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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: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1188
PUBYAC Digest 1188
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Cat in the Hat programs?
by "Timko, Heather" <htimko@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
2) big books
by Tracy Taylor <tst72@yahoo.com>
3) snicket like books
by "mary thornton" <mthornton@techline.com>
4) yet another stumper
by Suzanne Klein <SKlein@EBPL.org>
5) Disney sequels
by "Roberta Meyer" <roberta@effinghamlibrary.org>
6) RE: Storybook quilt
by "Linda Austin" <l.austin@vlc.lib.mi.us>
7) Stumper: Ghost in a burning mansion
by Tonya Cross <chi_tonya@DAYTON.LIB.OH.US>
8) Re: How safe are we? (was Noticeboard safety)
by "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org>
9) Re: Disney
by Lorie O'Donnell <Lodonnell@midyork.org>
10) Re: Disney
by Frances Easterling <machild@cmrls.lib.ms.us>
11) RE: Youth Services--GetScience Program
by "Brooke Roothaan" <brooker@lincolnwoodlibrary.org>
12) Re: Storybook quilt
by Belinda Sakowski <sakowski@grayson.edu>
13) YA summer reading program
by "Jennifer Salt" <jennifersalt@hotmail.com>
14) Re: Storybook quilt
by "Lori Karns" <Lori.Karns@mail.co.ventura.ca.us>
15) RE: Lemony Snicket book list/finding something in the archives
by "Melissa Henderson" <mhenders@eapl.org>
16) RE: Interested in Montessori/ReggioEmilia/LiteracyGames?
by Sylvia LEIGH Lambert <leighpubyac@yahoo.com>
17) Re: Storybook quilt
by "Phoebe Carter" <pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us>
18) favorite resource books
by Susan Dunn <sdunn@jefferson.lib.co.us>
19) Re: Lemony Snicket book list
by "C.A. LeBlanc" <claire_oldsmar@hotmail.com>
20) Lemony Snicket readalikes
by "Christine Montgomery" <christine.montgomery@lpl.london.on.ca>
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From: Timko, Heather [mailto:htimko@ascpl.lib.oh.us]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:02 AM
To: 'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'
Subject: Cat in the Hat programs?
Hi everyone,
With the live action Cat in the Hat movie coming out in November,
does anyone have anything planned for their libraries? I am planning on
doing a family program but I can't think of what to do. Does anyone have
any ideas for stories, crafts, etc? Thanks!
Heather Timko
Youth Librarian
Nordonia Hills Branch Library
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From: Tracy Taylor [mailto:tst72@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:02 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: big books
Hi all, most of the book vendors do have lists
available of the big books they carry as they know it
is hard to locate these items. I know Ingram keeps a
list on iPage, their online tool. As for big books in
Spanish, I do know of 3 ISBNs, 2 are Rainbow Fish
titles and 1 is by Alma Flor Ada. They are 1558588159
(Spanish of Rainbow Fish to the Rescue), 1558584404
(Original Rainbow Fish in Spanish), and 1581051719 (No
Fui Yo...). I hope this helps in your search.
tracy taylor
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From: mary thornton [mailto:mthornton@techline.com]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:03 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: snicket like books
I am reading the pPhillip Ardaugh books about Edding Dickens and have
enjoyed them. They (the publishers) haven't taken the English language
out of them in favor of american.
The spiderwick chronicles are a disappointment. The books are very
short and expensive for their size. the children have one adventure
that seems it should be a single chapter in a single book. They remind
me of the nonfiction books that have been discussed lately. Has anyone
had children looking for them.
Mary Thornton
McCleary, WA
mthornton@techline.com
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From: Suzanne Klein [mailto:SKlein@EBPL.org]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:03 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: yet another stumper
Dear Pubyac Pals --
I have yet another stumper to serve up! A customer remembers reading a
poem
that compared reading to eating a watermelon. She particularly remembers
the description of watermelon juice running down the eater's arm. Does
this
sound familiar to any of you? The customer probably read the poem in the
mid-to-late 1960s. She is hoping to have the poem in time for the first
day
of school, which around here is September 3rd. Help!
Thanks so much for all of your hunches!
