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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1262
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) popular series by "Lori Fritz" <lfritz@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us> 2) glue stick refill recipe by akacahill@toolkitmail.com 3) Looking for Student Writing Contests/Outlets for Student Writing by Maggie Bollar <bluedogbooks@yahoo.com> 4) For Karen and afterschool ideas by Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> 5) computer scheduling by Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us> 6) Caldecott Contenders by Ginger Armstrong <armstrongg@co.chesterfield.va.us> 7) Re: clean YA fiction by "Nicole Reader" <Nicole.Reader@ci.benicia.ca.us> 8) reasons for children having library cards by "L.Marsh" <lmarsh@mail.library.ns.ca> 9) booking computer time by Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> 10) Rhyme song by eunjung lee <leeeun1013@yahoo.com> 11) Stumper - girl with imagination by John_Maunder/Pittwater_Council@pittwater.nsw.gov.au 12) Stumper by "Tabitha Hogan" <tabitha@acpl.org> 13) looking for someone from Atlanta-Fulton by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com> 14) Stumper-Solved by "Tabitha Hogan" <tabitha@acpl.org> 15) stumper colored houses? by Mary Ann Bevington <bevingma@oplin.org> 16) Children's Library Card Policies by "catherine m. schaeffer" <cmschaef@u.washington.edu> 17) stumper; fisherman & wife variant by "Paula J. Lopatic" <paulal@rpls.lib.il.us> 18) Stumper: Pig at Christmas by "F. Brautigam" <fbrautig@nsls.info> 19) Re: revisiting the clean YA by "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net> 20) ESL Materials for families by "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> 21) dr. seuss party--successful ideas by rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us 22) RE: All day outreach by "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us> 23) STUMPER--pioneer story with sick girl by "Lisa Crandall" <crandalll@cadl.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lori Fritz" <lfritz@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: popular series Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:27:44 CST Sorry if this has already been discussed recently, but what are the most popular juv. fiction series in your libraries right now? Please reply directly to me. Thanks, Lori H. Fritz Branch Manager Groves Branch Library Lubbock, TX (806)767-3733 lfritz@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us ------------------------------ From: akacahill@toolkitmail.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: glue stick refill recipe Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:28:25 CST I often allow the children to use glue sticks to complete projects/crafts/activities that support the storytime theme. We seem to go through the glue fairly quickly and I was hoping someone might have a recipe for making a refill for the tubes. I have asked every early childhood person I can think of and have not heard any solutions yet, but everyone wants the information passed along if I get it... I was thinking maybe some type of a glue and cornstarch mix? Any ideas? Thanks, Maria Cahill Media Specialist Shell Point Elementary School Beaufort, SC mc9327@beaufort.k12.sc.us ------------------------------ From: Maggie Bollar <bluedogbooks@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Looking for Student Writing Contests/Outlets for Student Writing Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:28:50 CST Hello all, Our local elementary and junior high are in search of a variety of writing contests their students can enter. I've also had a request for art competitions, of the same ilk. We are aware of "Stone Soup" as one outlet. In addition to contests, teachers are also interested in outlets for student writing, ways to get student writing published in some format. I have also thought of beginning a library-produced literary magazine, but would probably focus on teens rather than elementary. Also, I have no time! :-) However, if you've done something like this, I'd love to hear from you. I'll also research this and post what I find, but would appreciate some suggestions from the vast expertise of the list. Regards, Maggie Bollar Children's Librarian New Carlisle Public Library 111 E. Lake Avenue New Carlisle, OH 45344 "It takes a long time to become young." - Picasso ------------------------------ From: Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: For Karen and afterschool ideas Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:29:30 CST Karen - our colleagues may agree with us, but your good intentions and care for your young patrons is above and beyond the call. Unfortunately, unless your library is different, we usually don't have the funding to provide staff time for the level of childcare that you are talking about. And make no mistake, it is child-minding that it is going on there. The policy in my regional library system, children under 13 must be attended by a parent or guardian. We are not meant to watch for their saftety and well-being. I know that sounds harsh, as of course we all attend to anyone that seems to be in distress, but that should only be an occassional thing, not a daily event. I believe you need to attend to your policy on this matter and inform the parents of the children that are in your care of some such policy. And yes, you should set a