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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 29, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1125
PUBYAC Digest 1125
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Crocodile hunter
by "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
2) Library Chairs Auction
by "Fayth Chamberland" <FChamberland@minlib.net>
3) Suggestions Wanted
by Clearskies150@aol.com
4) Fwd: stumper/pandacize
by "Jeanetta Graham" <jgraham@and.lib.in.us>
5) RE: booktalk query
by "Steven Engelfried" <sengelfried@ci.beaverton.or.us>
6) RE Go-Karts
by "Sharon McDonald" <SMcDonald@minlib.net>
7) 2003 Ontario Library Association Silver Birch Awards
by Andrea Gordon <gordona@bpl.on.ca>
8) Gross Humor-Compilation
by "Paula Anderson" <paulaan@lori.state.ri.us>
9) Disney ideas
by nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com>
10) funny picture books
by girardk@SLS.LIB.IL.US
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From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Crocodile hunter
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:28:09 CDT
I thought I had save a file that someone had done a Crocodile hunter =
program a year or so ago, but of course I can't find it. Anyone done one =
of these. I am aiming at grades 4-6 and am especially interested in =
games and activities more than crafts.
Linda Peterson
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
125 South Franklin
Bloomfield, Indiana 47424
Phone: (812)384-4125
Fax: (812)384-0820
email: lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us
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From: "Fayth Chamberland" <FChamberland@minlib.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Library Chairs Auction
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:28:16 CDT
I believe I read a post awhile back about a fundraising project where
people or organizations were invited to take an unfinished wood chair and
decorate it- paint, stencil, etc. and then they put them on display and
later put up for auction to raise funds for the library. Anyone out there
have any suggestions?
Fayth Chamberland
Concord Free Public Library
Concord, MA
fchamberland@minlib.net
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From: Clearskies150@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Suggestions Wanted
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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:28:25 CDT
Hi everyone,
I have a patron who emailed me and wanted to know what books I could
recommend for her son who is in 2nd grade, but reads at a 6th grade level.
There is such a big difference between the maturity level of a 7-8 year old
and an 11 year old. Any suggestions????
Mary-jo Zeising
Children's Librarian
Hollis Social Library
Hollis, NH
603 465-7721
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From: "Jeanetta Graham" <jgraham@and.lib.in.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Fwd: stumper/pandacize
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:28:34 CDT
Hello!
I will try again. :)
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From: "Jeanetta Graham" <jgraham@and.lib.in.us>
To: pubyac@prairinet.org
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 14:06:06 -0500
Subject: stumper/pandacize
Please help. A customer said he and his sister (both elderly) remember a
story...he thought the title was Pandacize...
He recalls in the story there was a boy that had a pat of butter on his
head and he got into mischief.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
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From: "Steven Engelfried" <sengelfried@ci.beaverton.or.us>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
Subject: RE: booktalk query
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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:28:44 CDT
I'm still not sure where the student seeking booktalk knowledge sinned. =
Unless there were requirements set by the professor limiting the =
resources she used (I don't have the original post), I think her =
research was sound. She asked experienced experts. She received =
several recommendations of print resources to try, and seeing the same =
titles recommended repeatedly (like Joni Bodart's "Booktalk" series) =
gave her good clues about what the true standard print sources are. She =
also got some valuable practical tips based on personal experiences, =
both from experienced booktalkers and from beginners. She still has to =
look at the books, synthesize the information, and put it together on =
her own. And also weed through the PUBYAC responses to figure out which =
ones are most valuable. Asking experts can be an extremely valuable =
part of a research assignment, and list servs, chat rooms, and web sites =
make it much easier to do than back in the olden days. =20
- Steven Engelfried, Head of Youth Services
Beaverton City Library
12375 SW 5th Street
Beaverton, OR 97005
503-526-2599
sengelfried@ci.beaverton.or.us=20
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From: "Sharon McDonald" <SMcDonald@minlib.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE Go-Karts
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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:28:53 CDT
Folks replied from Oregon to Ohio about go-karts. I'll summarize:
Most of the books on go-karts are ancient. But that's okay, because one
doesn't take apart a roller skate, your old lawn mower, and add a few
boards for a go-kart. Nope. You buy parts or a kit, get out your welder,
and produce an extremely professional looking motorized thing that I
could ride to work in - if it weren't illegal to go karting on public
streets! For this vehicle, Debra Bogart of the Springfield, Oregon
Library reports, the web is the place to go. She suggests hunting
for "karts" "go karts" "kart plans" or even
"carts." There are online
plans a-plenty.
