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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: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1185

PUBYAC Digest 1185

Topics covered in this issue include:

1) "hooks" for teen book discussions
by denise reeder <dreeder54@yahoo.com>
2) Laugh it up
by "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
3) RE: YA Area & Signage
by "Terri Bonow" <tbonow@ci.hurst.tx.us>
4) Phonemic Awareness in Storytimes
by bkworm@mindspring.com
5) Sesame Street Stumper Solved
by "Clare Meehan" <clare329@earthlink.net>
6) Re: Disney
by JPotter@Hornsby.nsw.gov.au
7) Stumper Solved: Tall Teen Girl Becomes Model
by Wanda Peterson <wandasway2003@yahoo.com>
8) stumper--A Million Years of Hurt/alien
by "Beth Snow" <bethsno@mail.sgcl.org>
9) RE: Multicultural books
by "Sue Plaisance" <suep@ci.hillsboro.or.us>
10) Spanish materials
by "Lisa Cole" <sliscole@comcast.net>
11) interfiling
by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
12) Re: Sources of/for bilingual English/Bengali children's books?
by "Donna MacKinney" <Dmackin@pisd.edu>
13) Stumper (maybe) solved - Hastings Mill
by "Fredda Williams" <fwilliams@knoxlib.org>
14) Re: Captain Underpants
by jmaskell@sover.net
15) Re: re movies at library
by "Jennifer Salt" <jennifersalt@hotmail.com>
16) crime statistics
by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
17) Re: Disney
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
18) Re: Video Projectors
by Theresa Wim <the_wim@yahoo.com>
19) Re: Disney
by Maggie Dyer <mdyer@webster.edu>
20) Notice boards - a tangent
by Pam Gravenor <pam.gravenor@ncc.govt.nz>
21) Re: Two questions Spanish and copyright
by "Dana Lubow" <danalubow@hotmail.com>
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From: denise reeder <dreeder54@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: "hooks" for teen book discussions
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:11:35 CDT
What has been your best "hook" to get teens (13-17) into the library for a
book club/discussion?
How have you been able to keep the teens coming back?
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From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Laugh it up
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:11:45 CDT
We are considering doing "Laugh it up at your Library" for summer 2004. =
Does anyone who has used this theme have suggestions or comments? We try =
to involve teens and adults in our programs also so suggestions for all =
ages are welcome.
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: "Terri Bonow" <tbonow@ci.hurst.tx.us>
To: <kchipps@ald.lib.co.us>,<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: YA Area & Signage
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:11:53 CDT
 
Hello!
My suggestion is to check out the internet through searching "Google" and =
"Images" and look at what other libraries have done-I used to work at Los =
Angeles Public Library Central Library and they had a suberb Teen Center =
called "Teenscape"-
http://www.lapl.org/central/teenscape.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
Terri Bonow
Adult Services Librarian Manager
Hurst Public Library
901 Precinct Line Rd.=20
Hurst, Texas 76053
817-788-7300
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From: bkworm@mindspring.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Phonemic Awareness in Storytimes
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:12:01 CDT
Recently, Lora Morgaine posted a message to the listserv asking if anyone
would be interested in ideas about incorporating phonemic awareness into
storytimes. I would very much be interested but her email address did not
appear on the digest. I would like for her to contact me if possible.
Thank you
Mary Jones
bkworm@mindspring.com
Also, did anyone have an answer for the person who asked if there are any
listservs similar to pubyac for school librarians?
Thanks! Mary Jones
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From: "Clare Meehan" <clare329@earthlink.net>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Sesame Street Stumper Solved
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Oooo, now there's a tongue twister! Many thanks to those who gave me ideas
for searching this one. Especially thank you to Marisa Treglio for finding
the poem in Vol. 11 of the Sesame Street Library. When my patron came to
pick up the poem, I thought she was going to kiss me, she was so excited.
It's always a good feeling to help someone after being convinced there was
no hope. Pubyac is such a great source! Thank you.
Clare Meehan
Carol Stream Public Library
Carol Stream,IL
clare329@earthlink.net
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From: JPotter@Hornsby.nsw.gov.au
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Disney
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:12:20 CDT
 
I am not defending Disney's means of protecting their movie copyright
without properly acknowledging the author who wrote a good story in the
first place. However, Disney has made a lot of books accessible to
children who may not have picked up the book from a library shelf in the
first place, even if you dislike the way a good book can be chopped up to
fit a 90 minute movie time deadline.
To 'combat' this lack of awareness, we have compiled a list "So you've
seen the movie why not read the book?" The lists have been popular and a
reasonable share of them have gotten a wider audience in the last couple
of years.
 