-- Suzanne
Suzanne M. Klein
Youth Services Librarian
East Brunswick Public Library
2 Civic Center Drive
East Brunswick NJ 08816
Phone: (732) 390 6789
Fax: (732) 390 6796
E-mail: sklein@ebpl.org <mailto:sklein@ebpl.org>
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From: Roberta Meyer [mailto:roberta@effinghamlibrary.org]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:03 AM
To: PUBYAC
Subject: Disney sequels
For the most part I agree with Jennifer about Disney's crappy sequels.
They are not worth the time that was put into them! An exception would
be some of the live-action films, like D2 and D3 from The Mighty Ducks
series. D2 was every bit as good as the original, if not better. D3
was good, too.
But I understand that they are now coming out with a sequel to Lilo and
Stitch?!? What next?
Roberta
******************************************
Roberta L. Meyer, Youth Services Librarian
Helen Matthes Library
100 East Market Avenue
Effingham, IL 62401
Phone: 217-342-2464 ext. 6
Fax: 217-342-2413
www.effinghamlibrary.org
roberta@effinghamlibrary.org
**************************************************
"The Library is the Answer.
What's the Question?"
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From: Linda Austin [mailto:l.austin@vlc.lib.mi.us]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:03 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Storybook quilt
Hi Shannon,
I worked with a librarian that passed out 12"x12" squares to the
children at the library who wanted to create a quilt block for the
quilt. They were to create a block using a favorite story book scene
or character. When everyone turned their block in the librarian put
the quilt together. It was wonderful and it hung in our library for
several years.
---- Original Message ----
From: nfcl_lib@yahoo.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Storybook quilt
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:36:12 CDT
>
>Hello all,
>I'm looking for patterns or ideas on how to make a small quilt/wall
>hanging
>for our library that incorporates storybook or other popular
>fictional
>characters or scenes. Right now it's just a very small germ of an
>idea, so
>I'd welcome any suggestions or guidance. Thanks!
>
>
>Shannon Metcalfe, Librarian
>New Florence Community Library
>New Florence, PA 15944
>
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From: Tonya Cross [mailto:chi_tonya@DAYTON.LIB.OH.US]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:03 AM
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: Ghost in a burning mansion
I can't remember if I ever asked for help with this personal stumper, or
not, so please forgive me if this is another "summer re-run."
When I
was probably 12 or 13 (1979ish) one of my "rewards" was getting money
to
buy new paperbacks. One of the books that I remember buying was about a
girl who's family buys/becomes caretakers of a mansion or hotel that had
burned. The girl "befriends" a boy who turns out to be a ghost
who was
killed in the fire that destroyed the building. I have searched
Novelist, our library's catalog, and the books by my favorite
"teenhood"
authors all to no avail. I don't seem to have kept the book (unless
it's in the boxes that are STILL in my mother's garage...)
Does this story sound familiar to anyone?
Thanks!
Tonya Cross
Reference Assistant
Dayton Metro Library
Main Library Children's Room
Dayton, OH
chi_tonya@dayton.lib.oh.us
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From: Anita Palladino [mailto:apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:03 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: How safe are we? (was Noticeboard safety)
Just a FYI, since those stats are available:
ABDUCTION STATS
·In 15 of the past 18 years, there has been an INCREASE in the number of
missing children.
·The increase in missing children since 1982 is 468%
·About half of all children abducted are 4-11 years old, the rest 12 or
older; 74% are girls
·The F.B.I. receives over 2,000 missing child reports every day
·In the time it takes you to read this page (approx. 40 seconds) another
child goes missing: one every 40 seconds, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The U.S. department of Justice and the World Almanac, place the chances of
your child being abducted at 1 in 42
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Granted, many abductions are noncustodial parents, and probably a big %
increase comes from better reporting, still I would rather err on the side
of caution. Just my opinion.
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From: Lorie O'Donnell [mailto:Lodonnell@midyork.org]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:03 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Disney
It's true that Disney has published many different series to correspond with
their movies. No, they are not the original stories; they are pretty much
illustrated scripts of the movies.
My question is this: If the patrons are asking repeatedly for these
titles,
why would a library refuse to carry them? It seems to me that the demand
of
the patrons should count for something (a big something, actually) in book
selection. Sure, we stock, and push, the classics; but why would a library
intentionally not stock books known to be wanted by the patrons??
