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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:23:34 CDT From: PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children <pubyac@prairienet.org> To: PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: PUBYAC digest 1171 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Thanks (Madalon and Patapon) by Jackie Hannick <jhannick@yahoo.com> 2) 50 year theme? by "Beth" <beth@bgpl.lib.in.us> 3) Children's/Youth Periodicals by "HOW Rebecca Smith" <howrs@llcoop.org> 4) Re: graphic novels by Judy Polak <jfpolak@earthlink.net> 5) Re: scheduling preschool programs with fewer employees by Paulalef@aol.com 6) YA newsletters and surveys by Darlene King <kingda@oplin.lib.oh.us> 7) Dragon and Dolphin stumpers by "Nichols, Emily" <E.Nichols@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org> 8) Gifts for SRC parents?? by Mary Geist <mgeist@meherrinlib.org> 9) Re: Magic Tree House Party by carole petro <csp6329@yahoo.com> 10) STUMPER -- crippled boy by Suzanne Klein <SKlein@EBPL.org> 11) Banned Book Week by carole petro <csp6329@yahoo.com> 12) Getting ready for September by Anne Lyons <libraryanne@earthlink.net> 13) Fees for programs by "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us> 14) RE: leaky kids by Mary Geist <mgeist@meherrinlib.org> 15) combined infant/toddler program help by "Christine L. Tyner" <tynercl@yahoo.com> 16) New series published by a clothing store by "Melissa Henderson" <mhenders@eapl.org> 17) interactive children's area features by "Beth" <beth@bgpl.lib.in.us> 18) Ideas for the non-book portion of a book display? by "kapila sankaran" <sankaran@uiuc.edu> 19) STUMPER-"Mandy" mystery series by "Christine Attinasi" <chrisbeth@excite.com> 20) Storytime Year workshop by "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org> 21) Re: scheduling preschool programs with fewer employees by Linda <slaninli@oplin.lib.oh.us> 22) Stumper by Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us> 23) Stumper Solved: Cat and Man story by "Steven Engelfried" <sengelfried@ci.beaverton.or.us> 24) Two Stumper Replies by Kim Olson-Kopp <k.olson-kopp@lacrosse.lib.wi.us> 25) Re: Teacher supply centers by "Suzanne Robinson" <bison79@bellsouth.net> 26) Re: graphic novels by nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us 27) on-line book discussion by "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com> 28) Mem Fox by Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com> 29) Poem - "I wish I were a little star" by "BALISbrLS/SVLS Reference Center, SF Branch" <srcsf@mindspring.com> 30) Re: graphic novels by Dawn Sardes <Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org> 31) Re: graphic novels by "Becky Smith" <BSMITH@loganutah.org> 32) Re: Liability issue for librarian driving teens by "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org> 33) RE: Fees for programs by "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org> 34) Re: Liability issue for librarian driving teens by "Mary Jo Smith" <msmith@gateslibrary.org> 35) RE: Leaky kids TAKEN ONE STEP FURTHER by Jennie Stoltz <jstoltz@esls.lib.wi.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Hannick <jhannick@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Thanks (Madalon and Patapon) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:18:42 CDT Thanks to everyone for the answer to my stumper. Jackie Hannick Volusia County Libraries Deltona, FL ------------------------------ From: "Beth" <beth@bgpl.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: 50 year theme? Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:18:53 CDT Hello, I have been tapped to oraganize the library float for our town's Fall = Festival. The theme is the "50 years of service" because the club that = runs these events is 50. I want to stay away from our library directly = as a theme because we recently celebrated our own anniversary. I was = hoping that some of you smart librarians out there would know of a = famous character or book that will be 50 this year or had another = suggestion. =20 Thank you, Beth Gaughan Beech Grove Public Library=20 ------------------------------ From: "HOW Rebecca Smith" <howrs@llcoop.org> To: "Pubyac" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Children's/Youth Periodicals MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:19:01 CDT Hi Everyone-- I hope all of your are doing great as we are nearing the end of our Summer Reading Club...Mine went really well this year!! Now I am looking at my children's periodicals and trying to decide what we should carry. I am looking for a comic subscription that would replace my Batman and am not sure what to go with--any suggestions? I am also looking at replacing our GL (girls life)--what are you all doing that is circulating well?? Thanks in advance for your help:) Becca Smith Youth Services Reynolds Township Library Howard City, MI 49329 howrs@llcoop.org ------------------------------ From: Judy Polak <jfpolak@earthlink.