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Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:17 AM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1280
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Problems with PUBYAC by "Pyowner" <pyowner@pallasinc.com> 2) storytime ideas by Jaclyn Malach <jaclynmalach@yahoo.com> 3) bubble machines by jrines@ocln.org 4) Maze after-school program by <gadams@taylor.lib.oh.us> 5) Big Books Question by Jennifer Bromann <bromannj@yahoo.com> 6) boy scout trip to library by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org> 7) Easy Books by "Kim Flores" <kimf@mail.sgcl.org> 8) Loaning of Laptops by "Janet Coulas" <jcoulas@post.library.on.ca> 9) my britannica by "jeanne" <jeanne@hpfc.lib.ms.us> 10) Scarves ideas by "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> 11) Nancy Drew---solved! by Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us 12) Teen Writing Newsletter by "Jessica Cammer" <jcammer@rpl.regina.sk.ca> 13) PUBYAC: School library media specialist position, D.C. by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> 14) positive media image of librarians by Rebecca Rankin <rlrankin@sharon.lib.wi.us> 15) Christmas around World series for youngest readers by "Solina Marquis" <solina-marquis@comcast.net> 16) Friday the 13th party by Hegquist <dhegquis@suffolk.lib.ny.us> 17) American Girl Ideas Compilation by "Angie Woodson" <awoodson@mail.greenwood.lib.in.us> 18) Stumper: Poem by Nancy Thelen <nthelan@monroe.lib.mi.us> 19) stumper by "Victoria Jaksic" <vjaksic@kenosha.lib.wi.us> 20) Thanks! Boy Diaries by Carrie Silberman <csilberman@nysoclib.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <002501c3bb1c$34200d20$12c5c4ac@aoldsl.net> From: "Pyowner" <pyowner@pallasinc.com> To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Problems with PUBYAC Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 03:40:27 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've had about 13 messages bounce early Wednesday morning, so I'm going to try to resend them. Sorry for the delay. Shannon VanHemert PUBYAC Moderator pyowner@pallasinc.com ------------------------------ From: Jaclyn Malach <jaclynmalach@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: storytime ideas Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:43:03 CST Hello all! I think somebody posted their personal website where you can go and get ideas for storytimes. I meant to keep it but my email was emptied before I got to visit it. Could somebody send it to me? Other sites would be welcome too, I need all the ideas I can get. Thank you!!! Jaclyn jaclynmalach@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: jrines@ocln.org To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: bubble machines MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:43:25 CST Hello all, Our hand held bubble machine has broken and we are looking into replacing it with a battery operated one with a built in fan, does anyone have one they like or dislike? We would like one with batteries so we can walk around with it so the kids don't all clump up in front of the machine. We've tried onw with a cord and it doesn't work someone always gets behind you and tangles int he cord or helpfully unplugs it. Thanks, Julie Rines jrines@ocln.org ------------------------------ From: <gadams@taylor.lib.oh.us> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Maze after-school program MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:43:43 CST Hi, I am planning an "A-Mazing" program for upper elementary kids in the spring. Plan to create 2 large mazes and have kids crawl through them in teams. Also a lego-building maze competition. Need some ideas for amazing food and games. TIA Gloria gadams@taylor.lib.oh.us ------------------------------ From: Jennifer Bromann <bromannj@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Big Books Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:44:06 CST I know that Bookmen used to sell Big Books, but they seem to be out fo business. Does anyone know of any other sources for big books? Our high school child care teacher would like to purchase some. Jennifer Bromann Lincoln-Way Central High School New Lenox, IL bromannj@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: boy scout trip to library MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:44:30 CST No great ideas, but here's one that will take two minutes, and I think it's useful. Bring with you a book on some subject of interest to the scouts, like camping, maybe, or magic, or japanimation. Also bring a book from the adult room on the same subject, and a book from another library on the same subject, and take a minute to point out that once you learn your favorite numbers, you can go straight to them in almost any library, even without asking for help. Or am I the only one who finds that liberating? Bonita ------------------------------ From: "Kim Flores" <kimf@mail.sgcl.