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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, August 14, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: PUBYAC digest 1182 PUBYAC Digest 1182 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Children's Book Week by Christina Johnson <marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com> 2) book swap--advice? by vanswolc@SLS.LIB.IL.US 3) First day of school by "Lori Karns" <Lori.Karns@mail.co.ventura.ca.us> 4) RE: Noticeboard safety by "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org> 5) Interfiling thanks by "Stacey Irish-Keffer" <Stacey.Irish-Keffer@cityofdenton.com> 6) Interested in Montessori/ReggioEmilia/LiteracyGames? by Lora Morgaine <loraeileen@yahoo.com> 7) Re: Disney by "Barb Read" <bread@charter.net> 8) Re: movies at your library by ann chapman <amom124@yahoo.com> 9) Re: Children's photo release form by "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org> 10) Re: Question about shelving books and paperbacks together by Carol Mitchell <loverdca@epicurus.oplin.lib.oh.us> 11) RE: Question about shelving books and paperbacks together by "Alissa Ulrich" <aulrich@pekin.net> 12) Public Domain Children's Music by "Jneedham" <jneedham@coventryct.org> 13) List of After School Program ideas by Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com> 14) RE: Teen Contests - other suggestions by "Carol Edwards" <edwarc@mx.pon.net> 15) Request from your PUBYAC Moderator by "PUBYAC Moderator" <pyowner@pallasinc.com> 16) re: noticeboard safety by "debra Bailey" <dbailey@and.lib.in.us> 17) stumper: alphabet book by vanswolc@SLS.LIB.IL.US 18) Captain Underpants/Junie B. Jones by Joanne Johnsen <jjohnsen@cc-pl.org> 19) re movies at library by "Clark, Julie" <JClark@fredco-md.net> 20) stumper by Maria Taylor <Maria.Taylor@lfpl.org> 21) Re: STUMPER--Children's Story Set by JagljodoNY@aol.com 22) Back to school - yipes by "Lori Karns" <Lori.Karns@mail.co.ventura.ca.us> 23) STUMPER SOLVED: Little girl and loup garoux by "Chris Accardo" <Caccardo@GPTX.org> 24) YA Area & Signage by John_Maunderbrittwater_Council@pittwater.nsw.gov.au 25) The 21st Century Learner Symposium by "Laura Schulte-Cooper" <lschulte@ala.org> 26) Request for books about girls who wear eyeglasses by MzLibrary@aol.com 27) Re: Question about shelving books and paperbacks together by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> 28) Stumper Answer by Sherrie_Wilson@ci.longmont.co.us 29) "Lets make a book" craft by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> 30) Baby sitters by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org> 31) Re: interfiling audios by LAURAHLING@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christina Johnson <marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Children's Book Week Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:39:45 CDT Just wondering what everyone is doing for Children's Book Week. I haven't decided. Christina Johnson Lebanon PL Lebanon IN ------------------------------ From: vanswolc@SLS.LIB.IL.US To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: book swap--advice? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:39:54 CDT We are thinking about hosting a book swap sometime this fall. I know some of you out there have done this. Any words of advice or other suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Constance VanSwol Chicago Ridge Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Lori Karns" <Lori.Karns@mail.co.ventura.ca.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: First day of school MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:40:03 CDT I'm developing a pathfinder/booklist for parents with children going back = to school for their first day. School will be elementary and preschool.=20 I will be including great picture books and easy readers (in print) as = well as adult nonfiction and videos. I'm also looking for websites where parents can get more information and = enrichment activities for their kids.=20 If you have favorites or suggestions, please reply to me offlist. I'll = post the finished pathfinder/booklist to the list.=20 Thanks in advance! ------------------------------ From: "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Noticeboard safety Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:40:10 CDT Our library also does not allow postings, other than from local non-profit groups. I would be very fearful to give out a name & phone number to anyone, unless the parent was someone I knew VERY well. It's sad to have to think that way, but how many young kids are lured places & attacked and/or raped every year? ------------------------------ From: "Stacey Irish-Keffer" <Stacey.Irish-Keffer@cityofdenton.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Interfiling thanks Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:40:18 CDT Thanks to everyone who has responded to my question about interfiling hardback and paperback juvenile books. So far, most of you interfile and like it because it puts all the books by authors together, minimizes confusion looking for titles in one location, and makes shelving easier. Some of the drawbacks are messy shelves, smaller books getting pushed back and lost, and series books scattered rather than together. Now, does anyone interfile their books on tape or cd with their regular hardbackbraperback books? Pros, cons, thoughts? Stacey ------------------------------ From: Lora Morgaine <loraeileen@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Interested in Montessori/ReggioEmilia/LiteracyGames? Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:40:28 CDT Hello everyone, I'm hoping there might be a few other children's librarians out there who are interested in a few of the things I've been integrating into storytimes at my library, or have tried similar things. I've been integrating some concepts and games from the Montessori method and Reggio Emilia; and some phonemic awareness games and process-based art projects. I'm interested in modeling an interactive storytime both for the children's benefit and for the parents' benefit (and my own - it definitely provides immediate feedback). It's been fun and the children seem to enjoy it. Is there anyone else on-list who shares these interests? Please e-mail me personally if so. I also have a list of phonemic/literacy awareness games that we play during storytime, and if you have any, I'd like to know about them! Lora Morgaine Shinn ------------------------------ From: "Barb Read" <bread@charter.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Disney MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:40:37 CDT There is a credit to Mary Rodgers in the opening credits of the movie. It is the only credit on the "page". I bet my son it was based on her book and thanks to the credit won - Baskin and Robbins hot fudge sundae! Really can not blame Disney for the reviewers miss-take. Barb Read Marysville Public Library ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: Disney > Speaking of Disney, and their aggressive tactics if they think their > copyright is being infringed, there was a review in the Boston Globe last > week of the latest film version of "Freaky Friday". Wonderful review, > Jamie Lee Curtis great comedienne, etc. etc. and no mention ANYWHERE of > Mary Rodgers. I could see it if the title were changed, but it's > not...talk about Irony! Nancy Bonne, bonne@noblenet.org > Nancy Bonne > Children's Librarian > Beverly Public Library > bonne@noblenet.org > ------------------------------ From: ann chapman <amom124@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: movies at your library Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:40:44 CDT May I add one more question to Meghan's posting? What kind of permission to show movies license does your library have and from what company was it purchased? I guess that's 2 questions! Thanks, Ann Meghan Kennedy <MeghanK@moval.org> wrote: We are starting a movie program at our library. If you have such a program, could you please let us know: 1) What ratings do you show? 2) How did you decide which ratings you would show? 3) If you are showing a PG or higher movie: a) How do you handle youth attendance? b) Do you require permission slips? c) How do you determine which higher rated movies are appropriate? 4) What type of equipment do you use? 5) What type of seating? 6) Do you allow/serve/sell refreshments? (We are considering having snacks as a fundraiser for the Friends of the Library.) Please respond off list to me at meghank@moval.org. Thank you--Meghan Meghan Kennedy Librarian City of Moreno Valley 25480 Alessandro Boulevard Moreno Valley, CA 92553 t. 909-413-3880 f. 909-247-8346 e.meghank@moval.org w.www.ci.moreno-valley.ca.us "The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books." Longfellow 'Morituri Salutamus', 1875 Ann Chapman Marshall District Library Marshall, MI ------------------------------ From: "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Children's photo release form Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:40:54 CDT I worked at a middle school & we were forbidden to even think about it. One year a girl was spotted by her father, (he was abusive)- and he found & kidnapped the girl from the school. Up until then, pictures with permission were allowed, (the mother had granted permission). Many parents never think that ex-husbands or whoever could be surfing the web & find their child. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Margaret Keefe" <mkeefe@midhudson.org> Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:06:43 CDT >We have a fairly generic photo release form that allows parents to grant >permission for use of children's photos for various library pr, including >web sites. It's on our web site at >http://midhudson.org/newsbricturereleaseform.htm > >Margaret M. Keefe >Coordinator of Youth Services >Mid-Hudson Library System >103 Market Street >Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 >Phone: 845-471-6060 X35 >FAX: 845-454-5940 >E-mail: mkeefe@midhudson.org >URL: midhudson.org > > ------------------------------ From: Carol Mitchell <loverdca@epicurus.oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Question about shelving books and paperbacks together Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:41:02 CDT Stacey, Six years ago, we moved to a new building as well, and decided we would interfile our juvenile paperbacks and hardcovers at that point. The thinking was it would be easier to find all available copies of a particular title. After trying it for two years, we found that our paperback circulation dropped quite a bit in that period. We pulled them back out, and shelved them in a separate area, and the circ went back up substantially. It seems our kids prefer browsing those particular materials, and the separate shelving facilitates that process better perhaps. Carol Mitchell, Youth Services Librarian Champaign County Library Urbana, OH At 10:07 AM 8/13/2003 -0500, you wrote: >We have just moved into a new building and are finding our shelving >could use some changes. In our old library, we shelved our juvenile >level hardback books (3-6 grade) in one area and our juvenile paperbacks >nearby but on separate shelving. Now are new shelves are all together >in one area and it is a little confusing why the paperbacks are separate >from the hardbacks. > >Does anyone interfile their paperbacks with the hardbacks together? Do >you have strong feelings about doing this one way or the other? > >Thanks, > > > >Stacey Irish-Keffer >Denton Public Library >502 Oakland >Denton, Texas 76201 >940.349.7738 >Stacey.Irish-Keffer@cityofdenton.com ------------------------------ From: "Alissa Ulrich" <aulrich@pekin.