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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, May 01, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1098
PUBYAC Digest 1098
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) RE: Baby Storytimes [What are Clothesline stories]
by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com>
2) School visits for summer
by spardi@nplhub.org (Sarah Pardi)
3) Clothesline Photos & Explanation
by "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org>
4) Police Storytime
by MzLibrary@aol.com
5) policy for unattended children?
by JennyShanker@aol.com
6) 2004 BBYA Nominations
by Sharon L Rawlins <slrawlins@juno.com>
7) Re: Picture Books in Bins
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
8) Re: CD-ROM games for in-house use
by "Elgin Public Library" <ElginPublicLibrary@mail.elgin.k12.or.us>
9) Re: Baby Storytimes
by Paula Childers <pfcfcl@yahoo.com>
10) Re: cassettes
by Judy Looby <jrlooby@yahoo.com>
11) Holes book discussion
by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com>
12) Re: AR Comment
by Marsha Parham <parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us>
13) request for craft ideas for summer program
by "Kimberly Harris" <krharr0@connectfree.co.uk>
14) kwik cases
by "Gerald Foodman" <klagjf@worldnet.att.net>
15) Re: Graphic Novels (fwd)
by Rjohc@aol.com
16) Filmstrips
by "Wanda Maxwell" <wsm@pclibrary.org>
17) AR-- Not so Bad
by Kate Hastings <kborchers@worthingtonlibraries.org>
18) RE: Children's magazine titles
by "Mosley, Barbara" <bmosley@tulsalibrary.org>
19) Learning Spanish materials
by KAHERN <KAHERN@mail.selco.lib.mn.us>
20) Re: Shelf lists
by "Anne M. Ferreira" <amf@sealib.org>
21) stumper-kids teaching parents
by "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com>
22) fantasy for a young reader so far (long)
by Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
23) Re stumper: three witches
by <laanders@bellsouth.net>
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From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Baby Storytimes [What are Clothesline stories]
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:18:00 CDT
I've never heard of this before?
>Clothesline stories? What are they?
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From: spardi@nplhub.org (Sarah Pardi)
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: School visits for summer
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:18:09 CDT
hello All
I'm not sure if this has been discussed lately, but I need some ideas for
school visits to promote our summer reading club. I would like to know wh=
at
others have done. There are about 10 schools I would visit and I want to
know:=0D
- How many classes or students do you aim to reach per school? do you jus=
t
visit a few classrooms?=0D
- What do you present to the children and for how long? Do you just give
them a run down of what's aviliable to them?=0D
- When is the best time to visit? I was thinking closer to the last day
would be best, but this may be a crazy time for them.=0D
Thanks!=0D
=0D
Sarah Pardi=0D
Children's Librarian =0D
Belleville Public Library =0D
Belleville, NJ, 07109
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From: "Gruninger, Laura" <lgruning@MCL.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Clothesline Photos & Explanation
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:18:17 CDT
Photos at: http://www.mcl.org/ys/clothesline.htm
http://www.mcl.org/ys/ysprograms.html
http://www.mcl.org/ys/ysindex.html
Hi folks,
After a recent posting, several of you asked about using the clothesline
in storytime. We use it almost every day, for all ages. It works for us
because we sit or stand in the corner of our activity room when leading
storytime. A clothesline easily stretches from one wall to the other in
the area where we stand. You can attach one end permanently and add a
hook on the other wall that you can attach it to and take down. We leave
the clothespins attached and have a can of extras nearby. The advantages
of using it are that you can keep your hands free while presenting your
program. Or you can add one sign up at a time for effect as you tell the
story. Also, with the babies, it gives the kids something visual to look
at during the program. One week I didn't use the clothesline at all in
our baby program and everyone noticed.
What stories can be used? Anything you wish including nursery rhymes,
poetry, games, song lyrics, fingerplay words, chants. photos from
discard books.
We make up visuals for repeat stories that can be used over and over,
and then laminate. For our fingerplays, many of the moms who aren't
native English speakers don't know them, so we write them out using
graphics programs and illustrate. For a poem, I'll often separate it
into different pictures, adding graphics as I wish. You can write the
words on the back so you don't have to memorize them, then hang each one
up as you go along. For songs, we illustrate the lyrics. Many things we
do involve numbers, so we have a permanent set of shiny numbers that can
be strung up when needed. No library should be be without the letters to
the word "Library" to hang up and do the Library Cheer. (we hand out
pom-poms to each kid to do this) We also have a set of pictures that
goes along with favorite nursery rhymes. We use Microsoft Publisher,
Sierra PrintArtist and Photoshop to create most of our signs.
Here are some random ideas:
Five Little Pumpkins
Open Shut Them
There was a little turtle
(http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/littleturtle.asp)
Pictures to point to playing Simon Says (clown nose, hair, feet, tummy,
etc.)