what-if scenario. If they are there and causing disruptions or extra attendance on your/staffs part, you need to phone an adult responsible for them, whether thats at their home, or their work if possible. The rest of the library patrons need your services too, and though its sad that these childrend are at loose ends, you have to look after your job and duties. Having said that, we are all concerned about latch-key kids, and we know the library is a fairly safe place for people. Our elementary schools have after afterschool care programs ... maybe direct your energy there, tell them the situation, the kids names and see if they can take over this situation. Also, if you do want to have them there, but with some kind of supervision or program (which would perhaps direct their energies) consider going to the Lions or Rotary or some service club to see if they will take on an afterschool care program, if they fund it, you can afford to hire someone to do an afterschool program. I hope this helps, and I hate to be a "tough-librarian" type, but as Spock says "The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few" Yours, boldly going .... ;) Terrill Scott Fraser Valley Regional Library British Columbia Canada "Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." - Voltaire ------------------------------ From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: computer scheduling Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:30:08 CST This post is in response to related questions by Kelly Czarnecki and Jean Gullikson. I would recommend to Kelly that you do use the scheduling option software. If it is similar to the program that we are using in our adult department (Telus), it would require your patrons to actually bring their cards when they come to the library, which I've always thought was a reasonable condition. Since they can schedule themselves, you set up a self-serve situation that has the benefits of first come, first served without the problem of having a few patrons monopolizing your terminals. The software should take care of signing up and kicking off patrons in an impartial manner, leaving you with more time to actually help people with questions. I know that our adult department is thrilled with the sign-up software that we are using here. Jean wonders what people do for kids who don't have a card at the moment. We are still doing manual sign-ups for kids at my library but I think the options are similar. If a child is with an adult then we allow the adult to use their card to sign the child up to use the computer. We don't have an age limit on cards, which we mention to parents so that some will just take their children straight to the circulation desk and get them a card. This is especially useful for heavy library using families (whether it be materials or computers) since each card holder can use the library to the limits on their own card rather than having to make mom or dad choose whether child a or child b gets to use the computer, check out a book, etc. On the adult side, the Telus program lets our adult staff create temporary cards with a set expiration. They create a few one day cards every morning and also have some 10 day cards for people who are in town for longer visits. They can exercise their disgression as to when to hand a temporary card out and can use them to solve many of the problems that you site. The temporary cards are not in fact cards but id numbers and related info that they just print out. Hope that helps you both. Eric Norton Head of Children's Services McMillan Memorial Library Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494 715-422-5130 enorton@scls.lib.wi.us "Very senior librarians...once they have proved themselves worthy by performing some valiant act of librarianship, are accepted into a secret order and are taught the raw arts of survival beyond the Shelves We Know." Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! ------------------------------ From: Ginger Armstrong <armstrongg@co.chesterfield.va.us> To: CHILD_LIT@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU, pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Caldecott Contenders Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:30:45 CST Hi everyone! Thank you all so much for your suggestions for our mock Caldecott program. Below you will find a compilation of all of the titles suggested as possible Caldecott contenders. A is for Abigail by Lynne Cheney, pictures by Robin Preiss Glasser Ah, Music by Aliki Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller Aunts Go Marching by Maurie Manning Big Momma Makes the World by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury Big Squeak, Little Squeak by Robert Kraus, pictures by Kevin O'Malley Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers Captain Bob Takes Flight by Roni Schotter, illustrated by Joe Cepeda Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer, illustrated by C.F. Payne Creation by Gerald McDermott The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann Dear World by Takayo Noda Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, pictures by Harry Bliss The Dirty Cowboy by Amy Timberlake, illustrated by Adam Rex Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll by Karin Ireland, illustrated by David Catrow Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jim LaMarche Fireflies at Midnight by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Ken Robbins Flawed