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org, BeachPruetts@cs.com Subject: Re: graphic novels Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:19:10 CDT http://my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/comicslinks.htm http://www.angelfire.com/comics/gnlib/ http://www.noflyingnotights.com Cathy Pruett asked about help for choosing graphic novels to add to the YA collection. These three sites, run by fellow librarians, have advice for adding them to your collection. The second site, GNLIB, includes links to the Graphic Novels in Libraries List Serv. Although not as busy (volume wise) is PUBYAC, GNLIB is equally dedicated, polite, helpful. Judy Polak Children's Services Kanawha County Public Library Charleston, WV ------------------------------ From: Paulalef@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: scheduling preschool programs with fewer employees MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:19:21 CDT We do four 6-week sessions per year, with a great many sections each series. We also do a great many special programs throughout the year. People seem to understand that we need prep time, book ordering time, school visit time, etc. When we first started this, one parent filed a complaint with the director and threatened to go to the mayor saying we were sabotaging her child's literacy, but that was the only complaint and if she did go the mayor, he never told us! Paula Lefkowitz Parsippany (NJ) PL ------------------------------ From: Darlene King <kingda@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: YA newsletters and surveys MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:19:28 CDT We are relatively new in the YA department, our program is less than a year old, and we would like to do a short Teen quarterly newsletter and Teen survey that would help with programming etc. If anyone has samples they would like to share, please e-mail or snail mail them to me at the following addresses. Darlene King Marvin Memorial Library kingda@oplin.lib.oh.us 29 West Whitney Ave. Shelby, Ohio 44875 Thanks for any and all help! ------------------------------ From: "Nichols, Emily" <E.Nichols@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Dragon and Dolphin stumpers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:19:36 CDT Hello Kind Librarians- My two stumpers are not two detailed, but the patron thinks they are probably picture books from the '60s- 1) Dolphins catch a shark and dry it out on shore. 2) A young dragon does not know how to breathe fire. Eventually he learns to produce fire in flamboyant colors. Please reply to me and I will post answers back to the list. Thanks for your help! Emily L. Nichols e.nichols@brooklynpubliclibrary.org ------------------------------ From: Mary Geist <mgeist@meherrinlib.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Gifts for SRC parents?? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:19:44 CDT Yac'ers, I need some ideas quickly! We'd like to give a little prize or momento to all the long-suffering parents and daycare providers who have loyally brought their kids to Summer Reading. We thought of special laminated bookmarks or the like. Any other ideas? It has to be cheap but meaningful, and something we can come up with by closing program Monday, so no pressure! Thanks as always, Mary Mary W. Geist Richardson Memorial Library 100 Spring Street Emporia, VA 23847 434.634.2539 ------------------------------ From: carole petro <csp6329@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Magic Tree House Party Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:19:54 CDT Hello All, If you could respond to me at cpetro@frankfortlibrary.org I am looking to put on a Magic Tree House Party for Grades K-2. Any ideas for the party would be appreciated. I did not keep the information that was previously discussed on this list, so any input would be appreciated. Thank you. Carole Petro Youth Services Librarian Frankfort, IL ------------------------------ From: Suzanne Klein <SKlein@EBPL.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: STUMPER -- crippled boy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:20:03 CDT Help! A customer is seeking a paperback series about a crippled boy who somehow becomes involved with an alternate world, where the people believe he is a god. Does this ring a bell with any of you? It doesn't with any of us! Thanks so much for your help! -- Suzanne Suzanne M. Klein Youth Services Librarian East Brunswick Public Library 2 Jean Walling Civic Center East Brunswick NJ 08816 Phone: (732) 390 6789 Fax: (732) 390 6796 E-mail: sklein@ebpl.org ------------------------------ From: carole petro <csp6329@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Banned Book Week Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:20:11 CDT Greetings, You are all aware that Banned Book Week is coming up in September. Can anyone direct me to a list of banned picture books? I have found a few, but I am wondering if there is an extensive list somewhere that I have not uncovered. Thank you. Carole Petro - Frankfort Public Library ------------------------------ From: Anne Lyons <libraryanne@earthlink.