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Question about shelving books and paperbacks together MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:41:11 CDT We recently began a project with our mystery books where we are putting series together and compiling a list of mystery series we own. In the process of doing this we discovered some books are shelved in the paperbacks and some are hardcover and thus in the area; so we've moved all of the series books together and interfiled the hardback and paperbacks. I feel strongly about it from a usable library side - although it is denoted in our catalog when something is shelved in paperback half the people don't understand the abbreviation so I think interfiling makes the books easier to find and more user friendly. -----Original Message----- From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org [mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On Behalf Of Stacey Irish-Keffer Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:07 AM To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Question about shelving books and paperbacks together We have just moved into a new building and are finding our shelving could use some changes. In our old library, we shelved our juvenile level hardback books (3-6 grade) in one area and our juvenile paperbacks nearby but on separate shelving. Now are new shelves are all together in one area and it is a little confusing why the paperbacks are separate from the hardbacks. Does anyone interfile their paperbacks with the hardbacks together? Do you have strong feelings about doing this one way or the other? Thanks, Stacey Irish-Keffer Denton Public Library 502 Oakland Denton, Texas 76201 940.349.7738 Stacey.Irish-Keffer@cityofdenton.com ------------------------------ From: "Jneedham" <jneedham@coventryct.org> To: <pubyac@prarienet.org> Subject: Public Domain Children's Music content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:41:20 CDT Hi, Great Brain! I hope you all have survived Summer Reading! We all deserve many pats on = the back (and chocolate doesn't hurt, either). Now that I have dug = myself out from under piles of summer reading stuff, I have a question I = hope you can help me to answer. A patron of ours (a music professor) = wants to know whether or not 2 traditional children's songs - Hokey = Pokey and Down By the Station - are in the public domain or not. She's = checked several web sites (including pdinfo.com) and has found no info = on these particular song titles. She's also checked with the academic = music librarian at her college with no luck. I checked several = children's song books that contained the words to the songs, and these = songs were not referenced. Nor were they referenced on several = children's CD's that contained the songs (Silly Favorites). Whether this = means they are in the public domain or not, I really don't know. My = patron would like to be sure - she's putting out a CD with these songs = on it. If you know offhand if these are in the public domain, or could point me = to a source, I (and my patron) would be very appreciative!=20 Interesting fact: this patron told me that the song Happy Birthday is = NOT in the public domain. In fact, the niece of the two teachers who = wrote the song early in the century still receives royalties to the tune = (no pun intended) of 2 million dollars a year! Thank you so much in advance!=20 Jennifer Needham, Children's Librarian Booth & Dimock Memorial Library Coventry, CT 06238 E-mail: jneedham@coventryct.org ------------------------------ From: Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: List of After School Program ideas MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:41:28 CDT Hi All, Here is a list of some great After school programming ideas. Thanks to all who responded. Christy Jones Children's Librarian ************************************************** Christy, The most popular school age program we do is a monthly Saturday science workshop. There is a group called Mad Science that comes in once a month for $130 and does a hands on workshop for 30 children, we fill it every month with a few people always calling the morning of to see if there are any spare tickets. We run our afterschool Elementary Explorers groups on the same 6 week schedule that we use for storytimes and they are popular, one group for Kindergarten and one for 1 and 2nd graders. Each session has a theme some of the things they have done include Fractured Fairytales, Dinosaurs, Dectectives, Poetry and Art. The poetry is usually done with the 1 and 2nd graders during the spring session that includes April's Poetry month. Julie Rines jrines@ocln.org We have a monthly program called "Going Places" that runs throughout the school year. Each child has a passport and each month we pretend to "go" somewhere. We