Dogs by Berkeley Breathed George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra, pictures by Brock Cole Girl on the High-Diving Horse by Linda Oatman High, illustrated by Ted Lewin Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Terry Widener Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Barbara McClintock The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country by Lane Smith Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Yuyi Morales Hoptoad by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long, illustrated by David Shannon How the Elephant Got Its Trunk by Jean Richards, illustrated by Norman Gorbaty Imagine a Night by Sarah L. Thomson, paintings by Rob Gonsalves Journey of Oliver K. Woodman by Darcy Pattison, illustrated by Joe Cepeda Late to School by Mike Reiss A Long Way by Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Tricia Tusa Mack Made Movies by Don Brown The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordecai Gerstein Mathematickles! by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Steven Salerno Miss Hunnicut's Hat by Jeff Brumbeau, illustrated by Gail De Marcken Morris the Artist by Lore Segal, illustrated by Boris Kulikov Mother to Tigers by George Ella Lyon, illustrated by Peter Catalanotto Mount Olympus Basketball by Kevin O'Malley Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, illustrated by Julie Paschkis My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet Mystic Horse by Paul Goble Oh No, Gotta Go! by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by G. Brian Karas Old Cricket by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Ponder Goembel Olivia and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer On Noah's Ark by Jan Brett On Your Toes: A Ballet ABC by Rachel Isadora Once Upon a Time by Niki Daly One Witch by Laura Leuck, illustrated by S.D. Schindler Players in Pigtails by Shana Corey, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon Plum by Tony Mitton, illustrated by Mary Grandpre The Queen's Progress: An Elizabethan Alphabet by Celeste Davidson Mannis, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline Rhyolite: The True Story of a Ghost Town by Diane Siebert, woodcuts by David Frampton Rise the Moon by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Raul Colon Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee The Secret Remedy Book by Karin Cates, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin Silent Movie by Avi, illustrated by C.B. Mordan Sleeping Bunny by Emily S. Keller, illustrated by Pamela Silin-Palmer Snow Music by Lynne Rae Perkins Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Laura Ljungkvist Three Pebbles and a Song by Eileen Spinelli, pictures by S.D. Schindler Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell, illustrated by Megan Halsey Turn! Turn ! Turn! adapted by Pete Seeger, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol by James Warhola We All Went on Safari by Laurie Krebs, illustrated by Julia Cairns What Are You So Grumpy About? by Tom Lichtenheld What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page When Marcus Moore Moved In by Rebecca Bond Whistling by Elizabeth Partridge, illustrated by Anna Grossnickle Hines Yesterday I Had the Blues by Jeron Ashford Frame, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie Yikes! by Robert Florczak Z Goes Home by Jon Agee Thanks again to all who suggested titles! If you have any other recommendations, please let me know. Thanks! Ginger Armstrong Chesterfield County Public Library Chesterfield, VA armstrongg@co.chesterfield.va.us ------------------------------ From: "Nicole Reader" <Nicole.Reader@ci.benicia.ca.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: clean YA fiction Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:31:11 CST I have a personal anecdote to contribute to this discussion. =20 My younger brother and I were both avid readers as teens, but our choice = of reading materials varied dramatically. As a young teen, I went through = a phase where I relished the classic YA problem novel. I loved S.E. = Hinton, M.E. Kerr, Paul Zindel, even dreck like "Durango Street." The = darker, the grittier, the better! My brother, on the other hand, read the first chapter of "Homecoming," put = it down, and refused to read anything like it. He said he found it = depressing to read books about drug-addicted sexually abused orphaned gang = members. Instead, he turned to fantasy (like Piers Anthony's Xanth = novels) and humor (like Daniel Pinkwater). Not exactly "clean," but not = "gritty" either. Fortunately, our mother, a school librarian, understood that children and = teens are individuals and have individual needs. From her I began to = learn the importance of a broad collection, and that not every good book = is good for every reader. (No pun intended!) N. - - - - - Nicole Reader Head of Youth Services Benicia (CA) Public Library nicole.reader@ci.benicia.ca.us=20 www.ci.benicia.ca.us/library.html=20 ------------------------------ From: "L.Marsh" <lmarsh@mail.library.ns.ca> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: reasons for children having library cards Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:31:31 CST Hi everyone, I am working on a brochure that will explain the benifits for children having their own library card. I have thought of such things as learning responsibility and ownership. I am having trouble with wording it