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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: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1053
PUBYAC Digest 1053
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Book list by states
by "Dale Buck" <DBUCK@cml.lib.oh.us>
2) Re: Shelving DVDs
by Nicole Reader <nreader@soar.snap.lib.ca.us>
3) Re: where to put children's DVDs
by "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
4) Talent Show for Summer Reading Program
by Maria Trinca <mtrinca@rcls.org>
5) advice on sound system for puppet stage needed
by "Amy Stultz" <astultz@nova.edu>
6) Re: [Fwd: DVD./Video projector]
by Dominic Frandrup <dfrandru@mail.owls.lib.wi.us>
7) Teens programming ideas & opinions requested
by "Solina Marquis" <solina-marquis@attbi.com>
8) Read-a-thons
by Helen Moore <helen.moore@yourlibrary.ca>
9) headphones
by "Friend, Jennifer" <jfriend@mail.ppld.org>
10) Unabridged Juvenile Audio
by "Chris Mallo" <chrism@GRRL02.GRRL.LIB.MN.US>
11) Friends of the Library
by Debbie Krueger <dkruege3@esls.lib.wi.us>
12) Monopoly Tournament score sheet
by "Heather Acerro" <vclsafq4@rain.org>
13) Writer's Workshop Compilation
by Maranda Robertson <m.robertson@lanepl.org>
14) Summer Reading Program "Reading Verification"
by "Jeanne Pierce" <jeanne@hpfc.lib.ms.us>
15) Stumper solved
by "heather mcneil" <heatherm@dpls.lib.or.us>
16) looking for library or retirement poem
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
17) Stumper: chapter books set in Utah
by Carol Janoff <carol.janoff@phxlib.org>
18) Stumper-Boy With Green Hair Short Story
by "Cornelia Shields" <cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com>
19) Scary Books
by Marnie Colton <mcolton@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
20) Stumper: chapter books set in Utah (fwd)
by Carol Janoff <carol.janoff@phxlib.org>
21) Stumper: girl sees look-alike in English forest
by Sue Ridnour <sue.ridnour@flower-mound.com>
22) books about only children
by "Robin Benoit" <rbenoit@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
23) Easter stumper
by "Karen Vollmar" <KVOLLMAR@waukesha.lib.wi.us>
24) Re: Frogs
by Sue Kling <skling@mail.owls.lib.wi.us>
25) Stumper solved
by Robin Fosdick <rfosdick@library.berkeley.edu>
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From: "Dale Buck" <DBUCK@cml.lib.oh.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Book list by states
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Does anyone have those lists that were circulating that listed books by
the states where they took place? It would be helpful for a list and
display on the different regions of the U.S.
Dale Buck
Southwest Public Libraries
dbuck@cml.lib.oh.us
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From: Nicole Reader <nreader@soar.snap.lib.ca.us>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Shelving DVDs
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:00:43 CST
I strongly advocate shelving juvenile movies
in the Children's Section, and *deep* in the
Children's Section if possible! I liked
Amy's comment that movies can lure families
into the Children's Section, acting as a
"milk" item for libraries. I had this
thought myself, and in fact took a lesson
from the supermarket. Grocery stores keep
the milk in the very back, so you have to
walk past shelves of many other tempting
items on the way to get it. About 9 months
ago we relocated our juvenile videos and DVDs
to the back of the Children's Section, under
a big sign saying "Movies & Music." Up until
then our kids' movies had been shelved in the
very front of the Children's Section, perhaps
because we were proud of having them, but too
many families never made it into the room
past them.
Only 4% of our juvenile collection is movies
(about 850 videos, 50 DVDs), but they
comprise 15% of our circulation (about 1,500
movies a month). I would hate to lose that
traffic in the Children's Section!
N.
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Nicole Reader
Head Youth Services Librarian
Benicia (CA) Public Library
nreader@snap.lib.ca.us
www.ci.benicia.ca.us/library.html
From: "Amy Shelley" <AShelley@larm.lib.wy.us>
Subject: Re: Shelving DVDs
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:49:40 CST
<snip>I, too, think about =
eventually moving children's videos and DVDs
to the children's area, =
mostly to force parents only checking out
videos to at least come in to =
the children's part of the library, even if
they're not intending to check =
out books for their kids. I see it as a
"milk" item for libraries. <snip>
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From: "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: where to put children's DVDs
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:00:51 CST
We have only 4 DVDs actually housed in the children's collection; the rest =
of the of the children's DVDs are with the adult ones in the AV area. All
=
DVDs, newer videos, and CDs there are in security cases.