have "gone" to Australia, where we learned Australian songs (Kookaburra, etc.), tasted Australian food (veggie mite sandwiches -- YECH!!), and read "Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day" where he makes reference to Australia several times, then we discussed what his remarks about Australia meant (down under, etc.). We've done the North Pole, Africa, Ireland, Mardi Gras, Plymouth Rock, etc. The kids have learned all kinds of games, tasted all kinds of foods, and made crafts, etc., from different countries, states, even outer space! They have learned so much and had so much fun! Good luck! Tina Sizemore Children's Librarian Willard Library Evansville, Indiana I work in a small public library in Bluffton, Ohio. I hold an afterschool program for K-3rd graders every Monday. The kids come after school, but the program is from 3:30-4:30. We always have a theme and they vary. I read one or two more involved picture books, book talk chapter books or non-fiction books. We have a simple snack, almost always a craft and often a game or activity. Lots of the games are literature type games. I try to include poetry and miscellaneous stuff, but usually plan too much. I limit registration (required) to 20 kids, I always have that many sign up and average 12-15 per week. It's fun and the kids like it a lot. I asked them what could be better at the end of the spring session, and most of them said they would like me to read more, which surprised me. I also always do some kind of interactive reading, readers theater kinds of things, really really popular. The program runs for 14 weeks, mid September through mid December and mid January through mid April. If you have any questions, let me know. Terry I haven't done such a thing here, but I did have an idea or two for you. A mother once told me that her church has junior church service. They ask the mothers who run it to do all the Sundays in a month so that the children have some continuity and the mothers can do extended projects. What does this have to do with you? It led me to think that you might want to select a monthly theme and have all your activities for that month revolve around the theme. You could do school in September, farms or ghost stories in October, snow in January, flowers in May, etc. This would give you a chance to do some extended activities, allowing time for artwork to dry, for instance. People seeing the works in progress might be inspired to join the group. Also, if this is to be after school they will need a rest first. I used to work in an after school program, and the children would arrive with fried brains. We would give them a brief period to chat with each other, tell us about their day, etc. before we proceeded with homework, which was the thrust of our program, even if it isn't yours. Starting with a snack, conversation, or quiet activity gives them a chance to recover. Sitting with them during their snack or conversation does a world of good, also. They love to be listened to. (Excuse the grammar.) That's all that comes to mind now. Have fun. Peg Siebert Blodgett Library Fishkill, NY Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. Hello Christy, My after school program is called "Wacky Wednesdays". We meet once a month, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, on the second Wednesday of the month, October through May, for 3rd - 5th graders. I started with 25 in our small program room and had to raise it to 30 per session because of the demand. Now we meet in the larger program room. 25 of the 30 were usually the same kids each time and before they would leave the library after a "WW" they would sign up for the next months "WW". I had one middle school volunteer and could of used more. Some of the kids favorites were SpongeBob Square Pants, Grosslogy, Telephone, Edible Turkeys, Indoor snowball fight, Gumdrop sculpture, Pumpkin painting. Next year I'm looking forward to doing a Luau, Mardi Gras, Lemony Snickett, Captain Underpants, Judy Blume's Fudge series, Magic Tree House Etc. I'll look forward to your compilation for more ideals. This May was the Telephone theme. For the first 20 minutes we talked about the history of the telephone, acted out proper telephone etiquette, acted out bad telephone etiquette (they loved being bad). I had two wooden phones we used while acting it out. The next 20 minutes we played the game telephone. I divided the group into three groups of 10, one was all girls, the other was blond boys and the third was brunette boys. None of them complained. I used Shel Silverstein poetry books for the two to three sentences they would pass down the telephone line. Each group had a different poem. When it hit the end the last person would recite what was passed then the starter would read the actual poem or part of the poem if it was too long. We finished with making tin can telephones. I had a volunteer cover the cans with construction paper and the kids got to decorate them and try them out when they were leaving. I feed them pretzels and Kool-Aid. Because of "Wacky Wednesdays" being so successful we added "Terrific Tuesdays" for K-2nd graders. My co-worker runs that program. She started this January and had 25 sign up each time. We are a small library in a suburb outside of Chicago. My advise to you if GO FOR IT!, Good luck, Alice Johnson Alice M. Johnson Prospect Heights Public Library District 12 North Elm Street Prospect Heights, IL 60070 Phone: 847-259-3500, Ext. 37 Voice Mail: 847-259-3500, Ext. 31 Fax: 847-259-4602 Email: johnsona@phl.alibrary.