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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"
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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1272
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: What IS Madonna reading to her children?? by Cory Grimminck <CGrimminck@kdl.org> 2) Insect spelling book stumper by "Levy, Debra" <Debra.Levy@ci.corvallis.or.us> 3) Response to Books for Shy Girl by "Rob Reid" <reid@ifls.lib.wi.us> 4) Stumper: pig who says boo boo by vellenga <vellenga@students.uiuc.edu> 5) stumper--raindrop family by hhalvorson@carmel.lib.in.us (Holly Halvorson) 6) stumper - picture book crocodile or alligator coming to life! by "Ahern, Kathleen" <Kathleen@neill-lib.org> 7) re:stumper-chicken feet hut by Christy Schink <cds002@mail.connect.more.net> 8) Re: What IS Madonna reading to her children?? by Rebecca Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Cory Grimminck <CGrimminck@kdl.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: What IS Madonna reading to her children?? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:23:30 CST As a former children's book publicist--and someone who made a living working with authors, celebrity and otherwise--I've been following this thread with a good deal of interest. Although I'm no longer as involved in the publisher's side of it, I did want to add some thoughts from that viewpoint. I'll just begin with the inflammatory statement that not all celebrity authors are bad. Granted, there are far too many who are given publishing contracts because they are famous, but there are also examples (Jamie Lee Curtis, Rosanne Cash, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Steve Martin on the adult side) whose books have literary merit. While it would be easy to lump all celebrity authors under the same "hack" mantle, I think it's good to remember who angering us with their claims. Both Madonna and Spike Lee have long histories of arrogant behavior, unswayable beliefs, and grandiose gestures. It's probably what allowed them to become as successful as they have, but it's also what causes them to make such ridiculous statements. In my years as a publicist, I worked with some celebrity authors who were pure, undiluted evil. Then again, I worked with some "regular" authors who were much the same. The simple fact of the matter is that once an author gets enough good reviews and recognition to be considered "good" by booksellers and librarians, they have also become famous. And from that point on, it's individual personalities that will determine whether or not someone will be gracious or horrible. Perhaps the most important thing to remember is that celebrity books sell, a fact which makes many people wail and gnash their teeth. But it is the piles of money that these books bring to publishing houses that allow the "good" books to be published. It's this money that allows unknown authors to get their starts and gives them time to build audiences. Cory Grimminck ------------------------------ From: "Levy, Debra" <Debra.Levy@ci.corvallis.or.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Insect spelling book stumper Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:25:31 CST A patron came in loking for a picture book he saw a few years ago in = kindergarten (unfortunately, the kindergarten no longer has the book). = Each page of the book features a picture of an insect along with a = fill-in-the-blank space to spell the bug's name. The book only provides = 3 letters of the bug's name, so the kids have to guess what the other = letters are and then figure out the name of the insect. The book is = yellow with a bug on the cover. Any help is greatly appreciated!! Thank you! Debbie Levy Youth Services Librarian=20 Corvallis-Benton County Public Library 645 NW Monroe Corvallis, OR 97330 (541) 766-6784 ------------------------------ From: "Rob Reid" <reid@ifls.lib.wi.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Response to Books for Shy Girl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:25:47 CST Thanks to everyone's suggestions of books for a shy 10-year-old girl who has trouble making friends. Here are responses: Amato - The Word Eater Anderson - Fever 1793 Codell - Sahara Special Cohn - Steps Cooper - Frances Four-Eyes Cooper - Lucy on the Loose Cushman - Matilda Bone Cushman - The Midwife's Apprentice Danziger - I, Amber Brown DiCamillo - Because of Winn-Dixie Fisher - Understood Betsy Gates - Sensible Kate Hirschfield - Goalkeeper in Charge Horvath - Everything on a Waffle Kennedy - The Boy Who Loved Alligators Kindl - Woman in the Wall Konigsburg - Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth Lalli - I Like Being Me: Poems for Children about Feeling Special. Lisle - The Dancing Cats of Applesap Lowry - The Anastasia books Mauser - How I Found Myself at the Fair Mills - Lizzie at Last Morris - The Kid Who Ran for Principal O'Connor - Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia O' Connor - Sarah's Incredible Idea Richardson - First Came the Owl Shaw - Kaya's Hero: A Story for Giving