simply. Any thoughts would be appreciated. The brochure will be given out at our book buddies program to encourage the children who need help reading to have a library card and borrow from the library. In a way it will be aimed at the parents to give their permission and help support their child's use of the library. Thanks in advance Lynda lmarsh@nstc.library.ns.ca M.Lynda Marsh Administrator Youth Services Colchester-East Hants Regional Library 754 Prince Street Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 1G9 Telephone (902)895-1625 Fax (902)895-7149 "What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child." George Bernard Shaw ------------------------------ From: Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: booking computer time Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:32:04 CST In response to Kelly and her call for opinions on booking computer time, or first come, first serve ... Here I go .... quick everyone, grab your soapboxes before I pile them up to speechify!!!!! My opinion, my experience in public libraries in B.C. Canada, Fraser Valley is that we operate on a first come first serve basis, with a sign up sheet. We allow an hour a day to each patron. Some of our branches have time-out software, others do the 'manual' version of time-out ... "excuse me please, your time is up and we have 5 other people waiting for their turn thankyouverymuch" As for my opinion ... keeping the majority of computers available for first come first serve and a minimum for reserves ahead. The whole glorious thing about cost-free-public-access to the internet in public libraries is that it is available for anyone at any given moment. Just like there isn't a dress code to take out books or skill-testing-question to feel like a winner when you walk out with information you wanted or books you are so happy to find ....... gosh, I love the democracy of the library, the sense of equality we try and maintain. Quick .... take the boxes before I get carried awayyyyyyyyy .......... Thanx for the great discussion question, Kelly. Get ready now! Terrill Scott Fraser Valley Regional Library British Columbia Canada "Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." - Voltaire ------------------------------ From: eunjung lee <leeeun1013@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Rhyme song Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:47:55 CST Thank you for answers for christmas book. Another thing I want to know is a rhyme song book for guitar player. I want to learn rhyme songs for children age 9 to 13 years old because I will lead summer reading group for next year. I have to decide several rhyme songs to play with children during the class. But I want to play with my guitar for the opening song, ending song and several rhyme songs. Can you recommand a good book for rhyme songs for guitar playing. Thank you so much. ----Eun Jung Lee ------------------------------ From: John_Maunder/Pittwater_Council@pittwater.nsw.gov.au To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper - girl with imagination Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:48:47 CST Hi everybody, Can anyone help me with the following please? This is for a patron who read this book about 6 years ago, and wants to read it again. A girl lives in an ideal society where everybody shares. But then shadows take over everything. She then realises she can visit her imagination. This is how the patron explained it to me. If anyone can tell me what book it is, I would be eternally grateful! Regards, John Maunder Pittwater Library Service Park St Mona Vale NSW Australia ------------------------------ From: "Tabitha Hogan" <tabitha@acpl.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:49:39 CST The patron remembers this as a picture book: There was a Chinese wizard boy, though not great wizard, who ends up in Austrailia. He falls out of crippled girls tree and takes her back to China, where they have a big adventure. One memorable character was Charlie the Red-nosed Beerdrinker. Any ideas? Tabitha L. Hogan Youth Services Librarian Arkansas City Public Library 120 E. Fifth Avenue Arkansas City, KS 67005-2695 Phone: (620) 442-1280 Fax: (620) 442-4277 tabitha@acpl.org ------------------------------ From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: looking for someone from Atlanta-Fulton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:50:24 CST hello! if there is anyone on the list from Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, can you please contact me at jbaker93711@yahoo.com i have a couple questions about your system. thanks! ~j. ===== ~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 ------------------------------ From: "Tabitha Hogan" <tabitha@acpl.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper-Solved Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:51:09 CST Thank you to Patricia Vasilik, Nancy Thelen, Lori O'Donnell who helped me to identify the books as a series beginning with Magician by Raymond Feist...By the way, one of the identifying characters is "Macros, the Black", but you all were able to decipher this...thanks again! A patron is looking for a book that he read as a teenager, he is now in his 30's. He remembers a character called "Marcus, the Black" and "Pug" and thinks that it was part of a fantasy series. Any ideas? Tabitha L. Hogan Youth Services Librarian Arkansas City Public Library 120 E. Fifth Avenue Arkansas City, KS 67005-2695 Phone: (620) 442-1280 Fax: (620) 442-4277 tabitha@acpl.org ------------------------------ From: Mary Ann Bevington <bevingma@oplin.