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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, September 12, 2003 11:01 PM Subject: PUBYAC digest 1213 PUBYAC Digest 1213 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Donating Galleys/Advance Copies to a hospital by "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net> 2) Re: Countdown to Teens' Top Ten Vote by "Jan Drake" <JDrake@minlib.net> 3) RE: Hawafena/Singing ad by "DiGeorge Kathleen A" <digeorgek@lvccld.org> 4) hats off to reading book suggestion by "Laura Engelhardt" <lengelhardt@pls-net.org> 5) RE: Hawafena/Singing ad by "Kristin Fletcher-Spear" <KFletcher-Spear@glendaleaz.com> 6) Jacques read-alikes by "Ramarie Beaver" <rbeaver@mckinneytexas.org> 7) Stumper: What's the book? by "Margaret Keefe" <mkeefe@midhudson.org> 8) Re: Children's Gardening by Sallywilms@aol.com 9) emergent literacy by "Tamar Wolfe" <lobolocomal@hotmail.com> 10) Book wish list request by Mildred Bernstein <tomildred@yahoo.com> 11) RE: Hawafena/Singing ad by "Sheppard, Grace" <Grace.Sheppard@ottawa.ca> 12) Re: Book Discussion Group - Name? by Susan Engelmann <suengelm@yahoo.com> 13) FCUK and Singing Ad... by "Kim Patton" <kpatton@lawrence.lib.ks.us> 14) storytime switching by "Tamar Wolfe" <lobolocomal@hotmail.com> 15) RE: Hawafena/Singing ad by Beth Tarr <bethtarr@yahoo.com> 16) RE: Book Discussion Group - Name? by "Ruth Shafer" <rshafer@fvrl.org> 17) Life Science Fiction by "April Mazza" <AMazza@minlib.net> 18) Re: "Hats Off to Reading" program by Sallywilms@aol.com 19) Books for Reluctant Mathematicians by "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us> 20) RE: Hawafena/Singing ad by "Jessie Goodwin" <jessieg@missoula.lib.mt.us> 21) Custom Orders from Jobbers by "Laura Matheny" <lauramatheny@comcast.net> 22) "Virtual Reference" CHAT by Erin Helmrich <HelmrichE@aadl.org> 23) Re: Columbus Day mad lib by "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us> 24) RE: Hats Off to Reading by "marg1@chutch.net" <marg1@chutch.net> 25) RE: Hawafena/Singing ad by "Gail Roberts" <groberts@sailsinc.org> 26) Re: Help, Creative Writing Contest by Debra Allen <kidsbooks2002@yahoo.com> 27) RE: Computer hours by "Tara Mendez" <TaraM@mail2tara.com> 28) RE: Hawafena/Singing ad by Sue Ridnour <sue.ridnour@flower-mound.com> 29) Re: Unaccompanied Juveniles - Addendum by "Jennifer Salt" <jennifersalt@hotmail.com> 30) RE: Hooked on Phonics by Sue Ridnour <sue.ridnour@flower-mound.com> 31) RE: Help, Creative Writing Contest by "Maggie Snow" <msnow@carverlib.org> 32) Re: Out-of-scope request by "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org> 33) Re: Parents by Mount Carmel Public Library <mcpublib@yahoo.com> -----Original Message----- What a good idea for adult galleys too!From: Carol and Gary Levin [SMTP:cglevin@access4less.net] Carol Levin -----Original Message----- Hi, I went to the teen read site and couldn't find the TTT list. I couldFrom: Jan Drake [SMTP:JDrake@minlib.net] only find a list of novels in verse and there were not 35 of them. Can you help? Jan Drake Children's Services Wellesley Free Library 530 Washington St. Wellesley MA 02482 781-235-1610 -----Original Message----- FCUK is actually a clothing line. Apparently they are now getting into the perfume biz as well! It stands for French Connection, UK. Course, the kids would probably prefer to think of it in baser terms! Hee, hee!From: DiGeorge Kathleen A [SMTP:digeorgek@lvccld.org] Kathy D. -----Original Message----- how about Dr. Seuss' "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins"?From: Laura Engelhardt [SMTP:lengelhardt@pls-net.org] Laura Engelhardt Arcade Free Library 365 West Main Street Arcade, NY 14009 585-492-1297, 585-492-3305 fax -----Original Message----- It's fairly popular product line. It stands for French Connection UK.From: Kristin Fletcher-Spear [SMTP:KFletcher-Spear@glendaleaz.com] They're mainly a clothing line. Kristin Kristin Fletcher-Spear Young Adult Librarian Foothills Branch Library 19055 North 57th Avenue Glendale, AZ 85308 (623) 930-3840 kfletcher-spear@glendaleaz.com -----Original Message----- Do any of you have a list or suggestions for titles that are similar to Brian Jacques's books?From: Ramarie Beaver [SMTP:rbeaver@mckinneytexas.org] I've thought of the Deptford Mice series by Jarvis but am drawing a blank for others that combine animals and fantasy in the way he does. TIA! Email me at rbeaver@mckinneytexas.org -----Original Message----- I'm forwarding this for one of our libraries.From: Margaret Keefe [SMTP:mkeefe@midhudson.org] A patron, as usual, can't remember the author and title of a book or series. Here's the clues: 1. Probably YA but could also be J. 2. Either a dog or cat narrate in the first person. 