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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 10:12 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1291
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Instant messaging by "Suzanne Klein" <SKlein@EBPL.org> 2) Re: HELP HELP HELP by "Rob Reid" <reid@ifls.lib.wi.us> 3) more captain underpants - long by Georgi Sandgren <ivylane3@yahoo.com> 4) Children's Magazines by "Patricia Ferrell" <pferrell@kcls.org> 5) STUMPER: Dying and death of a sibling by "Jennifer Lindsey" <jlindsey@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us> 6) stumper by Lisa Jean Philips <philipsl@metronet.lib.mi.us> 7) Re: books by/about Native Americans by "Janet Petersen" <jpeterse@fvrl.org> 8) Books on a Mother's Love by "David Dunderdale" <dunderdave@scbroadband.com> 9) STUMPER: Native American twins & astral projection by Bonita Kale <Bonita.Kale@euclidlibrary.org> 10) Online Workshop -- Decision Making: Solving Problems at the by Hope Kandel <hope@learningtimes.org> 11) Pubyac: Help Help Help Compilation by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Suzanne Klein" <SKlein@EBPL.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Instant messaging MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:56:41 CST A colleague of mine is having trouble getting messages through to = Pubyac, so I am forwarding this along for her. Please reply directly to = me and I'll send them along to her. Thanks! Suzanne M. Klein Youth Services Librarian East Brunswick Public Library 2 Jean Walling Civic Center East Brunswick NJ 08816 Phone: (732) 390 6789 Fax: (732) 390 6796 E-mail: sklein@ebpl.org =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelly Overton =20 > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:44 AM > To: Suzanne Klein > Subject: PUBYAC message >=20 > Thanks for forwarding this for me! >=20 > Hello! > The library I work in recently decided that allowing instant messaging = provides too much of a security threat to the library's computer system. = As a result, many of the IM sites have been blocked. So, I was = wondering how other libraries out there deal with this issue. We do = regular back-ups of what's on the system, and we also have anti-virus = software installed on all our machines. We would very much like to = allow access to this service, but we need to make sure we're being as = secure as possible. How do other libraries deal with allowing patrons = access to IM sites while at the same time maintaining the integrity of = your computer systems? =20 > Thanks very much for any of your feedback and ideas. =20 > ~Kelly Overton > Youth Services Librarian > East Brunswick Public Library > East Brunswick, NJ >=20 >=20 ------------------------------ From: "Rob Reid" <reid@ifls.lib.wi.us> To: "Pubyac@Prairienet.Org" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: HELP HELP HELP MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:56:56 CST Yes, I can imagine because I hear the same thing from kids from all walks of life. I think they don't know where to start and get frustrated. That's why we have cool jobs. We can pick and choose the gold nuggets from the collection and place them in their path (displays, booktalks, etc). Go heavy on the nonfiction - sports and music biographies, gruesome looking (but cool) books like the one on Phineas Gage, etc., even if they only look at the pictures and captions. Some of the new forensic science titles. Poetry slam books, graphic novels. Pick and choose from YALSA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers: www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/quickpicks . I always figure if the titles I try on them don't work, I just haven't found the right title yet (the eternal optimist). 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>; <childrens.librarians@dc.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:32 AM Subject: HELP HELP HELP > 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: Georgi Sandgren <ivylane3@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: more captain underpants - long MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:57:16 CST Thanks to Elizabeth Murphy for sharing these crazy ideas! Underwear Fair Costumes: Large wild boxers worn over clothes; Giant boxers; Captain Underpants t-shirt Decorations: Clothesline hung with underpants, union suit, pantaloons... Books: Brown. Arthur's Underwear Calmenson. Principal's New Clothes London. Froggy Gets Dressed Monsell. Underwear! Munch. The Snowsuit Pilkey. Adventures of Captain Underpants, etc. Pochocki. Rosebud and Red Flannel Weeks. Mrs McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash Online Adventures of Captain Underpants; www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/home.htm. Jokes: (tape to underwear) Q. What does lightening wear beneath its clothes? A. Thunderwear! Q. What do you call Australian boxer shorts? A. Down-underwear! Q. When is a storm cloud not fully dressed? A. When it's only in its thunderwear! Puppet: Monkey in Underpants "I see London, I see France, I see Monkey's underpants!"