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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: Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1056
PUBYAC Digest 1056
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Books about death
by Juli Huston <jhuston@soar.snap.lib.ca.us>
2) Re: library response to patron suggestions
by Bonnie Warren <bonnielw@lincc.lib.or.us>
3) Re: Career Day for Teens
by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
4) Re: Parade help
by "Allyson Goodwin" <Agood@ci.carlsbad.ca.us>
5) 2003 Summer Library Theme
by rd13145@cedarnet.org
6) Summer Reading Program "Reading Verification" & Another
Question
by "Minkel, Walter (RBI-US)" <WMinkel@reedbusiness.com>
7) Picture books with thick pages
by <laanders@bellsouth.net>
8) Recommendations for book 3rd and 4th grade book discussion
by Penney Betsold <pbetsold@yahoo.com>
9) Books on anger & sex abuse
by "Baraboo Children's Dept." <barch@scls.lib.wi.us>
10) boy/jello/sea monster stumper
by Jean Gullikson <JGulliks@stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us>
11) Animal encyclopedia compilation
by Penney Betsold <pbetsold@yahoo.com>
12) Re: Summer Reading Program "Reading Verification"
by "Carol Edwards" <edwarc@mx.pon.net>
13) Volunteer Handbooks
by <caes@openaccess.org>
14) Recycling fingerplays/songs
by Susan Fisher <sfisher@lib.williamson-tn.org>
15) stumper solved
by Carol Janoff <carol.janoff@phxlib.org>
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From: Juli Huston <jhuston@soar.snap.lib.ca.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Books about death
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:50:27 CST
Hello All,
A young girl who is a regular in our library recently lost her mother very
suddenly. Thus I was prompted to examine my collection to see what books we
had about death and grieving. We have four pretty good books on the topic
in our non-fiction section, but as they are all a few years old, I would
like to add a couple more recent titles to the collection. I'm thinking
mostly about a couple more titles for our nonfiction section, but picture
book suggestions would also be welcome. Also, I'd like to add at least one
with a specifically Christian perspective as we don't currently have one
and I feel it could be needed given the community I am in. I will compile
the results and post back to the list.
The titles we currently have are:
What You Need to Know When a Parent Dies by Fred Bratman
When Dinosaurs Die: a Guide to Understanding Death by Larie Krasny Brown
and Marc Brown
How it Feels when a Parent Dies by Jill Krementz
Lifetimes: the Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Juli
Juli Huston
Children's & Young Adult Librarian
Solano County Library
Rio Vista Branch
jhuston@snap.lib.ca.us
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From: Bonnie Warren <bonnielw@lincc.lib.or.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: library response to patron suggestions
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:50:35 CST
We ask the patron to fill out a book request form and we try to find out
where
the patron heard of the book, i., e "Good Morning, America" etc.
If our
book
selection committee and/or our director think there will be interest by
others
of our patrons, we buy the book and make sure the first patron that
requested it
is the first hold. If the title is of isolated interest, i.e.,
something
more
academic than public-library oriented or if it is quite expensive, we will
make
every effort to get the book on ILL for our patron.
Bonnie Warren
Clackamas County Library
Oak Grove, OR
ann chapman wrote:
> Dear Generous Librarians,
>
> I have a library school assignment; the dreaded "Group Project."
We have
> selected the topic of "how public libraries respond to user
suggestions."
> We can do a literature search using books, journals, websites and
listservs
> for research in this area.
>
> I have looked back 3 years in Library Journal, Public Libraries, American
> Libraries, Today's Librarian and Library Administration and Management.
I
> have also looked at professional books on collection development which
have
> portions on my subject. There are many websites on user surveys but few on
> library reponses. It's amazing how many articles deal with creating user
> surveys, distributing user surveys and tabulating results. But only a
few
> sentences are given to the subject of using the results.
>
> It's okay as my group members and I have access to libraries in the field
> and we are having good luck getting information there and can state that
as
> a legitimate source for our project. But I cannot consider my research
> complete without a query to the Collective Brain. Yes I've been
lurking
and
> learning and positively enjoying this wonderful, bright, generous
> professional group for awhile now. So, any response to my group
project
> subject: How public libraries respond to user suggestions. will be
> appreciated and I now know I have thoroughly researched the subject!
>
> Thank You.