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Getting ready for September MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:20:19 CDT Rivershore has some neat stickers for Library Card Sign-up Month, class visits, library grand openings, etc. at http://www.libraryfun.com/stickers.html Anne (CPL Friends) ------------------------------ From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Fees for programs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:20:28 CDT We only charge fees for programs when it is a pretty detailed craft, for instance we charge for our Basketmaking classes and wreath making. Both of those were purely to cover supplies. The instructors worked for free. 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 ------------------------------ From: Mary Geist <mgeist@meherrinlib.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: leaky kids MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:20:37 CDT Well, we hadn't had a leaky kid in here in 10 years, until today. Thanks a lot, guys 8< ! Mary Mary W. Geist Richardson Memorial Library 100 Spring Street Emporia, VA 23847 434.634.2539 ------------------------------ From: "Christine L. Tyner" <tynercl@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: combined infant/toddler program help MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:20:45 CDT Hi all. I am going to offer a combined infant/toddler storytime (infants through age 2) starting this fall because of scheduling problems. I've done separate programs in the past at other libraries, but never one with both these ages in one. Can anyone who does these two ages in one program give me a brief outline on how they run their program? Do you focus on the babies for the first 10-15 minutes and then the toddlers for the second part? Any outlines would be most appreciated. You can reach me at tynercl@yahoo.com. Thanks so much! Christine ===== Christine L. Robinson Betty Warmack Branch Library Grand Prairie, TX 972-237-5773 972-237-5779 fax tynercl@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Melissa Henderson" <mhenders@eapl.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: New series published by a clothing store Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:20:53 CDT Hello, all... We just received a patron request for two titles by Julia DeVillers, Fast Friends and Star Struck. After a bit of bit of digging, I found that these are the first two titles in a series call Tuned In, which is being published by Limited Too, a clothing retailer for young girls. Has anyone added these titles to your collections yet? Had any requests for them? Read any? Thanks! Melissa PS...More information can be found online at www.girlwise.com/buzzPR.htm (author's website) and www.limitedtoo.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Melissa Henderson Children's Librarian Ela Area Public Library 275 Mohawk Trail Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047 847.438.3433 ext. 108 http://www.eapl.org/ys/index.htm <http://www.eapl.org/>=20 ------------------------------ From: "Beth" <beth@bgpl.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: interactive children's area features Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:21:01 CDT Hello, I am interested in finding companies that sell some kind of interactive = display-type equipment for libraries etc. hopefully for older children, = with the target being about second or third grade rather then busy boxes = and the like. The idea is similar to hands-on things they have in = nature centers and museums. In a perfect word this would be kind of an = adaptable thing we could change on a regular basis like a question board = that lets children select and check their answer. I'm sorry if I'm not = being clear, we are in a brainstorming/info gathering stage right now so = anything you could suggest would be great. Thank you, Beth Gaughan Beech Grove Public Library ------------------------------ From: "kapila sankaran" <sankaran@uiuc.edu> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Ideas for the non-book portion of a book display? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:21:11 CDT Hello All: I wanted to do a book display on a theme of "Impressions of America," with books about various aspects of Americana, including popular culture (music, movies, sports), agriculture, immigration, and a few other topics. I have a table standing against a bulletin board... I'm wondering if you have any ideas about what gadgets/trinkets/other display items I could include. Of course, what springs to mind immediately is the red/white/blue. I thought also of putting up a map, or a globe, with X marking the "you are here" spot --- can you suggest any other items that can be found or bought inexpensively to include? Thanks for reading, Kapila ------------------------------ From: "Christine Attinasi" <chrisbeth@excite.