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Carol Edwards" <edwarc@mx.pon.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Teen Contests - other suggestions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:41:37 CDT I find this giving out of candy bars hilarious. I remember about fifteen years ago I was at a major library conference and in a group to brainstorm ideas to increase circulation. I said something (playing devil's advocate as I am wont to do) about giving out candy bars for checking out books. A major library guru got very irate with me and chastised me thoroughly. What was I thinking!!! Well, I guess things change over fifteen years and the once unthinkable is now a possibility. But I agree with her on one small score. If reading is it's own reward, what's the message when we give off prizes to kids for reading? I think the prize for a book review might be publication of said review on an internet website, or sharing of it within the library by being posted somewhere. I can't really think we need to take bribery this far. Or do we? On the other hand, I've personally seen what a small prize can do for the kid who hates to read or thinks reading is way uncool. I have a guessing game every summer, and it's amazing to me the kids who want to guess. If I tell them they have to join the SRC to do that, then they listen to the spiel and most actually participate. They get drawn into the whole process of recording what they read and yes, getting the small time prizes we award each week. Is reading it's own reward? I believe it is, but I also think many kids would never find that out without some enticements along the way. Ciao, Carol Carol Edwards Sonoma County Libray Santa Rosa, CA ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Sandy_Steiner/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:08:06 CDT > >That might be fun...a candy bar for a review we can post. And cheap too. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <015601c3629e$691478d0$5574a9cd@jeffcolib.org> From: "PUBYAC Moderator" <pyowner@pallasinc.com> To: "pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Cc: <pyowner@pallasinc.com> Subject: Request from your PUBYAC Moderator Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:58:19 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi folks--- Just wanted to let you know that if you e-mail me asking for help, please put the word "PUBYAC" into the subject line. The reason for this is that your Moderator gets boatloads of spam daily. Generally I can scan the subject lines or "From" lines and see if the message is from a legitimate PUBYAC person. Some of your recent communications, however, have subject lines that can be interpreted as spam ("Need help from you" or "Why is this so hard?" ) So a failsafe is to put the title of our listserve into the subject line, b/c those spam machines out there can't quite connect PUBYAC with pyowner@pallasinc.com . Thanks. Shannon VanHemert PUBYAC Moderator pyowner@pallasinc.com ------------------------------ From: "debra Bailey" <dbailey@and.lib.in.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: re: noticeboard safety Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:46:33 CDT We don't have the babysitter dilemma, but we have a similar situation with tutors. Like Ms. Ulrich's response, we keep a list at the desk. Let us know what you decide to do in your situation. Sincerely, Debra Bailey Anderson, IN ------------------------------ From: vanswolc@SLS.LIB.IL.US To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: stumper: alphabet book MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:46:42 CDT A friend of mine in his 30s is asking for a book with this description: a 4x6 book with a white cover, begins with "A is for Avenue with cars whizzing by. B is for the Bus driver who sits so high." It may have been a Golden Book. I have searched our suburban holdings, Amazon, Google, and A to Zoo. He would really like to find a copy of this book to read to his children. Thanks for any help. Constance VanSwol Chicago Ridge Public Library ------------------------------ From: Joanne Johnsen <jjohnsen@cc-pl.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Captain Underpants/Junie B. Jones MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:46:50 CDT Hi! Does anyone have any good ideas for either one of these parties? = Thanks! Joan = ------------------------------ From: "Clark, Julie" <JClark@fredco-md.net> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: re movies at library MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:47:00 CDT I would be interested in knowing about showing movies at libraries. We can't do it due to copyright laws. Julie Clark Frederick County Public Library Middletown, MD ------------------------------ From: Maria Taylor <Maria.Taylor@lfpl.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: stumper Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:47:13 CDT Hello! I have a patron looking for a series of teenage books that she read about 40 years ago. The books are about a girl named Penny who is knick named "copper Penny" because she has red hair. Penny goes on adventures to Rome etc. Any help would be much appreciated! Maria Louisville Free Public Library ------------------------------ From: JagljodoNY@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: STUMPER--Children's Story Set MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:47:22 CDT In the 50's Better Homes and Gardens put out a 3 book set. One was a pea green, another yellowish and another orange. They had stories like little red riding hood, peter pan and others. I have 2 out of three, of the set but at home, not at work. hope this helps. ------------------------------ From: "Lori Karns" <Lori.Karns@mail.co.ventura.ca.