>
> Ann Chapman
>
> Senior Library Assistant, Youth Services
>
> Marshall District Library
>
> Marshall, MI 49068
>
> Library School Student, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
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Subject: Re: Career Day for Teens
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:50:42 CST
I would take some library-related comics with me to break the ice. If you
haven't seen it, Overdue is at http://www.overduemedia.com/
and you can read
past strips in the archives. Good luck, Melissa
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From: "Wiest, Terri" <twiest@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: Career Day for Teens
> Hi all,
>
> I've been invited to a career day at the local highschool and I need some
> very hip and cool ideas to attract the kids to my table. I will not
only
be
> advertising a career as a librarian but also advertising our library.
I
> thought to do a power point presentation to create some interest about the
> library and what it is to be a librarian. There is all the standard
stuff
> you can include but I'm looking to include the fun and interesting stuff
> that we do every day that will catch their eye, any ideas? Basically,
I'll
> take any brainstorming ideas you have.
>
> I know this list will come up with some great ideas, so I'll just thank
you
> in advance.
>
> Terri Wiest
> Young Adult Librarian
> Newport Beach Public Library
>
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From: "Allyson Goodwin" <Agood@ci.carlsbad.ca.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:50:50 CST
This past summer we celebrate our city's 50th anniversary of
incorporation! The Library participated and even won 1st place for best
theme. We were so excited. We took the courier's van, scan and
printed book covers in poster size and adhered them to the van. We took
book trucks with children's book covers as poster plus props (puppets or
stuffed critters and such) to coordinate the story plus the staff
dressed up as favorite book characters and pushed the trucks. We had
Alice, The Queen of hearts, rainbow fish, the cat in the hat, the man in
the yellow hat (complete with a stuffed curious george). We not only
walked with the carts we spun them and waved..we had such a great time.
Good luck and remember HAVE FUN
Ally ;-)
Ally Goodwin
Carlsbad City Library
Children's Services
760-602-2050
agood@ci.carlsbad.ca
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From: rd13145@cedarnet.org
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: 2003 Summer Library Theme
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:50:59 CST
> Salutations library friends,
We are trying to think of a name for our Summer Library
Program. We are in the process of building a new library
so our program will revolve around a construction theme.
Please help us come up with something wonderful. We are so
excited about the upcoming program and our new library. We
usually enroll about 600 youth in grades 1-6 in our six
week program. Please respond to Robin. rd13145@cedarnet.org
or call me at
319-273-8643
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From: "Minkel, Walter (RBI-US)" <WMinkel@reedbusiness.com>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Summer Reading Program "Reading Verification" & Another
Question
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Folks-- When I was a new librarian, I was all hot on making sure that kids
_actually read_ the books they claimed they did for the SRP. I hated the
idea of kids cheating (which of course many do). Now, twenty-five years
later, my answer is "Get over it." Here's my list of:
Three Most Important Things to Remember About Summer Reading Programs
1) It's supposed to be fun. School is out. The idea is to get kids reading
for enjoyment.
2) In the long run, the prizes don't matter, except for the reason in #3.
What matters is that kids leave the library with a smile, even if that smile
is because they got away with something.
3) It's more important that a marginal reader or non-reader reads one book
all summer than it is that a few kids read a hundred books. The kid who
reads 134 books over the summer would have read them anyway; the kid who
might not have picked up a book all summer, but read five to win a prize, is
the reason we do these things.
Now I'll duck, but before I do, a question: Is anyone out there in
PUBYAC-land doing videoconferencing programs, in which experts, scientists,
etc., talk to kids who come to your programs? Or do you know of other public
libraries that do? I'd appreciate hearing about them. Thanks, W
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Walter Minkel, Technology Editor, School Library Journal
www.slj.com * wminkel@reedbusiness.com
* 646-746-6721 * fax 646-746-6689
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From: <laanders@bellsouth.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Picture books with thick pages
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:51:16 CST
I am looking for picture books (not board books) with thick pages, for my
lapsit patrons. We use board books as much as possible, but I would like
to
show them some "thick page" books that are a transition between board
books
and regular picture books. An example is Book, by Kristine O'Connell
George. I'm not so interested in lift-the-flap books, since I can probably
find a list of them.
Any suggestions would be very helpful.