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Easy Books Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:44:55 CST Hi Everyone, I'm hoping for some help with a collection issue. Our library system has a collection of books we call "Easy Books". They are beginning chapter books of 50-100 pages, usually. We separate them from the "chapter" books to give children an easier transition from easy readers to longer novels. Our collection management coordinator is interested to know if other library systems have a similar collection in their children's dept. and why you do it. Any responses would be appreciated and I will post the responses if you email me directly. Thanks for your time. Kim Flores Springfield Greene County Library Springfield MO kimf@mail.sgcl.org ------------------------------ From: "Janet Coulas" <jcoulas@post.library.on.ca> To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Loaning of Laptops Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:45:17 CST Do any libraries loan laptops to their patrons either children or adults? If so, what is your policy? We were planning to do this as an added library feature but some of our board members are afraid they will be damaged. Any information you can give me will be a great help. I will be happy to share any information I get. Janet Coulas Children's Librarian jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Petawawa Public Library 16 Civic Centre Rd. Petawawa, ON K8H 3H5 ph: 613-687-2227 fax: 613-687-2527 ------------------------------ From: "jeanne" <jeanne@hpfc.lib.ms.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: my britannica Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:45:40 CST Hello there: I ordered the "My Britannica" and "Compton's Encyclopedia" sets recently, and "My Britannica" just came in yesterday. I was rather astonished at how, well, _thin_ the volumes were, and I was wondering if anyone has ordered/received their copy yet, and if so, what you think about it. We didn't open up the packaging yet - I wanted to look at the Compton's when it came in, but I was concerned that I may be spending my money unwisely. Any thoughts? You can reply to me directly at Jeanne@hpfc.lib.ms.us. TIA, Jeanne Pierce ------------------------------ From: "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Scarves ideas MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:46:03 CST Dear List, I've found some beautiful chiffon-like scarves that I can't wait to use with the toddlers for our library's mother goose program. But um...I am rather devoid of ideas! I vaguely know that the scarves can be used along with music; I have individual scarves as well as a very large piece (about as big as a full size sheet). Can you please give me some concrete ideas about using scarves with toddlers, with or without music, or for using the very very large one? As a story hour stretch? As part of storytelling? Thank you for reading! Cheers - Kapila ------------------------------ From: Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Nancy Drew---solved! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:46:23 CST Thanks to Marlyn Roberts and Nancy Koebel for coming up with the most likely answer: a Penny Parker novel called "The Clock Strikes Thirteen". The author was Mildred Hart Benson, who penned a number of the Nancy Drew novels. The patron, who was looking for the book for her mother, was very happy. Thanks too, to Mary Ryan, Ronnette Chalker, Beverly Bixler and Maggie Dyer for additional help and time. You are much appreciated. Original stumper: A patron is looking for a Nancy Drew mystery in which a clock chimes (or tolls) 13 times before a crime is about to be committed. Lin Look Contra Costa County, CA llook@ccclib.org ------------------------------ From: "Jessica Cammer" <jcammer@rpl.regina.sk.ca> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Teen Writing Newsletter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:46:45 CST Hi everyone, I am currently investigating creating a teen writing newsletter for my library. It will be a small newsletter, but I am arranging to have a local author pick which poetry will be included in it and give an interview on writing for a section of the back page. Has anyone done this before with advice that they really wish they had before they started? And if you do have a newsletter like this, what did you advertise to the teens about entering their work, and did you give any limitations? Thanks, Jessica Cammer Young Adult Services Specialist Sunrise Branch Regina Public Library Telephone: (306) 777-6095 Facsimile: (306) 949-7271 ------------------------------ From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: PUBYAC: School library media specialist position, D.C. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:47:07 CST For anyone interested. WJ 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 Children on Happiness by David Heller >From: <wanda.jones@dc.gov> >To: wjones98@hotmail.com >Subject: [Fwd: dcla-l: Fw: School library media specialist position] >Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:51:15 EST > > > > > > From: "Fred King" <phred@phred.us> > > Date: 2003/12/03 Wed PM 07:13:08 EST > > To: <dcla-l@dcla.org> > > Subject: dcla-l: Fw: School library media specialist position > > > > Exciting opportunity for a full-time school library media specialist in > > Washington, DC with the Center City Consortium, a nonprofit serving 13 > > parochial, PreK - 8 schools. Join a dynamic team to develop and >implement > > an integrated school library media program. > > > > Responsibilities include collection development, retrospective >conversion > > to automated system, teaching information literacy skills and children's > > literature appreciation. Focus on team work and collaboration with > > teaching staff to integrate library media center resources and research > > skills with classroom curriculum. Also includes involvement with > > Consortium Library Media Center Development Team to explore >implementation > > of Information Power program. > > > > M.S.L.S. or M.S. Education Technology with certification preferred. > > Education B.A./with interest in working toward M.L.S. or Masterâ?Ts in > > Education Technology also considered. > > > > Full time position with benefits. Salary based on experience. Tuition > > assistance for M.S.L.S. possible. > > > > Send resume to: > > Library Development Specialists > > Center City Consortium > > 1317 8th Street, NW > > Washington, DC 20001 > > mckinleyn@centercityconsortium.org > > Fax: 202 234 4740 > > > > > > Julie Allen > > Library Development Specialist > > Center City Consortium > > 1317 Eighth Street NW > > Washington, DC 20001 > > > > 202 234 4611 Ext. 37 > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Cell phone 'switch' rules are taking effect - find out more here. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/consumeradvocate.armx ------------------------------ From: Rebecca Rankin <rlrankin@sharon.lib.wi.us> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: positive media image of librarians MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:47:30 CST Hi everybody, After reading the many postings about the commercial with the woman checking her email in the library, I'm happy to share a positive media image of a librarian. Foxy Shannon Elizabeth is currently guest starring on That 70's Show as a librarian. Not only has she been described as Hot by the show's characters, but they also pointed out her intelligence. I believe she was her class's valedictorian. Viewers now know she is pregnant with Kelso's child (played by Ashton Kutcher), so we'll see how her librarian image stands. The library she works at in fictitious Point Place, WI, also circulates copies of Playboy. If only public libraries in WI really were as idyllic as in this sitcom. Sincerely, Rebecca Rankin, Director Brigham Memorial Library 131 Plain Street Sharon, WI 53585 262-736-4249 rlrankin@sharon.lib.wi.us ------------------------------ From: "Solina Marquis" <solina-marquis@comcast.net> To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" Subject: Christmas around World series for youngest readers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:47:55 CST Hello library friends, I am trying to help a local school librarian find a series like World Book's "Christmas around the World" series, but for K-2nd graders. In other words, a series on Christmas customs and celebrations in other countries that an emergent reader might want to tackle without getting too discouraged. The only series I have identified as a possibility is Bridgestone Books' "Christmas around the World," (author of the titles I have seen in catalogs seems to be Kristin Thoennes Keller) and I have not been able to look at any titles in the series to determine if "Ages 4-8" (the Amazon.com age designation) is really accurate. Can anyone give input on this series or other "Christmas in other countries" series that might meet this need? TIA for your help, Solina Solina Marquis, MLS Youth Services Librarian Frisco Public Library solina-marquis@comcast.net ------------------------------ From: Hegquist <dhegquis@suffolk.