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Topics covered in this issue include: 1) books on gender diversity by Anne Hawley <alhawley2000@yahoo.com> 2) TEETH VERSES by "Robinson, Joanne E." <JRobinson@ptlibrary.org> 3) Programs for 1-4 Grades by "Richard Erikson" <rerikson@rla.lib.il.us> 4) Saint Patrick's Day by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com> 5) Snacks Program by MEUCHEL Aimee D <Aimee.D.Meuchel@ci.eugene.or.us> 6) Promoting SRPs in schools by Cheryl Brown <cheryllibrarian@yahoo.com> 7) Booklist for a "Pleaser" by Mary Gilbert <m.gilbert@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us> 8) Book suggestions by Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us> 9) Book Buddies Compilation (LONG) by "Neville, Katrina" <kneville@sdcounty.ca.gov> 10) Re: Library policy on touching children by Larry & Tania Guyer <theguyers@pacbell.net> 11) junie b jones party idea compilation by "ChildDesk2" <frederam@oplin.org> 12) stumper high flying pinky by "Patricia Jones" <pjones@zblibrary.org> 13) Paging Ann Adkesson by "Chris Gibrich" <library_groupie@hotmail.com> 14) Word Game Books by "Suzanne F. Steiger" <ssteiger@tln.lib.mi.us> 15) Tell Congress to Restore Reader Privacy Today! by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Anne Hawley <alhawley2000@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: books on gender diversity Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:49:53 CST We have a patron at the library who is taking a class and is looking for any picture book published in the last 10 years that that shows gender diversity. Example: a book where the carpenter is a female. Does any one have suggestion? ------------------------------ From: "Robinson, Joanne E." <JRobinson@ptlibrary.org> To: "Pubyac (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: TEETH VERSES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:50:09 CST We have lost our list of the cute verses about teeth that was posted = not long ago. I the person who posted it still has it, would you be = willing to send it to jrobinson@ptlibrary.org. Thanks-my assistant will = be most grateful! Joanne Robinson Children's Librarian Peters Township Public Library 616 E. McMurray Rd. McMurray, PA 15317 jrobinson@ptlibrary.org ------------------------------ From: "Richard Erikson" <rerikson@rla.lib.il.us> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Programs for 1-4 Grades Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:50:23 CST Greetings I'm a newly minted youth librarian and am trying to fill a gap between toddler-storytime and YA teens. What type of programs have you has success with for the=20 1st-4th grade group? What type of outreach has been best received? Your thoughts are appreciated Thanks Rich Erikson Round Lake Area Library rerikson@rla.lib.il.us ------------------------------ From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Saint Patrick's Day MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:50:38 CST does anyone have any good ideas for a St. Patty's Day program for kids 5-12? i'll compile and post if you send directly to jbaker93711@yahoo.com TIA, ~j. ===== ~jenniferbaker fresno co. public library "I may not be an explorer or an adventurer or a treasure seeker or a gun fighter Mr. O' Connell, but I am proud of what I am." "And what is that?" "I am a librarian!" ~ Evelyn, The Mummy ------------------------------ From: MEUCHEL Aimee D <Aimee.D.Meuchel@ci.eugene.or.us> To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Snacks Program Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:50:55 CST I'm doing a program for 7-11 year-olds to teach them easy to make (no sharp objects or stovetops) after-school snacks. If you have done a program similar to this and have any suggestions, I would love to hear them. Please respond to me off list. Thank you, Aimee Aimee Meuchel Youth Services Librarian Eugene Public Library Eugene, OR 97401 (541) 682-8480 ------------------------------ From: Cheryl Brown <cheryllibrarian@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Promoting SRPs in schools Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:51:11 CST Hi everyone...I am looking for advice on promoting a SRP in the local schools, specifically a school that covers K through 6th grade. Would you recommend doing assemblies with multiple grades or each classroom separately? Besides talking up the program do you usually storytell, booktalk, read or something else? Should I be doing bulletin boards? the morning in-school radio announcements? Any creative ideas that have worked for you would be great. I am looking for the most "bang for my buck." I would appreciate any helpful hints or good resources on the topic! You can email me directly at cheryllibrarian@yahoo.com. I'll post all the responses at a later date for other new-to-summer-reading