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Back to school - yipes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:47:30 CDT I posted a request for suggestions for a back to school pathfinder/booklist= requesting replies directly to me so I could compile. Errr (embarrassed noises) I forgot my address. Duhhh Lori Karns Ventura County Library 805 641-4449 Lori.Karns@mail.co.ventura.ca.us ------------------------------ From: "Chris Accardo" <Caccardo@GPTX.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: STUMPER SOLVED: Little girl and loup garoux Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:47:38 CDT Thanks to all of you who responded to my stumper. The patron came in today and verified that Feliciana Meets d'Loup Garou by Tynia Thomassie was the book she was looking for, and she was very pleased! We had a copy at our branch library that was waiting for her when she arrived. Y'all make me look SOOOO good!! Chris Mr. Chris Accardo Librarian Grand Prairie Memorial Library 901 Conover Grand Prairie, TX 75051 972.237.5715 caccardo@gptx.org ------------------------------ From: John_Maunderbrittwater_Council@pittwater.nsw.gov.au To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: YA Area & Signage Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:47:48 CDT Hi everyone, We are opening a new Central Library in April 2004. We want to re-name our young adult area, which is imaginatively named "Young Adult Area". Outside of libraries, I'm not sure this term is used much anywhere. I'm considering running a competition for High Schools to see what cool names students can come up with. I don't trust myself creating a name that's cool in the 21st Century as I was a 70's teenager. (Teen Zone is the best I can do!) So I'm just wondering if anyone has done something different in this area, and would be willing to share their ideas? While I'm here, I would be interested in hearing from anybody that has experience in signage. Basically, I would be interested in hearing about how you went about it. I have been given the task of investigating signage for the entire library, considering choice of colour, images, lettering, pictorial genres, styles and themes. Even some examples of bad signage would be helpful. Thanking you in advance, John Maunder Children's & Youth Services Librarian Pittwater Library Service Sydney, Australia. ------------------------------ From: "Laura Schulte-Cooper" <lschulte@ala.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: The 21st Century Learner Symposium Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:47:56 CDT Greetings: Please forward and share with your colleagues and constituents. Please pardon the cross-posting. There is still time to register for the Fall symposium, The 21st Century Learner: The Continuum Begins with Early Learning. When and Where: September 18-19, 2003 Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC Background: Guided by what is now known about how young children learn, this national symposium will focus on how the early years impact engaged learning throughout the lifespan. The symposium is convened by Association of Children's Museums; Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association; Civil Society Institute; and Families and Work Institute; and is co-hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services. Targeted to representatives from the museum, library, public television, early learning and lifelong learning communities, the symposium will connect early learning to the creation of a lifelong learner. A tentative agenda, including speakers, is now available at the ALSC Web site at: http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/21st_Century_Learner_Tentative_Agenda.htm Online registration for this two-day, research-based symposium is available. Visit http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/21st_Century_Learner.htm for conference, hotel and registration details. Space is limited. Please register early. If you have questions, please contact the Association for Library Service to Children at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 2163 or send an e-mail to alsc@ala.org Posted by: ***************************************************** Laura M. Schulte-Cooper Program Officer, Communications Association for Library Service to Children 50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611 312-280-2165 800-545-2433, ext. 2165 FAX: 312-944-7671 lschulte@ala.org ------------------------------ From: MzLibrary@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Request for books about girls who wear eyeglasses Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:48:04 CDT I had a request today from a mother of a girl who reads at the Magic Tree House level. (2nd grade) She is hoping to find a book about a girl who LOVES her glasses. She is upset with the Junie B Jones' attitude about hating her glasses. This girl had very little eyesight without them. Picture books about eyeglasses aren't what she is looking for at all but chapter books or higher. One of the Magic Tree House book characters likes wearing glasses so she was enchanted with that particular one. Thanks for your help. 