Poem: Missing by Milne (http://ingeb.org/songs/hasanybo.html)
Any Song Lyrics
A Sailor Went to See
Fiddle-I-Fee song
Rainbow Song
Peanut Butter Song (make pictures for each line. First you take the
peanuts and you dig 'em, crack up, spread it, etc.)
One Two buckle my shoe
Big letters to spell L I B R A R Y to do the Library Cheer
Story: Benny's Pennies (make up 5 pennies, bone, rose, cookie, hat,
fish, etc. Hang up as you read the story)
Animals Should Definately not wear clothing
Any stories involving clothing or mittens or scarves
Since there's only one clothesline, we often use our stand-up Dry-Erase
Board which is magnetic, for the same purpose. That way you can have
several things going on for one program. Just buy the magnets with the
clips attached and hand them up. Even this isn't enough and I sometimes
tape more things up on our DVD player.
I hope this gives you all ideas...
(special thanks to Tom Gardner, our Webmaster, for making up the photo
page so quickly. The center right-hand photo is from this morning's
Books & Babies program. Susan and I are the ones in each picture.)
Laura Gruninger, Children's Librarian
Mercer County Library System, Lawrence HQ
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 989-6921
and Susan Flacks
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From: MzLibrary@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Police Storytime
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:18:25 CDT
Thanks to all of you who suggested Gloria and Officer Buckle by Peggy
Rathman for our StoryTown with guest reader, Police Chief Guinard. We have
the book and I originally thought the book too long and involved for our
chief, or for myself, to read to my 0-5's family group. StoryTown is a
production of puppets, songs, and an additional story or two ... but the
puppet shows are our main attraction. So, when I received so many
enthusiatic emails recommending Rathman's book we bought the Manhattan Toys
police puppet, adapted the book for the puppet show and had tremendous
success.
I dropped off ten books to our police chief, in addition to his favorite
Goodnight Moon, and he chose Five Ugly Monsters Jumping on the Bed. He
talked about his job, fielded more than enough questions. My co-worker and
I also used an Ernie puppet and our police officer puppet in a hilarious ad
libbed discussion about calling 9-1-1. I dropped Policeman Small by Lenski
entirely although I did add the classic to our collection and will use it in
one of my smaller, more intimate StoryCraft sessions.
As an aside, I'd like to thank once more the librarian who suggested
SillyGooseToys.com as a resource for puppets. Their lollipuppets have been
tremendously fun and we hope to buy more of the goofy Manhattan Toys puppets
this year. (They gave me free shipping but no library discount.) The
police office puppet, and firefighter puppet, are a bit too small for the
adult hand, however, and we will be looking for something bigger for next
year. We are fortunate to have a large two-person puppet theater with
various frontal scenery panels and lights. Amazingly, we were able to
effectively portray Gloria, the police dog, pulling stunts and generally
clowning around behind Office Buckle with the addition of an embellished
narration in the script.
Thanks again for your enthusiastic responses.
Charlotte
Charlotte L. Rabbitt
Peterborough Town Library
Children's Librarian
2 Concord Street
Peterborough, NH 03458
MzLibrary@aol.com
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From: JennyShanker@aol.com
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: policy for unattended children?
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:18:33 CDT
Hello folks! I know this discussion goes around all the time, but have I
ever
paid attention to it? ;->
My library is trying to establish a policy for unattended children, and we
would like to know what other libraries have set as their policies.
Specifically, we are trying to establish some sort of age-specific
guidelines
(e.g., at what age can a child be completely unattended, at what age can one
child watch another, etc. etc.). If any of you could share your policies
with
me, I would greatly appreciate it! Emailing me off-list would be fine if you
prefer.
Thanks in advance!
Jenny Shanker
Arlington, VA
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From: Sharon L Rawlins <slrawlins@juno.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: 2004 BBYA Nominations
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:18:41 CDT
As of May 1, 2003, eighty-five books have been nominated for Best Books
for Young Adults. Books will be discussed at the ALA Annual Meeting in
Toronto this June.
New nominations are posted on the first of each month throughout the
year.
Nominations from the field are encouraged. Please visit the YALSA Best
Books website for details, including the policies and procedures. Books
must be published between Sept. 1, 2002 and Dec. 31, 2003 to be eligible
for this year's BBYA, although field nominations may only come from
titles published in
2003.
If you or your teens would like to comment about any of the nominated
titles, please send your
comments to one of us and they will be shared with the BBYA committee.
Thanks!