Cindy Rider
Young Peoples School Liaison Librarian
Vigo County Public Library
Terre Haute, IN
crider@vigo.lib.in.us
=20
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us
"If we didn't have libraries, many people thirsty for knowledge would =
dehydrate."
- Megan Jo Tetrick, age 12, Daleville, Indiana
The Vigo County Public Library is "easy to find. It's the million-story =
building at Seventh and Poplar streets." (Lori Henson in her
"Briefcases" =
column, Terre Haute Tribune-Star, 10/8/02)=20
>>> lgetty1969@yahoo.com
03/11/03 12:16PM >>>
Perhaps because our DVD collection is so new (since
Christmas), and for our area this is a relatively new
technology, we have them all in one location. <snip>
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From: Maria Trinca <mtrinca@rcls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Talent Show for Summer Reading Program
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:00:59 CST
Tuesday afternoom greetings,
We are in the midst of planning our Summer Reading Program...
has anyone ever had a talent show at your library?
We are entertaining the idea of having a show this summer,have worked some
details... but would appreciate learning from your experiences...
I have done a preliminary search on the Internet re
"talent shows and kids", " american idol copycats",
"talent wannabee's"....
I did talk to a co-worker, and she said that there has been a "star
search"
program in her middle and intermediate district schools... students had to
sign-up in advance to audition. the final show was done during a school
assembly.
I have also heard from another library in our system , so that will help in
planning a program.
I do not want to emphasize the competitive part, al a "american Idol",
nor
have "Simon-wannabe"
judges. I really would like this to be an opportunity to showcase
and
appreciate talent,
rather than becoming a yea or nay event.
We have initially talked having several age categories, having a 2 minute
time limit etc.
Your input and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Please respond to :
mtrinca@rcls.org
Maria Trinca
Middletown Thrall Library
Middletown, New York 10940
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From: "Amy Stultz" <astultz@nova.edu>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: advice on sound system for puppet stage needed
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Hi! I am seeking the advice of professionals ( and enthusiastic amateurs
like myself) in the puppetry field, hoping for some guidance. Any advice
would be much appreciated. Our puppet stage is the usual wooden, three-sided
affair. I have a bit of money to spend and I've always wanted to get a
decent sound set-up for groups of about 75- 100 kids, so everyone can hear.
My storyroom doesn't have built-in sound, so I need speakers etc. It is a
good large-sized room (not an auditorium) . I can't tell much from info in
the catalogs, and I'm concerned about quality of the sound and being able to
adapt or two or three puppeteers--would have any advice to offer?
Thanks so much for your time.
Annie Leon
Anne Leon, Ass't Dept Head
Public Library Services
Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
Nova Southeastern University
3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
(954) 262-5474
fax: (954) 262-4038
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From: Dominic Frandrup <dfrandru@mail.owls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: [Fwd: DVD./Video projector]
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:01:17 CST
If you want to use a projector instead of a TV it'll cost you at least
$2000 (for a decent one) plus change.
The upside of a projector is you're only limited in size to your biggest
white wall, or screen.
You can hook them up to either a DVD $100 or VCR $60 without a log of
hassle.
If you do go with a projector make sure you either have auxillary
speakers you can plug into it, or that the built-in speakers go loud enough.
If you have more questions on this feel free to emial me:
dfrandru@mail.owls.lib.wi.us
-Dominic Frandrup
Reference Librarian
Waupaca Area Public Library
Waupaca, WI
>Hello,
>We are currently looking to show videos/DVDs during the summer (a friday
>Afternoon movie) at the library. Does anyone have any recommendations
on
>video/DVD projectors that are relatively inexpensive? We would need
>somthing
>that can be moved and set up easily.
>
>TIA
>Diane Scinta
>Cold Spring Harbor Library
>dscinta@suffolk.lib.ny.us
>
>
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From: "Solina Marquis" <solina-marquis@attbi.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Teens programming ideas & opinions requested
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:01:25 CST
Hello Collective PUBYAC Brain!
