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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: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1109
PUBYAC Digest 1109
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Summer reading school visits - best books?
by "Iserman, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Iserman@co.dakota.mn.us>
2) Wanted: Resume Reviewers for NMRT--ALA Annual Conference in Toronto
by Susie.Skarl@ccmail.nevada.edu
3) Re: story time name tags
by "Jennifer Dillon" <Jennifer.Dillon@cityofdenton.com>
4) Re: "Great Illustrated Classics"
by "Adrienne Furness" <afurness@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
5) alien snake stumper answered
by Tracy Taylor <tst72@yahoo.com>
6) lost library cards!
by <jjohnsen@cc-pl.org>
7) Re: "Great Illustrated Classics"
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
8) Craft request - again
by "Kimberly Harris" <krharr0@connectfree.co.uk>
9) mystery series stumper--answered
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
10) chat room and instant message policies
by Nancy Thelen <nthelan@monroe.lib.mi.us>
11) Name tags for 2 year olds
by Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us>
12) Teen Programming
by Alex Bender <ab44111@yahoo.com>
13) Re: "Great Illustrated Classics"
by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
14) Holocaust stumper
by Sharon Castanteen <scastanteen@yahoo.com>
15) Suggestion needed
by nhcheerio@juno.com
16) Easy Readers
by Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com>
17) Harry Potter crafts pt. 1 (very long)
by Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us
18) Top 10 reasons for a Librarian to Retire!
by nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com>
19) Great Illustrated Classics
by "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com>
20) Potter crafts, pt. 2
by Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us
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From: "Iserman, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Iserman@co.dakota.mn.us>
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:52:47 CDT
Hi all,
I have a bunch of school visits coming up, and I'm seeking ideas for =
books that work well when read aloud to children of all ages (K-6). Has =
anyone had really good luck with any titles in particular? Please reply
off list. Thanks in advance,
Jen Iserman
Jennifer Iserman
Children's Librarian
Dakota County Library - Burnhaven
1101 West County Road 42
Burnsville, MN 55306
(952) 898-7107
jennifer.iserman@co.dakota.mn.us
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From: Susie.Skarl@ccmail.nevada.edu
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Wanted: Resume Reviewers for NMRT--ALA Annual Conference in Toronto
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:52:56 CDT
***Please excuse any duplication. This message was
sent to a number of discussion groups. Thank you.
An Invitation to Resume Reviewers
The American Library Association's New Members Round Table (NMRT) Resume
Review Service Committee is looking for professional librarians with
experience in human resources, search committees and/or the hiring process
to review resumes and cover letters at the ALA Annual Conference in
Toronto.
This service is provided by NMRT to assist job seekers new to the
profession.
Who Do We Need?
Librarians from school, public, special, and academic libraries to review
resumes and cover letters during the Annual Conference in Toronto.
Where?
The Career Development Center in the ALA Placement Center at the Sheraton
Times?
Friday (6/20/03): 1:00 p.m.--5:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday (6/21 & 6/22/03): 9:00 a.m--5:00 p.m.
Monday (6/23/03): 1:00 p.m.--5:00 p.m.
If you are interested in reviewing resumes in Toronto, please contact Laura
Kortz, Chair, NMRT Resume Service at lkortz@njcu.edu
or by phone (201)
200-3473.
Thank you!
Susie Skarl
Member, ALA NMRT, Resume Review Service
Federal Depository Librarian
UNLV Lied Library
702-895-2141
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From: "Jennifer Dillon" <Jennifer.Dillon@cityofdenton.com>
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Subject: Re: story time name tags
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:53:04 CDT
In our infant programs we set out Ellison die cut outs, markers and tape
on a side table. The parents write the child's name and their name on
the shape & either tape it to themselves or on the child's back.
(otherwise, the babies like to chew on the nametags) I like to use the
open book die cut with a variety of construction paper colors. This is a
fun and colorful way for me to learn both the childrens' names and their
parents' names. We've also used this as a brief survey method by having
the parents include the child's age on the name tag & turn it in at the
end of the program.