3. Stories are about each other and their owners, referred to as their "people." Not much to go on! Andy Dancer -----Original Message----- We made very-well-received garden stones a few years ago as a craft in ourFrom: Sallywilms@aol.com [SMTP:Sallywilms@aol.com] SRP. A grocery store chain in Florida (Publix) uses truly nifty hinged boxes for their salads. these boxes have a black bottom and clear top , are (I think ) six-sided, and are probably 9 or 10 inches in diameter. We bought quick-crete, mixed it, filled the bottom of the boxes, and the kids decorated the top of the cement when it got a little stiff. We had bits of tile, glass marbles, and a variety of other things to put on the top. Kids wrote things on the top, made hand prints, and no two looked alike. The neat thing was that the lid could be closed for transport home, and the concrete stone could be popped out of the box so easilyonce the concrete had set fully. If you use quick-crete, do NOT get the type with stones in!! Ask me how I know! Sally Williams W.T. Bland Public Library Mount Dora, FL. 32757 -----Original Message----- We are getting ready to do a library expansion. My head librarian wants meFrom: Tamar Wolfe [SMTP:lobolocomal@hotmail.com] to order material for emergent literacy. Has anyone gotten any really great toys, mats, kits for emergent literacy? -----Original Message----- I am interested in the name of a series or author that you feel yourFrom: Mildred Bernstein [SMTP:tomildred@yahoo.com] collection can not do without. I have money in my budget that I have to spend by November 30. Please respond to me off list. I will be happy to post a list of responses or e-mail you individually. Thank you in advance. Mildred Bernstein Head, Children's Department The Smithtown Library - Commack Branch 3 Indian Head Road Commack, NY 11725 (631) 543-0998 -----Original Message----- Ah, all those years of reading fashion magazines finally pay off...FCUK isFrom: Sheppard, Grace [SMTP:Grace.Sheppard@ottawa.ca] the abbreviation (admittedly racy) of French Connection U.K. - a clothing label in England. Ads with FCUK all over them have been up in bus shelters and on posters in Montreal - very eye-catching. Grace Grace Sheppard Children's Librarian Ottawa Public Library -----Original Message----- We use "Book Buddies"From: Susan Engelmann [SMTP:suengelm@yahoo.com] Susan Engelmann North Kansas City Public Library -----Original Message----- FCUK =From: Kim Patton [SMTP:kpatton@lawrence.lib.ks.us] French Connection, UK (United Kingdom) A pretty Ritzy, Clothingbrerfume/fashion line. For men, women and children. You can find out more at www.frenchconnection.com Cheers, Kim -- Kimberly A. Patton Young Adult Specialist Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont St. Lawrence, KS 66044 (785) 843-3833 (785) 843-3368 fax -----Original Message----- In our library we have two librarians. We do two toddler programs a week andFrom: Tamar Wolfe [SMTP:lobolocomal@hotmail.com] two preschool programs a week. We each do one of each these programs. We have been discussing each of us working with one age group only, for one quarter. Then we will switch and do the other age group every quarter. Has anyone out there done this type of programming changing. How do the little ones react? -----Original Message----- It's from French Connection (From: Beth Tarr [SMTP:bethtarr@yahoo.com] http://www.frenchconnection.com ). They're a fairly popular clothing company that features the FCUK logo on things like $25.00 t-shirts, as well as putting out stuff like skirts and jackets and trousers. I wish I'd had $138 to spend on a skirt as a teen. Actually, I wish I had $138 to spend on a skirt right now, but that might have something to do with the fact that my disposable income goes toward books and DVDs. --Beth -----Original Message----- we call our book club Discussion JunctionFrom: Ruth Shafer [SMTP:rshafer@fvrl.org] -----Original Message----- Hello all,From: April Mazza [SMTP:AMazza@minlib.net] I am trying to help a 7th grade teacher come up with fiction books that deal with the life sciences such as cells, immunity ... her example was A Wind in the Door. I thought of Haddix's Turnabout off the top of my head and maybe Things Not Seen by Clements but did not come up with much more using keywords and