As to the problem of patrons not being interested in the "real" books
upon
which movies are based, try a display with a bibliography. Something
colorful and eye-catching. It works every time I do it.
Lorie
Lorie J. O'Donnell
Children's Librarian
Jervis Public Library
Rome, NY 13440
lodonnell@midyork.org
To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new
friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one.
Anonymous, Chinese saying
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From: Frances Easterling [mailto:machild@cmrls.lib.ms.us]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:04 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Disney
Oh, how I agree with you. Atlantis 2 was awful. Tarzan and Jane?
They
should
have just stayed quiet in the jungle. But I did enjoy 101 Dalmatians:
Patch's
London Adventure. Now these are my own opinions, not those of the Library
where
I work at.
Frances Easterling
Magee Public Library
Jennifer Baker wrote:
> their certainly running out of *good* ones!
> what's with all the crappy "sequels"!?!?!
> cinderella 2, little mermaid 2, peter pan 2, jungle
> book 2...! michael eisner should be strung up by his
> thumbs!
> ~j.
>
> --- Diana Cook <dcook@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
wrote:
> > I think this must be the third or fourth Disney
> > version. Are they running
> > out of ideas?
>
>
> ~jenniferbaker
> fresno co. public library
>
> "I may not be an explorer or an adventurer or a treasure seeker or a
gun
> fighter Mr. O' Connell, but I am proud of what I am." "And what
is that?"
"I
> am a librarian!"
> ~ Evelyn, The Mummy
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From: Brooke Roothaan [mailto:brooker@lincolnwoodlibrary.org]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:04 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Youth Services--GetScience Program
I saw Steve Belliveau do his science act at a school in Evanston, Il. He was
AMAZING!! I'd definitely hire him. After I saw him I thought to myself who
can I pass his name along to because he made the principle of science so
cool and fun.
Brooke L.M.Roothaan
Outreach & Children's
Lincolnwood Public Library
4000 West Pratt Avenue
Lincolnwood, IL 60712
847-677-5277 x234
847-677-1937 FAX
-----Original Message-----
From: HOW Rebecca Smith [mailto:howrs@llcoop.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:37 PM
To: Pubyac
Subject: Youth Services--GetScience Program
Hi everyone--
Has anyone ever had Steve Belliveau's "Getting Excited About Science
Show"
at their library. If so how was it and how much did he run? Otherwise I am
looking for a performer of this sort for my science program that will be
good for the upper elementary age group. If anyone has any ideas please
share
with me.
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From: Belinda Sakowski [mailto:sakowski@grayson.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:04 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Storybook quilt
Hi,
Several years ago we had the children help make a quilt. We gave them
precut squares of material and had them draw a picture with crayon.
You
can use fabric markers or other types if you like. We had regular crayons
on hand. You put paper towels over the drawing and apply an iron. Keep
changing the paper towels until the wax is drawn out. This sets the
color. Then a coworker pieced the squares together alternating with solid
colored squares. She added a solid colored border, batting and a solid
back. It turned out great. It has been hanging in the library since
1984.
Belinda
At 02:36 PM 8/21/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>I'm looking for patterns or ideas on how to make a small quilt/wall hanging
>for our library that incorporates storybook or other popular fictional
>characters or scenes. Right now it's just a very small germ of an
idea, so
>I'd welcome any suggestions or guidance. Thanks!
>
>
>Shannon Metcalfe, Librarian
>New Florence Community Library
>New Florence, PA 15944
Belinda Sakowski
E-Mail: sakowski@grayson.edu
Sherman Public Library Phone: (903)892-7240
421 N. Travis
Fax: (903) 892-7101
Sherman, Texas 75090
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From: Jennifer Salt [mailto:jennifersalt@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:04 AM
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: YA summer reading program
There is a YA summer reading program that I learned about in library school
and would like more information about. I am unable to recall which library
system carried out this program or where they are located. If anybody has
any additional information on how I can find out more about the program or
contact a librarian or staff member involved, that would be great, too.
The summer reading program used a raffle as an incentive. For every so many
pages, teens received a raffle ticket. The more a teen read, the better
his\her chances of winning, but a teen who read only one book still had a
chance to read. There were multiple prizes and teens chose which prizes they
wanted to put their tickets in for. Teens could split their tickets up or
put them all in the raffle for one coveted prize. Here's the unique part:
prizes were experiences rather than items such as books. One prize I
remember clearly was the chance to be guest DJ for a day at a local radio
station.