I am making this "share-your-wisdom" request on behalf of another MLS
=
student. She is researching programming for teens, particularly poetry =
"events" that have worked for your young adult audiences. Here are
some =
more specifics re: what Lori would like to hear about:
-Innovative teen programming with a focus on Poetry Slams, Hip-Hop =
symposiums, and similar programs.=20
-Examples of flyers that have marketed programs to teens
-Opinions on Movie/Book discussion groups led by teens.=20
-Your experiences with teen advisory boards
Please send your advice, experience and ideas directly to Lori Riley at =
jeffrey.riley@attbi.com
Thank you in advance for any help you can give this energetic soon-to-be =
librarian.
Solina Marquis
(In the Dallas, Texas area)
solina-marquis@attbi.com
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From: Helen Moore <helen.moore@yourlibrary.ca>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Read-a-thons
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Hello collective brain,
I am trying to collect information on read-a-thons, happening either within
a public library, a school library, or a partnership of both. A mother
approached me recently and she is working with her daughter's elementary
school on setting up a read-a-thon. I do have one article from VOYA that
outlines how to do a one-day teen read-a-thon. However, the mom was hoping
to do a multi-week read-a-thon with K-7 kids.
If anyone has any experience with read-a-thons, either one-day or multi-day,
I would really appreciate any information you can share. I will compile
information for the listserv.
With thanks,
Helen
Helen Moore
Youth Services Department
Richmond Public Library
100-7700 Minoru Gate
Richmond, British Columbia
Canada V6Y 1R9
E-mail: helen.moore@yourlibrary.ca
Phone: 604-231-6441
Fax: 604-273-0459
Award-winning Web site: www.yourlibrary.ca
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From: "Friend, Jennifer" <jfriend@mail.ppld.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: headphones
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:01:41 CST
The headphones we are using for our children's computer lab PC's are just
not holding up to the hard use they receive every day. Do any of you have
any recommendations of headphones which are sturdy, durable, and reasonably
priced? Please contact me at jenfriend @hotmail.com. Thanks for your
help!
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From: "Chris Mallo" <chrism@GRRL02.GRRL.LIB.MN.US>
To: "pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Unabridged Juvenile Audio
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:01:50 CST
Where do you get your juvenile unabridged audio (cassette & CD) from?
We go
mainly with Listening Library but would really like to branch out if there
are more choices and more titles available out there. Thanks for all your
help!
Chris
--
Chris Mallo
Children's Specialist
Great River Regional Library
405 St. Germain
St. Cloud, MN 56401
Phone (320) 650-2500, Fax (320) 650-2501
chrism@grrl.lib.mn.us
--
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From: Debbie Krueger <dkruege3@esls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Friends of the Library
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:01:58 CST
Our library is beginning a Library Partners group (essentially a
"Friends"
group). We're working on marketing efforts to build membership. Does
anyone have experience with this - pros and con and/or ideas for launching
this kind of campaign.
Thanks so much.
Debbie Krueger
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From: "Heather Acerro" <vclsafq4@rain.org>
To: "Pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Monopoly Tournament score sheet
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:02:07 CST
Hi all,
Is there anyone out there who is willing to share a copy of the official
Monopoly tournament score sheet?
THank you
Heather Acerro
Youth Librarian
Ray D. Prueter Library
vclsafq4@rain.org
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From: Maranda Robertson <m.robertson@lanepl.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Writer's Workshop Compilation
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:02:15 CST
Thanks to all who sent me ideas and advice about our upcoming Writer's
Workshops. Here is the compilation of responses.
