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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>
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1235
Date: 10/7/03 11:05:28


                PUBYAC Digest 1235

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: PUBYAC in subject line
    by "Sheilah O'Connor" <soconnor@tpl.toronto.on.ca>
  2) Amelia Bedelia program ideas
    by Juvenile <juvenile@madison.lib.oh.us>
  3) Thanks be to PUBYAC!
    by "Katie" <kmckeever@alphapark.org>
  4) knowing what's PUBYAC mail
    by Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
  5) Stumper solved! King Arthur
    by Pteet@aol.com
  6) RE: How to keep your composure.
    by Susan Wizinsky <swizinsk@gfn.org>
  7) Stumper solved:  war between toys
    by "Karen Vollmar" <KVOLLMAR@waukesha.lib.wi.us>
  8) Lap Sit Name Song?
    by "deborah campbell" <deborah_campbell@hotmail.com>
  9) Thanks re: scarface stumper
    by Lorie O'Donnell <Lodonnell@midyork.org>
10) Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award Launched
    by "Dietzel-Glair, Julie" <JDietzel-Glair@fredco-md.net>
11) Growing-up books for tweens request
    by Mary Geist <mgeist@meherrinlib.org>
12) PLA Emergent Literacy Pre-conference
    by "Judy Nelson" <jnelson@pcl.lib.wa.us>

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From: "Sheilah O'Connor" <soconnor@tpl.toronto.on.ca>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: PUBYAC in subject line
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:55:46 CDT

For some of us, Pubyac already comes in the "To" field. I have very little =
space in my Subject line, that I can see without opening the email, =
putting in PUBYAC would take up most of that space - in fact, I see that =
it has already!

Sheilah O'Connor

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From: Juvenile <juvenile@madison.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Amelia Bedelia program ideas
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:56:00 CDT

Hello everyone,

The Childrens Librarian at our library is interested in doing an after
school program on Amelia Bedelia.  She asked me to post a request to all of
you who may have had success in the past with an Amelia program to please
forward to her any ideas you would be willing to share.

Please respond to Chris Cushey @ chris.cushey@madison.lib.oh.us .

Thank you,

Dawn Weaver
Madison Public Library
Madison, OH

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From: "Katie" <kmckeever@alphapark.org>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Thanks be to PUBYAC!
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:56:15 CDT

I would like to thank everyone who responded to my post about arranging =
picture books (or not)  in alphabetical order!  I truly appreciate =
everyone's advice!  PUBYAC is the best resource around!!

Sincerely,

Katie McKeever

Youth Services Librarian
Alpha Park Public Library
Bartonville, IL 61607

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From: Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: knowing what's PUBYAC mail
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:56:28 CDT

Just a reminder to all PUBYAC subscribers...If you subscribe to the
"Digest" version of PUBYAC, all the mail comes in one package, deleted with
one click, usually about once a day.  You can still  read and respond to
individual mesages.  You don't need to have PUBYAC in the header...nancy
Bonne  bonne@noblenet.org.

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From: Pteet@aol.com
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper solved! King Arthur
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:56:41 CDT

Hi, all!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to me with possible titles
Connie Charron wrote in with what I'm sure is the right book in answer to my
stumper. The stumper was:
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A high school student is looking for a contemporary King Arthur story. A
young man, who doesn't know he is really King Arthur, lives with his father
who
used to be the caretaker of a great estate. Spurred by some crisis or other,

Merlin arrives and informs the young man of his true destiny.

Ring any bells?

Thanks so much,
Elizabeth Bluemle
******************************************

And CONNIE'S ANSWER [snipped] is:
I believe your student may be looking for Avalon: the Return of King Arthur
by Stephen Lawhead. It is an adult fiction book.

I can't wait to show Jared the book when he comes to work this week!

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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From: Susan Wizinsky <swizinsk@gfn.org>
To: Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
Subject: RE: How to keep your composure.
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:56:54 CDT

Reminds me of my first grade tour today.  I was giving a tour to kids from
the local Catholic school.  We were talking about biographies and I asked
the kids to name someone that they would like to know more about.  A
little girl in the front row said "Jesus".  Of course I had to explain
that information about Jesus was in another location...

Susan

Susan E. Wizinsky, M.S.L.S.
Children's Librarian
Genesee District Library
Grand Blanc-McFarlen Branch
515 Perry Road
Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439
810-694-5310

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From: "Karen Vollmar" <KVOLLMAR@waukesha.lib.wi.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper solved:  war between toys
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:57:10 CDT

Hi everyone, 
I haven't seen my posting on the above topic yet, so I will send
another.  Please forgive me if it's already been posted.
Susan Harding answered my question about the good/evil toys who get in
a battle, with the good leader grievously injured only to be restored to
health by his friends sharing their stuffing with him. 
The book is ODDKINS: A FABLE FOR ALL AGES by Dean Koontz.  My customer
was thrilled.  Yea Susan!
Karen Vollmar
Waukesha Public Library


Any opinions expressed herein are my personal opinions and not
necessarily those of Waukesha Public Library.


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From: "deborah campbell" <deborah_campbell@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Lap Sit Name Song?
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:57:25 CDT

We are planning our first lap sit program and need some help!  Do any of you
have a song/rhyme/something you use at the beginning of each program that
incorporates the child's name?  We're anticipating 15 or so participants so
we are looking for something fairly short and catchy.  If you respond to me
personally (vs. the list), please email me at campbd@ci.loveland.co.us.