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: STUMPER-"Mandy" mystery series Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:21:19 CDT Hi everyone:) I recently had a young patron come in looking for a series of books she had checked out from her church library. It is a mystery series featuring a character named Mandy, whose has all sorts of adventures, and sometimes gets into trouble. She has a brother, and a Native American uncle named Joe. Does this ring any bells with anyone? I checked two library catalogs (ours and that of the neighboring library system) as well as Amazon. I'm looking to add some new series to our children's collection, so I would appreciate any information you may have on this one. Thanks in advance:) ChristineChristine E. AttinasiYouth Services LibrarianOntario Public Library1850 Ridge Rd.Ontario, NY 14519Phone: (315) 524-8381Fax: (315) 524-5838E-mail: cattinasi@pls-net.org ------------------------------ From: "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org> To: "Indiana Children's Listserv" <inchildprog@list.statelib.lib.in.us>, "PUBYAC listserv" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Storytime Year workshop MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:21:27 CDT Indiana librarians, I wanted to let you know that I'll be conducting 3 workshop sessions for INCOLSA in September. This is an ALL-NEW workshop with different materials and topics. For information on dates and times, check http://www.incolsa.net/events/specialworkshop.html#storytime. There will be time for participants to share so bring a favorite fingerplay, activity or craft. Hoping to see several familiar faces, Susan Dailey, Librarian, speaker and author of A Storytime Year www.susanmdailey.com Ossian Branch Library, Ossian, IN 46777 obldailey@wellscolibrary.org ------------------------------ From: Linda <slaninli@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: scheduling preschool programs with fewer employees Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:21:35 CDT Your adjustments are identical to the format I will propose to our staff and director next week. Thank you for responding so I have some backup research. Good luck with your new schedule. Linda At 11:20 AM 7/30/03 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Linda, >We are trying something different with our story hour schedule this fall. >We are offering 6 weeks on, 2 weeks off, 6 weeks on for Sept-Dec. We also >cut out 1 story hour, by changing our lapsit to ages 12-24 months. We have 2 >part-time staff to do children's, but we also work circ & reference every >week as well. We are hoping that eventhough there will be a short break >between sessions, families will still come to the library because it has >become their routine. Good luck. I know that most of us are hurting due to >budget reductions. >Terry Zignego > > > ------------------------------ From: Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:21:43 CDT Hi Guys -- A patron asked about a funny story involving naughty chickens. I know that I've seen this book, but I cannot figure out the title. It is a fairly recent picture book about two (child-like) chickens. One of the chickens has a visitor (friend) who is always getting the other into trouble. At the end of the story the trouble-instigator goes home and order is restored. One of them is named Violet. I've read this book, at my library, fairly recently, but searching on our catalog and using A to Zoo provided no results. I'm sure someone out there knows more about this book than I. Thanks in advance! Please reply to me at eburge@esls.lib.wi.us Thanks! Erika Erika Burge Children's Librarian Cedarburg Public Library W63 N583 Hanover Avenue Cedarburg, WI 53012 ------------------------------ From: "Steven Engelfried" <sengelfried@ci.beaverton.or.us> To: "Pubyac (E-mail)" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper Solved: Cat and Man story Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:21:52 CDT Thanks a bunch to Mary Ferris of Wood Library in Canandiagua, NY for = identifying the "Festus and Mercury" series by Sven Nordqvist as the = book our patron was looking for about an older man and his cat who make = pancakes and do something with chickens. I apologise for neglecting a = basic stumper rule in my original request, which is: "let them know = what you've already checked." In this case the patron had already ruled = out the "Mr. Putter and Tabby" series, but since I didn't share that = when I posted, I got many suggestions for that one...thanks to all who = responded so promptly and sorry I neglected to rule