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: stumper colored houses? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:51:49 CST Hope you can help! A patron is looking for a picture book that has a different colored house on each page and the last page is a green house of grass and the patron thinks the bear or bunny mows the house. Does this ring a bell with anyone out there in library land? Thank you in advance for your help! Mary Ann Bevington Mary Ann Bevington Huron Public Library 333 Williams Street Huron OH 44839 419-433-5009 ext 229 419-433-7228 fax bevingma@oplin.org ------------------------------ From: "catherine m. schaeffer" <cmschaef@u.washington.edu> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Children's Library Card Policies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:52:17 CST Hello, We are researching public library policies and practices regarding children's library cards. This project is for a Research Methods class at the University of Washington Information School. We would appreciate it if you would help by filling a short survey. It is completely anonymous, and should take about five minutes. The survey is online at: http://students.washington.edu/cmschaef If you have any questions about this project, please email cmschaef@u.washington.edu. Thank you! Teresa Ferguson Jane Lopez-Santillana Jeannie Ream Catherine Schaeffer (cmschaef@u.washington.edu) MLIS students at the University of Washington Information School ------------------------------ From: "Paula J. Lopatic" <paulal@rpls.lib.il.us> To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: stumper; fisherman & wife variant Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:52:53 CST Hello, All, I am looking for a variant of the Grimm folktale of the fisherman = and his wife. In Grimm, the fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied = with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish. The variant that I am = looking for is more comical. The couple wants to be careful that they = don't waste their three wishes, but their discussion turns into an = argument and he shouts "I wish you had a sausage for a nose!" Another = wish is used to turn her nose back into a nose. I don't recall the = third wish. Please respond to me at paulal@rpls.lib.il.us. Thanks very = much for your help. Paula Paula Lopatic paulal@rpls.lib.il.us Children's Librarian Vespasian Warner Public Library 310 N. Quincy St. Clinton, IL 61727 ph. 217/935-5174 fax 217/935-4425 ------------------------------ From: "F. Brautigam" <fbrautig@nsls.info> To: pubyac <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper: Pig at Christmas MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:53:25 CST I'm hoping someone will have a flash of insight regarding this stumper. It is a picture book, probably at least 30 years old. A pig noticed that his people went to a Christmas party every year, and he decided to leave the farmyard and join the party. He wore a tuxedo, and no one noticed he was a pig at first until he got fed up with using a spoon for his soup course and drank out of his bowl. The patron thinks the title was something like "The Pig Who Crashed the Christmas Tree." I tried a number of keyword seaches on our catalog, a shared 200 library catalog, Amazon.com and Title Tales. Any suggestions are welcome; please send to fbrautig@nsls.info. Thanks, Faith -- Faith Brautigam Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL 60120 E Mail: fbrautig@nslsilus.org Phone: 847-742-2411 Fax: 847-742-0485 ------------------------------ From: "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: revisiting the clean YA MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:53:49 CST For the last 3 years, we have two YA sections at our (public) library. JYA books are basically "middle school" content (6th-8th grade) and YA books are 9th-12th. We use the green (Demco or Gaylord) YA labels for JYA and the red ones for YA. Basically the green label books are generally safe for the able 4th or 5th grader, while the red YA's contain much more teen content. The only downside of this system is that I sometimes have to check the catalog to find out whether something was placed in JFiction or JYA Fiction or YA Fiction (and some authors are located in more than one place -- although series are generally kept together), but the increased "browsability" for our middle school patrons seems to make up for this. Currently our YA paperbacks are intermixed so that is basically a 6th-12th grade collection. Carol and Gary Levin Somerset County Library, Bridgewater, NJ Enjoy Life! This is not a Dress Rehearsal! ------------------------------ From: "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: ESL Materials for families MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:54:20 CST Dear List, I want to learn what sources, from books to a/v, to internet sites and games you have collected or used in the past for any ESL collections you maintain, primarily for children, but also adults/families generally. What we have at our library is limited to a few items -- a basic English dictionaries, a few Other language-English dictionaries, one ESL CD rom, a few "steady reader" books on tape, and some language videos for children (Hello Amigo). There are other items in the collection that could