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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: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:55 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1290
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Pizza Stories, Song, etc. by "Swalena Griffin" <SGriffin@itpld.lib.il.us> 2) REQUEST - Please re-send of Af.-Amer. Romances by Larissa Root <bkluvr2002@yahoo.com> 3) Dental Health Program by "Tabitha Hogan" <tabitha@acpl.org> 4) Re: Horse In Striped Pajamas by Lorie O'Donnell <Lodonnell@midyork.org> 5) Long- Compilation Loaning of Laptops by "Janet Coulas" <jcoulas@post.library.on.ca> 6) HELP HELP HELP by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> 7) Job Announcement by Jenny Worth <jworth@jefferson.lib.co.us> 8) quotes or sayings from children's literature. by Danielle Day <DanielleDay@kclibrary.org> 9) STUMPER: Native American twins & astral projection by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org> 10) Captain Underpants compilation- long by Georgi Sandgren <ivylane3@yahoo.com> 11) Re: books by/about Native Americans by "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> 12) children's furniture by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com> 13) PUBYAC Maintenance by "Pyowner" <pyowner@pallasinc.com> 14) RE: HELP HELP HELP by Osei Baffour <obaffour@dallaslibrary.org> 15) SAM public computer access program by "Jennifer Murphy, Head of the Children's Library" <murphyj@uhls.lib.ny.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Swalena Griffin" <SGriffin@itpld.lib.il.us> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Pizza Stories, Song, etc. Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:38:10 CST Hello all, I am doing a pizza theme for my Daddy and Me Storytime (ages 3-5). Does anyone have any good stories, songs, games, etc. that fit this theme? Any help would be appreciated. Swalena Griffin Youth Services Program Manager Indian Trails Public Library District 355 S. Schoenbeck Wheeling, IL 60090 (847) 459-4100, x225 Fax (847) 459-4760 ------------------------------ From: Larissa Root <bkluvr2002@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: REQUEST - Please re-send of Af.-Amer. Romances MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:38:33 CST In my Holiday haste to clean out my "in-box" I accidently deleted the list of African-American Romances for Teens. Would someone kindly forward a copy of that list (and any other African American books for Teens? TIA! ===== Larissa Root, Children's Librarian Green Hills Branch Library Nashville Public Library 3701 Benham Ave. Nashville, TN 37215 615-862-5863 ------------------------------ From: "Tabitha Hogan" <tabitha@acpl.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Dental Health Program Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:30:04 CST Hello Pubyac, My library has been asked to join in a partnership promoting dental health to children (birth-five). We are planning a joint library event and I am looking for ideas on books, fingerplays, songs, games, and any activities promoting dental health. Your help would be very much appreciated. Please respond to tabitha@acpl.org. I will compile the results and submit them back to the list. Thank you in advance, 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: Lorie O'Donnell <Lodonnell@midyork.org> To: <joane@ocln.org>, Subject: Re: Horse In Striped Pajamas Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:30:45 CST Here they are: =20 (Found at http://www.angelfire.com/pop/kryso/hundredslyrics.html) HORSE IN STRIPED PAJAMAS look there daddy, do you see? there's a horse in striped pajamas no, that's not what it is at all that's an animal people call a zebra I see, but it still looks like a horse in striped pajamas to me look there papa, do you see? there's a bird in his tuxedo no, that's not what it is at all that's an animal people call a penguin I see, but it still looks like a bird in his tuxedo to me I see a fish with whiskers on no that's a seal, for real I see a teddy with two black eyes that's what they call the little panda hey hey daddy, do you see? there's a bird with his umbrella no, that's not what it is at all that's an animal people call a peacock I see, but it still looks like a bird with his umbrella to me =A91948 zell/kreeb=20 Joan Enriquez (ocln) said: > Does anyone have the lyrics to The Horse in Striped Pajamas? >=20 > I remember it being sung on Captain Kangaroo's show. >=20 > Please reply directly to me. >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > Joan Enriquez > Kingston Public Library > Kingston, MA 02364 > joane@ocln.org >=20 >=20 Lorie J. O'Donnell=20 Children's Librarian Jervis Public Library Rome, NY 13440 lodonnell@midyork.org --=20 "Lead me not into temptation (I can find the way myself)." -- Anonymous ------------------------------ From: "Janet Coulas" <jcoulas@post.library.on.ca> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Long- Compilation Loaning of Laptops Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:31:27 CST I am resending as I didn' see it come up. Here is a compilation of replies regarding the loaning of laptops. Thanks to everyone who replied. This information will be a tremendous help to us at the Petawawa Library. This list is long. Cons From: Janet Graham [JGraham@city.barrie.on.