Kimberly Paone
2204 BBYA Chair
Teen Services Librarian
11 South Broad Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
(908) 354-6060, ext. 7237
fax: (908) 354-5845
KPaone@elizpl.org
Sharon Rawlins
2004 BBYA Administrative Assistant
Adult/YA Librarian
Piscataway Public Library
500 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732) 463-1633, ext. 2
fax: (732) 463-9022
slrawlins@juno.com
April BBYA Nominations
(listed alphabetically by author or collection title)
Ayres, Katherine - Macaroni Boy, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd.
0-385-73016-0, ISBNlib. 0-385-90085-6, 2003, $15.95/$17.99
Bell, Hilari - The Goblin Wood, HarperCollins/Eros, ISBNTrd.
0-06-051371-3, ISBNlib. 0-06-051372-1, 2003, $16.99/$18.89
Bird, Eugenie - Fairie-Ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of
Ellwand, Candlewick
Press, ISBNTrd. 0-7636-1413-0, 11/2002, $40.00
Boyle, T. Coraghessan - Drop City, Penguin Putnam/Viking, ISBNTrd.
0-670-03172-0, 2003, $25.00
Brennan, Herbie - Faerie Wars, Bloomsbury, ISBN 1-58234-810-3, 2003,
$17.95
Brooks, Kevin - Lucas, Scholastic/Chicken House, ISBNTrd. 0-439-45698-3,
2003, $16.95
Brooks, Martha - True Confessions of a Heartless Girl, Farrar, Straus &
Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books, ISBNTrd. 0-374-37806-1, 2003, $16.00
Caletti, Deb - The Queen of Everything, S&S/Simon Pulse, ISBNTrd.
0-7434-3684-9, 11/2002, $6.99
Corbet, Robert - Fifteen Love, Walker & Co., ISBNTrd. 0-8027-8851-3,
2003, $16.95
Crowe, Chris - Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett
Till Case, Penguin Putnam/Phyllis Fogelman Books, ISBNTrd. 0-8037-2804-2,
2003, $18.99
Crutcher, Chris - King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised
Autobiography, HarperCollins/ Greenwillow Press, ISBNTrd. 0-06-050249-5,
ISBNlib. 0-06-050250-9, $16.99/$17.89
Davis, Amanda - Wonder When You'll Miss Me, HarperCollins/William Morrow
& Co., ISBNTrd. 0-688-16781-0, 2003, $24.95
Deford, Frank - The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and
Character of Great American Sports Heroes, Creative Publishing
International/NorthWord Press, ISBNTrd. 1-55971-837-4, Oct. 2002, $29.95
Donnelly, Jennifer - A Northern Light, Harcourt, ISBNTrd. 0-15-216705-6,
2003, $17.00
Du Prau, Jeanne - The City of Ember, Random House Children's Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-375-82273-9, ISBNlib 0-375-92274-1, 2003, $15.95/$17.99
Feiler, Bruce - Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths,
HarperCollins/Wm. Morrow & Co.,
ISBNTrd. 0-380-97776-1, Sept. 2002, $23.95
Foon, Dennis - Skud, Groundwood Books, ISBNTrd. 0-88899-536-9, ISBNpbk
0-88888-549-0 (June 2003), 2003, $15.95
Frank, E.R. - Friction, S&S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book, ISBNTrd.
0-689-85384-X, 2003, $16.95
Fredericks, Mariah - The True Meaning of Cleavage, S&S/Atheneum/A Richard
Jackson Book, ISBNTrd. 0-689-85092-1, 2003, $15.95
Freese, Barbara - Coal: A Human History, Perseus Publishing, ISBNTrd.
0-7382-0400-5, Dec. 2002, $25.00
Frost, Helen - Keesha's House, Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster
Books, ISBNTrd. 0-374-34064-1, 2003, $16.00
Gallo, Donald R., editor - Destination Unexpected: Short Stories,
Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0-7636-1764-4, 2003, $16.99
Going, K.L. - Fat Kid Rules the World, Penguin Putnam/G.P. Putnam's Sons,
ISBNTrd. 0-399-23990-1, 2003, $17.99
Goodman, Alison - Singing the Dogstar Blues, Penguin Putnam/Viking,
ISBNTrd.
0-670-03610-2, 4/2003, $16.99
Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan - Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise
Bourgeois, Harry N. Abrams/La Martiniere, ISBNTrd. 0-8109-4237-2, 2003,
$19.95
Halliday, John - Shooting Monarchs, S&S/Margaret K. McElderry Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-689-84338-0, 2003, $15.95
Hartinger, Brent - Geography Club, HarperCollins/Harper Tempest, ISBNTrd.
0-06-001221-8, ISBNlib. 0-06-001222-6, 2003, $15.99/$16.89
Hearn, Lian - Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori, Book One,
Putnam Publishing Group/ Riverhead Books, ISBNTrd. 1-57322-225-9, 9/2002,
$24.95
Hobbs, Will - Jackie's Wild Seattle, HarperCollins, ISBNTrd.