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Friday the 13th party MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:48:17 CST Hello everyone, Someone not long ago posted that they were looking for ideas for a Friday the 13th party for teens and I'm very interested in hearing what everyone came up with. Would you mind sending the responses my way? I was inspired with the idea and I'm thinking of doing a movie night with refreshments. I need good movie title recommendations that have creepy, teen appeal, but not too graphic at the same time. Maybe "Drop Dead Fred" or "Haunted House on the Hill"? Thanks in advance for your suggestions. --Dana Hegquist, Southold Free Library, Long Island, NY =========================================================== "Just button up your buttons, and look up in the sky. And know there's nothing you can't do if you just try and try" ~~~ Dana Hegquist Children's Librarian dhegquis@suffolk.lib.ny.us ------------------------------ From: "Angie Woodson" <awoodson@mail.greenwood.lib.in.us> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: American Girl Ideas Compilation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:48:42 CST Awhile back I sent out a query for American Girl program ideas. I received LOTS of responses and appreciate all of your wonderful ideas. Here is the list I compiled from your responses. Thanks again for all of your input! Angie Woodson Greenwood Public Library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you tried a reader's theatre? The kids can read the different parts of the story as characters. They could make a few props as crafts before the performance. RoseMary Honnold Coshocton Public Library 655 Main ST Coshocton, OH 43812 740-622-0956 honnolro@oplin.org I've never had an American Girl program, but here's my two cents anyway: We all have people who in our communities who vividly remember growing up during WWII or the depression. Maybe you could find some individual women who are child friendly enough and able to gear themselves towards some relevant hands on activities (assure them that you would be happy to supply the materials and help them come up with an idea) and a lively question and answer session. (This type of program being versus a lecture. After all, the books have already given the girls lots of background information.) This could make for a different type of program--and an enjoyable one. Historical fiction, much as I love it, has the tendency to make everything seem ancient. It might be a revelation to your girls that Mollies and Kits are still alive and well. Also, it might be interesting to the girls to learn that there is another way to explore the past than through the veil of historical fiction: they can actually read books published in the period. Perhaps, you could have a table highlighted books from one of the periods covered by the books for the girls to look through, or--if you can find enough titles on your shelves-to check out. (Admittedly, this is not an activity you can do in a Kaya program, and the checking out is probably going to be limited to the most recent time periods.) The McGuffy Readers and Dick and Jane books (and other titles) have been reissued and many loved children's books have stayed in print. I would have absolutely loved the American Girl books if they had been around when I was a child. I read Little House on the Prarie (yes, they are rascist, but I didn't realize that as a child), all of Lousia May Alcott's children's books, etc. Also, school text books. One thing I remember clearly is that I always wanted to REALLY DO the activities mentioned in the books. Not make diaromas or "Indian artifacts" using old grocery bags, but to Carry out activities in the same way that the children I read about did. How I longed to churn butter in a real butter churn and to knit. (With modern sanitation and medicine, of course. No emptying chamber pots for me, thank you very much.) So, I think that the girls in your club might enjoy this type of activity. Have you tried games? (Hide the thimble, Clothespin in the bottle, etc) Many of these could be played with no (or very little) adaptation. Perhaps, someone you know very well has a manual typewriter s/he would be willing to trust you with. Typewriters of any kind are museum artifacts to today's girls, and they would probably enjoy taking turns typing like Kit. How about hanging clothes on the line? Very few of us do this anymore, and it could be a relevation to girls who associate clothespins only with crafts. You could string up a clothesline (at the girls level) in the meeting room. Having the clothes already hung and telling them they are bringing in the dried wash eliminates the need for soaking the clothes first, but they may insist on hanging the clothes back up again anyway. Once they get the hang of things, have a race--with points taken off for sloppily folded clothes. I recall Addy being in some sort of Christmas show where she is hidden behind a screen. (Her Dad can't see her, but recognizes her voice.) Perhaps, your girls could put on this type of show, if only for each