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:51 PM To: Janet Coulas Subject: RE: Loaning of Laptops=20 We do not loan laptops. Barrie Public Library From: Barry Church [bchurch@town.grimsby.on.ca] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:39 AM To: Janet Coulas Subject: RE: Loaning of Laptops=20 No. 1. they are way too expensive in my view. Are you prepared to take people to small claims court to recover them? 2. we have enough problems trying to keep public pc's in the library working. Laptops would have the software screwed up constantly. Just my 2 cents. Barry From: anceo [anceo@on.aibn.com] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:33 PM To: Janet Coulas Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops=20 We don't have any laptops or other computers to lend out. I don't think it is a good idea myself. So many virus etc. The cost of repairs... Rachel MacGillivray CEO/Librarian French River Public Library From: Gogama Public Library [glibrary@onlink.net] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:09 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops Hi Janet, =20 The Gogama Public Library does not have laptops at the moment. The library board talked about the loans of such items a few years back. We decided that it would be a very bad idea, the system would come back (who knows how?) it what kind of shape, only knows. The system might not even come back at some point. It would be a very costly lost or even infected with viruses and such. =20 =20 Hope this helps =20 Sue Primeau Volunteer Head-Librarian Gogama Public Library=20 P.O. Box 238 GOGAMA, Ontario P0M 1W0 705.894.2448 glibrary =20 =20 From: Amy Mans [aperrier@andrew.cmu.edu] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 9:56 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops =20 Hi Janet, =20 I know that the University of Pittsburgh loaned laptops a few years back, then they stoped and now I think they're moving back to loaning them out again. I remember reading an article written by them discussing the pros and cons of the service but I can't for the life of me remember where it was I saw the article. Your best bet would be to contact them directly (412) 648-3330 (Hillman Ref Desk). I probably came across the article in one of thier online databases during one of my visits to the library. I did find another article in library lit (which I have access to from home). I included the citation below. I bet there are alot of other articles out there as well about this sort of service. Hope the information helps. Take care, =20 Amy Mans =20 A Wireless Laptop-Lending Program: The University of Akron Experience. Source: Technical Services Quarterly v. 20 no2 (2002) p. 1-12 Journal Code:=20 Tech Serv Q Additional Info: United States =20 =20 From: molly stcavish [mstcavish@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:46 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops =20 we tried this. Damage was not the problem as we loaned all in leather cases. The problem was people trying to use them by installing software for various printers, scanners. This made out limited hard drive space screwed up and then some programs wouldn't run. I suggest a firm firewall between the public and your innards. =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D mstcavish@yahoo.com =20 =20 From: Jan Leak [jmleak@niagarafalls.library.on.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:50 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Replying off list... Hi Janet, I'm replying off list as this is just of the top of my head and not much thought given to it. Playing devil's advocate my arguments against would be 1. Security not damage - is someone on staff going to throughly check each laptop when it comes back for viruses, spyware and to make sure that a patron hasn't left private files on laptop , then the library will be liable for passing on someone's personal information ? 2. What if the patron uses it for something illegal e.g. child pornography ? is the library liable ? 3. what if spyware is installed by someone who later checks out the laptop again and is able to retrieve personal information ? 4. Do you have a written policy or agreement in place that a user must sign before borrowing, what's to stop someone from formattng the hard drive and erasing all data,=20 5. Being used by many people could lead to a really messed up machine and keep in mind that if parts are needed laptops generally go back to manufacturer 6. Who in the library is going to be giving support if needed. My assistant here and myself spend a lot of phone time giving support to patrons who can't use the catalogue properly can't use our electronic databases cos their cookies aren't set right or their machines are set up wrong. My theory is that if it's something we provide then we will also give the support for said object. But it's a lot of time and expertise. 7. As you might be gathering I am not a fan of the idea. I am going to be hopefully buying a laptop for a branch head here who works in 2 branches on a regular basis and even she is going to be asked to sign a document laying out what can and cannot be done and laptop will be returned to IT for checking every 2 months. 