Jen Dillon
Denton Public Library South Branch
jennifer.dillon@cityofdenton.com
>>> treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
05/12/03 11:35AM >>>
With a label! It's pretty easy each week to write a regular ol'
mailing
label
for each child and just stick it on their clothes. (Their mom could do
it.)
I
used to do this with my 3-6 year olds and they got a big charge out of
trying
to write their names on their name label.
Best,
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
Papillion Nebraska
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
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From: "Adrienne Furness" <afurness@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: "Great Illustrated Classics"
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I was a big fan of illustrated classics as a kid, and I'm always reading
about various writers who mention them as some of their early favorites.
This leads me to believe they aren't all bad. :) As with abridged audiobooks
and film adaptations of books, I think some are just better than others. I
think the good ones can lead kids on to the next level and inspire them to
read classic works of literature the same way many kids move on to bigger
things from Mary Kate and Ashley and Captain Underpants (or so I hope!). I
know I was inspired to tackle Poe's unabridged Tales of Mystery and Terror
after reading an illustrated classics version of "The Fall of the House of
Usher" in the 5th grade. Of course I didn't get it, but that's a whole
other
kettle of fish. :)
Adrienne Furness
Children's and Family Services Librarian
Webster Public Library, Webster, NY
afurness@libraryweb.org
----- Original Message -----
From: <OdonLibrarian@aol.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 12:35 PM
Subject: "Great Illustrated Classics"
> My question: How do you feel about simplified versions of classic
> literature? Do you have them in your children's collection?
>
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From: Tracy Taylor <tst72@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: alien snake stumper answered
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:53:21 CDT
Thanks to Jerry Henry, my personal stumper was
answered. The book is "Experiment In Terror" by
Bernal C. Payne Jr. and I thoroughly enjoyed rereading
it this weekend. Many others suggested "The Girl with
Silver Eyes" by Willo Davis Roberts which is also a
great book. Original stumper is copied below.
I know this might be a long stretch, but I have my
fingers crossed that someone will recognize my
personal stumper. Back sometime in the late 80s,
early 90s, I read a science fiction book for kids that
involved a bunch of friends all born on the same day
in the same hospital. They were teenagers by this
point, but were really somehow aliens put into human
bodies but didn't know this and were freaking out at
the fact they were turning into something that looked
like a snake or dreaming about being snakes or drawing
pictures of snakes, like I said I don't really
remember. I think they had the choice to remain with
their human side and reject their alieness also, but
am not sure. Thanks in advance for your help.
Tracy Taylor
tst72@yahoo.com
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From: <jjohnsen@cc-pl.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>,<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: lost library cards!
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:53:29 CDT
Here's another problem--we are thinking of a summer "amnesty" program
for
children with lost library cards (ordinarily a 2.00 fee) to get them back
for that all important summer reading program. any ideas?
Joan
From: "Wendy Morano" <WMORANO@cml.lib.oh.us>
> Date: 2003/05/09 Fri PM 12:16:53 EDT
> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
> Subject: Teen library cards
>
> Hi All,
> I work for the Columbus Metro. Lib. in Ohio, and am a member of a
task
> force researching services to teens and how the system can improve them.
>
> One thing we're discussing is allowing teens to get library cards
> without a parents signature. We currently require a parent/guardian
> signature for kids 17 and under. I'd like to hear from anyone who
> allows teens to get cards on their own. Has allowing teens to get
cards
> increased theft? Do you have borrowing restrictions for teen cards?
> Separate applications? What are the benefits you see every day?
And
> whatever else you think of.
> Thanks so much for taking the time to share your experiences.
> Wendy Morano
> Columbus Metropolitan Library
> wmorano@cml.lib.oh.us
>
>
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: "Great Illustrated Classics"
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:53:38 CDT
i don't buy them for our library but if they are
donated i will add them. i always make certain that
parents and students are aware that they aren't the
real thing--especially if they are reading it for
school. but i have had parents come in and
specifically ask me for easier versions of classics
because they want to introduce them to their children
in a format that's not too overwhelming.
on a personal note i read my copy of swiss family
robinson to pieces when i was in 5th grade. it was one
of my favorite books and it wasn't until i was in
college that i found out it was an adaptation--and a
disney one at that! did i get cheated? well, i still
remember it as one of my favorite books but i have yet
to read the "real thing"
~j.