Maranda Robertson
--
I did a 6-week workshop last summer, and will do one again this summer. I=
=
started with the kids interviewing each other. We worked on brainstorming=
=
ideas, creating word webs, using all the senses, using strong verbs (we a=
cted
out different ways of moving across the room), poetry (many ideas from Ko=
ch's
Wishes Lies and Dreams), the writing process. We made a hardcover book fr=
om =
cardboard covered with wallpaper samples. Each session we had a sharing t=
ime =
and a quiet writing time. I think it's good to limit age range (I had 2 =
7-year olds who were at a different maturity level). Also I wouldn't admi=
t =
more than 10 (I had 14). I did not give them assignments from week to wee=
k =
but probably will this next time. Everyone enjoyed it. I felt there wasn'=
t =
enough time for everything. Let me know what other ideas you get. Thanks,=
=
Clara Sheffer
We had a workshop for grades 5-8 at our library this past fall. It was he=
ld
on
Saturdays from 10-11:30 for four consecutive Saturdays. Originally, I
volunteered to do it. I love to write, have fun doing it, and love workin=
g
with
that age group. Coincidentally, we received something in the mail from a
teacher
and writer about holding the exact kind of program we had planned on doin=
g
in-house. Her fee was reasonable, $150.00, and she was a writer and teach=
er. =
Maybe it was the time of year, or the day on which the program was held, =
but
we
had very poor attendance. The highest number of attendees was 8--lowest 4=
=2E I
would suggest that if you are having someone come in for this type of pro=
gram
that you REALLY check the person out beforehand. I think the class was
probably
a little too structured and although the person was very nice, there was =
not
enough excitement generated. If your department is doing the program, you=
already know what works with your patrons and you KNOW the kids. The up s=
ide
was: I didn't have to be here on 4 Saturdays. The down side was: I don't
think the kids had a great time--none of them complained, but they didn't=
seem
excited--maybe a little too much like school. Plus, I think it would have=
worked
much better in the summer--we were trying to give that age group somethin=
g
over
winter break and a little beyond. Just my two cents--the opinions are all=
my
own.
Margaret Tassione
Northlake Public Library
Northlake, IL
tassione@northlakelibrary.org
=
I do 3 or 4 Writing Workshops throughout the year at
my library. Participants must be in grades 4 or 5. My
program lasts 4 weeks. In class we talk about the
elements of good writing, where ideas come from and
contests and publishing opportunities within their age
range. We do a lot of exercises or story starters in
class.Kids can write in whatever medium they want:
fiction, poetry, essay. They never have to share if
they don't want to and they never have to say this is
true or this is fiction. Its up to them. I don't want
it to be too "schooly" It is one of my favorite
programs to do and very popular. I make up a flyer
advertising the program and send it to local 4 and 5
grade teachers asking them to reccommend it to the
kids they know are interested in writing. This is the
one program that the ratio of boy/girl seems to be
even. I try to make it fun, a good way to explore your
imagination and express yourself. There is no wrong
answer. =
Have a good time! If you want more information or some
story starter exercises let me know. =
Best, Susan =
Susan E. Schuler
Children' Services Librarian
New City Library
220 North Main Street
New City, NY 10956
845-446-0322
f.845-634-0173
sschuler@rcls.org
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From: "Jeanne Pierce" <jeanne@hpfc.lib.ms.us>
To: "Pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Summer Reading Program "Reading Verification"
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:02:24 CST
Hello there great brain:
I know that we all have this problem, but I feel that I have to at least
ask the question!
Last year during our summer reading program, we required our kids to
read a certain number of books to get to the first prize level, then, as
they read more books, they were able to get more prizes. If they read a
total of 50 or 75 books (I can=92t recall right now), their name when =
into
a drawing for the grand prize. Now =96 here=92s the problem part. We
=
have
a LOT of kids that want to cheat the system and not read at all, or read
books that are _way_ below their reading level. How do you encourage
(i.e. make) the kids read on their reading level? I don=92t want to =
make
them read from a predetermined reading list (like AR). The flip side to
this question is that there really are a lot of kids in this community
who cannot read on their level and struggle to read controlled
vocabulary books. It=92s an accomplishment for them to get through =
=93Hop
on Pop=94 when they=92re in 3rd grade.
I know that there has been a lot of talk on the listserv about counting
minutes, but if my kids are writing titles on their reading logs that
they haven=92t even read, what=92s to stop them from falsifying minutes?
Also, how do you keep up with that type of system? And does it really
work better than counting books?
TIA. Like I said, I know we all have this problem in some form or
another, but I thought I=92d at least ask!
Jeanne Pierce
Children's Librarian
The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County
329 Hardy St.
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
601-582-4461
jeanne@hpfc.lib.ms.us
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From: "heather mcneil" <heatherm@dpls.lib.or.us>
To: "PUBYAC (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper solved
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:18:44 CST
A big thank you to Andrea Johnson who was the only one to figure out my =
stumper. The book is Someone Is Eating the Sun by Ruth Sonneborn, and =
it is about a group of farm animals (especially a rooster) warning each =
other about the solar eclipse.