My email address is jennifersalt@hotmail.com.
Thanks in advance for your
help.
--Jennifer
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From: Lori Karns [mailto:Lori.Karns@mail.co.ventura.ca.us]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:04 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Storybook quilt
There was an interesting writing project for kids once. Each child got a
white square. They folded it into four sections - diagonally. In one
triangular quadrant, they drew the main character. In the next, they drew
supporting characters. In the third went the setting, and in the fourth went
a memorable scene. It was called a book report quilt. In the center of each
square, right where the diagonals intersected, they put a small overlapping
square with the name of the book and the author. It was colored with fabric
crayons. The teachers joined the squares together with bright strips of
quilting fabric. It was finished and hung on the wall. Of course the kids
signed their squares. It was well worth the effort and a great alternative
to regular book reports. One of the Moms did the sewing.
Lori Karns
Ventura County Library
>>> nfcl_lib@yahoo.com 08/21/03
12:40 PM >>>
Hello all,
I'm looking for patterns or ideas on how to make a small quilt/wall hanging
for our library that incorporates storybook or other popular fictional
characters or scenes. Right now it's just a very small germ of an idea, so
I'd welcome any suggestions or guidance. Thanks!
Shannon Metcalfe, Librarian
New Florence Community Library
New Florence, PA 15944
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From: Melissa Henderson [mailto:mhenders@eapl.org]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:04 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: BIB: Lemony Snicket book list/finding something in the archives
I was recently stumped by a "like Lemony Snicket" request myself.
I
pulled together a list of the following titles that feature orphaned (or
otherwise abandoned, neglected, or on-their-own) children who have had
to find their way through strange and harrowing adventures:
None are quite as much like Lemony Snicket as Spiderwick Chronicles or
Eddie Dickens, but they might fit the bill for an interested reader...
Aiken, Joan / The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Avi / Emily Upham's Revenge
Bauer, Steven / A Cat of a Different Color
Bellairs, John / The House with the Clock in its Walls
Cassedy, Sylvia / Behind the Attic Wall
Colfer, Eoin / Artemis Fowl
Creech, Sharon / Ruby Holler
Dahl, Roald / The Witches
Dahl, Roald / Matilda
Horvath, Polly / The Trolls
Ibbotson, Eva / Dial-a-Ghost
Ibbotson, Eva / Island of the Aunts
Ibbotson, Eva / Journey to the River Sea
Levine, Gail Carson / Ella Enchanted
Pullman, Philip / Count Karlstein
Pullman, Philip / Spring-Heeled Jack
Wallace, Barbara Brooks / The Cousins in the Castle
Wallace, Barbara Brooks / Ghosts in the Gallery
Wallace, Barbara Brooks / Peppermints in the Parlor
Wallace, Barbara Brooks / Secret of St. Something
Wallace, Barbara Brooks / Sparrows in the Scullery
Wallace, Barbara Brooks / The Twin in the Tavern
Melissa
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Melissa Henderson
Children's Librarian
Ela Area Public Library
Lake Zurich, Illinois
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From: Sylvia LEIGH Lambert [mailto:leighpubyac@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:04 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Interested in Montessori/ReggioEmilia/LiteracyGames?
Hello all--especially Lora Morgaine Shinn,
I just rejoined the list and missed Lora's first message, and therefore I'm
responding to the list instead of her directly. I'm quite interested in in
this topic, as I currently share storytimes at a child care co-op where
Reggio Emilia is a big influence. Would really love to be included in the
list of people who want to receive copies of some of your materials,
descriptions of ideas and activities, etc.
Thanks, Leigh Lambert
Julie Miller <jumiller@kcls.org>
wrote:
Hi Lora,
I, too, am interested in what you're doing at your storytimes.
Would it be possible to post your list of phonemic/literacy awareness
games to this list?
Thanks so much,
Julie
Julie Miller
Children's Librarian
Federal Way Regional Library
Federal Way, WA
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Turner [mailto:eturner@mad.lib.ms.us]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:31 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Interested in Montessori/ReggioEmilia/LiteracyGames?