those books out in = the first place... - 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 ------------------------------ From: Kim Olson-Kopp <k.olson-kopp@lacrosse.lib.wi.us> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Two Stumper Replies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:22:01 CDT Hi, Thanks so much to Rebecca Smith, Andrea Gordon and Ginny McKee who recommended a series of books by Lucy Fitch-Perkins about twins of the world written from about 1910 to 1940. Thanks also to Natasha Forrester who suggested the Elizabeth Levy books starring Fletcher and DKM who suggested Boswell's Life of Boswelll by Evelyn Leavens in answer to the bassett hound question. You guys are great!! Kim The original stumper: Can I pick your brains? We're struggling with these two stumpers: >1. A man remembers a children's book he read about 35 years ago. It was >about a day in the life of a basset hound. That's all we have to go on. >Any suggestions? > >2. A woman has been searching for a series of books she read 40 years >ago about twin girls. These girls traveled the world and each book was >set in a different country. > >Thanks in advance! I'll post the answers back to the list. > >Kim Olson-Kopp ------------------------------ From: "Suzanne Robinson" <bison79@bellsouth.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Teacher supply centers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:22:10 CDT Have you looked at Edmund Scientific? http://scientificsonline.com/ Suzanne Robinson Branch Manager East Nashville Branch Library 206 Gallatin Rd. Nashville, TN 37206 cari.robinson@nashville.gov ----- Original Message ----- From: "April Mazza" <AMazza@minlib.net> To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: Teacher supply centers > Hi all, I need to purchase some educational hands-on materials for kits I > am creating and I was wondering if anyone has any favorite websites > and/or catalogs they use for such things. I have looked at > classroomdirect.com and the Henry S. Wolkins Co. catalog. I am looking > for things appropriate for elementary and middle school kids on a variety > of topics including middle ages, ancient civilizations, science, art, > music, sports.... (For example I am thinking of a tornado tube for the > weather kit.) > If you have any ideas for places to shop I would love to hear them! > Thanks in advance, April > > April Mazza > Youth Services > Wayland Public Library > (508) 358-2308 > AMazza@minlib.net > > ------------------------------ From: nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: graphic novels MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:22:18 CDT I went to a workshop last winter in which one of the presenters dealt with Graphic Novels. She recommended this website: http://my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/graphicnovels.htm as well as this one: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/comicsbrages/ both of which deal with graphic novels and libraries. Nancy Koebel Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us ----- Original Message ----- From: BeachPruetts@cs.com Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:20 pm Subject: graphic novels > I am writing to ask if you could recommend a list of 20 or so > graphic novel > titles for YA that would be a good start for our collection. We > don't have > any yet and although I've read a little about them and read just a few > myself (thanks to the encouragement of my own children!) I would > appreciateany advice you could give me to begin developing our > collection. Obviously > I would like to avoid some of the more explicit titles. Do you > have any of > the series titles on standing order? > Thanks very much for your responses. > Cathy Pruett > Youth Services Librarian > Marion County Library > > ------------------------------ From: "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: on-line book discussion Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:22:27 CDT Hello all, A co-worker and I would like to pick your brains on the subject of book discussions. We have tried numerous times to carry out book discussions for teens and tweens. We both think this is just the best programming idea ever. Apparently we are the only ones who think so, however, because no one ever comes. Attendance is not usually a problem in this library, so our empty book discussions stand out like a sore thumb. We have decided to try a new approach. We would like to start an on-line book discussion, so the kids wouldn't actually have to come to the library. ( not something librarians usually encourage, I know.) Has anyone done something like this before? Did you have people post their messages directly or screen their responses? Do you use message boards, e-mail, etc. How did you advertise the program? Any experiences or advise would be greatly appreciated. I would be happy to post the responses if anyone is