Joanne Potter
Children's and Young Adults Coordinator
Hornsby Shire Library & Information Service
Phone 9847 6738
Fax 9847 6565
Mailto: jpotter@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
 
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From: Wanda Peterson <wandasway2003@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper Solved: Tall Teen Girl Becomes Model
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:12:28 CDT
Thanks to Charli at Oxford Public Library, I have found the book I have been
seeking for several years. It is "Dinny Gordon, Freshman" by Anne Emery
(1959). Dinny has 3 best friends, each of whom has her own particular
beauty issue (one is too tall, one is too chubby, one has acne), and they
cannot understand why book-loving Dinny is not as boy-crazy as they are.
The tall friend does indeed begin attending charm school and models for some
photos in the local newspaper, just as I remembered. Thank you, Charli, and
everyone else who responded - I read this book as a young girl many years
ago, and am so glad to have finally identified it.
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From: "Beth Snow" <bethsno@mail.sgcl.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper--A Million Years of Hurt/alien
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:12:36 CDT
Hi!
My colleagues have received a stumper; we have checked the "usual
suspects" for both adult and juvenile material and wondered if
anyone out there might have an idea about this:
*Patron thinks title might be _A Million Years of Hurt_ and thinks
it is from the 1970s.
*Patron doesn't know if it is a children's book but thinks it
might be because she remembers her mother reading it to her.
*Patron thinks it might be about an alien.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Beth Snow
Beth Snow
Reference/Young Adult Associate
Library Center
Springfield-Greene County Library District (Mo.)
(417) 874-8112, ext. 144
 
 
 
 
 
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From: "Sue Plaisance" <suep@ci.hillsboro.or.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Multicultural books
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Multi-cultural Books and Videos sells bilingual children's books in
English and Bengali, as well as Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi,
Tamil, and Urdu. They also carry many other bilingual books in Arabic,
Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and many other
languages. I have ordered bilingual children's books through several
companies and prefer to use Multicultural. We have had good luck with
our fill rate through this company and they ship faster than any other
company of bilingual books that I have worked with. They also offer
specialty catalogs like the "Languages of India" catalog that I receive
twice a year from them. They can be contacted at
www.multiculturalbooksandvideos.com and also at
wwww.indiabooksandvideos.com. =20
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From: "Lisa Cole" <sliscole@comcast.net>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Spanish materials
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:12:54 CDT
In our library, we have a small but growing collection of Spanish =
language materials for children. =20
We are trying to decide on the best way to shelve these materials that =
will work for patrons and staff.
Right now, we shelve some of the books in 863, some of the picture books =
are interfiled with other picture books (but have a special SPANISH =
spine label), and our videos have been moved to an area at the end of =
popular children's videos. So as you can tell, we have a mixture of =
shelving patterns.
I'm wondering how other libraries shelve their Spanish language material =
for children.
If you can, please email me with your experiences and your advice on =
shelving Spanish language materials.
Thank you!
Lisa Cole
Koelbel Main Library
Arapahoe Library District
Centennial, CO
sliscole@comcast.net
or
lcole@ald.lib.co.us
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From: Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: interfiling
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Carol Mitchell writes: ...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.
 
Similar thing here: We pulled the nonfiction first readers from the first
reader section and put them with general nonfiction. They stopped going
out. These were not the New True books, but the easier ones, Fowler, etc.
Bonita
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From: "Donna MacKinney" <Dmackin@pisd.edu>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Sources of/for bilingual English/Bengali children's books?
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:13:11 CDT
 
Hi Lisa,
Check Asia for Kids -www.asiaforkids.com
I might have others - but that one comes to mind quickly.
Donna
Donna MacKinney, MLS
Beaty Early Childhood School Library - 160
469-752-4227
DMackin@pisd.edu
Fax 469-752-4201
>>> crandalll@cadl.org 08/15/03 12:14PM >>>
Hi all,
Today, a patron came in looking for sources of bilingual children's
books
in English and Bengali. She had found a couple companies on the
Internet that produce them, but won't ship to the US. I've looked at
Milet online, as well as Powell's Books, but I can't determine if they
ship to the US. I've looked some on amazon.co.uk and know they ship to
the US. Do any of you know of any other sources of English/Bengali
children's books that ship to the US? The patron is interested in
purchasing them for herself. Thanks for any help you can give.
Lisa Crandall
Youth Services Librarian
Holt-Delhi Branch
Captial Area District Library
Holt, MI 48842
(517) 694-9351
crandalll@cadl.org
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From: "Fredda Williams" <fwilliams@knoxlib.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper (maybe) solved - Hastings Mill
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:13:19 CDT
Wow! You guys are good! I never expected an answer to this stumper, but I
got two potential answers. Patricia Froelich suggested a textbook reader
titled "Singing Wheels" by Mabel O'Donnell, Florence Hoopes, and Margaret
Campbell (Row Peterson, 1952). Liz Fuller, Diane Glasson and Susan Smith
all
sent the text to a poem titled "Hastings Mill" by Cecily Fox-Smith,
published
in "The Home Book of Verse" by Burton Egbert Stevenson.
I passed both suggestions on the the reference librarian, who was very
impressed by the responses (YAY for PUBYAC!) We're waiting to hear back
from
the patron to see if she recognizes these titles.
Thanks again for the help!
Fredda
Original stumper description below:
The patron wants to surprise her mother, who's in her 60s, with this story
or
book. It was a story published in the mother's grammer school reader (so
we're talking at least 50 years ago) and the title is either "Hasting Mill"
or Hastings Mill". Our reference staff have checked all their usual sources
to no avail.
 