Dear Lora,
I am interested in your email. I homeschooled my own children and have
some Montessori materials at home that I thought I would bring up here
to be used at the Library. My storytime ages don't get above 3 or 4 for
the most part, so there are some things that are too advanced. I am just
beginning to explore this area. I appreciate your sharing.
Elizabeth Turner
Lora Morgaine wrote:
>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
>
>
>
>
Sylvia LEIGH Lambert, MSLS Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Information and Library Sceince
leighpubyac@yahoo.com
sllamber@email.unc.edu
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From: Phoebe Carter [mailto:pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:05 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Storybook quilt
We purchased some gorgeous storybook character quilts from a local quilter
here in Utah. They were inexpensive, but they are smaller than what you
may be looking for; we use them during our story time sessions like
flannelboards. If you want this person's contact information please email
me. She may sell patterns, I am not sure. The characters on her
quilts
come off and can be replaced using velcro.
Phoebe Carter
Youth Services Manager
Weber County Library
Ogden, UT
pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us
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From: Susan Dunn
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:05 AM
To: PUBYAC (E-mail)
Subject: favorite resource books
Hello,
I'm currently in the middle of updating and revising a brief handout geared
towards preschool workers and daycare providers. We're trying to educate
them about book resources in our libraries - essentially basic stuff that
will he helpful to them in planning programs and interacting with their
charges. Below is a list of what I have so far. I'm trying to stay
with
fairly new publication dates, so if your oldie but goodie isn't there,
that's probably why. Please share your opinions about this list.
What have
I missed? And - what's a must-have, even if it is older?
Please respond to me and I will post to the list if there is interest.
TIA!
RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Lima, Carolyn W. A to Zoo : Subject Access to Children's Picture Books,
6th
ed.
Adventuring with Books : A Booklist for Pre-K-Grade 6, ed. by Kathryn
Mitchell Pierce
Odean, Kathleen. Great Books for Babies and Toddlers : More than 500
Recommended Books for Your Child's First Three Years
Steiner, Stanley F. Promoting a Global Community through Multicultural
Children's Literature
Trelease, Jim. The Read-aloud Handbook, 5th ed.
The World Through Children's Books, ed. by Susan Stan
ACTIVITIES
Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants
Lewis, Shari. Shari Lewis Presents 101 Games and Songs for Kids to Play
and
Sing
O'Bryan, Sharon . Old Fashioned Children's Games: Over 200 Outdoor, Car
Trip, Song, Card and Party Activities
Raines, Shirley. Story Stretchers for Infants, Toddlers and Two:
Experiences, Activities and Games for Popular Children's Books
Ross, Kathy. Crafts from Your Favorite Children's Songs
FLANNEL BOARDS & DRAW & TELL STORIES
Pflomm, Phyllis Noe. Chalk in Hand : the Draw and Tell Book
Sierra, Judy. The Flannel Board Storytelling Book
Sierra, Judy. Mother Goose's Playhouse : Toddler Tales and Nursery Rhymes,
with Patterns for Puppets and Feltboards
Wilmes, Liz. Felt Board Fingerplays
FINGER RHYMES
1001 Rhymes & Fingerplays: for Working with Young Children, compiled by the
Totline staff
Briggs, Diane. 101 Fingerplays, Stories and Songs to Use with Finger
Puppets
Glazer, Tom. Eye Winker, Tom Tinker, Chin Chopper; Fifty Musical
Fingerplays
Playtime rhymes, compiled by Shona McKellar
Stetson, Emily. Little Hands Fingerplays & Action Songs: Seasonal
Activities & Creative Play for 2-to 6-Year-Olds
MUSIC
The Book of Bounces: Wonderful Songs and Rhymes Passed Down from Generation
to Generation, compiled by John M. Feierabend
The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants
The Reader's Digest Children's Songbook, editor, William L. Simon
Warren, Jean. Piggyback Songs for Infants and Toddlers
Susan Dunn
Children's Information Librarian
Columbine Library, Jefferson County Public Library
7706 W. Bowles Ave.
Littleton, CO 80123
sdunn@jefferson.lib.co.us
phone 303-932-2690 x3
fax 303-932-3041
Find us on the Web: http://jefferson.lib.co.us
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From: C.A. LeBlanc [mailto:claire_oldsmar@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:16 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: BIB: Lemony Snicket book list
Here's one I had saved, compiled by Nancy Shacklette from January 2002:
Hope it helps
Here are the responses for if you liked Lemony Snicket's Series of
Unfortunate Events, try these...