librarians. Thanks!! Cheryl Brown email: cheryllibrarian@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Mary Gilbert <m.gilbert@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Booklist for a "Pleaser" Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:51:24 CST Thanks to everyone who suggested reading for a 4th grade girl who's identity is wrapped up in trying to please adults and peers. Here's the compilation from the wonderfully speedy responses. Titles for 4th grader about being a "Pleaser" I know this probably isn't quite what you had in mind, but have you thought of C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe? Lucy is a very strong character, and she has confidence in herself in spite of the lack of her brother Edmund's support. I always found her to be a great role model, in that and in the later books. The Word Eater by Mary Amato Life is miserable for sixth-grade Lerner Chanse at her new school, when she accidentally discovers that her pet worm Fip eats paper -- and with startling results!. Try "The Changeling" by Zilpha Keatly Snyder. It's about a girl from a very conforming family who discovers herself and her own strengths through friendship. The title that leaps to mind is Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements. It has been a while since I read it, and if you look at the subject headings it mentions nothing about peer pressure and the like. But the main character, Jenny, does grow a backbone--from following the rest of her class (not liking the new overweight girl in their class) to becoming her friend--and the rest of the class follows her lead. It's a good book, and if the patron likes the characters, there are other books featuring them. Would Winnie Dancing on Her Own by Jennifer Richard Jacobson fit the bill? How about the Judy Blume books such as Blubber and others by her? The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss is more about cliques, but that's the closest I could come up with! Definitely appropriate for the age group also. I know this is a picture book, but the 3rd and 4th graders that come to the public library for their school library service love this book: Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, and it is definitely about self-confidence and peer pressure in a humorous picture format. Did you try checking in Great books for girls by Kathleen Odean. It is a subject bibliography I saw recently at my library and it had a lot of books that seem like they might fit your need. This is a picture book, so I don't know if it is too young - But I DID read it to a 3rd/4th grade class and they loved it, while they also got the message to be true to yourself - A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon. How about 'Too Nice' by Marjorie Pellegrino It's about a 4th grader girl. "Cat that could spell Mississippi" by Hawkins. Sensible Kate is a classic. Dealing with Dragons and Ella Enchanted are two great modern books. Loser by Spinelli - here in ct it is a contender for the nutmeg award - i know you'd like a girl as the main character but this story is so middle-school it's classic and the boy in the story really works for both sexes. You might try "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli or "Lizzie at Last" by Claudia Mills. These are about girls who try to conform and learn it is better to just be themselves. 'Sahara special' by Esme Raji Codell - a real treasure - Bunting, Eve - Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance Jackson, Alison - Crane's Rebound Schubert, Ulli - Harry's got a Girlfriend! -- Mary Gilbert Children's Services St. Joseph County Public Library South Bend, IN ------------------------------ From: Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Book suggestions MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:51:38 CST Hi Guys-- I just had a pregnant mom come in looking for books she could red with/to her preschool/elementary aged kids about the baby that will be arriving in several months. When I did a search in our catalog only about 5 books came up and they were --incredibly-- dated. I'm realizing that I need to update this area of our collection -- I've been at my library for about a year and have had this question a few times, so its time. I'm hoping that someone out there has suggestions for books or even search terms to use in looking for books. I looked at amazon but my searches seemed to only bring up books for expectant mothers about pregnany -- nothing on how to approach the topic with kids. I'm looking for something with a bit of the mechanics (not focusing on conception, but rather what's going on inside of mom). Thanks so much! Erika Erika Burge Children's Librarian Cedarburg Public Library W63 N583 Hanover Avenue Cedarburg, WI 53012 ------------------------------ From: "Neville, Katrina" <kneville@sdcounty.ca.gov> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Book