=====
~jenniferbaker
fresno co. public library
"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: "Kimberly Harris" <krharr0@connectfree.co.uk>
To: "pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Craft request - again
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:53:46 CDT
Dear list,
I sent a request for craft ideas and sources a few days ago, but it =
seems to have gotten lost since I didn't see it in any of my digests I =
receive from this list serv. I probably did something wrong.=20
I am a young adult librarian originally from Kentucky working in the =
public libraries in Edinburgh, Scotland. I am helping with the =
organization of the summer reading program this year and we are stumped. =
Here in the UK there is a national program that libraries can =
participate in and my library has done so for the past two years with =
great success. This year the theme is the "Reading Maze" and I'm sorry
=
to say the theme is not very inspiring. We are having difficulties =
trying to come up with craft ideas to go around with it.=20
I thought I would try here again and see if anyone would have any great =
ideas that could help us out. I've had one response. And I'll post it =
along with any others I may receive. Please, please help. I have been =
thinking we could use myths and legends. If you could share any basic =
craft resources (books, websites, etc. ) that would also be appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Kim Harris
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: mystery series stumper--answered
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:53:52 CDT
thank you to Gayle Richardson, Shari Haber and Carolyn
Berg for identifying the mystery series as Mystery in
the Apple Orchard by Helen Fuller Orton published in
1954.
you guys are great as usual!
~j.
--- Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> hello all, i'm posting this one for a friend at
> another library so i don't have a lot of details but
> here goes:
>
> we're looking for a mystery series with a brother
> and
> sister set possibly in the early 1900s. one of the
> titles had something about an apple tree in it. it
> is
> "box-car like" but it is not the box car books or
> bobsey twins.
>
> any ideas?
>
> please respond to jbaker93711@yahoo.com
>
> TIA!
> ~j.
>
>
=====
~jenniferbaker
fresno co. public library
"If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist."
~ Jocasta Nu (librarian from "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the
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From: Nancy Thelen <nthelan@monroe.lib.mi.us>
To: "PUBYAC@prairienet.org"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: chat room and instant message policies
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:54:01 CDT
Hi all,
Our library is about to get a new circulation system with the
server held in a remote location. The library board here might
change the policy about allowing email on library computers.
Currently patrons are not allowed to use email. Staff is also
limited in using email. I recommended to the director that if
email is allowed that chat rooms, instant messages and other
immediate communication still not be allowed for the safety of
the children who use the computers here. I am wondering what
kinds of policies other libraries have regarding chat rooms, etc.
If you allow email, do you also allow chat? What are the reasons
for the decisions regarding electronic communication?
Thanks very much,
Nancy
(I'll compile a list of replies to the list)
--
Nancy Thelen
920 W. Michigan Ave
Three Rivers Public Library
Three Rivers, MI
nthelan@monroe.lib.mi.us
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From: Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Name tags for 2 year olds
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:54:10 CDT
I just wanted to thank everyone for their responses in regards to my
request for name tag ideas for my two year old storytime. Many of you
suggested sticky label name tags (with stickers or stamps) and I think this
seems like the best bet at the moment. I may reevaluate after a couple of
weeks; we'll see how it goes. Thanks so much for your help!
Erika
Erika Burge
Children's Librarian
Cedarburg Public Library
W63 N583 Hanover Avenue
Cedarburg, WI 53012
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From: Alex Bender <ab44111@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Teen Programming
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:54:19 CDT
Hello everyone. I need some help.
I am currently a Young Adult Librarian in a homogenous community. When I
offer a program I can usually count on the topic of the program being
something that is attractive to the community I serve. In three weeks, I
am
moving to a community that is 35% Young Adult, with high percentages of
Orthodox Jewish and Hispanic American (a lot of whom do not speak English as
a first language) young adults. Seeing as how I am used to not worrying
about the topics of my programs, I hoping the genius of the collective body
could offer some ideas. I want to serve and offer cool programs to teens
regardless of who they are, I hold this belief dear to my heart, it is among
the reasons why I became a librarian. Thank you in advance.