(elizabeth) Magic: Underwear and Scarves (Devo) Magic Change bag: White undies in with food, tie-dyed undies out.(elizabeth) Music: "Big Underwear" from Joe Scruggs' Ants (nancy) Song: Who Put the Underwear in Mrs Murphy's Chowder? (see other document in file) with chowder pot and boxers (devo) Song: Put Your Underwear on Your Head (see other document in file) Song: I Went to the Underwear Fair (see other document in file) (props: socks, skunk puppet, long johns, flowered nightgown) Song: I Don't Care for Underwear (from Nelson's Worlds Best Funny Songs) I don't care for underwear, I just use underoos. I don't care for underwear, I just use underoos. Poem: Sad Underwear (by Judith Viorst) Knock, knock. Who's there? Someone with sad underwear. How can that be? When my best friend's mad at me, Everything is sad. Even my underwear. Games Mad Lib- Captain Underpants vs the Evil Monster (see other document in file) Hand cards out to pairs of kids, and write with marker on the big chart. Say "Underwear" ten times fast. (after reading "Underwear") Give yourself a "wedgie" Underwear Boxing Ring - Cut out photocopy of underwear and decorate it. Sit along the side of the shower curtain "ring" and put your paper underwear in the middle. Everyone grabs a fan and furiously fans the underwear until they blow out of the ring. Last person with underwear in the ring wins. Underwear toss - tack a pair of big boxers to a basket ball hoop and shoot baskets through it. Shoot baskets through the glow-in-the-dark toilet seat (devo) Underwearball - Stuff a pair of printed briefs and sew the openings shut. Play basketball or soccer with the underwearball. Concentration/sorting - match overturned pictures of socks, ts and boxers.(nancy) Relay race-two teams line up they must jump into circle (tape on floor) dress in pantaloons (devo has) huge t-shirt and socks undress and tag the next person first line completed wins (stickers) (devo) Crafts Decorate cardstock socks, t-shirts and boxers Emperor's new clothes file folder craft (ask Ann) Captain Underpant's Diaper Maze (elizabeth) Name-Change-O-Chart (see other document in file) Captain Underpants Poster to color (devo) Captain Underpants Paper Airplane (devo) Shower curtain cape - Cut shower curtain liner into fourths (or eighths). Thread yarn along one end and leave enough yarn for tying around neck. Decorate with stickers.(devo) Boo Boo Bob - Every super hero needs a sidekick- fill one boys tube sock with wildlife corn (deer corn) close with rubberband decorate with face and cut top into strips for hair. When this is heated in microwave it retains heat and can be used to help boo boos. (devo) More Songs: Silk Pajamas (tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic) We wear our silk pajamas in the summer when it's hot. And we wear our woolen undies in the winter when it's not. And sometimes in the spring and sometimes in the fall We hop between the covers with nothing on at all. Glory, glory what's it to you Glory glory what's it to you, Glory glory what's it to you, We hop between the covers with nothing on at all. Boom Boom Ain't it Great Bought me a pair of combination underwear Guaranteed not to rip or tear. Wore 'em three months without hesitation. Couldn't get them off because I lost the combination1 Boom boom ain't it great to be crazy? Boom boom ain't it great to be crazy? Silly and foolish the whole day through, Boom boom ain't it great to be crazy? Floatin' Down the Delaware (tune: Great Big Gobs of Greasy...) There goes Arthur floatin down the Delaware Holes in his underwear, Couldn't find another pair. Three weeks later bitten by a polar bear. Poor old polar bear died. More Ideas from Pubyac: The best part was the underwear flinging (how far can you snap a pair of white and cottony underpants?). I also made a talking toilet from a garbage can and cardboard, which they aimed underwear into, much like basketball...We had fun making up new names, eating weird food (toxic slime kruppcakes, and anti-evil-zombie-nerd juice) and talking about Dav Pilkey and the series. Captain Underpants is immensely popular here. One of our regular young patrons suggested that we needed to have a program just for the 'Captain' so we decided why not? It was a BLAST! After the kids arrived the first order of business was to have them fill out nametags, with their 'new and improved' names'. We made three charts from the model in the book (bk. 1 I think) and had the kids find their new names, (which we called them by for the duration of the program!) they