interested. Thanks Chrissy Braun Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Stow, OH cbrobst66@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ------------------------------ From: Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com> To: ChildLit <child_lit@email.rutgers.edu>, Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>, ALSC <alsc-l@ala1.ala.org> Subject: Mem Fox MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:22:35 CDT Mem Fox has asked me to post this information on her behalf. She will be in Alabama in mid-June, 2004 for a conference and would like to add some additional speaking engagements since she has to come from Australia. She is reducing her fee so this may be a great opportunity. The convention she is attending is June 16-17 so she could be elsewhere immediately before. Her program is A Day With Mem Fox and can be targeted to adults or children. She has done programs for Austin Public Library on the importance of reading to children and it is very inspirational for librarians, teachers, parents, child care providers, etc. I highly recommend her as this was one of the best received programs we ever offered. Her website is http://www.memfox.com/ and if you would like information regarding contacting her, let me know. Her fee is normally $7,000 but she is willing to reduce it to $4,500. ===== Jeanette Larson Youth Services Manager Austin Public Library P.O. Box 2287 Austin, TX 78768-2287 512-974-7405 larsonlibrary@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "BALISbrLS/SVLS Reference Center, SF Branch" <srcsf@mindspring.com> To: "Pubyac" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Poem - "I wish I were a little star" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:22:44 CDT We're trying to locate the text of a children's poem by Edna Hamilton, which a library patron memorized in second grade (we've not yet found out what year that was). The patron believes the title was "I wish I were a little star", and the first line may have been "I wish I were a little star that flew up to the sky". It's not her poem titled "Wishing star", nor could we find it in a book of her collected poems titled _Pocket full of stars_. A search of Reader's Guide from 1922-1963 found that she published both adult & children's poetry in the Saturday Evening Post, Jack & Jill, and Boy's Life between 1939 and '42. Other sources checked include _Index to children's poetry_, Grangers, Poemfinder, basic biographical sources on authors, OCLC & RLIN, etc. Any help or suggestions that anyone can offer would be very much appreciated. Please send any replies to srcsf@mindspring.com , as we are not subscribed to the list. Thank you, Catherine Sylvia BALISbrLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch c/o San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor San Francisco, CA 94102 tel: (415) 552-5042 fax: (415) 552-5067 email: srcsf@mindspring.com ------------------------------ From: Dawn Sardes <Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: graphic novels MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:22:51 CDT I'm accessing my email from home (on vacation) so I'll try to remember what I get. The Buffy and Angel ones are popular, as are the Batman, superman, Spiderman graphic novels. Oh My Goddess & Ceres Celestial Legend, Miracle Girls and Sailor Moon are popular with the teen girls. Blade the Immortal, Gundam, and Zoids go out a lot too. Dawn Sardes Teen Services Librarian Euclid Public Library Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org 216-261-5300, ext. 138 "Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the Structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened." >From the 1796 Farewell Address of George Washington, 1st President of the United States ----- Original Message ----- From: BeachPruetts@cs.com Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:20 pm Subject: graphic novels > I am writing to ask if you could recommend a list of 20 or so > graphic novel > titles for YA that would be a good start for our collection. We > don't have > any yet and although I've read a little about them and read just a few > myself (thanks to the encouragement of my own children!) I would > appreciateany advice you could give me to begin developing our > collection. Obviously > I would like to avoid some of the more explicit titles. Do you > have any of > the series titles on standing order? > Thanks very much for your responses. > Cathy Pruett > Youth Services Librarian > Marion County Library > > ------------------------------ From: "Becky Smith" <BSMITH@loganutah.org> To: <BeachPruetts@cs.com>,<pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: graphic novels Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:23:02 CDT My top 20 recommendations for graphic novels for teens (other people's recommendations may be quite different!): Individual titles: J. Torres, "Sidekicks" Linda