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: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Question about shelving books and paperbacks together Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:48:13 CDT Hi, I'm in the same predicament. Our paperback fiction books are shelved separate from our hardbacks (in carousels on the other side of the room). Also, we received a humungous shipment of brand new paperbacks last summer and they're still in storage because we don't have room for them on the shelves or carousels. So, what I've been trying to do is weed the fiction shelves so we can put the paperbacks with the hardbacks. Especially if the paperbacks are duplicate titles of the hardbacks. The way it is now the customers come in, look for the book they want in the hardback section, and if they don't find it there they walk out the door. There is a good chance that we have multiple copies of that book in storage or on the carousels. I think that the customers would prefer to look in one place instead of two. Wanda Jones Children's Librarian Georgetown Neighborhood Library Washington, DC 20007 wjones98@hotmail.com >From: "Stacey Irish-Keffer" <Stacey.Irish-Keffer@cityofdenton.com> >Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org >To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> >Subject: Question about shelving books and paperbacks together >Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:07:24 CDT > >We have just moved into a new building and are finding our shelving >could use some changes. In our old library, we shelved our juvenile >level hardback books (3-6 grade) in one area and our juvenile paperbacks >nearby but on separate shelving. Now are new shelves are all together >in one area and it is a little confusing why the paperbacks are separate >from the hardbacks. > >Does anyone interfile their paperbacks with the hardbacks together? Do >you have strong feelings about doing this one way or the other? > >Thanks, > > > >Stacey Irish-Keffer >Denton Public Library >502 Oakland >Denton, Texas 76201 >940.349.7738 >Stacey.Irish-Keffer@cityofdenton.com > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ From: Sherrie_Wilson@ci.longmont.co.us To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper Answer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:48:22 CDT Thanks to those who answered this stumper! Edith Maxwell's "Just Dial a Number," published in 1971 A patron is looking for a book published in the 70's, teen girls at a slumber party make prank calls saying, "I know what you did last summer", but it's not I Know What You Did Last Summer or The Pigman. Any ideas would be appreciated. ________________________ Sherrie Wilson Teen Services Coordinator Longmont Public Library Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 651-8891 ------------------------------ From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: "Lets make a book" craft Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:48:29 CDT Hi, Has anyone ever done a book craft? I'd like to have kids write a story and then turn their story into an actual book. And, does anyone have an idea where I can get the materials for such a project. My vision is to have them design their own book cover, adhere it the cover to cardboard, make a title page, etc. Thanks, Wanda Jones Children's Librarian Georgetown Neighborhood Library Washington, DC 20007 wjones98@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ------------------------------ From: Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Baby sitters MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:48:37 CDT I wouldn't encourage kids to put their names up as babysitters. If a school wanted to run a service, in which the parent leaves a phone number and the babysitter calls it, that would be one thing--though even that could lead to problems. The thing about young babysitters is, they're supposed to be kids you know and who know you. The thing about a library is, it's a public place, just like a supermarket, but parents don't always realize that. wouldn't want my child to put up her name in a supermarket, and I don't think the library should make any special provision for her to do so there. The "no commercial enterprises" rule is very useful sometimes. Bonita ------------------------------ From: LAURAHLING@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: interfiling audios Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:48:46 CDT I am not a children's librarian, I am the reference librarian, but I have subscribed to PUBYAC since my children's materials classes at library school. I think it is important to cram as much information into my head as possible because I often have to answer kids' and parents' questions anyway --we all wear so many hats :>) . We file our children's fiction audios (CDs and tapes) with the books. I don't really have a philosophy over this, but EVERY patron who has requested help from me finding a children's audiobook, has complained that they are not separated. Apparently (at least here), the medium is more important than content. They aren't looking for Harry Potter to listen to; they just want a children's book and don't like having to go up and down the stacks looking to see which titles are available in audio. A catalog search when we have so many would be kind of time consuming, I guess. Our adult audio is separate from the adult books. Thanks for all of your help over the years. Laura Ling, MLIS Socastee Library Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1182 ************************* |
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