other. Speaking of shows reminds me. I previously worked in a library system where the film department has a very large collection of old reel to reel films. We all had access to reel to reel projectors. The collection included cartoons that were shown in the movies--before the featured films. I showed these once a year with a lesson on what going to the movies used to be like--the kids always enjoyed it. The reel to reel projector was an anamoly to them--everyone had to examine it up close. I stuck to Disney cartoons,but we also had stuff like "Superman Fights the Nazis." Perhaps, you couldeven arrange an entire "film festival" such as Molly and Kit would have viewed. How about a penmanship contest? Before typewriters, beautiful handwriting was prized and penmanship was an important school subject. Have yours with blackboard and chalk for authencity. Rote memorization was another big part of school in the early days. Give each girl a "piece" to memorize and let all willing parties participate in a recitation contest at the next meeting. Shy girls can be the audiance. I hope this helps. --Jennifer S I've been doing American Girl programs for about 7 years now and usually do an hour and a half program for 50 girls between the ages of 7 and 12. We do activities, dances, games, crafts and treats from the era. I just did Kaya in the Spring and the girls really loved it. I will gladly give you a copy of any of the things I did, but my files are pretty large for each girl, so we may have to do this one girl at a time. If there is anything specific you are looking for, just let me know. Chris Mallo Children's Specialist Great River Regional Library 405 St. Germain St. Cloud, MN 56401 Phone (320) 650-2500, Fax (320) 650-2501 chrism@grrl.lib.mn.us Have you looked in the American Girl Party Book. They have great game ideas. I know a librarian who had an American Girl Club. Each meeting they focused on a different girl. For the Addy meeting they held a spelling bee. When a girl mispelled a word she had to eat a gummi worm (much like the tobacco worms Addy's family had to eat). They also put on a play for the parents at the end of session. Suzanne Kirk Henry County Public Library We held an American Girl Doll tea party and that was a lot of fun. I'm not sure how old or how much time you have with the children-but this particular program was about an hour-it could have gone on longer. We had tea cups and "tea" (apple juice) and cookies. The children talked about their dolls and then we had a craft from one of the books- a hand held fan-one for the child and one for the doll. Some of the girls got dressed up-just like their dolls -so that was fun. I read some books about dolls-not specifically American Girl-since not everyone had that kind of doll. It sounds like you have done most of that stuff already-but turning it into a tea party could be fun. Good luck- Kelly Chambala Children's Coordinator Huntington Memorial Library 62 Chestnut St. Oneonta, New York 13820 (607) 432-1980 on_kelly@4cty.org This past spring we did an American Girl Tea. The girls and I dressed up In hats and gloves. We had tiny cakes and finger sandwiches that were donated from local businesses. We had limited the number to 20 girls and their moms and ended up with over 30! But we really had a great time. The girls were to sign up in advance but we had some come in anyway and how could you turn them away in their foofoo dresses??? We used the computer and projected the American Girls website and played some of the games that are on the website. Hallmark had donated two Addie Bookends to give away as door prizes. Also Hallmark has an American Girls program and they gave us workbooks to hand out to the girls. It is a free program and when completed the girls receive a pendant from Hallmark and American Girls. I hope this helps-I am having a Magic Treehouse Program this fall-have you done anything with that? Please send any ideas you have.... Good Luck with your American Girls! Leata Sears Children's Library Assistant Newton County Library We have done several successful programs based on Am. girls - a Twelfth Night party a la Felicity, a pioneer program based on Kirsten and a Victorian tea party for Samantha. We also were fortunate to have a local woman who portrays Harriet Tubman do her presentation for a program loosely based on Addy. We are planning a Molly-based program for next month for Veteran's Day. Our program ideas were all developed based on ideas in the stories, cook- and craft books, and the Teacher's guide, which we got from the company several years ago. The Felicity program was for the girls only; the tea party was for the girls and their mothers/grandmothers. The Addy program was advertised as a family program during Black History month, and the Kirsten program was an after school