Aiken Arabel and Mortimer
Aiken Arabel's raven
Aiken Mortimer says nothing
Aiken Mortimer's cross
Aiken Wolves of Wolloughby Chase + others
Bellairs The house with a clock in its walls + others
Bellairs Curse of the blue figurine
Colfer Artemis Fowl
Garfield Smith
Garfield The ghost downstairs
Garfield The December rose
Garfield John Diamond
Garfield BlackJack
Garfield The strange affair of Adelaide Harris
Haugaard Princess Horrid
Heide The shrinking of Treehorn
Heide Treehorn's treasure
Horvath Everything on a waffle
Horvath The trolls
Ibbotson Dial a witch
Ibbotson Island of the aunts
Ibbotson The secret of Platform 13
Ibbotson Which witch?
Ives Monsieur
Eek
Maguire Seven spiders spinning
Pullman Spring-heeled Jack
Pullman Count Karlstein
Pullman Clockwork, or all wound up
Sachar Holes
Scieska Time Warp Trio series
Waddell Harriet and the crocodiles + other Harriet books
Wallace Cousins in the castle
Wallace The twin in the tower
Wallace Peppermints in the parlor
Authors suggested:
Gorey, Philip Ridley, Sachar, Daniel Pinkwater
Thanks for all the great suggestions.
Nancy Shacklette
shacklet@eclipse.net
Maplewood Memorial Library
51 Baker Street
Maplewood, NJ 07040
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From: Christine Montgomery
[mailto:christine.montgomery@lpl.london.on.ca]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:16 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: BIB: Lemony Snicket readalikes
Hi all:
Someone requested a list of Lemony Snicket readalikes; here's what I have:
Lemony Snicket Readalikes
Aiken, Joan
*Black Hearts in Battersea - Simon arrives in London to study painting, but
he finds himself in the middle of a wicked crew's plan to overthrow good
King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea.
*Nightbirds on Nantucket - Dido wants to sail home to England, but Captain
Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Dido and the captain's daughter,
Dutiful Penitence, are left in the care of Dutiful's sinister Aunt.
*The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Cousins Sylvia and Bonnie are maltreated
by their new governess Miss Slighcarp and eventually sent away to a school
run by her evil sister. Will they escape?
Arabel and Mortimer *Arabel's Raven
Bellairs, John
*The Dark Secret of Weatherend - Anthony Monday and his friend Miss Eells,
the librarian, try to stop an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy
wasteland.
*The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Colfer, Eoin
*Artemis Fowl - Artemis Fowl is a 12 year old criminal mastermind who plans
to rob the fairies/elves of their gold.
*Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident
Cushman, Karen
*The Midwife's Apprentice - When Brat has to sleep in the dung heap to keep
warm it seems that things can't possibly get worse; however, she eventually
becomes crotchety old Jane Sharp's apprentice midwife.
Fleischman, Paul
*The Half-a-Moon Inn - Lost on wintry roads, mute-born Aaron searches for
his mother, who has failed to return from the market. Nearly half-frozen, he
stumbles into the Half-a-Moon Inn, where the wicked proprietor forces him to
assist her with picking pockets and prying into people's dreams.
Garfield, Leon
*Smith - Moments after he steals a document from a man's pocket, Smith
witnesses the man's murder by two men who want the document.
*The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris *The December Rose
Gliori, Debi
*Pure Dead Magic - When their father is kidnapped and danger looms, the
Strega-Borgia children, their mysterious new nanny, and a giant tarantula
use magic to bring peace to their Scottish castle.
Haugaard, Erik Christian Princess Horrid
Heide, Florence Parry *The Shrinking of Treehorn Treehorn's Treasure
Horvath, Polly
*Everything on a Waffle - Primrose Squarp's parents have been mysteriously
lost at sea and she is the only person who thinks that they are still alive.
The Trolls
Ibbotson, Eva
*Island of the Aunts - Three elderly sisters have too much work to do caring
for some very exotic creatures. They decide to kidnap some children to help
them.