also had goofy glasses they had to wear. We then divided the kids in to 2 teams the 'Georges' and the 'Harolds', (the Georges had neck ties so we could tell the teams apart) We and played several games. The first one was 'How Far Can You Fling'? The kids had to fling a pair of underpants (like shooting a rubber band) the team with the most flings over 6 feet won. The next contest was the 'Toilet Jammer' where the kids had to toss underpants into a couple of homemade 'talking toilets'. After the games we took a break with some "Anti Evil Zombie Nerd Juice" (rootbeer) and Green slime cupcakes. While they were eating we tested their Captain Underpants knowledge with some trivia q's. After this they had one more contest, we had printed a 'cafeteria menu' on a large piece of paper and had the kids rearrange the letters to spell goofy stuff. We sent them home with blank booklets so they could make their own comic books and plenty of handouts of how to draw Captain U. P. and flip o'rama We also displayed other Pilky titles and had his web site up and running on thecomputers. 50 kids registered for this event and we even took 6 extra! Like I said it was a blast! I just thought I'd share it with you all! :) More (2/03) We began by writing our new names on yellow Ellison stars, using the charts in the books. My name was Booger Diaper Chunks (I have to admit I didn't wear it- I wimped out). We then did a madlib from either Dav Pilkey's website or the Scholastic one (I'm at home typing this)- I used those sources for most of the handouts. There were three other stations- superhero masks made from fun foam, 3-D hypno-rings also made from fun foam (idea from the Feb. issue of Family Fun magazine), and a table of handouts and Captain Underpants books. Probably the highlight of the day was the Underwear Fling. We had a contest where everyone shot boys' white briefs as far as they could, using their thumbs in the elastic to shoot them like rubber bands. I put pieces of masking tape on the carpet to show how far they shot. The winner got the first Extra Crunchy Book of Fun. The winner of the Trivia Contest at the end of the program got the second Extra Crunchy Book of Fun. We had green slime (icing) cupcakes and anti-evil zombie nerd juice (lemonade). I have to admit that Captain Underpants really put me off when it first came out. But I've seen how children (especially boys) really love the series, and I'm of the "anything that gets kids reading is good" school. So far, I've had no complaints. Captain Underpants vs. the Evil Monster Mad Lib One day in Science class, Mr. _____________ accidentally spilled some 1(funny name) _________________ _______________ on a pile of ____________________. 2 (gross adjective) 3 (liquid) 4 (things) Suddenly, the pile morphed into a/an ________________ _________________ 5 (adjective) 6(noun) that ate all the ________________. "Help!" cried ______________________. 7 (school supplies) 8 (name) Instantly, Captain Underpants seemed to ______________ through the wall. 9 (verb) He grabbed a ______________ ______________ and ________________ 10 (adjective) 11 (noun) 12 (verb) the monster on its _________________. "Ouch!" said the monster, and it picked 13 (body part) up some ________________ ________________ and tried to _____________ 14(adjective) 15 (liquid) 16 (verb) it at Captain Underpants. The mixture splashed on Captain Underpants' ________________ and turned him back into the Science teacher. The 17 (body part) ________________ monster managed to ______________ and went to 18 (adjective) 19 (verb) ________________ and lived for ___________________. 20 (place) 21 (length of time) THE END 1. ________________________ (funny name: Bozo, Knock-Knock, Banana) 2. ________________________ (gross adjective: slimy, smelly, seething) 3. ________________________ (liquid: gasoline, juice, shampoo) 4. ________________________ (things: rocks, cookies, boxcars) 5. ________________________ (adjective: cuddly, flaming, tasty) 6. ________________________ (noun: encyclopedia, pillow, diaper) 7. ________________________ (school supplies: notebooks, erasers, jump ropes) 8. ________________________ (name: SpongeBob, Britney, Scooby-Do) 9. ________________________ (verb: blink, read, cook) 10.________________________ (adjective: noisy, stretchy, pink) 11.________________________ (noun: tractor, house, flower) 12.________________________ (verb: cry, dance, throw) 13.________________________ (body part: eyeball, toenail, hip) 14.________________________ (adjective: happy, grouchy, striped) 15.________________________ (liquid: milk, Pepsi, mud) 16.________________________ (verb: crawl, paint, wiggle) 17.________________________ (body part: knee, elbow, belly button) 18.________________________ (adjective: hairy, blue, thirsty) 19.________________________ (verb: play, think, roller skate) 20.