Buddies Compilation (LONG) content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:51:55 CST Hi all, Thank you, THANK YOU! to everyone who wrote (and called!) to share your = thoughts, experiences and suggestions on Book Buddies. As you will see, = there have been a variety of responses. I will definitely need some = more time to come up with a plan for my library, but so many of you = asked that I post the responses that I wanted to get them back to you = ASAP! So, without further ado: As a matter of fact, we have just gone through our first season of a = program like "Book Buddies" and are embarking upon our second starting = this weekend. This program was initiated at our library by 3 senior Girl = Scouts who wanted to undertake a community project. They have a very = involved adult leader who is committed to this program and is in regular = contact with us. They call it "Teen Read", (somewhat misleading because = the teens are listeners and the children read to them, but that title = does get teens' attention). The scouts solicite high school volunteers = at various area schools to agree to meet once a week on either a = Saturday or Sunday at the library with a grade school buddy for half and = hour for 6 consecutive weeks. The scouts also send letters to the = participating elementary schools soliciting children who need the extra = reading practice. We have a poster advertising the pro! gram in the = Children's Department of the library as well. Beginning one weekend, the = teens are invited to come into the library to sign up for time slots (a = chart is made up that they can fill in), and the next weekend parents = are invited to begin signing up their children for times that match with = the available volunteers. The teen volunteers and the parents are both = given letters explaining the program with blanks to fill in the day and = time they've committed to. They are both given each other's contact = information, and then it's up to them to fulfill their commitment or get = in touch with their buddy if they have a problem. They also have the = nubmer of the scout leader. The library provides the space for them to = meet and facilitates the sign-ups and the sign-ins. We don't go chasing = down partners who haven't shown up, though we do have the people who = show up sign in. The Girl Scouts pick up the weekly sign-in sheets, = evaluate the program and contac! t people as need be. The first session = (last fall) we scheduled only o ne volunteer per half hour over a 6-hour = period on Saturdays and over a 2 1/2 hour period on Sundays. This spring = session, we are shooting for 2 volunteers per half hour because there = were so many more children who wanted reading buddies than we had = matches for. The program was praised by the participating parents, and = the scout leader pledged to continue it indefinitely, on her own, if = need be, as a community volunteer.=20 I'll be glad to answer any further questions or put you in touch with = someone who can.=20 Vicki Brostrom Children's Services Supervisor Brookfield Public Library 1900 N. Calhoun Road Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 796-6663 Fax: (262) 796-6670 brostrom@ci.brookfield.wi.us ~~~~ I started a Book Buddies program last September. One day during the = summer, a high school junior as if her service group could read to kids = afterschool. This was the push I needed to start a program that I had = been thinking of doing. I told her I couldn't limit the program to = members in just her service group. I had several terrific teens who had = volunteered during my SRP that I wanted to include. We scheduled an orientation meeting for September 16 3:30pm I was = shocked when 20 teens came?I do not have a Teen Advisory Board-yet! I = had asked a reading specialist from the school district to join us. She = gave tips on peer tutoring. I focused on how the program would run and = selecting books which younger kids would enjoy. I also showed them the = pop-up books and larger puppets which they could use which do not = circulate. I had a sign-up sheet for 4 teens/day. It included a place for parents = to sign-up the younger kids. We also took drop-ins. I was surprised at = how well the program went. Our first "trial session" ran from September 22- November 19. The = staff, teens, patrons & I agreed to continue the program. I had the second Book Buddies meeting on Jan 12. Only 8 of my regulars = came to munch on Oreos and sign-up for times. More trickled in during = the week. I have mainly high school students plus two teams from the = local middle school. This time, my sign-up sheets were for a max of 3 = teens/day. I dropped the parent sign-ups since we were mainly getting = drop-ins. Of course, this session I have had more parents ask for peer = tutoring-so I just write their child's name next to a volunteer's. I am surprised at how well this program is working! Once the teens are = give basic training they take care of the program. The come in, get a = Book Buddies badge, spend 1 =BD hours in our children' area, and = complete their timesheets. There is one timesheet/volunteer and = includes date, time volunteered, # of kids the worked with, and any = comments. You can see by their faces how much they enjoy working with = the younger kids!