*Secret of Platform 13 Dial a Witch *Which Witch?
Jones, Diana Wynne
The Ogre Downstairs - Caspar, Johnny and Gwinny live in with their mother,
their new stepfather (the "Ogre") and stepbrothers. When the
"Ogre" gives
them a chemistry set, strange things begin to happen.
Levine, Gail Carson
*Ella Enchanted - Ella is under the spell of a fairy - anything anyone tells
her to do Ella must obey.
Maguire, Gregory *Seven Spiders Spinning
Mahy, Margaret *Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles
Pullman, Philip
*Count Karlstein - The Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey! He's
headed for Castle Karlstein, where the evil Count has hatched a plan to
sacrifice his two young nieces in order to save himself.
Spring-heeled Jack Clockwork
Sachar, Louis
*Holes - Stanley Yelnats, after being falsely accused of stealing sneakers,
is sent to a boy's juvenile
detention centre called Camp Green Lake where there is no greenery and no
lake. The work is the worst - digging holes all day long. Why is the
evil
warden obsessed with holes?
Scieska, Jon *Time Warp Trio series
Stevenson, Robert Louis
*Kidnapped - David's greedy uncle tries to cheat him out of his inheritance
by having him kidnapped and sold in the American colonies as a slave. On his
way, he befriends a Jacobite rebel and is instead caught up in the Scottish
troubles and has to fight his way back to his home to claim his inheritance.
Wallace, Barbara
*Cousins in the Castle - Amelia's new friend comes to her rescue when she
finds herself the victim of a villain's plan.
*Sparrows in the Scullery - After his parents are killed in a carriage
accident, Colley is kidnapped and sold to the Broggin Home for Boys. There
he is put to work in a glass factory.
Waugh, Sylvia
*The Mennyms - An eccentric family of rag dolls deal with the impending
visit of their mysterious landlord who thinks that they are human.
Incidentally, I just had a Lemony S party last week and it was very well
received and attended.
Sinister Soiree
We divided the kids up into three teams. I found some cool Olaf nametags
online and I made one up for all the kids attending. While we were waiting
for everyone to arrive, I had the kids do a word search. Everyone who
tried
the wordsearch got a sour lemon candy and the child who found the most words
won a prize (lemon lip gloss if I am not mistaken).
We did the following activities (I found most of these on pubyac):
Klaus Bingo - had lemony pictures on cards (lemons, books, chewing gum,
crystal ball, leeches, crabs etc). Kids had to yell out KLAUS instead of
bingo. Very fun.
Violet's Inventions -- I gave each team 5 straws, 5 pipecleaners, 5 popsicle
sticks, a handful of paper clips, and some precut yarn. Each team had 10
minutes to create an invention worthy of Violet Baudelaire. Some of the kids
opted to make a team invention while others decided to create their own.
The kids all voted on who had created the best invention, and prizes were
awarded to the top inventors. I couldn't believe the ideas the kids came
up
with: space scooters, a swing for two people that also functions as a well
(!), hair jewellery, slingshots, cat toys, cars, rings, "never go hungry
necklace" (they incorporated pretzels into the design) * it was too funny!
Hacking Contest -- I handed out kleenex and asked the kids to do their best,
most Mr. Poe-like coughs. The winner received a lemon.
Count Olaf's Eyeball Relay -- I hard-boiled a bunch of eggs and drew eyes on
them with a Sharpie. The kids had to walk/run as fast as they could from one
end of the craft room to the other with the egg on a spoon and then pass the
egg & spoon to the teammate who was next in line. The winning team got
prizes (hard boiled eggs and tattoos)
Lemony Snicket trivia (we didn't have time for this)
Our snacks were: lemony candies, pretzels, and lemonade. A miserable
time
was had by all!
Christine Montgomery
Byron Branch Library
1295 Commissioners Rd. West
London, ON N6K 1C9
(519) 471-4000
Christine.Montgomery@lpl.london.on.ca
"In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where
I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to be given trouble;
they exist for it, they are geared to it. For the location of a mislaid
volume, an uncatalogued item, your good librarian has a ferret's nose. Give
her a scent and she jumps the leash, her eye bright with battle."
Catherine Drinker Bowen
(1897-1973)
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