Heather McNeil
Youth Services Coordinator/Bend Library Co-Manager
Deschutes Public Library
601 N. W. Wall St.
Bend, OR 97701
541-617-7099
heatherm@dpls.lib.or.us
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: looking for library or retirement poem
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:18:53 CST
hello all!
Our director of 27 years is retiring this week and
there is a big party this weekend. We are looking for
an appropriate poem to read at the event. Something
short and sweet, maybe funny about life working in
libraries or retirement or the like.
If you have an ideas, please forward the to
jbaker93711@yahoo.com
Thank you!
~jennifer
fresno co. library
=====
~jenniferbaker
"If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist."
~ Jocasta Nu (librarian from "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the
Clones")
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From: Carol Janoff <carol.janoff@phxlib.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper: chapter books set in Utah
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:19:01 CST
A customer would like to locate a series of chapter books she read to her
children in the late 70s. All she remembers is:
Took place in Utah
The family often went to Cedar City
Went to CZMI
the Mother ran a boarding house
I haven't really looked anywhere, with this bit of information. But if
you read them yourself, you will probably remember them.
Please respond to me at cjanoff@phoenixpubliclibrary.org,
or the "from"
address. Both work.
thanks for your help.
Carol Janoff
cjanoff@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
Librarian I
Mesquite Branch Library
Phoenix, AZ
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From: "Cornelia Shields" <cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper-Boy With Green Hair Short Story
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Boy With Green Hair (short story)
Reply to cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com
Okay, nothing is impossible, but this is close: one of my favorite films
of
all time, which I have seen eight times, is the 1948 picture "The Boy With
Green Hair." All I know about its origins is that the executive
producer,
Dore Schary (1905-1980), saw a story in some religious publication about a
boy whose hair turned to grass, based on a Biblical verse "all flesh is
grass." The story was by Betsy Beaton but I don't know if the title
was the
same. I have looked in "Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature"
from the
time it began up till 1948, and this story never seems to have appeared in
any major publication. It was probably some little Sunday-School tract.
I
also looked up the author both in "Short Story Index" and other
sources and
can't find any evidence of its ever being anthologized or collected. I
read
the following about the film: that eden ahbez, who wrote the theme song
"Nature Boy," was paid $10,000.00 for use of the song, which was a lot
more
than Betsy Beaton got for her story. That it was so controversial with its
anti-war message that Howard Hughes sought to have the film banned! An
interesting footnote to this is that Dean Stockwell, who played Peter Frye,
"The Boy With Green Hair," was an MGM star who was on loan to RKO for
this
picture. He later portrayed Howard Hughes in the film "Tucker:
the Man and
His Dream." There is a great resemblance between Dean Stockwell and
Howard
Hughes--from the back they look almost identical! Does ANYONE have ANY
idea
of ANY resource I might pursue to get a copy of this story? I will be
impressed beyond all measure and power of description if anyone comes up
with this!
This appeared on the Alibris Message Boards
ExLibris, the Lost Boards at MSN Groups and
rec.arts.books.childrens at Google Groups where it drew the following
replies:
From: Barbara-MLG
Just saw this over on Borders.com (which is a pretty unreliable vendor, in
my experience): Boy with Green Hair: Manuscript Edition Trade
Paperback,
Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated, December 1961 ISBN:
0822201445
Also, is "Another Man's Shoes" by Betsy Beaton (pub 1953) a novel or a
collection of stories? I couldn't find a decent description.
From: Cori (Original Poster)
Well, Barbara, you found out more than I was able to. I knew there was a
play entitled "The Boy With Green Hair" but was never able to learn if
it
was the same as, or related to, the story in the movie. Never found any
publications or any other reference to Betsy Beaton at all.
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From: Marnie Colton <mcolton@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Scary Books
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Many thanks to those who responded to my requests for scary books. Here
are the suggestions I received:
There are Choose Your Own Nightmare books that are along the same line
as
Choose Your Own Adventure. Some of my kids like those and the Betty ren
Wright books are good.
Whenever I get the dreaded "Do you have any scary books?" question, I
point the questor to the Alvin Schwartz books, the R. L. Stine books
(including Nightmare Room), the ghost story books in the J133 section,
and to the John Bellairs juvenile fiction books. John Bellairs (may he
rest in peace) wrote supernatural thriller books which featured a couple
of regularly recurring characters: Johnny Dixon and Lewis Barnavelt.