Thanks for all your terrific help!!

Deborah Campbell
Youth Services Coordinator
Loveland Public Library

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From: Lorie O'Donnell <Lodonnell@midyork.org>
To: "pubyac@prairienet.org" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Thanks re: scarface stumper
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:57:43 CDT

Thanks to everyone who sent the information to solve this stumper.  The
original post was:

>Hi everyone.

>I have a patron searching for a book from his childhood.  He read it when
he
>was around 12, and he is now in his late 50's, so we're going back to the
>mid-1950's or before.

>He thinks the book is called "Scarface, the story of a grizzly" and
>remembers it as a thick book.  He is open to the idea that it may have been
>a story in a collection.  It is the story of a grizzly bear's survuval.

>Any ideas?  I have searched our library's catalog, amazon.com, and other
>online sources to no avail.

And the answer is:

Scarface; the story of a grizzly, by Dorr G. Yeager,  illustrated by Paul
Bransom.  Published by the Penn publishing company [c1935]

Lorie

Lorie J. O'Donnell
Children's Librarian
Jervis Public Library
Rome, NY   13440
lodonnell@midyork.org

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From: "Dietzel-Glair, Julie" <JDietzel-Glair@fredco-md.net>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award Launched
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:57:59 CDT

Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award Launched

The Maryland Library Association's Children's Services Division is pleased
to announce a brand-new award.   The Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award
has been established to promote excellence in writing for beginning (grades
K-2) and transitional (grades 2-4) readers, and to provide a resource list
of the best books each year at these reading levels for librarians,
teachers, and parents.
A committee of librarians and teachers from around the state will select one
book to receive the award in each of the following categories each year:
Beginning Reader Fiction, Beginning Reader Nonfiction, Transitional Fiction,
Transitional Nonfiction.  In addition, the Blue Crab committee will release
an annotated honor list of approximately 15 titles for each reading level.
Criteria for judging include appropriateness for target age group, overall
child appeal, appropriateness of text to support the needs of beginning
readers, quality of illustrations and how they support or extend the text,
and visual appeal.
The winners of the 2004 Maryland Blue Crab Awards and honor lists will be
announced at CSD's Fall Conference in September 2004.

For more information, see the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award website
at <http://www.mdlib.org/divisions/csd/blue.html>

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From: Mary Geist <mgeist@meherrinlib.org>
To: 'PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children'
Subject: Growing-up books for tweens request
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:58:19 CDT

Dear Yac'ers:

Have had requests lately from several patrons, including my sister-in-law,
the mother of a 9 year old, for books on puberty and growing up for very
young tweens.  The afore-mentioned niece has already begun to "develop," and
needs some basic info about growing up without all the reproduction details
(she still thinks boys are "gross").  We have the excellent "Care and
Keeping of You" from the American Girls collection, which is hygiene,
getting your period, breasts, etc, but no sex.  Can anyone recommend others
along the same lines?  How about books for younger boys?  Thanks.  Will post
results. Send to mgeist@meherrinlib.org

Mary Geist
Richardson Memorial Library
100 Spring Street
Emporia, VA  23847     434.634.2539

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From: "Judy Nelson" <jnelson@pcl.lib.wa.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: PLA Emergent Literacy Pre-conference
Date: Tue,  7 Oct 2003 21:58:37 CDT

Don't miss out.....Register now!

The EMERGENT LITERACY Pre-Conference at the PLA National Conference in =
Seattle,Washington begins at 9AM Tuesday Feb. 24, and goes through =
12:30PM Wednesday Feb. 25.=20

EMERGENT LITERACY:  CREATING PUBLIC VALUE FOR OUR YOUNGEST CUSTOMERS!
(The preliminary program calls it: Emergent Literacy: Walk the Talk!)

Target Audience: All Library Leaders (children's librarians, youth =
librarians and administrators at all levels) who want new ideas and =
reasons to continue the transformation of their public library services =
so that they can truly help all children learn from birth.


Speakers: Colleen Huebner, PhD, MPH from the Center for Mind, Brain & =
Learning at the University of Washington, on the latest research =
findings about how children learn best from birth to 5 years old.

Art Rolnick, Senior Vice-President & Director of Research at the =
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on the economic research on the =
importance of investing in early childhood programs and how to forge =
effective partnerships with business community.

Garrison Kurtz of the Foundation for Early Learning on building and =
maintaining effective partnerships.
=09
Partnership lessons learned, and tips from three different  library =
systems: Allen County IN, Middle Country NY, Pierce County WA

Staff Development tips from three different library systems, including =
the revised ALSC/PLA Emergent Literacy Taskforce training materials: =
Baltimore County MD, Hennepin County MN, Multnomah County OR

      Research findings from several library research projects, =
including the results of the ALSC/PLA project for parents and the State =
of Maryland's staff training initiatives.
=09
PLUS: Libraries from across the country will display the material they =
have created for helping children learn from birth. =20
If you would like to have your library represented in the display area =
please contact Kathleen Reif at
kreif@wicomico.org.

All this for a mere $185.....register at www.pla.org  =20

The Tuesday session of this preconference will be the perfect way to =
start your conference experience....especially if you are planning to =
attend the Family Place Symposium on Wednesday.


Judy T Nelson
Coordinator of Youth Services
Pierce County Library System
3005 112th St E
Tacoma, WA 984426
253 536-6500 ext 158

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