Medley, "Castle Waiting" Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: the authorized collection" Jen Van Meter, "Hopeless Savages" Bill Jemas, "Origin: the True Story of Wolverine" Chuck Dixon, "The Hobbit: an illustrated version of the fantasy classic" Neil Gaiman, "Books of Magic" American Series: Jeff Smith, "Bone" Sergio Aragones, "Groo" Mark Millar, "Ultimate X-Men" Brian Michael Bendis, "Ultimate Spider-Man" Barbara Kesel, "Meridian" Doug Moench, "Batman: Knightfall" Wendy Pini, "Elfquest" Japanese Series: Hayao Miyazaki, "Spirited Away" Hayao Miyazaki, "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind" Yu Watase, "Ceres Celestial Legend" CLAMP, "Magic Knight Rayearth" Rumiko Takahashi, "Inu-Yasha" Koichi Tokita, "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" Becky Ann Smith Youth Services Librarian Logan Library Logan, UT bsmith@loganutah.org >>> BeachPruetts@cs.com 07/30/2003 10:20:26 AM >>> I am writing to ask if you could recommend a list of 20 or so graphic novel titles for YA that would be a good start for our collection. We don't have any yet and although I've read a little about them and read just a few myself (thanks to the encouragement of my own children!) I would appreciate any advice you could give me to begin developing our collection. Obviously I would like to avoid some of the more explicit titles. Do you have any of the series titles on standing order? Thanks very much for your responses. Cathy Pruett Youth Services Librarian Marion County Library ------------------------------ From: "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Liability issue for librarian driving teens Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:23:10 CDT At all the libraries I have worked at, it has been strictly forbidden to transport patrons, especially children teens. It is not just the liability in case of accident, but the threat of inproper/sexual conduct accusations. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Cindy Rider" <crider@vigo.lib.in.us> Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:22:32 CDT >Our library policy strictly prohibits any staff member from driving any patrons or volunteers anywhere in personal vehicles as our insurance will not provide coverage. Doing so is cause for termination. Volunteers may ride in a library-owned vehicle with a staff member driving, with written permission from a parent. > >Cindy Rider >Vigo Co. Public Library >Terre Haute, IN >crider@vigo.lib.in.us > ><<< MDToylady@aol.com 7/29 2:31p >>> >I will be attending a conference in October where one of the main components >is the opportunity to discuss young adult books with teens around the state >and get their opinions. My library system is concerned about the liability >of >my transporting 3-4 teens in my car. I would be disappointed if the teens >were >prevented from attending due to lack of transportation. The meeting >location >is over an hour away, so while it is possible for parents to drive them, >they >would either have to drive back and forth twice or the parents would have to >pay the $50 to attend (probably unpopular with the teens!). I have heard >some >libraries do book buying trips and wonder if some of you have sample >permission slips you could send me or other advice. TIA! > >Carol Lee >Frederick Co. Public Libraries, MD >mdtoylady@aol.com > > > > > ------------------------------ From: "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Fees for programs content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:23:18 CDT We have a problem with patrons signing up for programs and not = attending. We tried charging a refundable dollar to encourage patrons to = show up. It worked for a few months than attendance slacked off again. = We were then faced with parents who wanted their money back because they = didn't know when they signed up that johnny had a baseball game or ,as = one women put it, she needed to mop her floor. It became to confusing = and we dropped it. -----Original Message----- From: MzLibrary@aol.com [mailto:MzLibrary@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:22 PM To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Fees for programs My programming budget is minimal and I must go to my Friends = organization for the majority of my programming costs. Yet, it is clear that this public library will not be charging fees for any storytimes, storycrafts or programs. I agree with my director that it would foster criticism, especially in New England towns where the libraries are all supported locally. If you are charging only to guarantee attendance, perhaps you could = request that tickets be picked up in the library a few days before the event. = That would give you plenty of time to go to the waiting list and ticket = holders would be serious about attending. It's obvious that parents take attendance more seriously if they have = paid for it. However, I am not sure that charging a fee would, in fact, = reach a gracious and diverse group of people. I'd be interested in hearing more of this discussion on PUBYAC. Charlotte Rabbitt Charlotte Rabbitt, Children's Librarian http://www.mrsrabbitt.blogspot.com Peterborough Town Library Peterborough, New Hampshire "Oh, magic hour when a child first knows it can read printed words!" from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith mzlibrary@aol.com crabbitt@townofpeterborough.us http://townofpeterborough.com/library ------------------------------ From: "Mary Jo Smith" <msmith@gateslibrary.