Soap box racers also tend to come in kits. They're the non-motorized
wheeled beasts who depend on gravity to zoom downhill. Resources post-
1980 are also more apt to be available on the web.
For the homemade sort of thing with orange crate, you can also try "Make
It and Ride It," a c1949 o.p. title by Maginely. (BTW, you are
specifically cautioned NOT to use a lawnmower engine - something about a
vertical driveshaft.)
On your mark, get set, GO!
--Sharon McDonald
Bedford, MA
smcdonald@minlib.net
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From: Andrea Gordon <gordona@bpl.on.ca>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: 2003 Ontario Library Association Silver Birch Awards
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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:29:02 CDT
May 22, 2003
THE 10th ANNIVERSARY SILVER BIRCH AWARDS GO TO CAMP X AND HANA'S SUITCASE
At the Milk International Festival of the Arts at Harbourfont Centre in
Toronto, 1,500 grade 4-6 students leapt to their feet to cheer on the
authors and winners of the 2003 Silver Birch Awards. As usual it was the
children's show as they announced the results of the province-wide vote by
52,104 of their peers in the tenth exciting presentation of Canada's largest
literary event.
The Silver Birch Awards for 2003 went to Camp X by Eric Walters in the
fiction category and to Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine in the non-fiction
category. This was Walters' third Silver Birch Award in the ten year history
of the program. He won for Trapped in Ice in 1999 and for Stars in 1997.
"This is not something any author can get used to," said Walters.
"It is a
great thrill to have all this wonderful support."
There were three finalists in each category, whose books while not winning
came close and are designated Honour Books for 2003.
In Fiction, the Honour Books announced were:
The White Horse Talisman, by Andrea Spalding
TJ and the Cats by Hazel Hutchins
Summer of Change, by Ann Alma
In non-fiction, the Honour Books announced were:
ZZZ... by Trudee Romanek, illustrated by Rose Cowles
Adventures with the Vikings, by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Bill
Slavin
How Hockey Works, by Keltie Thomas, illustrated by Greg Hall
Most of the authors nominated for this year's Silver Birch Awards were
present much to the delight of the young audience. Both of the winning
authors were present as were authors Laurie Coulter (Secrets in Stone),
Linda Granfield (Where Poppies Grow?), Barbara Greenwood (Gold Rush Fever),
Trudee Romanek (ZZZ...), Elizabeth MacLeod (To the Top of Everest), Keltie
Thomas (How Hockey Works), Ann Alma (Summer of Changes), Maggie de Vries
(Chance and the Butterfly), Cheryl Foggo (I Have Been in Danger), Hazel
Hutchins (TJ and the Cats), Andrea Spalding (The White Horse Talisman) and
Nikki Tate (Jo's Triumph). Illustrators present included Bill Slavin
(Adventures with the Vikings), Julian Mulock (What's That Bug?) and Greg
Hall (How Hockey Works). Always a pleasure to watch were the children
hosting the authors who did a marvellous job introducing the authors and the
nominated books and presenting the citations and awards.
CBC InfoMatrix host Anthony MacLean was emcee. "I just love doing
this," he
enthused as he was thanking the authors and children for their roles in
doing this. The children obviously loved his encouragement by responding
with gusto to his praise. Jazzmania a fabulous band from Claude Watson
School for the Arts provided the entertainment.
Andrea Gordon
Manager, Children's & Youth Services
Burlington Public Library
2331 New Street
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 1J4
gordona@bpl.on.ca
905-639-3611, ext. 135
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From: "Paula Anderson" <paulaan@lori.state.ri.us>
To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Gross Humor-Compilation
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:29:10 CDT
Thank you to everyone who sent suggestions. I was so inundated I =
couldn't respond to all of them.