=20 My next step is working the program into the Summer Reading Program = since I have two students who wants to do it-but can't because of school = and other activities. After school is so easy to schedule?but the whole = summer-we'll see! Speaking of summer and teens, for the past 3 years I = have had teens do my Summer Storytimes. They are great. They can do = the program alone or with a friend. I give a 2 hour workshop on a Sat = morning in June which covers the do's, don'ts, and selection and = presentation of materials. Some of my Book Buddies have already agreed = to take the workshop. If you have any questions or comments?please e-mail. I would also like = to hear your experiences. Mary Goldberg Children's Librarian Camarillo (CA) Library ~~~~ I just started one last weekend. We decided to try Saturday mornings. = It has been a huge success. Over 60 children came. Pre-registration was required though 14 just showed up. We have 16 volunteers. Each has a = child for 30 minutes. We are pairing them up for the 9 week session. Don't = know how it all will work out. Can let you know at the end. Hope this helps. Gail VanVranken Youth Services Librarian * Torrance Public Library North Torrance Branch Library 3604 W. Artesia Blvd. Torrance, CA 90504 (310) 323-7200 x 108 ~~~~ I have not seen any of the other posts; however, we did do this last = summer for the SRP (my first summer as a teen librarian) and here is my = take on the process: Is this best done on a drop-in basis, or is it better to pair up =3D=20 volunteers with specific children with whom they can make appointments = =3D=20 for help? ANS: We did a drop-in style pairing-up for one hour on a Thursday morning. = The sign up for the program was on the children's SRP sign-up sheet and = also on the teen SRP sign-up sheet. Needless to say I had many! more = sign-ups in the toddler set than the teenage set; however, when it came = down to who actually came, the numbers always worked out good. Some days = we put two listeners with one teen (especially when the family of = sextuplets began coming). The only day that went rough was when my = summer help did not show up and I had to run the program by myself. Need = at least two people. Is there a time of day that people are most receptive to participating = =3D=20 in this type of program? ANS: The morning worked well for us because our story times are in the = morning and parents are accustomed to bringing their kids then. It also = gave me the opportunity to schedule the rest of the day with activities = for teens so that parents could drop them off at 10:00 am and not pick = them up until 3:00 or 4:00 pm. (Yu-Gi-Oh!, book clubs, karaoke, movies) Procedure: Two separate daily sign ins; one place for the teens where they could = congregate and socialize until their name was called and one place for = the listeners. At the teen place I put out little reading incentives to give their = listener; bookmarks, etc When parents came in with listeners (we also had older children sign up = to read to a teen - great for parents where reading has become a point = of contention) they had to sign the child in and make a name tag. I used = several sign-in sheets so that after a few names were on the first, I = could take it away and begin pairing while the summer assistant = monitored the second sign-in sheet. On the child sign in sheet I put a few rules for parents: must stay on first floor (short attention spans and not teens = responsibility to chase uninterested parties) That the sign-in gives the library permission to pair their child with a = teen for reading. On the teen sign in sheet there were rules for the teens to adhere to: Must stay with-in children's area. Must physically hand over child to the parent/if cannot find parent/must = hand child over to me. Other obvious stuff. At 10:50 I began the process of telling the teens to wrap up the story = and find parents. As the word-of-mouth grew the program grew as well and everyone loved = it. Some parents that ended up here due to swim lessons being cancelled, = changed the rest of the swim lesson times so the children could come to = the rest of the reading sessions. This summer we are expanding to tutoring using folder games.....for that = we will actually pair people up for a specified time, place, tutor. M. Jeanne Kunzinger Youth Services Coordinator Helen Hall Library 100 West Walker League City, Texas 77573 281-316-3434 ~~~~ I have hosted our libraries book buddies program for the past two years. = We have teens volunteer and come to a training on how you choose books with kids, what to do if someone has an accident or gets sick, what to do if = you are paired up with two buddies one week etc. =20 The problems we have are anywhere from having an extra teen or having to pair teens up with two children. We try and keep volunteer work on hand = if we do not have enough kids that week and we always try and sign up more teens than kids. We ask that they let us know if they will be able to = make it each week but they always forget to let us know.