8. Are you going to charge the patron the full amount if it's lost? I have trouble getting $28 for a book sometimes I can't imagine trying to get payment for a laptop. :-D=20 Jan Leak, Systems Administrator Niagara Falls Public Library 4848 Victoria Avenue Niagara Falls ON L2E 4C5 Phone: 905-356-8080 Fax: 905-356-7004 HYPERLINK "http://www.nfpl.library.on.ca"www.nfpl.library.on.ca =20 =20 Pros From: Angie Woodson [awoodson@mail.greenwood.lib.in.us] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:17 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops =20 I know of an Indianapolis inner city branch who loans laptop computers to kids. The laptops have to stay in the building and to rent one, the kids simply give the librarians one of their shoes! I don't think they've lost a laptop yet :) =20 =20 From: Larry & Tania Guyer [theguyers@pacbell.net] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:45 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops =20 12-05-03 =20 Hi. In a recent article by Walter Minkel in School Library Journal, he writes about laptop loan programs. A HS librarian is discussed in this article. She barcodes the laptops, and lends them to students for a 24 hour period. The article was written between September and November; check on Proquest, or whatever periodical database you have access to. =20 Tatiana Guyer Library Coordinator Mayfield Junior School Pasadena, CA =20 =20 From: nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:52 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops =20 We don't loan laptops, but when we started loaning e-book readers, we had to institute strict policies in case all of the parts weren't returned, so you might want to think about that as well. We had to make patrons sign a specific agreement when they were borrowed that assured they were responsible for any damage to the readers, and since they were worth about $300, that could be expensive. =20 Also, you may want to make sure a product like Deep Freeze is installed so patrons can't change (add or delete) the programs you have on the laptops. Deep Freeze would be run probably when they are returned and would restore the laptop to it's original settings. =20 Nancy Koebel Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us =20 =20 From: stai [stai@vineland.lib.nj.us] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:36 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: RE: Loaning of Laptops =20 Dear Janet, =20 We received an ACE grant with the local school district and used the money towards purchasing 50 i-book laptops. Twenty-five were used in the library and 25 were allowed to be taken home. All you needed was a library card. Children were allowed to take out the computers because they were purchased by the schools. However, lending wasn't limited to just children. Computers had internet access and word processing capibilities. Patrons who took home the computers could plug them into their phones to access the school's internet network. Patrons were able to take the i-books home for a week. =20 Patrons would have to save projects to the hard drive. We had detachable floppy disk drives that we would use to save their projects on computer disks, but we didn't give them to the patrons or let the patrons use them. All the computers were hooked up to print to the reference desk, but they'd have to bring the computers back to the library in order to print. =20 The program began in late 2000 and was very popular. Because of high usage of computers, inevitably some were damaged. Right now we have about 11 in working condition and they are only able to be used in the library by students in grades 3-12. =20 We received another ACE+ grant where the schools will purchase 11 laptops (IBM) but these will only be allowed to be used a select group of students who use KidBidz. This is a new grant so we are still working on it. =20 There is an article about our i-book laptop program at the following address: http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=3D1004188. =20 If you have any questions, please let me know and I can refer you to our Head Reference Librarian. Hope this helps. =20 Sincerely, =20 Samantha Tai Children's Outreach Librarian =20 Vineland Public Library 1058 East Landis Avenue Vineland, NJ 08360 =20 stai@vineland.lib.nj.us =20 =20 From: Stephanie Borgman [sborgman@hcpl.net] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:55 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: RE: More on Loaning Laptops =20 Harris County Public Library (suburban Houston and the provinces) has wireless connectivity in all of our branches. In addition to allowing any user with their own laptop free access in our buildings we also supplement our fleet of desktop pcs with laptops that can be checked out for in library use. I believe the loan period is two hours, but I'd have to check on that. =20 I can tell by reading the October 2003 System Report that there were more than 1100 laptop checkouts across our 26 branch system. All of our public computers, laptop or desktop, are equipped with the complete Microsoft Office Suite. As you might expect the laptops are most popular in our less affluent communities where home computer and internet access is not the norm. =20 We initially began using wireless laptops in some of our most crowded facilities where we literally could not squeeze in any more desktops. They were so well received that we pursued grant funds in order to be able to offer wireless access and in library loans of laptops in all of our branches. Comparing usage patterns on our laptops with public sessions initiated from patron owned laptops makes interesting reading, but no solid patterns yet. =20 Good luck, Stephanie Borgman =20 Stephanie Robinson Borgman Juvenile Specialist Harris County Public Library Houston, Texas (713) 749-9000 sborgman@hcpl.net =20 =20 From: Tasha@greenlakelibrary.org Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:16 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: RE: More on Loaning Laptops =20 We have a group of 5 laptops for use in the library. We have had them for almost a year now and the program is a great success with no damage to any of the laptops. We also run a program that erases any changes when the laptop is shutdown and have had no problems at all with people monkeying with them. =20 We have them connected via wireless, so they all have word processing, Internet and printing capabilities. We also reserve them for groups to use in our meeting room as a lab. =20 I'd be happy to answer any questions you have. =20 Tasha Saecker Caestecker Public Library Green Lake, WI=20 =20 =20 From: EWillRead@aol.com Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:32 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: More on Loaning Laptops How wonderful. I'm in an elementary school here in Northern Virginia. Some of our students are severly limited by their family's income level. Often near project time we stay open to give students additional time on computers. Do you have information from Microsoft and Sherif to share. We might be able to get grant monies to help with this project. Thanks Emma Williams =20 From: OdonLibrarian@aol.com Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:02 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: More on Loaning Laptops =20 In a message dated 12/6/2003 1:17:43 AM US Eastern Standard Time, pubyac@prairienet.org writes: One more question - Does anyone currently loan laptops for in library use? We just started recently. The laptops are actually owned by our local school corporation. They received a grant to purchase them and put them in the public library. (It's part of "No Child Left Behind".) We have a wireless internet connection for them and they print on the library printer. It's actually very wonderful. We're a very small library and generally only offer internet access on two of our three public desktop computers (reserving the other one for young children). The five laptops are often all checked out. =20 I put a 2-hour circulation time on them but no "overdue" fee. They're to remain in the library at all times. Right now the kids can access their school e-mail at the library but the school tech guy is still working on getting them set up so that they can access the files they've saved at school and do more work on them at the library. We're not technically monitoring how they're being used, but one popular activity is to grab one of our few DVDs and pop it into the laptop to watch. We have a couple of sets of headphones to help with the noise level when several get to watching at once. =20 This goes beyond your question, but the school also has laptops that they send home with 4th- and 6th-grade students. I'm not sure how that's working out. Because of the library involvement in the grant for the laptops, I was at the school board meeting where this was first discussed. I found it ironic that another agenda item that same evening proposed that the school get out of the business of loaning out calculators because so many of them had been lost or broken. No one else seemed to notice any connection between those two topics. =20 Marsha =20 Marsha Lynn Odon Winkelpleck Public Library Odon, Indiana =20 =20 Magazine Articles =20 Articles courtesy of=20 Tatiana Guyer Library Coordinator Mayfield Junior School Pasadena, CA =20 =20 Loaning laptops School Library Journal New York Jul 2002 =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =20 Authors: Walter Minkel Volume: 48 Issue: 7 Pagination: 30 ISSN: 03628930 Subject Terms: Portable computers Libraries Education =20 =20 Abstract: =20 The 26 laptops assigned to the heavily Hispanic and African-American Wakefield High School, which has 1,600 students, have circulated more than 1,200 times over the past school year, largely to students without home computers. Although the school libraries have an overnight checkout policy in order to give everyone an opportunity to borrow the laptops, the librarians have an option to be flexible. Copyright Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. Jul 2002. =20 =20 =20 The wireless student & the library School Library Journal New York Summer 2002 =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors: Bill Drew Supplement: Net Connect Pagination: 16-17 ISSN: 03628930 Subject Terms: College students Wireless networks Portable computers Library science Companies: =20 Company Name: State University of New York at Morrisville NAIC: 611310 =20 =20 Abstract: =20 To participate in the laptop program, faculty must demonstrate how the laptop would improve the learning process of the students involved. All participants receive an IBM laptop and Raytheon wireless card. The student laptop for fall 2001 was a ThinkPad A22m with a 800 MHz Pentium III processor, 192 MB of memory, 20 GB hard drive, 56K internal modem, 4MB ATI Rage video card, 24X CD-ROM, 12.1 " LCD, and a 3'/2" floppy drive.