program called "Not for girls only" We encouraged boys to come, which was why it was more of a pioneer theme-we even had a buffalo chip to pass around (the highlight of the program!). Ann Adkesson Library Director Barclay Public Library District Warrensburg, IL I have been running an American Girl Program, with the focus on the first book and the history around it. We do a small quiz over the book as a refresher for the girls. Then I have them find five different books pretaining to the girl, maybe revolutionary war, and locate the state where she lives in the atlas. I usually have them look at the AG site and poke around in that girls world section. We then go back have some food of the time period, make a craft, and play games that she might have played. If you don't have it, order the Party Book its been a life saver. Angie, last year we had an American Girls Tea Party. We fixed real tea (which the girls actually drank!), heart-shaped peanut butter sandwiches, and cookies. The girls signed a guest book with a "quill" pen when they came in. The girls and their dolls had name cards at their seats and we had the tables decorated with flowers. After eating, we played some group games, everyone introduced their dolls, and we gave away some door prizes. We had three different craft stations set up, and the girls could make whichever ones they wanted and/or had time for. It was alot of work, but highly appreciated by the girls and their parents. Susan How about reading other books et in the same time period? A favorite thing of my daughter's is to try to think about what the newest American Girl will be (she favors either a Pilgrim Girl or an Asian American Girl but can't think of a time period for her.) Another thing is that there is am AG softeware program that lets you write plays, it is pretty old though so i think it only has up to Addy but you could use the ideas for a plan to write your own plays. How about a clothes making workshop for the dolls. Julie Rines jrines@ocln.org I've found that focusing on one girl per year works really well. This past year we did Josephina, and did games, crafts and food all related to her and her timeperiod. I've also done Kit, Felicity, and Addy. The librarian before me did Kirsten and Molly (I think...). If you want more details, let me know. Ruhama Kordatzky Youth Services Librarian Burlington Public Library rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us We have done American Girl programs for several years. At this point we use the doll & time period as a take off point, and although we will have the related AG books on display we don't always read from those books, using other books instead. Also we have done some American Girl Today type programs using ideas from the activity books and or magazine. One thing we have learned that does not work is sewing! The girls, ages 6-10 do not know how. So unless you have LOTS of volunteers...... The 75 minute program includes a read aloud selection, craft, physical activity, snack and music from the time period Lots of our ideas come from the American Girl party, craft & cookbooks as website MOLLY Recycle craft projects Grandmother's Butterless-Eggles-Milkless Cake, Vicotry Walnut Cake (also had photo of grandmother as Red Cross volunteer) made up ration coupons for snacks Radio show (made duplicates for each participant) Jump rope games & rhymes marble games JOSEFINA Broom dance --Girls LOVE this Made pinon pies (recipe in Reward for Josefina) Aluminum "tin" ornaments or plaques Decorate clay pots decorate wood boxes with corn husks (parquet boxes) Herb Alpert music Color tag using Spanish words for colors KAYA Bookmark using beading designs (laid out on graph paper) KIT Handwriting class & handed out certificates Secret codes Jacks, marbles, hopscotch Tollhouse cookies manual typewriter ADDY Sweet Clara and the Freedom quilt(Hopkinson) quilt squares Make shortbread Made paper beads (roll triangle of paper around toothpick, glaze with glue & string for necklace Play "hands down 64" Make sculpy marbles Uncle Remus character puppets KIRSTEN Recitations Cork trolls Paper cut designs Make butter Braided rugs SAMANTHA (www.thevictorianscrapbook.com) make sachets "posture" relay make real lemonade journal voting rights etiquette games calling cards placemats & napkin rings card games tissue paper flowers GENERAL You, An American Girl --interview booklets including mother, grandmother and girl Dances of the American Girls Tea Party (of different girls) Miniatures Paper Dolls (Dover publications fabulous!) Maureen Lok, Children's Librarian 610-644-9029 Tredyffrin Public Library 582 Upper Gulph Road Wayne, PA 19087 Hi! We have had several Amer. Girl programs in my library. The most recent was, gosh, I forget the doll's name, anyway - we wrote a short play about the controversy over tea in the harbor, then drank tea from beautiful tea cups that staff had loaned, poured the hot water from beautiful tea pots, ate some delicious snacks and then each girl sewed the binding for a book (the covers were made earlier). All this took appro. 