kind of job I =
do, etc. I talk to them about library cards and the materials that they =
can locate at the library. If I have bookmarks, I take those along to =
hand out. At the "Career Days" that I have attended, the school set up
=
tables in the gym and ran the students in groups by the tables. No =
teacher yet has ever complained that I talk about library services =
rather than my path to becoming a librarian.
Beverly Bixler
bbixler@sanantonio.gov
San Antonio Public Library, TX=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Anita Palladino [mailto:apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org]
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 10:41 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Career day for 3rd graders
I'm sorry - I apologize in advance if I offend anyone -but..I see this =
as
just so much more in the race to push kids to be older than they are. =
Can't
they just be kids a little longer?
Every day I have parents come in with a burned out kids, who, I am told =
are
in 2nd or 3rd or whatever grade but "reads WELL ABOVE LEVEL," all the
appropriate material you suggest the parent sniffs at & says, you don't =
want
that BABY stuff do you. Of course, the kid would love to be able to read =
a
funny story for his real age, but the parents push..gotta start young, =
work
on vocab, get ready for college..bla bla. So the kid ends up with books =
they
can 'read' -as in decode the letters- but the real meanings are lost on
them.
In truth, the careers available to present 3rd graders probably aren't =
even
known yet.
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From: TEACHINGTALES@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper repost
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:15:23 CST
Hello all,
I posted this a week or so ago when the list was having some problems. I am
reposting in the event that it never went through. This was asked by a
storytelling friend. I told her you have all the answers! Can you help with
this stumper? Many thanks!
Karen Chace
Short synopsis:
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.
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From: "Tamar Wolfe" <lobolocomal@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: State library at risk
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:15:31 CST
Oh my goodness, you are a dreamer aren't you. Thinking any politicians
would buck the tide. Next you will suggest that the rich pay higher taxes.
>From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick <MGilpatrick@ci.walla-walla.wa.us>
>Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org
>To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
>Subject: RE: State library at risk
>Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 10:40:20 CST
>
>The Florida State Library was axed out of the budget entirely, and I
>believe
>Texas' budget was cut in half. Given the current political and economic
>state of things, I'm sure there are lots more. -- Mary Ann G.
>
>
>The Washington State Senate has approved a budget submitted by our governor
>that would probably close the state library, especially as the funding was
>less than the rent of the building! This proposal is now being considered
>by
>the House, where it is teetering.
>I know most state budgets are having difficulties. Are any other states
>considering closing their state libraries, or cutting their budgets, or are
>any bucking the tide and increasing the budgets for state libraries?
>
>I've been writing letters and e-mails, but I feel I'm running out of
"magic
>words" to advocate for our state library. Any ideas?
>Thanks,
>Karen Knudson
>lakeviewbooklady@aol.com
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From: Sue Jones <sjones@ci.pleasanton.ca.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Board Game Summer Program...
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:15:40 CST
Our library has used the basics of Monopoly for our summer reading games for
the last two years. We know that as long as you do not use the company's
little millionaire character-guy in any way, its ok to use -opoly as a theme
title. We had kids rolling dice, moving tokens and picking out treasure
chest cards and play money from small treasure chests we got at a craft
store.
We also bought a number of different types of real Monopoly game boards for
kids to play inside the library and there are lots of Monopoly decorations
available on the internet. It really helps to have a computer artist
available.
Our first game, "Pleasantonopoly", used city locations kids would love
and
recognize around town. For this my husband made a make-shift jail for the
kids to have a 15-second time-out in if they landed on "Go to Jail".
The
kids LOVED it and it became a tourist attraction! We had so many parents
taking videos and photos of their kids reading inside our little cartoon
jail....often the parents stepped inside too!
Last year we adapted the same format to an ocean/animal theme for
"Otteropoly". We adapted a puppet stage for a fishing booth when they
landed
on "Go Fish".