=20 Copyright Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. Summer 2002 =20 =20 =20 Product pipeline School Library Journal New York Fall 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 Authors: Jenny Levine Supplement: Net Connect Pagination: 10-11 ISSN: 03628930 Subject Terms: Library science Product introduction Personal digital assistants =20 Abstract: =20 For Librarians? As wireless connectivity becomes more pervasive and storage capacity increases, patrons who access our services will be able to take more and more information away with them. Assuming, of course, we're prepared to send digital files to their devices, whether they are cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players, or laptops. Librarians need to start talking to vendors and publishers now in order to prepare to serve patrons who will carry their entertainment in their pockets. Copyright Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. Fall 2002 =20 =20 =20 Tablet rasa for schools School Library Journal New York Feb 2003 =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors: Walter Minkel Volume: 49 Issue: 2 Pagination: 30-32 ISSN: 03628930 Subject Terms: Portable computers Personal digital assistants =20 Abstract: =20 The tablet looks like a laptop screen without the keyboard, which means it's about half the weight of a typical seven-- pound laptop. The 13 companies that currently market tablet computers-including Fujitsu, Acer, Toshiba, and Hewlett-Packard-offer ways to attach a keyboard and CD-ROM/DVD drive to the device, and a few, such as Acer's model, come with a permanently attached keyboard. Copyright Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. Feb 2003.=20 =20 Janet Coulas Children's Librarian jcoulas@post.library.on.ca=20 =20 Petawawa Public Library 16 Civic Centre Rd. Petawawa, ON K8H 3H5 ph: 613-687-2227 fax: 613-687-2527 ------------------------------ From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org, childrens.librarians@dc.org, Subject: HELP HELP HELP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:32:11 CST Hello, Wednesday evening, we have a group of African American male teens with troubled backgrounds coming to visit the library. They came last week and claimed we did'nt have anything good to read. Can you imagine? 10,000 books on the shelves and not one is good enough to read! I plan to put together an annotated bibliography of good books(YA and Adult). I'm hoping some one can send suggestions of books these young people can benefit from and that they'd be interested in. 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 Children on Happiness by David Heller ------------------------------ From: Jenny Worth <jworth@jefferson.lib.co.us> To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Job Announcement MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:35:27 CST Please Excuse cross-postings! POSITION: Children's Information Services Librarian #24-001, 40(hpw), Lakewood Library, Lakewood, Colorado APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2004 QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a Master's degree in Library or Information Science. Must be able to work some evenings, weekends, and minor holidays as needed. DUTIES: Position will provide reference assistance in the Children's Room to children, care-givers, and other individuals working with children. Additional responsibilities include providing reference assistance using community, manual, and electronic resources, including online searching; conducting tours and story times; creating displays; developing special programs; assisting with the development and delivery of children's programs and patron education; reviewing and recommending materials and collaboration on collection development. Reports to the Head of Children's Information Services. SALARY: Annual $38,200 - $41,000 (40 hpw)- depending on years of experience BENEFITS: * Excellent benefits package including health, dental, vision, and retirement. * Vacation, holiday, sick leave, and personal days. * Training Opportunities. * Relocation expense reimbursement possible. APPLY: A current resume and Jefferson County application must be completed. Applications are available online at http://jefferson.lib.co.us, click on "Join Our Team." Please return to Jefferson County Human Resources Dept., 800 Jefferson Pkwy, Suite 140, Golden, CO 80401; 303-271-8400. Jefferson County Public Library makes employment decisions without regard to an individual's race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin or disability. ------------------------------ From: Danielle Day <DanielleDay@kclibrary.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: quotes or sayings from children's literature. Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:45:59 CST As we design the children's area at our remodeled library we are looking for quotes, lines or sayings from children's literature to put up on wall as a decoration. We have come up with a few such as: Fee Fi Fo Fum I smell the blood of an Englishmen Mirror Mirror on the Wall I will huff and puff and blow your house down. Hundreds of cats thousands of cats millions and billion of cats Caps Caps for sale Fifty cents a cap. Could you please send any that you think of that would represent a childrens book. Thanks Danielle Day Children's Librarian Kansas City Public Library danielleday@kclibrary.org 816-701-3556 ------------------------------ From: Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: STUMPER: Native American twins & astral projection MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:31:30 CST We have a patron who is looking for a book she read around 1980-82 about twin sisters who are Native American. One lives on the reservation, one lives off it (possibly in California). I believe they are strangers to one another until the time of the book, but I'm not sure. The reservation sister knows that she is capable of astral