0-688-17474-4, ISBNlib.
0-06-051631-3, 2003, $15.99/$16.89
Hoffman, Alice - Green Angel, Scholastic, Inc./Scholastic Press, ISBNTrd.
0-439-44384-9, 2003, $16.95
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki - A Fistful of Sky, Penguin Putnam/Ace Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-441-00975-1, Nov. 2002, $23.95
Holland, Barbara - Hail to the Chiefs: Presidential Mischief, Morals &
Malarkey from George W. to George W., The Permanent Press, ISBNTrd.
1-57962-081-7, 2003, $28.00
Johnson, Angela - The First Part Last, Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers, ISBNTrd. 0-689-84922-2, 2003, $15.95
Holt, Kimberly Willis - Keeper of the Night, Henry Holt & Co., ISBNTrd.
0-8050-6361-7, 2003, $16.95
Jones, Diana Wynne - The Merlin Conspiracy, HarperCollins/Greenwillow,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-052318-2, ISBNlib. 0-06-052319-0, 2003, $16.99/$17.89
Juby, Susan - Alice, I Think, HarperCollins/HarperTempest, ISBNTrd.
0-06-051543-0, ISBNlib. 0-06-051544-9, 2003, $15.99/$16.89
Koertge, Ron - Shakespeare Bats Cleanup, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd.
0-7636-2116-1, 2003, $15.99
Koja, Kathe - Buddha Boy, Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-374-30998-1, 2003, $16.00
Kowalski, William - The Adventures of Flash Jackson: A Novel,
HarperCollins, ISBNTrd. 0-06-621136-0, 2003, $24.95
Lekich, John - The Loser's Club, Annick Press Ltd., ISBNTrd.
1-55037-753-1, ISBNpbk. 1-55037-752-3, 9/02, $18.95/$7.95
Little, Jason - Shutterbug Follies, Bantam Doubleday Dell/Doubleday,
ISBNTrd. 0-385-50346-6, 10/2002, $24.95
Lubar, David - Flip, TOR/Tom Doherty Associates, ISBNTrd. 0-765-30149-0,
2003, $17.95
Lubar, David - Wizards of the Game, Penguin Putnam/Philomel, ISBNTrd.
0-399-23706-2, 2003, $16.99
Mahy, Margaret - Alchemy, Simon & Schuster/Margaret McElderry Books,
ISBNTrd. 0-689-85053-0, 2003, $16.95
Mason, Bobbie Ann - Elvis Presley: A Penguin Life, Penguin Putnam/A
Lipper/Viking Book, ISBNTrd. 0-670-03174-7, 12/2002, $19.95
Mass, Wendy - A Mango-Shaped Space, Little, Brown & Co., ISBNTrd.
0-316-52388-7, ISBNpbk. 0-316-61407-6, 2003, $16.95/$5.99
Matthews, Andrew - The Flip Side, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd.
0-385-73096-9, ISBNlib. 0-385-90126-7, 2003, $15.95/$17.99
Maynard, Joyce - The Usual Rules, St. Martin's Press, ISBNTrd.
0-312-24261-1, 2003, $24.95
McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L. - Days of Jubilee: The End of
Slavery in the United States,
Scholastic, Inc./Scholastic Press, ISBNTrd. 0-590-10764-X, 2003, $18.95
McNamee, Graham - Acceleration, Random House Children's Books/Wendy Lamb
Books, ISBNTrd. 0-385-73119-1, ISBNlib. 0-385-90144-5, 2003,
$15.95/$17.99
McNeal, Laura and Tom - Zipped, Random House/Knopf Books for Young
Readers, ISBNTrd. 0-375-81491-4, ISBNlib. 0-375-91491-9, 2003,
$15.95/$17.99
Meyer, L.A. - Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of
Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd.
0-15-216731-5,
Sept. 2002, $17.00
Moore, Christopher - Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings,
HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co., ISBNTrd. 0-380-97841-4, 2003, $23.95
Murphy, Jim - An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, Houghton Mifflin Co./Clarion, ISBNTrd.
0-395-77608-2, 2003, $16.00
Murphy, Mark - House of Java, Volume 2, NBM Publishing Co./Comics Lit,
ISBNTrd. 1-56163-328-3, 11/2002, $15.95
Murray, Jaye - Bottled Up: A Novel, Penguin Putnam/Dial Books, ISBNTrd.
0-8037-2897-2, 2003, $16.99
Myers, Walter Dean - A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament,
Scholastic, Inc./Scholastic Press, ISBNlib. 0-439-22000-9, 2003, $19.95
Myracle, Lauren - Kissing Kate, Penguin Putnam/Dutton Books, ISBNTrd.