Linda Anderson
Nashville Public Library
laanders@bellsouth.net
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From: Penney Betsold <pbetsold@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Recommendations for book 3rd and 4th grade book discussion
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:51:24 CST
Thank you to everyone who recommended the following
books for our new book discussion group:
The Lemonade Trick
Help!I'm Trapped in My Gym Teacher's Body
Soup
The Planet That Ate Dirty Socks
Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Top Secret
The Twits
Find the Constellations
Number the Stars
Because of Winn Dixie- 3x
Frindle - 2x
Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library
Knights of the Kitchen Table
Kid in the Jacket
Dynamite Dinah
Zucchini Warriors
James and the Giant Peach
Cricket in Times Square
Stuart Little
Fourth Grade Rats
Rosie, Maxie, and Earl Partners in Grime
Penney Betsold,
Dickinson Memorial Library
Northfield, MA
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From: "Baraboo Children's Dept." <barch@scls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Books on anger & sex abuse
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I don't know who asked for this (it was deleted), but hopefully others may
benefit.
Picture books about anger:
When Sophie gets angry...
Mean soup
I was so mad!
No! David
Don't rant & rave on Wednesdays! by Adolph Moser (not really a picture
book, but easy to read)
Don't pop your cork on Mondays!
Joy Berry's books on feeling angry and being bossy
Good touch/Bad touch:
My body is private
Just because I am: a child's book of affirmations by Lauren Payne
I would like to see a list posted.
Kathy Hoelter
Baraboo Public Library
230 4th Ave., Baraboo WI 53913
Phone: 608-356-6166 FAX: 608-355-2779
barch@scls.lib.wi.us
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From: Jean Gullikson <JGulliks@stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us>
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Hello PUBYACcers-
I have a patron looking for a picture book about a little boy, green jello,
and a sea monster. She thinks it was written by a "foreign"
author. We
have browsed A to Zoo and tried amazon.com and Google searches, but didn't
come up with anything there. Any ideas?
Thanks so much-
Jean Gullikson
Children's Services Manager
Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Dubuque, Iowa
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From: Penney Betsold <pbetsold@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Animal encyclopedia compilation
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:51:49 CST
Thank you to everyone who recommend the following:
Amazing Animals of the World - Grolier - 2x
Wildlife & Plants of the World - M. Cavendish - 5x
International Wildlife Encyclopedia -M. Cavendish -4x
Encyclopedia of Animals - M. Cavendish - 1
Grolier World Encyclopedia of Endangered Species - 1
Aquatic Life of the World - 1
Penney Betsold
Dickinson Memorial Library
Northfield, MA
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From: "Carol Edwards" <edwarc@mx.pon.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Summer Reading Program "Reading Verification"
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:51:57 CST
About being the library "police", this is not something I want to get
into.
It's very developmentally appropriate for upper elementary kids to be
examinging the rules and being very rigid and exact about them. In our
system we reward kids for visits to the library. Pretty hard to fake that,
and it leaves the numbers and reading levels etc up to kids and parents.
We have one prize a week-- very nominal, and when they finish or merely
return to the library in the ending week or shortly thereafter, they get a
book.
Sometimes I think the kids who need libraries the most are turned off by
the requirements and road blocks. If we can just keep it simple and fun....
Ciao, Carol
Carol Edwards
edwarc@pon.net
Sonoma County Library
Santa Rosa, CA
>> the whole reading club is on the
>honor system and some [in reality, very few] are going to milk the system
>though most will be very conscientious. Overall we have had success with
>this approach. We feel that those who cheat are really cheating themselves.
>
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From: <caes@openaccess.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Volunteer Handbooks
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To everyone who wrote asking for our volunteer theme handbooks, I have
frustrating news. We're having technical difficulties getting them onto
our website. Incompatability between programs, I'm told. We're
waiting
for the newest version of Adobe Acrobat in the hopes that it will solve
our problem. As soon as we have the handbooks on our site, I'll post the
information. Sorry about that.
Catherine
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From: Susan Fisher <sfisher@lib.williamson-tn.org>
To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Recycling fingerplays/songs
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I am planning a storytime on recycling and keeping the earth beautiful.
Any ideas of songs or fingerplays on this subject?
--
Susan Fisher
Bethesda Public Library
4905 Bethesda Road
Thompson Station, TN 37179
615.790.1887
fax: 615.790.8426
sfisher@lib.williamson-tn.org
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From: Carol Janoff <carol.janoff@phxlib.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper solved
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:52:22 CST
Thanks to Cathleen Baxter my patron now knows that the series of chapter
books set in Utah (family went to Cedar City, shpped at ZCMI ((or
CZMI??)), and mother ran boarding house) are .... The Great Brain series
by Fitzgerald. The lady was so excited to have this information--to
introduce the next generation to the books her sons enjoyed. Thanks,
Cathleen.
Carol Janoff
cjanoff@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
Librarian I
Mesquite Branch Library
Phoenix, AZ
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