--
Fredda Williams
Children's Services Manager
Knox County Public Library System
500 West Church Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37902
(865) 215-8761
fwilliams@knoxlib.org
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From: jmaskell@sover.net
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Captain Underpants
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Although it may not work for a party, we created a multi-cast dramatic
reading
of Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman. I projected
an
animated PowerPoint production that went along with the kids reading/acting.
Because we were using the images we did have to get permission first, which
wasn't a problem. The cast and the audience had a great time, it took
little
effort (all of the fun of theater without the rehearsals), and is something
we've done with Junie B Jones, and are hoping to do with other books.
~Sam
******************************
Samantha Maskell, Youth Services Librarian
Rockingham Free Public Library
65 Westminster Street
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
802.463.4270
 
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> I will be hosting a Captain Underpants Party in September. Any great =
> party ideas would be appreciated!!
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> Thank you,
>
> Terri N.
>
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From: "Jennifer Salt" <jennifersalt@hotmail.com>
To: JClark@fredco-md.net, pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: re movies at library
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:13:38 CDT
It's possible to buy videos that come with public performance rights. Weston
Woods is one catalog that does this. You have to read the fine print,
though--some videos come with rights that are limited to schools (although
many are fine for library use) and some videos in the catalogs are home use
only. These are quality films based on children's books, not full legnth
feature films. Good for storytime, after school programs, and the like. Not
going to draw a big crowd to a special Saturday family film program.
--Jennifer
 
>From: "Clark, Julie" <JClark@fredco-md.net>
>To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
>Subject: re movies at library
>Date: 14 Aug 2003 14:25:25 -0700
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>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
>
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From: Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: crime statistics
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Eric Norton writes:
I would be interested to know if anyone happens to have figures like this at
their fingertips (yeah, yeah, we're all librarians with a world of
information at our fingertips but you know what I mean). I don't mean to
suggest that there aren't people who are threats to kids' safety and lives
out there (I don't think that I would publicly display minors names and
contact info, either) but I wonder if this fear, like so many others, is
artificially heightened by media both supposedly true news media and
various entertainment formats.
Eric, I've been thinking along similar lines. I just did a search for
"stranger rape statistics" and the numbers were horrifying, but who knows
how accurate they are?
 
On the other hand, here's a hopeful note from the Washington Post in August
of last year:
"Federal statistics show that the abduction of children by strangers remains
among the rarest crimes -- just 115 cases in 1999, the last year for which
complete statistics are available. The National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children projects that the most serious type of case is declining.
But it is a crime that has received heavy news coverage this summer because
of several particularly sensational cases."
Bonita
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Disney
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:13:56 CDT
too true! however, disney isn't the only guilty party.
a little movie called "stuart little" jumps to mind. i
think the only thing it had in common with white's
book was...uh...hmmm...well, there was a mouse in it.
also, it has been argued by many people that the lion
king was at least loosely based on hamlet and whether
or not it was intentional it's not any more loose than
many other "interpretations" hollywood has done. like
say "shrek"?
~j.
--- Beverly Kirkendall <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us>
wrote:
> <<Many of our patrons have been amazed to hear that
> the first Disney movie based on an original story
> was The Lion King.>>
> I'm not blasting Disney--okay, maybe a little. But
> watching some of their movie adaptations, it's hard
> to believe they based some of their movies on books.
> It seems that the names are the only thing to
> remain the same while everything else is totally
> different! IMHO, of course! I was tickled that Holes
> was so true to the book. But then look who wrote the
> screenplay....
>
> Beverly K.
>
 
=====
~jenniferbaker
fresno co. public library
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fighter Mr. O' Connell, but I am proud of what I am." "And what is that?" "I
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From: Theresa Wim <the_wim@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Video Projectors
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:14:04 CDT
Projector prices have dropped drastically the last
several months, and you should be able to find
something. http://www.projectorcentral.com is a good
resource.
nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
Please excuse cross-posting...
Can anyone recommend (or NOT recommend!) a specific
machine that can be used
to project videos and DVDs onto a "large" screen? The
room we would be using
it in seats approx 200 at the max (100 on one side of
the room, 100 on the
other). At some point also, we may be looking at the
same unit to use with a
computer. One thing to take in consideration--we don't
have a lot of money
(like under $1000) to spend. Are we being realistic in
thinking we can find
something? We borrowed a unit this summer from the
school system (not sure
of the brand), that could be hooked up to either a VCR
or DVD player and was
fairly easy to use, but cost in the vicinity of $5000
when new, and
replacement bulbs are about $300. Thanks for any help
you can provide...
Nadine Lipman
 