Here is my working draft. I've included items at the end that were =
suggested to me, but which we didn't own.=20
Gross Humor
=20
Picture Books
Arnold, Tedd
Parts
More Parts
Cooke, Kaz
The Terrible Underpants
Denim, Sue The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo
DiTerlizzi, Tony
Jimmy Zangwow's =
Out-of-This-World, Moon Pie Adventure
Galloway, Ruth
Fidgety Fish
Gomi, Taro
Everyone Poops
Grossman, Bill
My Little Sister Ate One Hare
Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny
Posthuma, Sieb
Benny
Lee, Ho Baek
While We Were Out
Kopelke, Lisa
Excuse Me!
Kotzwinkle, William
Walter the Farting Dog
Levine, Deb
Parker Picks
Miller, Ruth
The Bear on the Bed
Muller, Birde
Farley Farts
Munsch, Robert
Good Families Don't
Pilkey, Dav
Dog Breath
=20
Fiction
Bunting, Eve
Nasty, Stinky Sneakers
Doyle, Roddy
The Giggler Treatment
Greenburg, Dan
Tell a Lie and Your Butt Will Grow =
(A to Z Mysteries)
Griffiths, Andy
The Day My Butt Went Psycho
Ibbotson, Eva
The Great Ghost Rescue
Jennings, Paul
Unreal!
Korman, Gordon
Nose Pickers from Outer Space =
=20
Lowry, Lois
Anastasia Absolutely
Mills, Claudia
You're a Brave Man, Julius =
Zimmerman
Naylor, Phyllis
Beetles, Lightly Toasted
Pilkey, Dav
Captain Underpants series
Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
Rockwell, Thomas
How to Eat Fried Worms
Sachar, Louis
Marvin K. Redpost-Why Pick on Me?
=20
=20
Non-Fiction
Cole, Babette
Dr. Dog (RA 777 C65)
Jackson, Ellen
The Book of Slime (QP/215/J33)
Porter, Cheryl Gross Grub: Wretched Recipes That Look Yucky but
Taste =
Yummy (TX/652.5/P667)
Solheim, James
It's Disgusting and We At It =
(TX/355/S648 1997)
Yagyu, Genichiro
The Holes in Your Nose =
(QM/505/Y33)
=20
=20
Others Recommended (but we don't own)
The Truly Tasteless Scratch and Sniff Book by Andrew Donkin
This Book Really Sucks: The Science Behind Gravity, Flight, Leeches,=20
Black Holes, Tornadoes, Our Friend the Vacuum Cleaner, and Most=20
Everything Else that Sucks by the Editors of Planet Dexter.=20
Oh Yuck!: the encyclopedia of everything nasty"
The story of the little mole who went in search of whodunit, by Werner =
Holzwarth
The Revolting books by Roald Dahl
The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts by Shinta Cho
Thanks again!
Paula Anderson
Warwick PL
Warwick RI
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From: nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Disney ideas
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:29:19 CDT
Yaccers...the following is something that is way OVERDUE in passing on to
you. Earlier in the year, I asked about ideas for a Disney party we were
thinking about. Some of you expressed interest, so here is what we
did...(BTW it turned into a week-long school vacation celebration--some of
the components were affected by the the blizzard back in February, but I am
including them...) I was very careful in getting permission from Disney (a
novel in itself!) as well as Public Performance Rights Nadine
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. The very first person I spoke with was the local Disney Store manager (or
it could have even been the district supervisor) who told me I could use the
store bags however I wanted, as they are given to the public; I could use
them as part of posters, etc (as opposed to drawing them.which I KNOW is a
no-no!) She did tell me, also, that I couldn't use any of their promotional
things, as they were strictly for the stores (I was drooling over the Mickey
cut-outs in the store window!!!)
Here is a breakdown from the calendar:
Feb 12 Disney World here we come (Pre-registration; children 3 and up with
parent/caregiver 6:30-7:30)
*Video- the official travel video (not sure if I want to use the entire 30
min or not)
*Trivia contest (used pictures from a Disney calendar; the beginning of a
song from a CD and some Disney character paper plates
*Sing along;(showed one song from one of the sing-along movies for eveyone
to join in) SMALL WORLD, of course!!!
*Story/book relating to Disney (Jakobsen TAKE ME TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM);
Neitzel--The Suitcase I am Taking to Grandma's (changed to Disney WOrld)
*Refreshments
Have been given mucho stuff from my travel agent/Disney representative to
put out and and award as prizes.