projection, but the non-res sister doesn't know that, until she's told by the other one. One day they both do it at once, and the res sister takes over the other sister and refuses to leave. I think. Anyway, they switch, and then have to get back to themselves. It's definitely contemporary, not historical, and the sisters are probably about sixteen years old. (The patron was twelve when she read it, and she thinks the girls could have been anywhere from 13 to 16, but probably 16.) They don't have boyfriends, she doesn't think, and there's no romance. Any ideas? Let me know! Bonita ------------------------------ From: Georgi Sandgren <ivylane3@yahoo.com> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Captain Underpants compilation- long MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:40:19 CST Here is the compilation of the suggestions I received regarding the CU party, plus Barbara Scott's original post. I had quite a few requests for this information so I am posting it to the list. Thanks to all who suggested ideas, I'm sure this will be a great party. Georgi CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS PARTY On March 23, 2002, 15 participants (mostly boys and some girls) gathered in the library's community room for our Captain Underpants party. The party opened with participants sitting in a circle and passing around a roll of toilet paper. They each had to take anywhere from 1-5 pieces. Once the roll was passed, this was the icebreaker game. Each person had to tell as many things about themselves as they had taken pieces of toilet paper. At this point, Children's Librarian Barb Scott shared a short, humorous biography of Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants books. Next,it was on to the Professor Pippy P. Poopypants "Name Change-O-Chart 2000". With the help of a live internet connection, all participants names were entered to see what their changed names would be. This was done by children's librarian Barb Scott (otherwise known as Lumpy Pizzasniffer),aided by her assistant Sarah Scott (otherwise known as Snotty Pizzasniffer).The kids had a great time with this, roaring with laughter as one funny name after another came up. Then it was on to the Dav Pilkey fact and trivia presentation. Done in Powerpoint, this presentation first shared photos and little-known facts about Dav and his books, then tested the participant's knowledge of the Captain Underpants books. It was evident that there were Captain Underpants scholars in the room, as they shouted out answer after answer for the trivia quiz! Next, four craft tables were set up and the participants were directed to these. The crafts done were: . George and Harold's Flip Books-participants were given a pattern to make their own flip book (or simple moving picture book). . Participants were invited to decorate a pair of underwear for Captain Underpants, as we're sure he gets tired of wearing those white ones all the time. Once finished, these were used to display with the pictures from the event in the library. . Perfectly Portable Pilkey-Powered Paper Pilot Pug-Plane-this station let participants color and fold their own paper airplanes with Captain Underpants at the controls. . Superhero Masks-participants were given materials to make their own superhero masks. Once participants had finished the crafts, they were invited to check out Dav Pilkey's website on several laptop computers that had been set up for the event. They enjoyed the sliding puzzles, the on-line coloring and many other items. Then, it was time for refreshments! Participants were treated to Toxic Slime Cupcakes and Day Old Bathwater punch, both of which they pronounced excellent. While the participants munched on the snack, Children's Librarian Barb Scott solicited words that were then put into a Captain Underpants Mad Lib that was read aloud. Once everyone was finished with the snack, it was time for games. Two games were offered: beanbag throw and an Underwear Toss. The object of the two games were to win either pieces of candy or coupons. The Underwear Toss was particularly fun, as a large toilet seat had been cut from foamboard and mounted on a large white crate, making a milk crate potty. The object was to get all three pair of underwear (yes, real, CLEAN underwear) into the crate. They could not hang from the rim of the seat! Both games proved to be tons'o'fun for the participants. To end the program, a drawing was held and three winners were selected to receive Captain Underpants books. The winners were Steven Lantz (aka Snotty Liverjuice), Jacob Kocher (aka Poopsie Pottybuns), and Britt Cox (aka Lumpy Gigglehumperdink) Once the drawing was held, participants continued to play the games until picked up by their parents. (1) I made several posters of the Name Changer charts (found in the Poopypants book) and hung them in the meeting room. Each kid received a name tag to write down his/her Captain Underpants name, and wore it throughout the program. (The adults wore them as well!) (2) Started the program with a Captain Underpants trivia contest, and awarded small prizes to those who answered correctly. I knew the kids couldn't hold onto their prizes throughout the program, so kids who answered correctly received "I've Got Wedgie Power" stickers. (I made these on Print Shop.) After the program, the sticker wearers came to me to claim their prizes. (3) Craft time - the kids made "boogers" in honor of the Bionic Booger Boy. I used the standard recipe for gak (a Google