________________________ (place: Atlantis, Saturn, San Antonio) 21.________________________ (length of time: one second, three weeks, a thousand years) (the name change-o-chart was printed in three columns on one sheet of paper) Professor Poopypant's Name-Change-O-Chart 2000 Write your new name here: _________________ _________________ _________________ First letter of your First Name: A - Stinky B - Lumpy C - Buttercup D - Gidget E - Crusty F - Greasy G - Gluffy H - Cheeseball I - Chim-Chim J - Poopsie K - Flunky L - Booger M - Pinky N - Zippy O - Goober P - Doofus Q - Slimy R - Loopy S - Snotty T - Falafel U - Dorky V - Squeezit W - Oprah X - Skipper Y - Dinky Z - Zsa-Zsa First letter of your Last Name: A - Diaper B - Toilet C - Giggle D - Bubble E - Girdle F - Barf G - Lizard H - Waffle I - Cootie J - Monkey K - Potty L - Liver M- Banana N - Rhino O - Burger P - Hamster Q - Toad R - Gizzard S - Pizza T - Gerbil U - Chicken V - Pickle W - Chuckle X - Tofu Y - Gorilla Z - Stinker Second letter of your Last Name A - Head B - Mouth C - Face D - Nose E - Tush F - Breath G - Pants H - Shorts I - Lips J - Honker K - Butt L - Brain M - Tushie N - Chunks O - Hiney P - Biscuits Q - Toes R - Buns S - Fanny T - Sniffer U - Sprinkles V - Kisser W - Squirt X - Humperdinck Y - Brains Z - Juice Songs: I Went to the Underwear Fair (tune: Animal Fair) I went to the Underwear Fair, The boxers and briefs were there. The fancy nightgown Was out on the town With flowers in her hair. The socks, they really stunk. They hid in the longjohn's trunk. The longjohn sneezed And the socks got squeezed, And that was the end of the skunk, the skunk, the skunk, the skunk... (pull skunk puppet out of socks) Put Your Underwear on Your Head (tune: If You're Happy and You Know It) Put your underwear on your toe, on your toe. Put your underwear on your toe, on your toe. Put your underwear on your toe, and swing it to and fro. Put your underwear on your toe, on your toe. Put your underwear on your knee, on your knee. Put your underwear on your knee, on your knee. Put your underwear on your knee, and stroke it lovingly, Put your underwear on your knee, on your knee. Put your underwear on your tummy, on your tummy. Put your underwear on your tummy, on your tummy. Put your underwear on your tummy, doesn't that underwear taste yummy Put your underwear on your tummy, on your tummy. Put your underwear on your head, on your head. Put your underwear on your head, on your head. Put your underwear on your head, boy, your face is really red. Put your underwear on your head, on your head. Put your underwear on your nose, on your nose. Put your underwear on your nose, on your nose. Put your underwear on your nose, no, that's not where it goes! Put your underwear on your nose, on your nose. Put your underwear on your rear, on your rear. Put your underwear on your rear, on your rear. Put your underwear on your rear, now make it disappear, Put your underwear on your rear, on your rear. Who Put the Underwear in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? Mrs. Murphy gave a party Just about a week ago. Everything was plentiful, The Murphy's they're not slow. They treated us like gentlemen We tried to act the same; If it weren't for what happened... Well it was a doggoned shame. When Mrs. Murphy dished the chowder out She fainted on the spot. She found a pair of underwear At the bottom of the pot! McGinty he got roaring mad, His eyes were bulging out. He jumped onto the piano And loudly he did shout, "Who threw the underwear in Mrs. Murphy's chowder?" Nobody spoke, so he shouted all the louder, "It's a rotten trick that's true I can lick the drip that threw The underwear in Mrs. Murphy's chowder." They dragged them out from the soup And laid them on the floor. Each man swore upon his life He'd never seen them before. They were plastered up with mortar And had patches, ah me. They'd had their many ups and downs As we could plainly see. And when Mrs. Murphy she came to, She b'gan to cry and pout. She'd put them in the wash pot that day And forgot to take them out. McGinty he excused himself For what he said that night . So we put the words to music and sang With all our might: "Who threw the underwear? In Mrs. Murphy's chowder?" Nobody spoke so we shouted all the louder: "It's a rotten trick that's true and we'll lick the drip that threw The underwear in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder." ===== 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: "Patricia Ferrell" <pferrell@kcls.org> To: "Pubyac@Prairienet.Org \(E-mail\)" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Children's Magazines Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:10:15 CST Hi- we need to replace a children's magazine that has ceased = publication: Soccer Jr. we already have Sports