Its extra work to doing something like this, but we are also blessed to have
the our "Kid Power" middle school volunteers actually playing the game
with
the kids, freeing staff up for everything else.
One of the biggest benefits we've seen to this format is the huge number of
4th-8th and higher grades participating because the game is of more interest
to them.
Prior to this our reading game basically used an enlarged Bingo-type game
board that preschoolers could play.
Sue Jones
Pleasanton Public Library, CA
(925) 931-3400 x 23
sjones@ci.pleasanton.ca.us <mailto:sjones@ci.pleasanton.ca.us>
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From: Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: series
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:15:48 CST
We shelve series by (a) series title and (b) number. Almost all of them
are
multiauthor work; we don't put Rowling or C.S. Lewis or T.A. Barron or
whatever in the series section. All, or almost all, of our series are
paperback, and they're on smaller shelves.
We actually have three series sections: One for regular J series, one for
J-EF (3rd and 4th grade, roughly--the skinny books), and one for Christian
series fiction.
Bonita
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From: "RoseMary Honnold" <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Board Games Program
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I haven't done this but I was thinking over the Readopoly idea and
remembering how McDonalds did their Monopoly game, where you collected
properties to win prizes. Maybe the teens could collect titles, programs,
genres, by reading and coming to programs to win prizes. The less
expensive
prizes would be easier to collect and win and the best prizes would take
some dedicated reading.
Seems like you could work in all kinds of things including volunteer work.
Now I think I will have to try this...
RoseMary Honnold
Coshocton Public Library
655 Main ST
Coshocton, OH 43812
740-622-0956
honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us
101+ Teen Programs That Work
http://www.neal-schuman.com/db/6/296.html
See YA Around: a Web site for librarians who work with teens
http://www.cplrmh.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <rose@missoula.lib.mt.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: Board Games Program
> WE had a program one year called "Libraryland". The reading
folder was
> designed
> like a game board similar to Candyland.
>
> Karen Gonzales
> Missoula Public Library
> rose@missoula.lib.mt.us
>
> We'd like to do a summer reading program centered
> around board games (something like "Readopoly" or some
> such name). Has anyone done anything like this, and
> if so, can you give me some ideas? Thanks!
>
>
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From: Mary Ryan <mryan@noblenet.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: POEM
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Hi Everyone,
I have a patron looking for a source for the following poem:
Little Gretchen, Little Gretchen,
How she wandered up and down the street
In her long white nighty and her cold bare feet.
There is probably more to this. We thought it might be Mother Goose, but
couldn't find it in any of our books. Patron said it is an old poem.
You can e-mail me at mryan@noblenet.org
.
Thanks.
Mary Ryan
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From: Jennifer Cogan <jcogan@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Staff Picks
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:16:14 CST
Hello!
After reading a pubyac post about displaying Staff favorites to
recommend to kids, our library would like to do something similar. Do any
of you out there have a snazzy title for this kind of display? We are
trying to think of something a little more creative than "Staff picks"
-
this is
used in our adult fiction department. Any suggestions would be
appreciated! Thank you!
Jennifer Cogan
Children's Department
Enoch Pratt Free Library
(410)-396-5402
jcogan@epfl.net
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From: Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Rock 'n' roll program
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A coworker of mine is looking for ideas for a program for six to ten year
olds about rock and roll. Any thoughts? Poems? Stories?
She already has
songs and an activity.
Bonita
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From: Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Redwall series
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:16:31 CST
Where do you put your Redwall books? We currently
have them in both the J and YA sections (an
oversight, I'm guessing) and I want to put them all
together in one area. I see that more public
libraries in my area are putting them with their YA
materials, but was leaning toward the J section....our
"YAs" will tend to look in both areas for books, but
our older "J's" don't think to go to the YA area to
look (the two areas are not close), so I want them
where they'll get the most exposure. I'd like to hear
from others.
Thanks. Lorraine Getty
lgetty1969@yahoo.com
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