search will result in tons of recipes), and the kids added green food coloring. I had the kids mix up the concoction directly in a Ziploc bag, and that reduced the mess somewhat. Be warned, though - this is a messy, slightly chaotic craft! Table covers helped tremendously. I liked this craft as it contained a bit of a science lesson. (4) My husband constructed a toilet out of a barrel, and the kids had fun tossing underwear ("tighty whities") in the toilet. (5) Snacks were cookies and toxic-green Kool Aid. It may not sound like we did a lot, but the program ran almost 90 minutes. We had about 50 kids. I was tired as hell that night, but we had a ball. I recently had a Capt. Upants Storyhour. We played pin the underpants on the Captain (Big laffs), did a few mad libs (lots of toilet talk), made a "wedgie power" puppet scene, and had a trivia contest. (All without me having read the books). I asked the kids to tell me about their favorites, and gave them a bibliography of CU books with suggested websites and sheet of cross words and word searches to take home. I have to say that it was successful. ===== Georgi Sandgren Children's Librarian East Islip Public Library 381 East Main Street East Islip, New York 11730-2896 631-581-9200 ext. 6 ivylane3@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: books by/about Native Americans MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:41:03 CST Eric and Pubyac, Thank you for bringing up this issue, and for the two books you mentioned. You talked about a very significant aspect of developing collections by/for/about Native Americans -- school assignments. They have an important role to play in shaping collections. As long as teachers make (or are forced to make) children learn about Native Americans more or less in the past tense, the stereotypes that we today see in movies, in cigar stores, in football teams, in books, will just be perpetuated all that much longer. And the books on Native Americans that focus solely on their history and not on contemporary issues will continue to be published. Your comment about children needing a book on a particular nation, and perhaps not caring which one rings true -- but it's rather sad, isn't it. I guess school assignments can't be absorbing and fun all of the time, for everybody. Changes do have to come from all sides. But beyond this, changes also have to run deep. That will take longer, much, much longer... Kapila ------------------------------ From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: children's furniture MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 04:30:40 CST hello all! i'm putting together a budget (wish) request for some children's furniture. one of the items i'm looking at is from a company called "petite stuff" or august incorporated. does anyone out there have any of their modular/sectional couches? if so, what are your thoughts on it? please reply to jbaker93711@yahoo.com 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001f01c3c4db$437db6a0$6327c4ac@aoldsl.net> From: "Pyowner" <pyowner@pallasinc.com> To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: PUBYAC Maintenance Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:20:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Prairienet and I are doing some listserve maintenance. So far this has included the deletion of 136 e-mail addresses that are bouncing. In the next few days, if you find that PUBYAC is no longer coming to you, you may need to resubscribe. There are easy directions on the PUBYAC web page at www.pallasinc.com/pubyac . Shannon VanHemert PUBYAC Moderator pyowner@pallasinc.com ------------------------------ From: Osei Baffour <obaffour@dallaslibrary.org> To: "'wjones98@hotmail.com'" <wjones98@hotmail.com>, pubyac@prairienet.org, Subject: RE: HELP HELP HELP MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:55:39 CST Please introduce them to magazines and African American authors such as Walter Dean Myers first and they will do the rest. You may want to purchase New York Public Library's "BOOKS FOR THE TEENAGE," and "CELEBRATING THE DREAM" These are booklist you can use. Visit their site at http://teenlink.nypl.org/ for more information. I hope this helps. Osei Osei Akoto Baffour, Manager Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Library 2922 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Building C Dallas, Texas 75215 Telephone: (214) 671-0624 "What's worth doing is worth doing well". ------------------------------ From: "Jennifer Murphy, Head of the Children's Library" <murphyj@uhls.lib.ny.us> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: SAM public computer access program MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:55:59 CST Does anyone out there use SAM on their public access (internet) computers? I am looking for feedback about how you have set it up for computers dedicated for use by children. Have you set any protocols differently than for adults? Have you encountered any problems, or made changes since first implementing SAM? Any problem with kids figuring out how to add money to their printing account? Or retrieving their printouts? We will probably require a library card account to access a SAM computer. Do you? Why or why not? Thanks in advance! You can reply to me and I will repost to PUBYAC if there's interest. Jendy Murphy Albany Public Library ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1290 *************************
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