Truly yours,
Alex
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From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: "Great Illustrated Classics"
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:54:27 CDT
After trying to read my son (who is 5) the "real" Robin Hood, I am all
in
favor of Great Illustrated Classics! I don't want to read him the Disney
version, but somehow, his eyes glazed over when I read, "'I'll hold the
best
of you twenty marks, quoth bold Robin, 'that I hit the clout at threescore
rods, by the good help of Our Lady Fair.'"
For now, I'll stick to the GIC version, when he gets older and can puzzle
out the language himself, then I will have provided him with the background
of the tale at the time when he was most interested in it!
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From: Sharon Castanteen <scastanteen@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Holocaust stumper
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:54:35 CDT
Does anyone remember a fiction book about the Holocaust for around
grade
5 that has a cat and mouse on the cover? Thanks in advance....Sharon
Sharon Castanteen, Children's Librarian
River Edge Public Library
River Edge, New Jersey 07661
Sharon Castanteen
Director of Children's Services
River Edge Public Library
River Edge, NJ 07661
scastanteen@yahoo.com
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To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Suggestion needed
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:54:44 CDT
Hi,
I was wondering if any of you have any sure fire read alouds for first
graders. I'm having 75 of them come to my library next week! It's
part
of their "Learn about your community" day, and they are going to the
police department, fire department, and a local pizza place before coming
to the library. The teacher who I arranged this with wanted me to read a
story to the group, and then share a little big about the library and
what it does. I'm trying to rack my brain for a fun picture book about a
library that would be good for a group this big, but I'm drawing a blank.
Any ideas? I'm going to try to give out library card applications to
the teachers to give to their students when they get back to school, and
I'm also going to plug SRP. Any other ideas of things to do? I only
have a half an hour, so I'm a little limited. I can't give a tour with
that many children (our library is barely big enough to have this many
kids there as it is!)
And, I guess I can throw this out there too. Do you have any suggestions
of humorous books for middle schoolers? I also have a large group of 6th
graders coming the week after next, and their teacher wanted me to talk
about SRP. I thought I would try to read a few things from funny books
to start, since Michigan's SRP theme is Laugh it Up @ Your Library.
I'm very new to being a children's librarian, and I would appreciate your
suggestions and collective wisdom. If there is interest, I'll post a
compellation for one or both groups.
Thanks!
Lisa Pinard
Youth Services Librarian
Holt-Delhi Library
Capital Area District Library
2078 Aurelius Road
Holt, MI 48842
PS Thank you all who gave me feedback about book shelves on wheels.
After I received your suggestions, the building maintainance
persomaintenanceanch head that we can put permanent shelves there after
all. Oh well!
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From: Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Easy Readers
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:54:52 CDT
Hi All,
Thanks for all the easy reader suggestions. In
addition to the recommendations I've included below, I
found the "easy reader core list" at BWI: Titletales
web site to be particularly helpful.
Thanks again,
Christy Jones
Pubyac Recommends:
The Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
(www.dawcl.com)
lists
45 easy readers that have all been recognized for
their quality.
Lisa Bartle
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
www.dawcl.com
There are lots of lists out there, but I would
encourage you also to
do some informal polling of your primary teachers and
students.
There are a number of series books out there that fall
into the "easy
reader" category and one of the things we know about
getting kids to
choose to read is providing them books they are
interested in. What
are the children enjoying? What do they order from
the book clubs?
What's hot? What's not? If you have a RIF program at
your school
you might talk to those folks and find out what flies
off the tables.
You probably already know all this, but I just wanted
to throw in the
idea that just because the title is on a list doesn't
necessarily
make it a winner. Thanks for listening.
Bonnie
P.S. There are lots of websites like this one, but I
find it has some
helpful ideas. You might browse the series list, the
reluctant
reader list and even the high/low for those older
children who still
need the easy reader category but with more
sophisticated content
(quality sure does vary in the category, though).
Hope this helps
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/children_booklists.html
I don't have such a list, but I can make one for you.