subject headings in our catalog. I then used Novelist but got a headache because most of what I saw fell under the general "science fiction" category and most was just the cheesiest looking stuff ... more like what my mom calls "bathtub books"! Anyone out there know of some quality fiction books for 7th grade that deals with life science (biology...genes...cloning)? Please reply to the email below and I will compile the results. Thanks in advance for your help! April Mazza Youth Services Wayland Public Library (508) 358-2308 AMazza@minlib.net -----Original Message----- I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but there is a series of booksFrom: Sallywilms@aol.com [SMTP:Sallywilms@aol.com] called 'Paper Hat Tricks' with a wide variety of hats for children to make. Some of them are very complicated (the authors are really, REALLY into hats), but some are easy or can be simplified. We recently did a pirate storytime, and I know of at least one child who wore hers to bed that night! The authors are Pat Newbold and Ann Diebel. The books may be OP, but wqould be available through ILL. Hope this helps. Sally Williams W.T. Bland Public Library 1995 N. Donnelly St. Mount Dora, FL 32757 -----Original Message----- Dear Great Brain,From: Vicky Smith [SMTP:vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us] The homeschooling mom of a 5th grader has appealed to me for books that will "make math fun". She's gone through the Anno math books in our collection as well as the Greg Tang books and some much older math puzzle books (like, left over from the 70s). He has a younger brother and will happily use with him math concept books aimed at younger readers, but he also needs books that are more appropriate to his level. Apparently he just will not do textbook-y drill stuff, but likes riddles, puzzles, etc. Please send any ideas directly to me; I will post a full bibliography to the list. Many thanks!! Vicky Smith vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us Children's Librarian McArthur Library 270 Main Street Biddeford, ME 04005 -----Original Message----- I just did a little research and discovered that FrenchFrom: Jessie Goodwin [SMTP:jessieg@missoula.lib.mt.us] Connection is the company that puts out this perfume. So I assume the acronym stands for French Connection UK. Still, they know exactly what they are doing. Their perfume ads online read "FCUK him. FCUK her. New in the US" or something like that. Clever ad execs. Jessie Goodwin On 11 Sep 2003 at 14:28, Pamela Koehler wrote: I totally agree. I could not believe that in a teen magazine they had a perfume named FCUK. Our circulation desk person asked if maybe the f was silent. I thought maybe I was just too old to appreciate stuff like this, but everone I asked agreed with me. To me it was over the top.. Pam, who couldn't find the musical ad anyway. -- Jessie Goodwin Circulation/Children's Library Specialist Missoula Public Library 301 E Main Missoula, MT 59802 jessieg@missoula.lib.mt.us -----Original Message----- The director of our library has asked me to research jobbers who canFrom: Laura Matheny [SMTP:lauramatheny@comcast.net] customize orders for us. He would like the jobber to automatically send us all the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Corretta Scott King, New York Times Bestsellers, the Oprah list, etc. so we don't have to research and make specific requests every time an award winning book is published. I called Baker&Taylor and they said they only have programs for series books, authors, and the Oprah list. I am now in the position of having to make a number of phone calls to see if there is another jobber we could work with that could send us books based on our customized list or I thought I would first put this out to the Pubyacers to see if they have any programs set up like this and what jobbers were able to meet the customized list criteria. Thanks so much for helping out a new librarian. Laura C. Matheny Children and Youth Services Librarian Durham Public Library Durham, NH 03824 -----Original Message----- Dear yaccers,From: Erin Helmrich [SMTP:HelmrichE@aadl.org] Our library is days away from offering "Virtual Reference" 24/7 (part of tutor.com) - the communication module is live chat or IMing. I am just curious - of those libraries out there who offer this service did you find that your first users were mostly teens? Since chat/IM/text messaging are "where it's at" with teens I see this as a great new service to attract teens and of course others