=20 We do limit the number of younger buddies so that we are sure that they = do not have to be double up with a teen to often. We also try and keep = track of what teens did not get paired up and what kids had to share a teen so that those kids do not have to be double up more than once and a teen is never left without a partner every week in a row.=20 I am not sure what size library you have but we are a busy suburban = library and this is the only way we have found this program to successfully work = for our community. I believe it might be easier in a smaller library than = it is for us. Please let me know if I can answer any other questions. We are trying to have a little more Phonemic twist to the fun books and activities we do = as a group each week and we are trying to bring in more non-fiction this year = to give a wider choice of reading material. Molly Meyers Children's Librarian Worthington Public Libraries mmeyers@worthingtonlibraries.org ~~~~ We have a reading buddy program set up with the University of New Hampshire's Education Dept. College students come Tuesday and/or = Thursday to work with kids first through third grade. The college students are = all volunteers and have had a two hour training session through the = university. We require registration and ask the participants to make a commitment to meet with their buddy at through the semester. This session it is from = Feb. 10 to May 6. The first session the kids and tutors are paired up and = they work with the same partners every week. The one difficulty we had was that sometimes one half of the partnership would not make it to the session. Now we encourage the partners to = share phone numbers in case of absence. This has been on of our most popular programs. The parents and the kids love it. You might want to contact your local state university. I believe this program is a federally funded grant as part of the America Reads program given to university's for this kind of tutoring program. Hope this is helpful. Laura C. Matheny Children and Youth Services Librarian Durham Public Library Durham, New Hampshire ~~~~ We've been doing a program similar to book buddies for the last six or seven years now. I would definitely opt for volunteers matched = with specific children over a drop-in program. With a drop-in, you will more often than not end up with more children than volunteers, or more = volunteers than children - and one-on-one works much better if the program is = designed to help the child with reading skills. After a year of trial and error, = we now have two different programs we run during the school year -- for one = the volunteer is matched with a specific elementary school child, and the volunteer and the child's family work out their own schedule. For the second program, we have a set number of volunteers who come to the = library on set evenings. The children sign up to come on that particular night = for 30 minutes of one-on-one help. =20 During the summer, we also match a volunteer with a student to = work on reading skills. The one on one match means that each volunteer can = adjust their weekly meeting to fit their own needs - changing dates and times = as necessary. We found that anything else results in too many missed = meetings and too many "no shows". =20 We currently have about 60 children matched with tutors. We have = found in our community that evening is better for both the volunteer tutors = and the children. With the children, a lot come from homes where both = parents work so they can't get to the library in the afternoon. But we do have = a number of volunteers who meet with kids on the weekend as well. = Everyone meets in the public area of the library - for everyone's safety. =20 Hope this helps. Good luck with your program.=20 Pat Vasilik Children's Coordinator Clifton Public Library Clifton NJ vasilik@palsplus.org ~~~~ Katrina Neville Youth Services Librarian San Diego County Library San Marcos Branch #2 Civic Center Drive San Marcos, CA 92069 t: (760) 891-3000 f: (760) 891-3015 e: kneville@sdcounty.ca.gov ------------------------------ From: Larry & Tania Guyer <theguyers@pacbell.