0-525-46917-6, 2003, $16.99
Naidoo, Beverly - Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope,
HarperCollins, ISBNTrd. 0-06-050799-3, ISBNlib. 0-06-050800-0, 2003,
$16.99/$17.89
Nelson, Blake - The New Rules of High School, Penguin Putnam/Viking,
ISBNTrd. 0-670-036447, 2003, $16.99
Niles, Steve - 30 Days of Night, IDW Publishing, ISBNTrd. 0-971- 97755-0,
2003, $17.99
Osa, Nancy - Cuba 15, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd.
0-385-73021-7, ISBNlib. 0-385-90086-4, 2003, $15.95/$17.99
Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps,
HarperCollins/HarperTempest, ISBNlib. 0-06-029288-1, ISBNpbk.
0-06-447264-7, 2003, $16.89/$6.99
Parker, Jeff - The Interman, Octopus, ISBNTrd. 0-9725553-0-7, 2003,
$19.95
Paulsen, Gary - How Angel Peterson Got His Name and Other Outrageous
Tales About Extreme Sports, Random House Children's Books/Wendy Lamb
Books, ISBNTrd. 0-385-72949-9, ISBNlib. 0-385-90090-2, 2003,
$12.95/$14.99
Pennac, Daniel - Eye of the Wolf, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd.
0-7636-1896-9, 2003, $15.99
Pratchett, Terry - The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld, HarperCollins,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-001236-6, ISBNlib. 0-06-001237-4, 2003, $16.99/$17.89
Prose, Francine - After, HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler Books, ISBNTrd.
0-06-008081-7, ISBNlib. 0-06-008082-5, 2003, $16.99/$17.89
Randle, Kristen D. - Slumming, HarperCollins/HarperTempest, ISBNTrd.
0-06-001022-3, ISBNlib. 0-06-001023-1, 2003, $15.99/$16.89
Rapp, Adam - 33 Snowfish, Candlewick Press, ISBNTrd. 0-7636-1874-8, 2003,
$15.99
Reef, Catherine - This Our Dark Country: The American Settlers of
Liberia, Houghton Mifflin/ Clarion Books, ISBNTrd. 0-618-14785-3,
11/2002, $17.00
Rylant, Cynthia - God Went to Beauty School, HarperCollins/HarperTempest,
ISBNTrd. 0-06-009433-8, ISBNlib. 0-06-009434-6, 2003, $15.99/$16.89
Sidman, Joyce - The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices,
Houghton Mifflin Co., ISBNTrd. 0-618-17497-4, 2003, $15.00
Simmons, Michael - Pool Boy, Roaring Brook Press/A Neal Porter Book,
ISBNTrd.
0-7613-1885-2, ISBNlib. 0-7613-2924-2, 2003, $15.95/$22.90
Slade, Arthur - Dust, Random House/Delacorte Press, ISBNTrd.
0-385-73004-7, ISBNlib. 0-385-90093-7, ISBNpbk. 0-006-48593-6 (Aug 2001),
2003, $15.95/$17.99
Snyder, Midori - Hannah's Garden, Penguin Putnam/Viking, ISBNTrd.
0-670-03577-7, Oct. 2002, $16.99
Soryo, Fuyumi - Mars, Vol. 5, Tokyopop, ISBNTrd.pbk. 1-59182-056-1, Oct.
2002, $9.99
Stone, Miriam - At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir, Candlewick
Press, ISBNTrd. 0-7636-1854-3, 2003, $14.00
Vance, Susanna - Deep, Random House/Delacorte, ISBNTrd. 0-385-730-57-8,
ISBNlib. 0-385-90080-5, 2003, $15.95/$17.99
Weaver, Will - Claws, HarperCollins/Harper Tempest, ISBNTrd.
0-06-009473-7, ISBNlib. 0-06-009474-5, 2003, $15.99/$16.89
Willingham, Bill - Fables: Legends in Exile, DC Comics, ISBNTrd.
1-56389-942-6, 12/2002, $9.95
Woodson, Jacqueline - Locomotion, Penguin Putnam/G.P. Putnam's Sons,
ISBNTrd. 0-399-23115-3, 2003, $15.99
Wrede, Patricia C. and Caroline Stevermer - Sorcery & Cecelia, Or, The
Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondance of Two Young Ladies of
Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country,
Harcourt, Inc., ISBNTrd. 0-15-204615-1, 2003, $17.00
Zahn, Timothy - Dragon and Thief: A Dragonback Adventure, Tom Doherty
Associates/TOR, ISBNTrd. 0-765-30124-5, ISBNpbk. 0-765-34272-3, 2003,
pbk. June/2003, $24.95/$5.99
Zusak, Markus - Getting the Girl, Scholastic, Inc./Arthur A. Levine
Books, ISBNTrd. 0-439-38949-6, 2003, $16.95
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Picture Books in Bins
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Kim,
We have quite a large picture book collection and this is how we do it.