Feb 18 MAGIC KINGDOM- CHILDREN'S ROOM OPENING AT 9:30!!!!!
music (I PLAYED DISNEY CDS ALL DAY)
. costumes (9:30-8:00)(STAFF WORE ALL KINDS OF MICKEY/DISNEY RELATED
CLOTHING AND COSTUMES)
*FrontierLand- cowboy story hour (AM) Pre-registration; children 5 and up
pre-registration 10-10:45
*Mickey's ToonTown Fair- make mouse ears
*Fantasy Land- build castle (FROM BOXES)
*AdventureLand- pirate ship suncatcher(ellison die cut on old cd-rom)
*TomorrowLand- bookmark with stickers
*Liberty Square- ghost stories, (children 5 and up pre-registration
1:30-2:15
*Main Street- get passport (door hanger with all the events listed) stamped,
with room for a purchased Mickey Mouse sticker
Evening."un"birthday party with refreshments based on Alice movie
scavenger hunt through Children's Services for the entire week(receive a
prize)
Feb 19 DISNEY-MGM STUDIOS
AM- Costume party 10-11
PM-Movie..Bugs Life 7-8:30 FAMILIES
Feb 20 PLEASURE ISLAND
AM-Summertime story hour
PM-Beach party-hawaiian theme.limbo, food (coconut cookies, pineapple,
Hawaiian Punch ), shell collage, volleyball, build sancastles using large
boxes, make visors, fire twirlers (for real...but because we were indoors
they used lightsticks in the dark!!!)(Pre-registration; children ages 7 and
up, 7:00-8:00)
Feb 21 EPCOT (all ages, 10-4)
Crafts from around the world
Feb 22 ANIMAL KINGDOM
Miniature horses visitation, and stories
Dinoland-Dinosaur story hour,
We built a castle outside the children's room doors from cardboard, and
using pictures from a centerpiece I bought at a party store with a sign
above it that say.THE MAGIC READING KINGDOM with a picture of Mickey from a
Disney Store bag (which the manager, as I wrote above, said was not a
problem.
I think that is everything. There was no charge to attend any of the
activities, no donations, nothing!!!
If anyone has further questions, I will be glad to answer them...the entire
staff had a great time, and it did a lot to warm us up during a verrrry
cold..and snowy time! Nadine
*************************************************************
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: girardk@SLS.LIB.IL.US
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: funny picture books
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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:29:27 CDT
Hi, everyone!
I'd like to ask for your personal recommendations to help with a request we
got
from a patron last night. She asked us for the "top 5 funniest
picture
books
of all time," specifically for 3-4 year olds. It's easy to find 'funny'
picture
books, but when I started compiling a list, I realized that they were books
that I myself found humorous or that worked well with grade school kids, not
necessarily books that were funny to 3 & 4-year-olds.
I checked A To Zoo and some lists I found online, and some of my choices
were
on those lists, but I wasn't personally familiar with a lot of the titles
and
some of the titles (like Miss Nelson) wouldn't be funny to a 3-year-old.
If you'd like to share your personal choices, both for books that have been
a
Storytime hit for you and for other titles you think should be included in
a 'Funny Picture Books' bibliography, I'd really appreciate it. If you
send
them directly to me, I'll be happy to compile a list and post it for
everyone.
Here are some of the titles I'm starting with--
Books that have had them rolling on the floor in Storytime:
Blue Hat, Green Hat (Boynton)
Max's Bath (Wells)
Because a Little Bug went Ka-choo! (Stone)
Down on the funny Farm (King)
Froggy Gets Dressed (London)
Joey Runs Away (Kent)
The Big Honey Hunt (Berenstain)
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (Wood)
Bark George (Feiffer)
Books that make ME laugh:
April Rabbits (Cleveland)
Officer Buckle and Gloria (Rathmann)
Clarice Bean books (Child)
True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man (Scieszka)
Alistair's Elephant (Sadler)
Julius, the Baby of the World (Henkes)
The Happy Hocky Family (Smith)
Bow Wow: a day in the life of dogs (Reinen) - the dog in the tub is
hysterical!
Fluffy books (McMullan)
Robert Munsch books
If At First... (Boynton)
TIA and I look forward to your recommendations!
--Kelly
Kelly Girard
girardk@sls.lib.il.us
Woodridge Public Library
3 Plaza Drive
Woodridge, IL 60517
(630)964-7899
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