We have our easy-to-read books separate from our easy
books, the ones meant to be read to young ones, not by
them. I hope that makes sense.
· We have many of the Rookie Readers. They are brief,
include a word list, and come in a variety of levels,
from ten to fifty words per book.
· We've also found that Patty Wolcott and Bob Reese
write good beginning beginners books (10 words.)
· Aro publishing also puts out beginner books. They
have the word list at the front. Each one says, "I am
an ARO Publishing 10 word book. My ten words are:..."
· For those getting into longer books with more text
per page, we have Nate the Great (Sharmat), Amelia
Bedelia (Parish), Henry and Mudge (Rylant), Arthur
(the chimp by Hoban, not the aardvark by Brown), Fox
(Marshall), Amanda Pig (Van Leeuwen), Berenstain
Bears, Little Bill (Cosby), and a host of others.
Our easy-to-read collection covers twelve shelves,
most of which are pretty close to empty all summer. It
covers Primer to Second reader reading levels. Hope
this helps.
Peg Siebert
Blodgett Library
Fishkill, NY
If you go to Amazon.com
then Children's books
Then under Browse Children's
click on Series
then click on Early Readers
it lists all the early reader series. Then you can
click on a specific
series and then select what level you are interested
in.
Nancy Shacklette
Maplewood Memorial Library
Maplewood, NJ 07040
nshacklette@maplewoodlibrary.org
-
One good list of easy readers is available at:
http://dol.state.vt.us/gopher_root5/libraries/cbec/bonzezrd.lis
It is quite outdated, but many of the titles are
classics.
I do hope you'll consider my own books and others in
the Brand New
Readers series from Candlewick. Kids love them. Mine
are WINNIE ALL DAY
LONG and WINNIE PLAYS BALL.
Leda Schubert
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From: Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Harry Potter crafts pt. 1 (very long)
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I got so many suggestions I decided to split it into two posts (I don't=
know how long of a memo the listserv can take). Thanks to Julie Ann Ri=
nes,
Denise DiPaolo, Molly DeCleene, Christine Detlaff, Melissa MacLeod,Karl=
a
Frost, Betsy Bydell, Natasha Forrester, Peg Siebert, Ann Job, Donna Mor=
an,
Glenice Molter, Elizabeth Murphy, Ellie Mazor, Ann Miner for taking the=
time to pass along their wonderful suggestions. Molly also attached a
detailed party outline from another system (Denise Goff? Tavares Public=
Library?) that I can forward to anyone who would like it. Several peop=
le
recommended Book of Wizard Crafts by Janice Eaton Kilby
POTTER PARTY CRAFTS
>>On the Kids Domain website I found a cute trio of projects a wizard
pencil box and broom and wand pencils. I would be tempted to do the pen=
cils
as brooms and use pens for the wands with colored ink. The pencil box l=
ooks
like a book they gave it the title Caring for Enchanted Objects. The br=
ooms
are just a tuft of raffia tied onto the end of
a pencil with star garland or another strip of raffia and the wand just=
had
a tuft of star garland on the end (to look
like flying sparks). The pencil box was just wrapped in construction pa=
per
or something a little stiffer so that it would stick out a bit like a c=
over
and lines were drawn on the edges to look like pages.How about making o=
ne
of those cup and ball games with your snitches? Depending on how old yo=
ur
kids are you can make it hard or easy by changing the size of the cup, =
it
is really hard to catch the ball on a cup just about the same size as y=
our
ball. If you have a hand shaped diecut you could even have the kids wra=
p a
pair of hands around the cup so it would look like the seeker had caugh=
t
it.
>>I ran a program called "Knit a Harry Potter Scarf" where
the kids/te=
ens
learned to knit & created the beginnings of a Gryffindor maroon & gold
scarf (they kept the supplies & completed the scarves at home). It was =
fun!
>>If you're still looking for craft ideas, I have one for you: Witches'=
and
Wizards' hats. If you have money to spend, you could buy plain-colored =
cone
party hats (try www.orientaltrading.com).
If your budget is tight, you =
can
make the hats out of construction paper or cardstock. Have your young
muggles decorate the hats with crayons, markers, stickers, die cuts, et=
c.