Brad Strickland, after JB's passing, finished some of his books and
added some more to the series.
The Robert San Souci Short & Shivery series has always been
popular--meant for a slightly older crowd than the Schwartz series.
Jervis Public Library
Children's Room
September 2002
Scary Stories
Tales to send shivers down your spine, from the
Slightly Spooky to the
Truly Terrifying.
Included is fiction, non-fiction,
first readers and picture books,
arranged by call number, followed by
title and author's last name.
E A Big Spooky House Washington
E A Dark, Dark Tale Brown
E A Job for Wittilda Buehner
E A Rattle of Bones West
E A World Full of Monsters
McQueen
E Abiyoyo Seeger
E Bat Jamboree Appelt
E Beware, Beware Hill
E Dancing Skeleton DeFelice
E Funnybones Ahlberg
E Georgie and the Robbers Bright
E Ghost Eye Tree Martin
E Ghosts Hour, Spooks Hour
Bunting
E Go Away, Big Green Monster
Emberley
E Heckedy Peg Wood
E hist whist cummings
E Hoodwinked Howard
E In the Haunted House Bunting
E Jumanji Van Allsburg
J398.25 SCH More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Schwartz
J398.25 SCH Scary Stories 3
Schwartz
J398.25 SCH Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Schwartz
J398.45 GRE Werewolf of London
Green
J793.8 WYL Spooky Tricks Wyler
J811 PRE Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep
Prelutsky
J811 PRE The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight
Prelutsky
J821 MAC Making Friends With Frankenstein
McNaughton
J821 TRE The Magic Wood Treece
J821.08 SPO Spooky Poems
JQ133.109 WOO Ghosts of the West Coast
Wood
JQ398.2 HAM Dark Way Hamilton
JQ398.2 PET Strange and Spooky Stories
Peters
JQ398.209 DIA Diane Goode's Book of Scary Stories
JQ810.8 SCA Scared Silly
JQ811 PRE Monday's Troll
Prelutsky
JQ820.803 CEC Boo! Stories to Make You Jump
Cecil
JH Please Do Not Touch Gorog
JH Shades of Darkness Westall
JH The Headless Cupid Snyder
JH The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
JH Yaxley's Cat Westall
JQ The Canterville Ghost
Wilde
JQ The Dark Thirty McKissack
JQ The Widow's Broom Van
Allsburg
J001.94 SIM Strange Mysteries from around the World
Simon
J133.1 COH Dangerous Ghosts
Cohen
J133.1 COH Young Ghosts Cohen
J398.2 AND The Snow Queen
Anderson
J398.2 OZA Ozark Ghost Stories
J398.2 SAN Cinderella Skeleton
San Souci
J398.208 RAW Raw Head, Bloody Bones
J398.209 SPA Ghosts, Vampires and Werewolves
Sparisou
J398.25 More Short and Shivery
San Souci
J398.25 SCA Scary Story Reader
E Lucy Dove Del Negro
E Monster Night at Grandma's House
Peck
E My Mama Says there aren't any Zombies..
Viorst
E Night of the Gargoyles Bunting
E Old Black Witch Devlin
E Old Devil Wind Martin
E One Stormy Night Brown
E Talking Eggs San Souci
E Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales Van
Laan
E The Boy and the Ghost San
Souci
E The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
McBratney
E The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Van
Allsburg
E The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe
Johnston
E The Hobyahs San Souci
E The House that Drac Built
Sierra
E The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Williams
E The Man Who Could Call down Owls
Bunting
E The Man Who Tricked a Ghost
Yep
E The Monster and the Tailor
Galdone
E The Teeny, Tiny Ghost Winters
E The Terrible Eek Compton
E There's a Monster Under My Bed
Howe
E There's a Nightmare in My Closet
Mayer
E There's an Alligator Under My Bed
Mayer
E What if the Shark Wears Tennis Shoes?