All hardback books are color-coded (paperback picture books are in their
own section): White is for Dr. Seuss/Disney/Sesame St/Winnie-the-Pooh/Easy
Series; Orange is for folktales and fairy tales; Blue is for
animal/bird/insect stories or where an animal is the main character; Yellow
is for alphabet/seasons/colors/poetry/nursery rhymes/music/transportation;
and Pink is for holiday stories. We mark the books with a strip of colored
tape low on the spine. This method seems to work well with our library and
is popular with patrons.
Best,
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
Papillion NE 68046
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
Kim Olson-Kopp wrote:
> Here's a collection question for the Collective Brain.
>
> We have 12,000+ picture books arranged alphabetically by author's last
> name. (The spine label has the first three letters of the last name.)
> We've shelved them spine out for years. Now, someone has proposed
> changing to a bin system.
>
> Does anyone use a bin system (and have a fairly good-sized collection)?
> Could you share your opinion with how it works? Do the patrons like it?
> Is it hard to keep orderly? Is it easy to find specific titles?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kim Olson-Kopp
> Youth Services Coordinator
> La Crosse Public Library
> La Crosse, Wisconsin
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From: "Elgin Public Library" <ElginPublicLibrary@mail.elgin.k12.or.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: CD-ROM games for in-house use
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We have three computers and over 30 CD-Roms games for children. At our =
library, some of the more popular CD-Rom games include: Spy Fox; I Spy; =
Putt Putt; Freddy Fish; Pajama Sam and the Clue Finders. Clue Finders go =
up to 6th grade.
Hope this helps.
Theresa
Theresa Chandler
Director
Elgin Public Library
PO Box 67
Elgin, OR 97827
541-437-2860=20
>>> medwards@wepl.lib.oh.us
04/30/03 04:12PM >>>
We are getting a new computer for our children's area. This computer will
house CD-ROM games for children to play while they are at the library-
something we have not had before. We plan to have earphones, etc. but are
trying to decide which CD-ROMS to load. I have the list of children's =
softwa
re that come with Gates computers and some rated highly by Children's
Software Review. But I wanted some info "from the field." Can anyone =
suggest
newer CD-ROMS that have worked well in the public library? We want to have
something available for pre-schoolers - grade 6 or so. I would appreciate
any feedback-including titles to avoid. Please respond off-list. I can =
post
a compilation if there is interest.
Thanks!
Melissa Edwards
medwards@wepl.lib.oh.us=20
Children's Librarian
Willoughby Public Library
Willoughby, OH
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From: Paula Childers <pfcfcl@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Baby Storytimes
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:19:09 CDT
I have my baby storytimes on Thursdays. Non-Walkers
at 10:00 a.m. and Walkers at 11:00 a.m.
The program is 15 minutes with 45 minutes for play
time and socializing.
I register for each session which last six weeks. We
take a week off and start again. Sometimes we add new
babies during a session that isn't full.
I started small about 10 babies per session. One
library I visited had 20 per session. I feel 10 is a
good amount to start.
Some people wish I had it on another day. Those that
do attend like the time and day and love the program.
It is hard to always find the right day that doesn't
interfere with other programs and mother's morning out
or other parenting meetings.
I hope this helps.
Paula Childers
Children's Librarian
Florence County Library
319 South Irby St.
Florence, SC 29501
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From: Judy Looby <jrlooby@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: cassettes
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:19:18 CDT
We just started ordering music cd's in the children's
area. Our adult dept. has had only cd's for several
years. Our cassettes still circulate regularly, so we
will hang onto them until they stop circulating, but
we aren't ordering anything new in cassette.
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Charleston Public Library
Charleston, IL
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From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Holes book discussion
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:19:26 CDT
Greetings Great Brain,
I am planning a program at the end of the month based on Holes.
The program will include a discussion of the book just to make sure everyone
has a clear understanding of the story. I've never done a book discussion
and I don't know where to start. Can some one offer topics to start the
discussion about the book? Should we discuss the chronological events of the
book or analyze the characters? Do I ask the kids "What if" and
"Why do you
think" questions? I'm not sure what my role is in a book discussion.
All responses will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Wanda
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From: Marsha Parham <parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: AR Comment
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:19:35 CDT
Not all of the AR books are "quality books" Some of the sets are
for books
that did not get "good reviews" and some are for sets of children's
classics that are abridged, and are horrible. Personally, I think
publishers pay to have their books put on AR lists instead of someone with
qualifications going through each title to check the content and grade
level.