If you really want to get fancy, you could attach curling ribbon to the=
top
of each hat. Punch holes in the sides and tie yarn or string through th=
em
to keep the hat on your head.
>>Make a wand and eat it up ? Each child takes a large pretzel rod onto=
their paper plate. Cover the pretzel rod with canned icing of any flav=
or.
Shake different types of sprinkles onto the icing (moon, stars and othe=
r
magical shapes are available). Admire wand and then eat it before leav=
ing
table and moving to another station. Please have water nearby for thos=
e
who get thirsty. You might also have another table serving "butter
bee=
r"
which is apple cider with caramel topping swirled into it.
>>Sparkling snakes ? Precut spirals using Ellison die from Tavares Publ=
ic
Library. You can cut them from oak tag paper or fun foam. Each
spiral=
snake needs to hang from a string through a hole in the snake's head (t=
he
middle of the spiral). Markers may be used to design the snake and
pu=
t on
an eye. Cover the top side of the snake with glue wherever you would l=
ike
glitter to stick. Then place the snake into a box top (to control the
mess) and shake glitter onto the glued areas. Shake off the extra glit=
ter
and admire your sparkling snake.
>>Mystical masks ? Precut masks out of oak tag paper or fun foam using
Ellison dies from Tavares Public Library or Astor County Library. Have=
a
variety of items available to decorate the mask (feathers, sequins,
markers, puff paint, etc.) Use glue sticks to attach decorations and
finish by attaching elastic cord for wearing the mask if desired
>>What we did at our Harry Potter party is make little drawstring bags =
to
hold Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans (known in the Muggle world as Jel=
ly
Bellies). I purchased some fabric that was purple with gold stars and c=
ut
it into circles (about the size of a dinner plate) with pinking shears.=
I
then made pairs of little slits about every three inches or so around t=
he
circle, about an inch and a half from the edge. I also purchased stretc=
hy
gold cord and precut it into 1-foot lengths. At the party, the kids
threaded the cord through the slits and drew it up into a drawstring ba=
g,
then tied the cord in a bow. I had made up little packs of about 20 Jel=
ly
Bellies wrapped in Saran Wrap and tied with curling ribbon and gave eac=
h of
them one to put in their bag. My daughter still has hers and keeps
different things in it.
>>You can make parchment paper for scrolls. Take a piece of paper (I th=
ink
they said preferably onion skinned but can't remember.) Tear strips off=
the
edges to give it that jagged look, crumple it into a ball then smooth o=
ut.
Next, rub with a sponge that has been dipped in a coffee & water
solution,this will darken it. We then toasted them in a toaster oven, a=
bout
30 seconds to a minute, with a supervisor doing the toasting and watchi=
ng
to
make sure they don't burn (if you are worried about fire hazard then yo=
u
can always try a hairdryer, although I don't know if it will give it th=
at
aged, brown crispiness!) Finally, roll them into a scroll and tie with =
a
ribbon. The kids loved them! Also, you can make wizard hats. We made s=
ilk
hats here by covering card stock stapled into hat form with cheap silk =
that
we sponged stars and moons on, but for my son's B-Day we did a less tim=
e
consuming
version by buying black and deep blue posterboard, prestapling them int=
o
hat cones, then decorating them with metallic markers (really cool look=
!)
and different colored and shaped foil stars. Have fun.
>>A couple of possibilities -- design Hagrid's hut. Take a brown paper =
bag,
stuff the inside with crumpled paper, and staple the top closed. Then l=
et
the kids decorate it, similar to decorating a gingerbread house using p=
aper
cutouts of windows, doors, spiders and other animals, etc.
>>Create your own owl. I saw a craft in a book of medieval crafts for k=
ids
that had a double-sided silhouette of a hawk that was cut out and folde=
d to
stand upright. It could even perch since there was a hole for a finger =
to
fit through. We are going to design an owl shape that is similar and le=
t
the kids color and fold their own owls.
More to come...
=
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From: nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Top 10 reasons for a Librarian to Retire!