Morris
E What's Under My Bed? Stevenson
E Where the Wild Things Are
Sendak
E Whistling Dixie Vaughn
E Wretched Stone Van Allsburg
E The Soup Bone Johnston
EP Bears in the Dark Berenstain
EP Bears in the Night Berenstain
EP Don't Open the Door after the Sun Goes Down
Carusone
EP Don't Open the Door! Charles
EP Eek! Stories to Make You Shriek
Schwartz
EP Five Creepy Creatures Stamper
EP Ghosts! Schwartz
EP In a Dark, Dark Room Schwartz
EP The Bookstore Ghost Maitland
J When Nobody's Home Gorog
J Who's There? Tolan
J Witch Water Naylor
J Backyard Dragon Sterman
J Bailey City Monsters series Jones
J The Monsters of Morley Manor Coville
J MYS Bunnicula Howe
J MYS Creepies, Creepies, Creepies
Hoke
J MYS Creepy Classics 3
J MYS Ghost Cave Steiner
J MYS Ghost Trap Joosse
J MYS Spook House Helldorfer
J MYS The Drum, the Doll, the Zombie
Bellairs
J MYS The Haunting Mahy
J MYS The Island of Ghosts
Dillon
J MYS The Vampire Martin
J MYS Wait Till Helen Comes Hahn
JH Gallows Hill Duncan
JH Jade Green Naylor
J The Fire Raiser Gee
J The Four-Legged Ghosts Hoffman
J The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs
DeFelice
J The Ghost Belonged to Me Peck
J The Ghost in Tent 19 O'Connor
J The Ghost of Fossil Glen
DeFelice
J The Ghost Sitter Griffin
J The Haunted Hotel Roy
J The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Irving
J The Magic Circle Napoli
J The Monkeys Paw Richardson
J The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon
Raskin
J The Red-Eared Ghosts Alcock
J The Spirit House Sleator
J The Trespassers Snyder
J The Vampire in My Bathtub
Seabrooke
J The Vandermark Mummy Voigt
J The Witch Returns Naylor
J The Witching Hour Krensky
J Unbearable! Jennings
EP Who's Afraid of the Dark?
Bonsall
EP Wiley and the Hairy Man Bang
J Beware the Ravens, Aunt Morbelia
Carris
J The Night the Monster Came Calhoun
J A Haunted Year Phillips
J A Sliver of Glass Mazer
J A Watery Grave Corcoran
J Among the Dolls Sleator
J At the Sound of the Beep Sachs
J Bruce Coville's Book of Monster Tales to Give You the
Creeps
J California Demon Singer
J Clockwork Pullman
J Creepy Classics
J Danger at the Fair Kehret
J Dangerous Wishes Sleator
J Dial - a - Ghost Ibbotson
J Dorp Dead Cunningham
J Frankenstein's Hamster
Griffiths
J Ghost by the Sea Dunlop
J Ghost Town Nixon
J Ghostly Tales Pfeffer
J Grandpa's Ghost Stories Flora
J Harry, the Poisonous Centipede
Banks
J Haunted Summer Wright
J Hob and the Goblins Mayne
J In a Messy, Messy Room Gorog
J Into the Dream Sleator
J McBroom's Ghost Fleischman
J McMummy Byars
J Nightwaves McDonald
J Odder than Ever Cohen
J Peppermints in the Parlor
Wallace
J Random House Book of Ghost Stories
J Scary Stories for Sleepovers
Ury
J Seven Spiders Spinning Maguire
J Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales
Jacques
J Shadowmaker Nixon
J Shadows and Whispers McDonald
J Skeleton Man Bruchac
J Tales from the House of Bunnicula
Howe
J Tales of the Great White
Heaney
J The Boggart Cooper
J The Boy with Dinosaur Hands
Carusone
J The Chilling Hour McDonald
J The Dead Man in Indian Creek
Hahn
J The Face in the Mirror Tolan
-----Original Message-----
From: Marnie Colton [mailto:mcolton@mail.pratt.lib.md.us]
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:57 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Scary Books
I regularly receive requests for scary books from children at my branch
and am wondering if anyone has recommendations for a series of them. The
Goosebumps fad seems to have died down, but Alvin Schwartz's Scary
Stories to Tell in the Dark are still extremely popular here. Please let
me know if you have scary book recommendations for elementary school-age
students, particularly if they comprise a series.