45min to 1hour. It was a tremendous success. One of my branches had a Kirsten Summer Party at the end of summer. They ate pound cake w/blueberry sauce and drank lemonade. They danced to the Virginia Reel, listened to a short play and made a quilt square to take home. They also designed (with markers) a square that was later sewn into a quilt for the library to keep. At each of these Amer Girl parties we always raffle a doll (tickets about $2/each) The dolls were given to the library by our Friends Group. Your parties sound fun too! I hope I have given you a little help! Good luck! Diane The Moore, Oklahoma public library does an "American Girl Tea Party" every November. The girls can dress up in their favorite period, and they do period crafts the girls can give as Christmas presents. One I remember in particular was a Victorian lace fan Christmas ornament. Also, Pleasant Company used to have a traveling exhibit of all the American Girl dolls that you could rent. I'm not sure if they still do this or not. You could also do a paper doll program using the American Girl paper dolls. Christine Dettlaff Coordinator, Learning Resources Center Redlands Community College El Reno, Oklahoma 73036 (405) 422-1254 dettlaffc@redlandscc.edu We held a tea this summer for mom's and daughters. Some of the girls brought in their dolls and accessories for a display. They played games from the various time periods, all taken from the different American girl books. The foods we served were all from the books also. We used real china and tablecoths on the tables with fresh flower boquets. Some of the games or toys, like Jacob's ladder I had made so we raffled them off at the end. We had 17 mom's or grandmas' and 20 girls and everyone had a great time. Lisa Bauer Iola Village Library We hosted several American Girl programs at our library on a once month basis several years ago. They were very well-attended. You might want to try branching out and including other historical fiction authors or series. Our you could focus on one girl per meeting and learn more about her time period and do activities related to just that girl. For instance, you could focus on Molly and talk about WWII and make a victory garden. (Just a suggestion off the top of my head.) Hope you get some good ideas! Stacey Irish-Keffer Denton Public Library 502 Oakland Denton, Texas 76201 940.349.7738 Stacey.Irish-Keffer@cityofdenton.com Hi-- I've found that focusing on one girl per year works really well. This past year we did Josephina, and did games, crafts and food all related to her and her time period. I've also done Kit, Felicity, and Addy. The librarian before me did Kirsten and Molly (I think...). If you want more details, let me know. :) ruhama Ruhama Kordatzky Youth Services Librarian Burlington Public Library rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us Several weeks ago I requested ideas for an American Girl party. As usual, you were all wonderful and quick to respond with great ideas. I have complied the ideas I received below. I hope that you will find them useful! Thanks again!! Michelle McMorrow Ramsell Head of the Children's Department Tuscarawas County Public Library 121 Fair Ave. NW New Philadelphia, OH 446663 330-364-4474 At Mt. Greenwood lib. in Chicago, there is a Am. Girl tea party 3x a year. I started the program 5 years ago, and it's still going strong. There is a fancy sign-in book complete with a pink feather pen-, intro. activity where the girls sit in a circle and intro. themselves, 3 crafts, snacks-in-between, and a boistrious game of "Who's the Leader", (a girl scout game to top off the afternoon. I'd be happy to send details.. Arlene F. Badillo Beverly Branch Library Chicago Public Library amazontippy@aol.com Hi! We've done an American Girl party every year for the past few years with good results! The librarians before me and I have done a tea party, a quilting bee (featuring Kirsten), Molly's Lend-a-Hand (I unfortunately don't have too many details about this one), Reader's Theater (taking the script for Felicity in Six Plays by Pleasant Co.), and a games day (featuring games from Kit's era). Another suggestion: Look through the Birthday Party Theme book that Pleasant Co. put out about the American Girls. Have fun! I can't wait to hear what others will do (esp. since I haven't planned mine for this year yet! hee hee) :) Ruhama Kordatzky Youth Services Librarian Burlington Public Library Burlington, WI Burlington, WI Hi Michell, When I put together an American Girl program for the public library I rented the dolls