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:55:08 CDT
Hi All...Here it is...something you have all been waiting for!!!! With your
assistance....I present the Top 10 reasons for a librarian to
retire:ENJOY...NADINE
Top 10 reasons for a librarian to retire:
10. When s/he is a couple of chapters short of a book.
9. You go into a store and are seriously frustrated that there is no
searchable catalog to help you find what you are looking for
8. Your "shusher" stops working.
7.When a patron says "Do you work here?"...and you can't remember if
you
do...
6. You find yourself interviewing the Grand- or great-grand- children of
people you first worked with.
5. When you learn a coin from your birth year is considered a rare specimen
4. To have more time to read- so many books, so little time.
3. You see books published by the GRANDchildren of authors who were popular
when you were young
2. No more reports or budgets to fill out
AND THE NUMBER REASON IS...
1. When driving down the highway, you practice the Dewey Decimal System by
using the license plates of automobiles you pass on the road, and trying to
remember where on the shelves they belong.
*****Responses received...******
*....So we can read all those books people think we do!!!! (and really want
to!)
*The main reason I can think of for retiring is so I can read all those
books I've been shelving for so many years!!
*As for a top ten reason to retire: So that you'll finally have time to read
all the good books you've been checking out to other people. (I'm going to
be a nasty old lady looking for 25 year old books because I have a growing
list of adult titles I keep putting off to have more time to read children's
stuff, either to my daughter or just to know it.)
*A librarian should retire when s/he is a couple of chapters short of a
book.
*no more trips to clean the public restrooms -
*the ceiling leaks will be someone else's responsibility -
*no more silly questions like: are you open?
*do you have this book, it has a yellow cover. (the book cover was actually
green)
*no more demands that new movies be purchased in VHS and DVD -
*no more complaints that the video didn't work, when you have seen it
several times and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. -
*no more last minute budget cuts from the state. -
*no more state reports to fill out. -
*no more LSTA and Universal Funds forms to fill out!!!
*no more parents complaining that their child was disciplined for climbing
the bookshelves -
*no more latch key children hanging around all hours of the day and night
til their parents can rush in and pick them up.
*It may be time to retire if: -You go into a store and are seriously
frustrated that there is no searchable catalog to help you find what you are
looking for -
*You find that you actually do spend a lot of time "shushing" people
:-)*you
start to think the stereotypical cardigan, bun, and glasses on a chain, and
orthapedic shoes look like a great idea -
*you've been there so long when a patron asks for "You know, that red book
with the guy on the cover" you know exactly what they are looking for
*Its time to retire when: Patron says "Do you work here?"...and you
can't
remember if you do...
*You see books published by the GRANDchildren of authors who were popular
when you were young...
*You find yourself interviewing the Grand- or great-grand- children of
people you went to school with (OR first worked with).
*When you learn a coin from your birth year is considered a rare specimen.
*My number 1 reason for retiring is to finally have time to read!
*I've thought of another while I've spent the day here in cold snowy
Massachusetts trying to schedule summer performers. I would like to go to a
library program, author visit or concert that I didn't have to arrange or
worry about the peformer getting lost or being disgruntled about something.
*One of my top 10 reasons for retiring is to have more time to read- so many
books, so little time.
*************************************************************
Nadine Lipman
Head of Children's Services
Waterford Public Library
49 Rope Ferry Rd.
Waterford, CT 06385
e-mail: WPL_nadine@yahoo.com
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From: "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Great Illustrated Classics
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:55:16 CDT
Hello All,
I'm usually a lurker, but I decided to express an opinion on this subject so
be gentle if you disagree:-)
I do not like abrigements or adaptations that pretend to be the real story,
particularly the classics. The author of that story spent a significant
amount of time writing it, probably agonizing over every word. (that may be
a little dramatic.) An editor spent time revising the story and
removing
any extraneous material before the book went to press. How can we remove a
further hundred or so pages and still call it the same book? With the
classics, the value is often not in the basic plot, but in the language, or
the subtlety the author used to express himself or herself. All this is
lost in an adaptation. The so-called Great Illustrated Classics are some
of
the worst because patrons often do not realize they have not read the
original text. If these items are added to your collection, I would be
sure
it is obvious to the reader just what they are getting. I can't stand it
when people return those things and say, "I read Call of the Wild, or The
Three Musketeers." I chew holes through my tongue trying not to
reply, "No
you didn't!"