Thank you,
Marnie Colton
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Hampden Branch
3641 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD 21211
Phone: 410-396-6058
E-Mail: mcolton@epfl.net
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From: Carol Janoff <carol.janoff@phxlib.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper: chapter books set in Utah (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:19:26 CST
If you know this answer and tried to email me and it didn't work, try this
address: cjanoff@phxlib.org
We have just changed our addess and I'm not sure which ones work.
thanks for your patience.
Carol Janoff
cjanoff@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
Librarian I
Mesquite Branch Library
Phoenix, AZ
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:58:12 -0700 (MST)
From: Carol Janoff <cjanoff@phxlib.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper: chapter books set in Utah
A customer would like to locate a series of chapter books she read to her
children in the late 70s. All she remembers is:
Took place in Utah
The family often went to Cedar City
Went to CZMI
the Mother ran a boarding house
I haven't really looked anywhere, with this bit of information. But if
you read them yourself, you will probably remember them.
Please respond to me at cjanoff@phoenixpubliclibrary.org,
or the "from"
address. Both work.
thanks for your help.
Carol Janoff
cjanoff@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
Librarian I
Mesquite Branch Library
Phoenix, AZ
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From: Sue Ridnour <sue.ridnour@flower-mound.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: girl sees look-alike in English forest
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:19:34 CST
Greetings!
Can anyone identify this book? Customer read it in the 70s, but it could
be
older. A girl goes to England when her father's work takes him there.
She
is bored and spends a lot of time in the woods. She sees another girl,
possibly living in a cabin, who looks like her. As she continues to
observe
the girl, she realizes she is seeing a different time period. Some sort of
link or merger between the two girls' lives is established. The title
might
have "time" and/or "return" in it.
Thanks for any and all suggestions.
Sue
Sue Ridnour
Youth Services Manager
Flower Mound Public Library
Flower Mound, TX
972.874.6153
sue.ridnour@flower-mound.com
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From: "Robin Benoit" <rbenoit@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: books about only children
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:19:43 CST
I have a patron who is looking for books about only children. She would
like things to read for herself as the parent of an only child, and she
would like picture books that feature only children.
I am finding this a really difficult subject to key in on in our database.
If you know of any wonderful titles, will you please write to me off-list
with your ideas? Thanks!
Robin M. Benoit
Children's Librarian
Fairport Public Library
1 Village Landing
Fairport, NY 14450
585-223-3648 ext. 36
<rbenoit@libraryweb.org>
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From: "Karen Vollmar" <KVOLLMAR@waukesha.lib.wi.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Easter stumper
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:19:52 CST
Hey all you oracles of knowledge! One of you must know the answer to
this since it's on the fringes of memory of several of us. Patron is
looking for an Easter story she heard about 10 years ago about the
Easter Bunny who is looking for a purpose in life and finds the tomb of
Christ. Please respond off list and I'll post the answer. TIA.
Karen Vollmar
Any opinions expressed herein are my personal opinions and not
necessarily those of Waukesha Public Library.
The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you'll go.
Dr. Seuss
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From: Sue Kling <skling@mail.owls.lib.wi.us>
To: Andrea Gordon <gordona@bpl.on.ca>
Subject: Re: Frogs
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Thank you Andrea! The frog on the lily pad mystery is solved!
Sue
Andrea Gordon wrote:
> Try Tuesday by David Wiesner.
>
> Andrea
>
> Andrea Gordon
> Manager, Children's & Youth Services
> Burlington Public Library
> 2331 New Street
> Burlington, Ontario
> L7R 1J4
>
> gordona@bpl.on.ca
>
> 905-639-3611, ext. 135
--
Children Services Librarian
New London Public Library
406 South Pearl Street
New London, WI 54961
(920) 982-8515
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From: Robin Fosdick <rfosdick@library.berkeley.edu>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper solved
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:20:09 CST
Hello All,
Thanks to Cathy Burnsed and Jen Marin for solving my stumper.
The book is "The Ghost of Opalina" by Peggy Bacon.
Original posting was:
> One of the main characters is either a cat or the ghost of a cat,
> possibly named Tabitha. The story is set in a house that many
> generations of the same family live in, spanning 100 years. At the
> beginning of the story some treasure is hidden in a secret room in
> the house and then forgotten. Many years later, two children of the
> present family befriend the cat/cat-ghost and she leads them to
> the treasure.
Many thanks!
Robin Fosdick
Library Student
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