Marsha
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From: "Kimberly Harris" <krharr0@connectfree.co.uk>
To: "pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: request for craft ideas for summer program
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:19:44 CDT
Dear Collective Brain,
My library is participating in a summer reading program called the =
Reading Maze. I am looking for some craft or event ideas. Does anyone =
out there have any ideas you would be willing to share. We are looking =
at it from the Mythical Beast/Legends aspect, but I'm not going to stick =
to that strictly. It's pretty open to interpretation. Any ideas would be =
much appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Kim
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From: "Gerald Foodman" <klagjf@worldnet.att.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: kwik cases
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:19:51 CDT
I'm interested in hearing from libraries that may be using KWIK Cases for AV
materials. What are the pros and cons? Have they been
effective in
preventing theft of materials?
Kathy Askin
Point Loma Branch Library
kaskin@sandiego.gov
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From: Rjohc@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Graphic Novels (fwd)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:20:00 CDT
BWI gives age appropriate indications based on the publisher's input I
discovered today. This came up on the Graphic Novel listserv, GN-TOPICA.COM
Graphic novels do circulate well and it is fun to buy them.
Robyn Hammer-Clarey
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From: "Wanda Maxwell" <wsm@pclibrary.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Filmstrips
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:20:10 CDT
Do any of you still have filmstrips or filmstrips/cassettes sets in your =
library. Ours are not being checked out and I am thinking of discarding =
them. What are your ideas? Thanks. Wanda Maxwell
Putnam County Library
Cookeville, TN
wsm@pclibrary.org
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From: Kate Hastings <kborchers@worthingtonlibraries.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: AR-- Not so Bad
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:20:18 CDT
I just wanted to share an idea that my mother-in-law came up with. She is
a
5th grade teacher and her school has AR. She says AR has been a positive
tool for introducing good literature to her students. As a public
librarian
I shared my concerns about AR. (Similar to what many of you have been
posting) She has some great ways to get around AR's limitations.
She lets her students create AR-like tests for newer titles and titles that
aren't on their AR lists. If they're good tests she'll sometimes convert
them into computerized AR tests, though schools are limited to a certain
number of homegrown tests. Regardless, she finds that kids can demonstrate
their comprehension just as well (or better) by making up tests for other
kids to take. I think she assigns points based on the quality of the test.
(???) I don't remember all of the details.
At any rate, she tries not to make it a competition in her classroom. Kids
get little prizes like free paperbacks, pencils, erasers, etc. They are
prizes that don't out-weigh the value/pleasure of reading. She also hides
treats in the kids desk to recognize the accomplishments of individuals-- it
isn't a production in front of the class.
It was refreshing for me to see the AR program operating in such a positive
way. I think AR is only as good as people decide to make it. Like
anything
else, it can be abused.
In the 80s I remember having to read small stories on color-coded cardboard
(levels) and then take a comprehension test. The stories were always
really
boring and I don't remember one thing that any of them said. A good book
will stay with you forever. In this way, I think AR _can_ be a great tool
for guiding children to better books.
My two cents.
Kate Hastings
kborchers@worthingtonlibraries.org
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From: "Mosley, Barbara" <bmosley@tulsalibrary.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Children's magazine titles
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American Girl, National Geographic Kids, Disney Adventures are our most
popular
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Subject: Children's magazine titles
Hi, I am enjoying learning from all the members of this listserv. I am a
new Youth Services Librarian at a small rural library. I would like
to
review our children's magazine subscriptions for possible
additions/deletions as budget permits. What titles do you find are most
appealing/informative/entertaining to kids? Some of our selections look
dated and unappealing even to me.! Thanks Cathy Pruett
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From: KAHERN <KAHERN@mail.selco.lib.mn.us>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Learning Spanish materials
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:04:41 CDT
I have had great interest lately in elementary age children wanting to
learn to speak Spanish. I would appreciate your "best
recommendations"
for books, cassettes/CD's, videos and anything else you might suggest. I
will post all replies. Thank you in advance for your help!
Kathleen Ahern, Children's Librarian
Buckham Memorial Library
11 East Division Street
Faribault, MN 55021
507-334-2089
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From: "Anne M. Ferreira" <amf@sealib.org>
To: "Doughty, Robin" <RDoughty@roseville.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Shelf lists
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:04:50 CDT
Hi Robin,
At the Seabrook Library in Seabrook, NH we
maintain a shelflist. We have used it heavily when
our computers were down (once for 3 weeks!).
I think it is great and hope we never get rid of it.
Computers are great, but......
Anne Ferreira, Seabrook Library, Seabrook, NH
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> Hi Folks,
>
> We are a two-library system with about 175,000 items, and our Technical
> Services department still keeps a shelf list (index cards in card catalog
> drawers) for every record. Each card has cataloging info plus z
numbers
for
> each copy. Does anyone have any experience with phasing these out? Advice?