who are also more "techno-saavy" than the average library user may be. Not to mention the appeal of the 24/7 service (during the hours the library is closed the reference is done by off-site/3rd party librarians). Here's the link if you're not familiar with this product http://www.vrtoolkit.net/ -----Original Message----- Lorraine,From: Cindy Rider [SMTP:CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us] I couldn't find any Mad Libs on any explorers, but I found some really cool sites that have Mad Libs on lots of other topics! EducationPlace - Wacky Web Tales http://www.eduplace.com/tales/ Writing and Word Games http://www.bottco.com/Schoolsite/WRITING-WORD_GAMES.html Egyptian Mad Libs http://www.neferchichi.com/madlibs.html Brain of Brian http://www.brainofbrian.com/madlibs.html Cindy Rider School Liaison Librarian Vigo County Public Library Terre Haute, IN crider@vigo.lib.in.us http://www.vigo.lib.in.us "If we didn't have libraries, many people thirsty for knowledge would dehydrate." - Megan Jo Tetrick, age 12, Daleville, Indiana The Vigo County Public Library is "easy to find. It's the million-story building at Seventh and Poplar streets." (Lori Henson in her "Briefcases" column, Terre Haute Tribune-Star, 10/8/02) -----Original Message----- I get this impression of characters that have hats- Cat in the hat, sortingFrom: marg1@chutch.net [SMTP:marg1@chutch.net] hat for Harry, top hat for either magic or Bo Jangles, mad hatter in alice of wonderland. Possible books displayed are magic hat, caps for sale, Jennie's hat, or Mrs. Honey's hat. Maybe some more suggestions out there? Marguerite Hill Pine Plains Free Library -----Original Message----- We got the singing ad today and have been having a lot of fun with it -From: Gail Roberts [SMTP:groberts@sailsinc.org] behind the desk! We plan to use it when a patron returns a REALLY overdue book. However, I'm waiting eagerly for the battery to run down. Gail Roberts Youth Services Coordinator/Circulation Librarian New Bedford Free Public Library New Bedford, MA 02740 groberts@sailsinc.org -----Original Message----- We've circulated the basic set with few problems. The company revamped it aFrom: Sue Ridnour [SMTP:sue.ridnour@flower-mound.com] few years ago to make it a little better for library use. You can break the basic set down into five parts (there are five levels) and circulate each separately. We put ours in hanging bags. They are very popular. In fact, we just called the company to see if we could purchase a Level One set separately, because it seems to be in higher demand than the other levels. I've never heard a negative comment. Sue Sue Ridnour Children's Services Manager Flower Mound (TX) Public Library 972.874.6153 (phone) 972.874.6466 (fax) sue.ridnour@flower-mound.com -----Original Message----- Hi, Wanda,From: Maggie Snow [SMTP:msnow@carverlib.org] When I was at another library we did a writing contest for National Library Week. We sent fliers to area schools requesting submissions about a month and a half in advance of the week. Some teachers had the whole class do the project, which was neat. We had several librarians choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners in each age group (I don't remember what those were, elem. Middle and high school maybe). To announce the winners, we had an "author's breakfast" on a Saturday morning. We served donuts, milk and juice. We also had real live author living in the community who willingly spoke to the kids about her experience writing and publishing (She was a romance writer with LOTS of books out). We also purchased a small binding machine, one that uses those "comb" bindings. All the stories into a book that everyone got to take a copy home. It was a lot of fun! Good luck! Maggie Snow Watertown Public Library Watertown, MN -----Original Message----- I must be missing something here - if it was not library materials how aisFrom: Anita Palladino [SMTP:apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org] the library involved and why are you have to travel to replace them? If it IS library material,I would see if anyone has these copies oin a database and you could then locate the materials and print out the page on a color printer. -----Original Message----- WoW!!!From: Mount Carmel Public Library [SMTP:mcpublib@yahoo.com] You should write a book Bonita!!!! People would not know to whether they should laugh or cry. Strange world indeed! Vivian End of PUBYAC Digest 1213 |
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