from Pleasant Co and put them on display. The dolls also come with author tapes. I dressed up in a colonial outfit and brought many antique items with me. I had set up small tables with pretty napkins and bud vases with flowers. I made small finger sandwiches and. decorated the plates with fresh flowers. I also served fruit punch with an ice ring made using fresh flowers. I showed the girls the antique items and we played a game guessing what the items were and for what they were used. I had the girls hand sew antique colonial hats while I showed the author films. I also did book talks on the books and had a trivia game on the books. Ooh, and I also invited the girls to bring along their American girl dolls. We all had a lovely time. Hope you can use some of these ideas. Deb Hi Michelle, I had an American Girl Party last month to celebrate Women's History Month. I based it around the Samantha doll. I advertised it as an intergenerational event, inviting girls and their mothers and even grandmothers (although I had only one grandmother). The first part of the program, I shared several pages from the "Welcome to Samantha's World" book. The book is great with lots of pictures and things to talk about. I was surprised how interested the girls were. I also brought several things from home, like a stereoscope that I had, an old dresser set, etc. If I do this again, I hope to see about borrowing some items from the local historical society. After sharing the book and items, we made two crafts from the Samantha craft book. The program was well received and I plan on doing it again next March with a different doll and time period. Good luck! Genie DuPell, Youth Services Librarian Fayetteville, NY ------------------------------ From: Nancy Thelen <nthelan@monroe.lib.mi.us> To: "PUBYAC@prairienet.org" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper: Poem Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 05:17:16 CST Hi, I got this today from someone in my co-op. Knowing the wonderful resources of PUBYAC, I want to see if anyone knows of this poem or a similar one. Please reply to me and I will send it on to her. Thanks very much, Nancy -- Nancy Thelen 920 W. Michigan Ave Three Rivers Public Library Three Rivers, MI nthelan@monroe.lib.mi.us ------------------------------ From: "Victoria Jaksic" <vjaksic@kenosha.lib.wi.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 05:17:35 CST A young girl around 11 or 12 remembers reading a fantasy chapter book in 1999 that took place in modern day New York City and Grand Central Station, and it also includes an "extra dimension". This is all she remembers. Any ideas? Please respond directly to me at vjaksic@kenosha.lib.wi.us. Thanks! Victoria Jaksic Children's Librarian Kenosha Public Library (262) 564-6152 ------------------------------ From: Carrie Silberman <csilberman@nysoclib.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Thanks! Boy Diaries Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 05:17:49 CST A belated "thank you" to all of you who provided suggestions for books written in journal/diary style for a fifth grade boy. Below are your responses. Your input has been very helpful! Sincerely, Carrie Silberman, Children's Librarian New York Society Library Contemporary journals/diaries Journal of a Teenage Genius, by Helen V. Griffith Strider, by Beverly Cleary Diary of a Monster's Son, by Ellen Conford In Ned's Head, by Anders Jacobsson Max's Logbook, by Marissa Moss I Can't Believe I Have To Do This, by Jan Alford Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech The Confe$$ion$ and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut, by Esther Hershenhorn The Diary of a Paper Boy, by Jean-Jacques Larrea. Heads Or Tails: Stories From the Sixth Grade, by Jack Gantos The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech (told alternately by boy and girl) Historical Diaries The Boys' War : Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War, by Jim Murphy Pirate Diary : The Journal of Jake Carpenter, by Richard Platt Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail and Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad, by Elvira Woodruff Galen : My Life in Imperial Rome, by Marissa Moss A Civil War Drummer Boy : The Diary of William Bircher, 1861-1865, by William Bircher We Are Witnesses : Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust, by Jacob Boas Pedro's Journal : A Voyage With Christopher Columbus, by Pam Conrad Tom Cringle : Battle on the High Seas, by Gerald Hausman Stowaway, by Karen Hesse Moon over Tennessee : a boy's Civil War journal, by Craig Crist-Evans Series Dear America My America My Name is America Royal Diaries ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1280 *************************
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