Illustrated for Kids, = Boys Life, Discovery Girls, and Kids Discover. Any ideas for a sports = related replacement for this magazine for 3-5th graders. Not a YA = magazine. =20 Thanks, Patricia Ferrell Children's Librarian Kirkland Library King County Library System 425-822-2459 pferrell@kcls.org ------------------------------ From: "Jennifer Lindsey" <jlindsey@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: STUMPER: Dying and death of a sibling Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:10:33 CST Hi Everyone, I have a patron who has a baby who has a rare and fatal disease and she would like a picture book or something short that she could read to her two other young daughters about the death of a sibling. She would also a book that deals with the impending death of a child/sibling. I have been able to find some general books about death and dying, but most of the specific ones I have been able to locate generally deal with a pet or grandparent. Thanks in advance, Jenn Lindsey jlindsey@libraryweb.org Jennifer L. Lindsey Children's Librarian Chili Public Library Rochester, NY 14624 jlindsey@libraryweb.org ------------------------------ From: Lisa Jean Philips <philipsl@metronet.lib.mi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:10:51 CST Hi everybody: This is an old book my husband remembers having read to him in the mid-sixties called Santiago. The main character is a boy and it's set in a time of warfare (in Santiago, Chile?) and the boy sees or hears gunfire on his way home. It was written for 4th to 6th graders. Anybody remember? Please respond to philipsl@farmlib.org Thank you so much!! Lisa Philips **************************************************************************** *** Lisa J. Philips Children's Librarian Farmington Community Library 32737 West Twelve Mile Road Farmington Hills, Mi 48334-3302 philipsl@metronet.lib.mi.us "Things are more like they are now than they have ever been." Gerald Ford ------------------------------ From: "Janet Petersen" <jpeterse@fvrl.org> To: "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com>, Subject: Re: books by/about Native Americans MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:11:09 CST This is an issue that's beginning to irritate me too. The last book I read about an Indian tribe, I think the Sioux or some other Plains tribe,was OK as long as they were talking past tense, but when the got to the "Indian life today" section, they had two pictures, one was a young girl riding a horse, and not just any horse a spotted horse, pinto I think, and the other was a Indian man dressed in costume dancing at a pow-wow. Talk about your stereotypes!!! -- FVRL WebMail ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Sent: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:46:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: books by/about Native Americans > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-edited-by: pyowner@pallasinc.com > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:41:03 CST > Reply-To: ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com > Sender: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org > X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.07 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN > > 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 ------- End of Original Message ------- ------------------------------ From: "David Dunderdale" <dunderdave@scbroadband.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Books on a Mother's Love Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:11:27 CST Thanks for the overwhelming response for books on a mother's love for = her child. Here is the list of suggestions I received. You all are the = best. Kim Dunderdale kad7@pitt.edu Alexander, Sue. One More Time, Mama. Anastas Mommy's Best Kisses Andreae, Giles. Heaven is Having You Andreae, Giles Love is a Handful of Honey =20 Appelt, Kathi Oh My Baby, Little One=20 Baker, Liza I Love You Because You're You Bailey, Becky I Love You Rituals (activities) Bauer, Marion Dane. Grandmother's Song.=20 Bauer, Marion Dane. Love Song for a Baby Bauer, Marion Dane The First Thing My Mama Told Me Baynton, Martin.Why Do You Love Me? Berry, Christine. Mama Went Walking. Bertram, Debbie. The Best Place to Read. Bridges, Margaret Park. If I Were Your Mother. Buehner, Caralyn. I Want to Say I Love You Bunting, Eve. Flower Garden. Cannon, A. E. I Know What You Do When I Go to School. Carrick, Carol. Mothers Are Like That. Caseley, Judith. Mama, Coming and Going. Charlip, Remy - Sleepytime Rhyme Chesnut, Sheryl Daane. I'll be There Cohen, Caron Lee. Happy to You! Cooke, Trish So Much Cowen-Fletcher, Jane. Mama Zooms. =20 Cusimano, Maryann K. You Are My I Love You Denton, Kady MacDonald. Would they Love a Lion? =20 Downey, Roma Love is a