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Liability issue for librarian driving teens MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:23:26 CDT What about those of us whose libraries don't own a vehicle? I daresay there are probably more of us in that category than those who do own such a transport. If each participant has a permission slip signed by a parent, I would think the insurance for the individual driving the teens could cover them. For Girl Scout field trips, we had parents driving other people's children, but we as leaders always had permission slips and health forms for all girls. Mary Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Rider" <crider@vigo.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Liability issue for librarian driving teens > Our library policy strictly prohibits any staff member from driving any patrons or volunteers anywhere in personal vehicles as our insurance will not provide coverage. Doing so is cause for termination. Volunteers may ride in a library-owned vehicle with a staff member driving, with written permission from a parent. > > Cindy Rider > Vigo Co. Public Library > Terre Haute, IN > crider@vigo.lib.in.us > > <<< MDToylady@aol.com 7/29 2:31p >>> > I will be attending a conference in October where one of the main components > is the opportunity to discuss young adult books with teens around the state > and get their opinions. My library system is concerned about the liability > of > my transporting 3-4 teens in my car. I would be disappointed if the teens > were > prevented from attending due to lack of transportation. The meeting > location > is over an hour away, so while it is possible for parents to drive them, > they > would either have to drive back and forth twice or the parents would have to > pay the $50 to attend (probably unpopular with the teens!). I have heard > some > libraries do book buying trips and wonder if some of you have sample > permission slips you could send me or other advice. TIA! > > Carol Lee > Frederick Co. Public Libraries, MD > mdtoylady@aol.com > > > > > ------------------------------ From: Jennie Stoltz <jstoltz@esls.lib.wi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Leaky kids TAKEN ONE STEP FURTHER MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:23:34 CDT You know the below incident brings to mind a similar incident we had at my library. Several months ago we had to start locking our children's bathroom because we had someone come in (actually this happened twice) and smear feces all over the ceiling and walls. They had obviously brought it in with them which makes it quite "premeditated." We suspect it was a teen. We reported it to the police as an act of vandalism and it turns out it had happened at a few other places in town. The theory was that there are some skateboarding magazines that have actually suggested that kids do this sort of vandalism (the poop thing is apparently quite often suggested) in retaliation for skateboarders who are asked to not skate (banned from skating) in public parking lots, sidewalks, etc. It's all very bizarre to me and I can't possibly understand the logic behind it, in addition to the fact - YUCK! Jennie Jennie J. Stoltz Children's Coordinator/Webmaster Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon/Thiensville, Wisconsin "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." - Mark Twain From: "Chris Accardo" <Caccardo@GPTX.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Leaky kids TAKEN ONE STEP FURTHER content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:16:56 CDT Well, I wasn't sure how far we wanted to go in this thread, but here goes... We've had the projectile vomiting kids before, but this weekend, some anonymous child (geez, I REALLY hope it was a child) left a pile of poop (not just dribble out of a diaper or something, but pull down the pants and squat kind of pile) in the juvenile biography section. Now, I realize that there are still some of those fictionalized biographies there, but I am trying REALLY hard to get them all out, and truly think this sort of commentary was a bit extreme... Chris Mr. Chris Accardo Librarian Grand Prairie Memorial Library 901 Conover ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1171 ************************* " |
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