Another problem I have seen is that they are used by parents as safe
alternatives to the real thing. There are some pretty risqué things in
The
Three Musketeers, and if you don't want your kids to read it, that's fine
with me. But I hate that parents think the classics need to be censored,
so
they give their kids a watered down version.
Just to be clear, my dislike does not extend to Wishbone and the like.
Wishbone does not pretend to be Hamlet, but it does get kids interested, and
that is a great thing. I just wish people would understand that a book is
more than its basic plot, and a classic text deserves better than someone
taking an axe to it so it can be palatable to a younger audience.
Just one humble opinion. I hope to read yours.
Chrissy Brobst
Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library
Stow, OH
cbrobst66@hotmail.com
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From: Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Potter crafts, pt. 2
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:55:25 CDT
>>I haven't done such a program, but I've seen some sample crafts.
Paint a rock to make a sorcerer's stone.
Pill bottles turned upside down make good finger
puppets. Add felt and
feathers and you have Hedwig or Pigwidgin. You could
even make cages
for them out of craft sticks.
Hollow out cupcakes and fill with cotton candy to make
cauldron cakes.
Cut glasses out of cardboard and add tape to make
Harry's glasses.
Blow up black balloons, add eyes and chenille stick
legs, and you have
Aragog.
Stuff an old tie, add eyes and a tongue at the wide
end, and you have
the baselisk
>>crayola.com has a quill making craft you could try. We did it with
pencils instead of pens and it worked great
>>We did this several years ago, along with the wands, with kids in grades
K to 6 and they really liked it. We cut out a basic owl shape (with wings
against body) from large paper grocery bags. They stapled 2 of the shapes
together (printed material on the inside) stuffed with shredded newspaper,
and decorated with colored chalk and markers. The "messenger
owls" came
out looking great, and each one was unique
>>We made owls outof paper lunch bags using feathers and sheets of foamies
cut out for ears, feet, etc., and then gave the children adoption papers
for the owls they made. We also had beginning Quidditch with the children
straddling brooms, and having to go in and out of traffic cones (donated
for the day by our City Works Dept.) and trowing a balloon through a hula
hoop (we made sure that we had alot of balloons blown up and put in a
garbage bag for the "head" of each house to hand out to the first
person in
line. That person would go in and out of the cones put the balloon though
the hula hoop, and go back through the cones to the line where the next
person would go and do the same thing......
>>Changing Color Trick - die cut shapes in opposite colors of normal
(Red
frogs, green hearts, blue pumpkins...) Wizards-in-training fold a sheet of
white paper in half and glue die cut shape to one half. They stare at the
shape without blinking for 30 seconds, then look at the white side of the
paper and blink a few times to see the color transformation
>>Eyelops Owl Emporium "Pets" - Die cut owls or dragons or frogs
and let
the kids decorate them with cotton balls, feathers or big sequins. You
could also photocopy pictures of the animals.
>>Parsel Charm (Levitation Trick - works best on a dry day) - Tape a
6"
piece of skinny yarn (snake) to a paper plate. Have a couple of balloons
blown up, or plastic drinking cups or spoons work too. Kids rub the
balloon or
spoon on their hair, and hold it over the snake to make it levitate.
>>Fill small bottle nearly to top with water.
Add a litte food coloring.
Add 1/2 tsp of gold metallic paint
Add a little glitter if you want.
If desired , glue cap onto bottle.
Shake and mysterious colors float around. This was really popular.
You can use small water bottles and peel off the label. I went to a craft
store and bought 4 oz. plastic bottles with a cork and they looked really
cool.
>>How about the Mirror of Erised
Take one of those annoying CDs you get from any number of internet sources
glue to a large craft stick - shiny mirror side out
decorate with ribbons, glitter, sharpy pens
our kids thought they were cool and some older ones took them to school to
keep in their lockers
Thanks, everyone!!! I'll post my party results in late June.
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