Family Dunrea, Olivier. It's Snowing. Fearnley, Jan Just Like You Feiffer, Jules. I'm Not Bobby! Fox, Mem Time for Bed French, Vivian. Oh No Anna. Galbraith, Kathryn Osebold Laura Charlotte=20 Geras, Adele My Wishes for You Gibbons, Faye. Mama and Me and the Model T. Gliori, Debbie No Matter What Goode, Diane. Mama's Perfect Present. Gove, Doris. One Rainy Night. Hallinan, P.K. How Do I Love You? Harris, Robie H. Happy Birth Day! Hazen, Barbara Shook Even If I Did Something Awful Hazen, Barbara. Mommy's Office. Hennessy, B. G. A,B,C,D, Tummy, Toes, Hands, Knees. Holabird, Katharine. Alexander and the Magic Boat. Hoopes, Lyn Littlefield - When I was Little Janowitz, Tama. Hear That? Jonell, Lynne. Mom Pie. Josse, Barbara J I Love You The Purplest Joosse, Barbara Mama, Do You Love Me? Kasza, Keiko A Mother for Choco Katz, Karen Counting Kisses Keller, Holly What Alvin Wanted Kerns, Noris I Love You With All My Heart=20 Killion, Bette. Just Think! Kirk, David Little Miss Spider=20 Kotter, Deborah. Arnold Always Answers. Krauss, Ruth You're Just What I Need Kroll, Steven. That Makes Me Mad! Lawler, Janet. If Kisses Were Colors Lewis, Rose I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (adoption) Lucado, Max Just In Case You Ever Wonder Lyon, George Ella. Who Came Down that Road? Lyon, Georges Ella. Mama is a Miner. MacLean, Christine Kole. Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms. Mahy, Margaret. Boom, Baby, Boom, Boom! McBratney, Sam Guess How Much I Love You McCourt, Lisa I Love You Stinky Face=20 McCourt, Lisa. I Miss You, Stinky Face. McCourt, Lisa. It's Time for School, Stinky Face. McKissack, Pat. Ma Dear's Aprons. McMullan, Kate If You Were My Bunny Melmed, Laura Krauss I Love You as Much Miller, Virginia I Love You Just the Way You Are Molk, Laurel Good Job, Oliver! Morris, Ann. The Mommy Book. Morrow Tara Jaye, Mommy Loves Her Baby ; Daddy Loves His Baby Moss, Miriam My Mother is Mine Munch, Robert Love You Forever Neitzel, Shirley. We're Making Breakfast for Mother. Norac, Carl I Love to Cuddle Norac, Carl I love You soMmuch Oram, Hiawyn Let's Do That Again! Peacock, Carol Antoinette. Mommy Far, Mommy Near: an adoption story. Penn, Audrey The Kissing Hand Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse. My Mama Sings. Porter-Gaylord, Laurel I Love My Mommy Because Regan, Dian Curtis. Mommies. Rosselson, Leon. Where's My Mom? Russo, Marisabina. Come Back, Hannah! Russo, Marisabina. Mama Talks Too Much. Rymill, Linda. Good Knight. Schlein, Miriam The Way Mothers Are Schlessinger, Dr. Laura Why do You Love Me? Seymour, Tres. I Love My Buzzard. Scott, Ann Herbert On Mother's Lap Shannon, David No David Smalls-Hector, Irene. Jonathan and His Mommy. Spinelli, Eileen. When Mama Comes Home Tonight. Swanson, Susan Marie The First Thing My Mama Told Me Tobias, Tobi Wishes for You Tedesco, Donna Do You Know How Much I Love You? Thayler, Mike Owly Van Laan, Nancy. Sleep, Sleep, Sleep: a lullaby for little ones around = the World. Waddell, Martin. A Kitten Called Moonlight. Waddell, Martin Good Job, Little Bear Waddell, Martin Owl Babies Waddell, Martin You and Me, Little Bear Waddell, Martin Webster J. Duck Waddell, Martin Who do You Love? Wells, Rosemary Only You Williams, Linda. Horse in the Pigpen. Williams, Vera "More, More, More," said the Baby:Three Love Stories=20 Zolotow, Charlotte. This Quiet Lady. Zolotow, Charlotte. The Seashore Book.=20 ------------------------------ 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 23:11:48 CST Thanks to everyone who suggested STRANGER WITH MY FACE by Lois Duncan. I knew of the book, but didn't realize till I actually looked at it that the heroine is half Navajo. I've phoned my patron and left a message. Thank you! Bonita =============================================================== This was the stumper: 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! 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Best, Hope This announcement is cross posted, but we welcome and appreciate your efforts to inform other colleagues. --=20 Hope Kandel Director, Library and Information Services LearningTimes, LLC http://www.learningtimes.org hope@learningtimes.org Join us in the LearningTimes Library Online Community: http://home.learningtimes.net/library Basic Free Membership Now Available =A0 ------------------------------ From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Pubyac: Help Help Help Compilation Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:12:26 CST Hey Yaccers, Thanks for responding. Walter Dean Myers was a the most reccomended author and Graphic Novels were a top pick as well. Here is what you guys had to say. Thanks again!!! 