be used to learn English (bilingual Spanish-English books, or very basic readers, for example), but may not be strictly classified as ESL. Please Help! Thank you for reading, Kapila ===================================== Kapila Sankaran, Youth Services Librarian Springfield Free Public Library 66 Mountain Ave. Springfield NJ 07081 tel: 973.376.4930 x.232 fax: 973.376.1334 email: ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com ===================================== ------------------------------ From: rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us To: pubyac listserv <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: dr. seuss party--successful ideas MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:54:53 CST Hi everyone-- I had a drop-in format Dr. Seuss party yesterday, and thought I'd share what we did. I was amazed at the number of kids that didn't know their Dr. Seuss though... Anyway, we did two games, two crafts and once science project. You would need at least four people helping (including yourself) to man the various stations. Games Twister (in honor of The Foot Book) SEUSS (BINGO with Dr. Seuss book titles and covers) Crafts Animal flip book (in honor of Horton Hatches an Egg) --the kids colored pictures of animals, cut them in half and then assembled a book to make a funny flip book Daisy headband (in honor of Daisy Head Mayzie) --the kids made headbands with a daisy coming out of the front Science Project Oobleck (in honor of Bartholomew and the Oobleck) --follow the recipe for Ooze and color it green: http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ooze.html :) ruhama Ruhama Kordatzky Youth Services Librarian Burlington Public Library rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us "Today the library...tomorrow the world!" --The Rumor Weed (Larryboy) ------------------------------ From: "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us> To: "'wjones98@hotmail.com'" <wjones98@hotmail.com>, pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: All day outreach MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:55:20 CST I'm curious. Is the school contracting with the public library for your services? Is this typical in your area? Find books to read to older kids that give them an opportunity for participation. Perhaps a refrain where they could join in or song to sing that is related to a story. Have you considered episodic chapter books to read a chapter a week? By recapping at the beginning and asking at the end what they think will happen next week the talkers should have opportunity to participate in a constructive way. Renee Tobin Rancho Cucamonga Public Library -----Original Message----- From: Wanda Jones [mailto:wjones98@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:15 AM To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: All day outreach Hello fellow Yaccers, Very soon, I will spend one day a week at an elementary school that does not have a school librarian. Normally the programs I do are for toddlers and infants. I'm just fishing for helpful hints or tips on doing storytime for older kids. During the last story time I did for older kids, I was caught off guard when the kids talked back. I'm used to a babbling-wide-eyed-drolly-mouthed audience. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, how important are voices when reading aloud? I don't have many, but tips on voice would be helpful too. Thanks-a-bunch!!!! Wanda Jones Children's Librarian Georgetown Neighborhood Library Washington, DC 20007 wjones98@hotmail.com Don't pretend to be happy when you aren't. That only works in Hollywood.--Josiah, age 8 >From Children on Happiness by David Heller ------------------------------ From: "Lisa Crandall" <crandalll@cadl.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: STUMPER--pioneer story with sick girl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:55:47 CST I am reposting this this stumper because I didn't see it come through. I know that it is not one of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, and I don't think it is A Lantern in her Hand by Aldrich. Thanks for any help you can give! I also just noticed that my email address was wrong--maybe that's why I didn't get any replies. Oooops :-) Hi all, I have a stumper from one of our patrons who is trying to remember and reread books from her childhood. She remembers reading a book in the early 1950s (the book could be older, this is just when she remembers reading it) about a family who lives on the prairie in the 1800s. They may have lived in a sodhouse (?). She remembers the girl in the story gets sick during a really rainy, damp period of time. The patron vividly remembers the other family members putting a blanket or sheet over the girl's bed to help keep her dry or to keep the ceiling from falling in while the girl gets better. I suggested Caddie Woodlawn, which is definitely about a pioneer family, but I am not sure this is the right book. We tried a search in What Do I Read Next? using keywords, but couldn't find it. If you have any clue as to what this may be, please email me at crandalll@cadl.org. (correct email address now) Thanks! Lisa Crandall Youth Services Librarian Holt-Delhi Branch Capital Area District Library 2078 Aurelius Road Holt, MI 48842 (517)694-9351 crandalll@cadl.org ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1262 *************************
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