 
*************************************************************
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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terri wimpee
w. walworth harrison public library
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From: Maggie Dyer <mdyer@webster.edu>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Disney
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:14:17 CDT
Actually, wasn't there a Disney Freaky Friday movie in the 1960's also? Or
am I thinking of Parent trap?
- Maggie Dyer
Literacy Investment for Tomorrow
On 8.15.03 12.21p, "Sherry Collins" <hfl_sherry@stls.org> wrote:
> Yes, there is a credit in the trailer also. Interesting that they chose
to do
> this one again--originally filmed in the 80's.
> Sherry Collins
> children's librarian
> Horseheads Free Library
> Horseheads New York
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>
> On 8/14/03 at 2:40 PM Barb Read wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>
>
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From: Pam Gravenor <pam.gravenor@ncc.govt.nz>
To: "Pubyac (E-mail)" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Notice boards - a tangent
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Thanks to everyone who replied about my babysitters and notice boards query.
Many who replied said their library has a policy along the lines of
'non-profit' notices only. We used to do that too, but changed it a few
years ago.
I just wonder if libraries with such policies have given much thought
recently to why that policy exists. Who is it aiding?
We decided that limiting the notice board in such a way restricted the
usefulness of the information available to library customers, and we
couldn't think why we had done so for so long.
We will now take almost anything, as long as it is within our displayed
guidelines:
"This board is for notices about services and events of interest to parents
and children.
Notices must be A4 or smaller.
Notices must be given to Library staff to place on the board.
The Library reserves the right to refuse or remove any item.
Notices are removed when they are tatty or out of date."
Perhaps your situations are quite different from ours, but I think it is
always a good idea to reconsider long-held policies to see if they are still
fulfilling a purpose.
Pam Gravenor
Nelson Public Libraries
New Zealand
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From: "Dana Lubow" <danalubow@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Two questions Spanish and copyright
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:14:59 CDT
Jackie,
Here are some Spanish sites for children:
Miscositas.com - http://www.miscositas.com/
eveloped for both students and teachers, this multicultural site contains a
collection of picture books in English, French, and Spanish. There are
suggested curricula for each story for the respective languages as well as
related links. (From the Librarians' Index to the Internet)
http://www.edu365.com/
Written for children by educators. Only in Spanish.
Alexia
http://www.inicia.es/de/alexia2000/
Written for children. There are a small encyclopedia, stories, page of
questions, related links, and more. Only in Spanish.
Children's Songs and Rhymes from South America
http://www.mamalisa.com/world/southam.html
A small collection of songs.
Cuatrogatos
http://cuatrogatos.org/
Children's literature magazine. Archived to the first ed., Jan. 2000. There
are related links. Only in Spanish.
Cuentacuentas
http:/brersonales.mundivia.es/llera/cuentos/cuentos.htm
A collection of twenty well-known children's stories written in Spanish.
La Red Kidlink en espaņol
http://www.kidlink.org/spanish/
Maybe a little older than preschool.
Libros del Rincon
http://omega.ilce.edu.mx:3000/sites/rincon/
The complete text of 31 stories written for children.
StoryPlace: la biblioteca digital de niņos
http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp
There are stories for preschoolers, activities to do at home or on the
Internet or print. From the Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Public Library,
North Carolina.
I would also check the ALA Great Websites for Kids, they have a section for
spanish sites:
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Great_Web_Sites_for_Kids/Great_Web_Sites__Lugares_en_Espa%F1ol_para_Ni%F1os.htm
(Their infamously long URL's.)
Hope these can help your patron at least start out.
Dana Lubow
LA Valley College Library
 
 
 
 
>From: Jackie Hannick <jhannick@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org
>To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
>Subject: Two questions Spanish and copyright
>Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:32 CDT
>
>Hi All,
>
>I have a patron who is interested in finding Spanish language web sites for
>her preschooler. We found Bob the Builder in Spanish, and she would like
>more that are similar (games, educational, etc.) Right now she wants just
>Spanish, but she is also interested in bilingual sites when her son starts
>to learn English.
>
>
>Also I was wondering how many of your library systems circulate CD-ROM's.
>What are the parameters, and do you have any trouble with copyright issues?
>We do not circulate them in our system. I came from a library where we
>circulated and ordered them freely without concern for copyright.
>
>Thank you,
>Jackie Hannick
>Volusia County Libraries
>Deltona, FL
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