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 I'm at home right now and don't have my lists handy but I can think of one title you might want to include. Bud, not Buddy I actually don't know what the subject really should be as it was blank on my screen, but...I guessed! Some authors (that you probably already have on your list) that might be good and that are popular with guys around here: Walter Dean Myers S. E. Hinton Will Hobbs Roland Smith Julius Lester Caroline Cooney Carl Deuker Lemony Snicket If they like the fantasy side of things (though from your description, doesn't sound like they would, but you never know!): J. K. Rowling, Diane Dwane, T. A. Barron, Brian Jacques, Susan Cooper Don't know if any will fit the bill. Good luck. I look forwrd to your list! By the way, I always have to look twice when I see posts from you; when I was going to library school a few years ago, a secretary at the bank at which I worked was Wanda Jones, too! I actually don't know what the subject really should be as it was blank on my screen, but...I guessed! Some authors (that you probably already have on your list) that might be good and that are popular with guys around here: Walter Dean Myers S. E. Hinton Will Hobbs Roland Smith Julius Lester Caroline Cooney Carl Deuker Lemony Snicket If they like the fantasy side of things (though from your description, doesn't sound like they would, but you never know!): J. K. Rowling, Diane Dwane, T. A. Barron, Brian Jacques, Susan Cooper Don't know if any will fit the bill. Good luck. I look forwrd to your list! I think that you might wish to concentrate on booktalking 5-10 really powerful books that you and they could get excited about. A list would be a good follow up but I think that this population isn't oriented to exploring books on their own via a list. I'm sorry I don't have time to make specific suggestions - but let's see - how about some of the books by walter dean myers or some real gritty YA books? Josh They go for: Graphic novels True crime Love poems Anything by Walter Dean Myers (or his son) Black poetry anthologies Mary Ann Gilpatrick, who used to work at Chicago Public Library Walla Walla Public Library Hi Wanda, Almost anything by Walter Dean Myers would be a good choice for the teens - specifically Handbook for Boys, Monster and Slam. Of course, Holes should be a good choice. Other possibilities might include - Son of the Mob by Coleman, The Chocolate War by Cormier, The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. I hope that this helps. Terri Elder Birmingham Public Library Youth Department What about Walter Dean Myers titles such as Monster, Slam, and Bad Boy? Also anything about Tupac is popular here. Did you ask them what titles they like? Some of them may also like anything about Hip-hop singers and compilations of urban legends. I told an urban legend at a local high school this Fall and had a tough looking African-American male come in asking for the book it was from. Unfortunately I'd heard it from a colleague. Hope this is helpful. Do you have a graphic novel collection? A similar group coming here really liked our GN collection, especially the superhero comics. They were also impressed by the books on monster trucks, motorcycles, and martial arts... Becky Ann Smith Youth Services Librarian Maniac Magee, Spinelli Wringer, Spinelli Night John, Paulsen Love That Dog, Creech Ender's Game, Card I would just put together a list of good YA books, not paying attention to any special interests. I wuold highly recommend the following authors: Walter Dean Myers (Slam! is one of my favorites) Jacqueline Woodson (especially Miracle's Boys) Sharon Draper (Forged By Fire, etc.) Jess Mowry (esp. Babylon Boyz) Nikki Grimes (esp. Bronx Masquerade) ...and there's always Tupac Shakur's book of poetry-- The Rose the Grew from Concrete. Hope these help. Teenage boys, especially black, are harder to please because of the competition: video games, music videos, girls, sports... Here's a start: YA BOOKS Cather in the Rye-Salinger Outsiders-Lipsyte Go Ask Alice-Sparks Deathwatch-White Killing Mr. Griffin-Duncan Running Loose-Crutcher The Moves Make the Man-Brooks Fallen Angels-Myers Calling Home-Cadnum Whirligig-Fleischman Gold Dust-Lynch The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer-Paulsen My Brother Sam is Dead-Collier Black Boy-Wright Native Son-Wright Johnny Got His Gun-Trumbo Hard Love-Wittlinger House of Stairs- ADULT BOOKS Donald Goings(all the books are awesome-read "Dopefiend" first) Thieves Paradise-Eric Jerome Dickey Also, here's a great website for teen booklists from Skokie Public Library: http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_teens/tn_books/ Not African American characters but high energy and popular with my middle school into high school nephews are the Will Hobbs books, Far North was read in two days by a cousin whose mother promptly called for a list of titles since it was the first non assigned reading he'd