> Pros? Cons? As long as servers are backed-up properly, is there any use
for
> them? As far as I know, not too many libraries use them anymore.
Thanks.
>
> Robin L. Doughty
> Senior Librarian, Youth Services
> Roseville Public Library
> (916) 774-5355
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From: "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper-kids teaching parents
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:04:59 CDT
Hello all!
Here's a stumper where the problems isn't so much finding the right book as
finding the right subject heading. A patron is looking for picture books
to
read to her son about children teaching parents. They don't have to be
teaching them math or english, she's more interested in teaching character
traits like enjoying life or stopping to smell the roses. We have tried
our
catalog, amazon, A to Zoo and the Children's Catalog, under the subjects of
parent child relationships and teaching and education, but we haven't found
a thing.
Can anyone think of something? Thanks in Advance.
Chrissy Brobst
Stow-Munroe Falls Public LIbrary
Stow, OH
cbrobst66@hotmail.com
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From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org, yalsa-bk@ala.org
Subject: fantasy for a young reader so far (long)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:05:07 CDT
Thanks everyone for your suggestions so far for my 2nd grade daughter who
is showing some interest in fantasy but not yet ready for anything very
frightening (to briefly sum up). Some of these are titles that I had
already thought of but didn't mention so, of course, many of you
recommended them as well. Toward the end of the message I've listed some
suggestions that I won't be passing on to her, mostly because I think that
they might have elements that would be too scary or just too darn complex
(someone who, I think, missed my original post recommended His Dark
Materials which is definitely good but also not really for any second
grader alive). I haven't tried to alphabetize, annotate, sort by date,
rank or otherwise massage the recommendations.
Recommendations so far:
Van de Velde's Enchanted Forest Chronicles
various by Edward Eager
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
"A Fairy Called Hilary" by Strauss
Miss Switch series
Tamora Pierce the Magic Circle series (I love her stuff but it seems like
there are always battles, etc. so I may wait just a bit on these. I still
love the sheen of innocence on my daughter.)
Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci Chronicles and Dalemark series
"Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones
Kathleen Duey's Unicorn's Secret series
Redwall books
"The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles" by Julie Andrews Edwards
"Tom's Midnight Garden" by Philippa Pearce
"Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh" by Robert C. O'Brien
"James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
"The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis
"The Court of the Stone Children" by Eleanor Cameron
"The Children of Green Knowe" by L.M.Boston
"Time Cat" by Lloyd Alexander
"Catwings" by Ursula K. LeGuin
"Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
"The Diamond in the Window" by Jane Langton
"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hogston Burnett
"Five Children and It" by E. Nesbit (or any of her delightful short
stories
in "The Book of
Beasts" or "The Book of Dragons")
Mary Norton (The Borrowers)
Penelope Farmer (Charlotte Sometimes)
Tove Jansson (Finn Family Moomintroll)
John Masefield (The Midnight Folk)
Maria Gripe (Ronia the Robber's Daughter)
Oz books
collections of fairytales
Secrets of Droon by Tony Abbott
Sherwood Smith
More Minds series by Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman
Jenny Nimmo
Eva Ibbotson
Polly Horvath
Fledgling by Jane Langton
"The Witch Family" by Estes
Rowan books (by Emily Rodda, I'm assuming)
Andre Norton's "Octagon Magic" and "Steel Magic"
Bruce Coville's "Into the Land of Unicorns", "Jennifer Murdley's
Toad", and
"Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher".
Not recommended's include:
the aforementioned His Dark Materials by Pullman
Skellig by David Almond
Once and Future King by T. H. White (although I might try The Sword in the
Stone which the first part of OaFK sometimes published by itself)
Gulliver's Travels
Eric Norton
Head of Children's Services
McMillan Memorial Library
Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494
715-422-5130
enorton@scls.lib.wi.us
"Very senior librarians...once they have proved themselves worthy by
performing some valiant act of librarianship, are accepted into a secret
order and are taught the raw arts of survival beyond the Shelves We Know."
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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From: <laanders@bellsouth.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re stumper: three witches
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:05:14 CDT
Big thanks to Vicki Schoenrock, Cindy Schilling, Julie Hornick, Shari Haber,
Cathy Burnsed, Maggie Bollar, Mary Ferris, Laurie Cavanaugh, Lisa Smith,
Julie Ann Rines, Elizabeth Fiene, Susan Smith, and Kerry Rake. You have
unanimously solved my stumper. According to the patron, it is indeed
Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Mr, Elizabeth, by E.L.
Konigsburg. She was extremely happy with the news that we could get her
the
book she remembered. And I am red-faced at not knowing it myself!
Thanks again.
Linda Anderson
Nashville Public Library
laanders@bellsouth.net
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