Smith - Discover Your Own Space Thomas - When the Nightingale Sings Tolan - Surviving the Applewhites Van Draanen - Flipped Whelan - Homeless Bird Wolffe - Bat 6 Woods - Start Something Wright - Haunted Summer Nonfiction titles such as Straight Talk for Girls; See Jane Win for Girls; Coping with Being Shy A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt Rob Reid Youth Services/Special Needs Coordinator Indianhead Federated Library System 1538 Truax Blvd, Eau Claire, WI 54703 715-839-5082, ext. 14 Fax: 715-839-5151 reid@ifls.lib.wi.us ------------------------------ From: vellenga <vellenga@students.uiuc.edu> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper: pig who says boo boo Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:26:03 CST A patron is looking for a fairly recent, easy to read book about a young female pig who falls a lot and always says "boo boo". This ringing any bells with anyone? Thanks for any help. --Rachel Vellenga The Urbana Free Library Urbana, Illinois ------------------------------ From: hhalvorson@carmel.lib.in.us (Holly Halvorson) To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: stumper--raindrop family Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:26:21 CST Hi all-- A patron is looking for a picture book she remembers from the 70s. It's about a family of raindrops who become scattered during a storm, and at the end all the "relatives" (aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.) are reunited in the ocean. Any ideas? We searched A to Zoo with no luck. Many thanks! Holly ------------------------------ From: "Ahern, Kathleen" <Kathleen@neill-lib.org> To: "Pubyac Pubyac (E-mail)" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: stumper - picture book crocodile or alligator coming to life! content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:26:58 CST Another stumper - checked A to Zoo and no title stood out to our patron = .... Picture book with plot of an alligator or crocodile on a necklace. = Child puts the necklace in the sink and the croc/alligator comes to = life. That's all they remember. TIA! =20 Kathleen Ahern Youth Services Librarian Neill Public Library 210 N. Grand Avenue Pullman, WA 99163 (509) 338-3258 kathleen@neill-lib.org When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then = I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has meaning for = me, and it becomes a part of me. -----W. Somerset Maugham ------------------------------ From: Christy Schink <cds002@mail.connect.more.net> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: re:stumper-chicken feet hut Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:27:29 CST A big thanks to all who responded. The story is definitely a Baba Yaga story, and I'm pretty sure the one she's looking for is Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole. We no longer have this book, but we will definitely reacquire it. "A young woman (20's or 30's) came in the library today asking about a version of Little Red Riding Hood that she read as a child. The little girl is wearing a red cape, her mother sends her out with a basket, the basket has bread, butter and meat in it, she ends up trapped in a witch's hut which is on chicken feet, the witch is trying to eat her, she ends up escaping by using the items in her basket, she gives the bread to the cat?, she gives the meat to the dog, and she uses the butter to oil the squeaky gate." Christy Schink Scenic Regional Library 308 Hawthorne Drive Union, MO 63084 Phone: 636-583-3224 FAX: 636-583-6519 e-mail: cds002@mail.connect.more.net ------------------------------ From: Rebecca Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: What IS Madonna reading to her children?? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:28:05 CST I was getting all ready to urge The Boston Globe to do an article exposing those shoddy celebrity books, but after doing some research, I realized that they'd already done a piece in their Sunday magazine. I managed to find the text (missing some individual letters here and there) on the Internet (it's otherwise inaccessible unless you pay for archives) and thought I'd share: A STAR-STUDDED KID-LIT SCAM by Tracy Mayor (of Hamilton, NJ) http://academics.setonhill.edu/childrens_902/_childrens_902/000002b8.htm It just boggles the mind that Madonna has the chutzpah to denounce the quality of children's literature when there are marvelous authors such as Wiesner, Van Allsburg, Henkes, Scieszka, Rathmann, Steig, Barrett, Cooney, Burningham, (Anthony) Brown, Hegan, Allard, Marshall and countless more. Not to mention all those wonderful muticultural folk tales (Demi, Kimmel, et al.) Madonna's children are 7 and 3 years old, so there's still hope that she can catch them up on all the great stuff out there! It makes me sad to think of a child growing up without knowing Harold and the Purple Crayon (my all-time favorite picture book). Rebecca Verrill Smith Children's Librarian (job-seeking) Medford, MA ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1272 *************************
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