touched all year, and the Horowitz Point Blank and Stormbreaker, there is a third as well that may or may not have been released yet. Try nonfiction as well as a highschool student that's all my husband would read and all my nephew wants to read now . There are some great extreme sports books out there and the new Gary Paulsen How Angel ??? got his name. Julie Rines They may like the books by Sharon Draper, especially Tears of a Tiger and Forged by Fire. Both have male African-American main characters. Tears of a Tiger deals with a group of teens reactions to a friend dying in a car accident. Forged by Fire contains the story of one of the characters and deals with overcoming child abuse. For over a year now, we've had teens from our local Juvenile Detention Center come in. I am always suprised with the wide variety of books they choose. Many like fantasy or series like Pendragon by D.J. MacHale or Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan. But just this month, I was also helping a couple of the guys find books from World War II POWs. One kid really like biographies of singers/rock stars. So when thinking of books to present to them don't forget the non-fiction. Hope this helps and good luck! Susan Wells I was at a mock awards discussion yesterday, and many people had good things to say about Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson. I also always like most anything by Walter Dean Myers. I don't know how old these young men are, but they may be interested in titles by Donald Goines or Iceberg Slim. A new book on Tupac also recently came out. Graphic novels, fantasy, sci-fi and/or horror might be good genres. Good luck. For a while, I was sending collections of books to the same type of group that you describe. This group was incarcerated and in a school program. Their reading levels were below their age, but they wanted stuff that they would be interested in. I used to send them stuff on cars, sports, dangerous weather (tornadoes, etc), dangerous animals (sharks, snakes), dogs (especially pit bulls, dobermans, german shepherds), very little fiction, but if you have it, high interest/low reading level stuff. I had to be careful not to send anything with guns in it, but your group might be interested in that (history of guns, that sort of thing). Eyewitness books would be good, anything visual. They also wanted magazines on current events, sports, and cars. Hope this helps! I highly recommend _Life is So Good_ by George Dawson and _The Autobiography of Malcolm X_. They're both inspiring and appeal to African-American youth. Erin Gaines Youth Outreach Librarian Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher is an awesome book, also Walter Dean Myers, Slam, Monster, The Dream Bearer, The Beast, Handbook for Boys, It ain't all for nothin', Bad Boy, Patrol and many more. Good luck, Melissa, Carver, MA You may want to put some non-fiction on that list. The teen boys in my area are big fans of anything relating to cars, movies, sports and photography. Also, graphic novels are popular. Good Luck, Theresa Maturevich Children's Librarian Two suggestions: Babylon Boyz by Mowry and Monster by Myers. Paula Lefkowitz Hi Wanda, Since I am not sure what books you showed them, I am just going to recommend some that they might like that you could make a book display for them to browse: **The Rose that Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur **The Beast, Fallen Angels, Hoops, The Glory Field, Monster, Slam, 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers **Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall **The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Sampson, Jenkins, and Hunt (excellent non-fiction book that shows that dreams do come true) Goat: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper by Aaron McGruder Right to Be Hostile: A Boondocks Treasury by Aaron McGruder **You Hear Me: Poems and Writings by Teenage Boys -- Betsy Franco, editor Aaliyah: more than a Woman by Christopher John Farley A Way Out of Now Way, Writings about growing up black in America -- Jacqueline Woodson, editor **Tears of A Tiger, Forged by Fire and Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon Draper Babylon Boyz by Jess Mowry The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake **Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes (novel in verse) The Vibe Historry of Hip Hop Concrete Candy by Apollo Life is Funny by E.R. Frank If You Come Softly and Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Harry Potter by JK Rowling ** -- These have been popular with teens at my branch Hope these help, DeAnza Williams Young Adult Librarian Nashville Public Library ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1291 *************************
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