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org, lgoff@lakeline.lib.fl.us Subject: Re: Library policy on touching children MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:52:12 CST I work for a private school library, so our policies would probably vary, but I will tell you this much. At my local public library, there is a security guard. When an unattended child is having a temper tantrum, and a parent isn't around, a staff member will keep an eye on the screaming child, while the security guard looks for the parent. If they can't find the parent within a few minutes, the police is immediately called. Sounds extreme? Maybe, but at least you are legally protected from dunderhead parents who would rather file a complaint than get on their knees and thank their lucky stars someone cared enough to find this errant child's parent. That child could have been abducted, or worse. In the meantime, your library, if they haven't done so already, should file their own report with the local police against the parent, and contact child welfare services. This nervy parent needs a reality check. Tatiana Guyer Library Coordinator Mayfield Junior School Pasadena, CA --- Linda Goff <lgoff@lakeline.lib.fl.us> wrote: > Dear Pubyacers, > I would like to know your library's policy > regarding how to deal > with a child who is running wild or having a tantrum > in the library. > One of our children's librarians had an > unaccompanied, misbehaving > young boy in the children's room. He threw himself > down on the floor > and had a tantrum when she asked him to walk with > her to find his > parent. At this point, she picked the boy up to > take along with her and > the parent filed a complaint. The parent objected > to the young boy > being touched by a stranger. > I am looking for any helpful information to > give to my boss and the > county's lawyer. Please email me personally at > lgoff@lakeline.lib.fl.us > Thank you in advance. > Linda Goff > Youth Services Coordinator > Lake County Library System > ------------------------------ From: "ChildDesk2" <frederam@oplin.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: junie b jones party idea compilation Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:52:29 CST A great big THANK YOU to Penny Bohlen, Richard Bryce and Barb Scott for = sharing their Junie B. Jones party ideas! And here is the requested compilation: *Check out Barb Scott's library website! It has several theme party = ideas in Children's Dept. section: www.bucyrus.lib.oh.us/childrens2.htm **I'm having a Mushy Gushy Junie B party on Feb 12. Some of the things I'm doing are: !. Tic tac toe game using hershey hugs and kisses (part of the snack) Junie favorite game.=20 2."Hearts" Bingo, using conversation candies to cover the numbers. Also part of the snack. Found at http://www.dltk-kids.com/ website 3. making a mushy gushy valentine 4. making a valentine pet mouse from folded heart and left over Christmas candy canes for the tales, use a smaller heart for the ears, more party favors. 5. playing a few red and pink balloon games. Children are back to back sitting on the floor , holding hands by fingertips with a balloon between them. They have to stand up without the balloon popping out or breaking. 6. pass the balloons, over, under , two teams, first person has to run to end of the line, and whichever team goes through all the players first, wins. Make it more have the kids have slippery lotion on their hands. 7. Random house kids http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/ has a Junie B. Jones page, with many downloads. Word searches, and other activities, you will also find Dr Seuss 100 years, my March program for after school grades 2 to 5 Chapter Book Friends. 8. Heart relays, two teams, two sets of large hearts. Children have to get from starting point to end point on a set of heart. Always standing with one foot on a heart, pick up the other heart and place in front, step, step step. If they fall off they have to start over. Lot's of fun. 9. Last game blow a big pink bubble gum bubble contest. Person who wins gets a small box of chocolate candy or and old fruitcake your choice. Hope this helps, Just think of it as a party Junie would like to be at. Then asked the students what to you think Junie would say and do for each event? Penny Bohlen Warrenville Public Library Warrenville, Illinois ***At my Junie B Jones program a few years ago we played, "Junie B Bingo". I made my own bingo board (http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/3/) and put = in characters from the book as well as titles and incidents. I made up = about 10 different cards, but there were some duplicate words on a few cards. = I would pull the word out of a bag but instead of just telling them what = it was, I made a trivia question out of it with the answer being the word. = I thought it would be really quick, but it took almost a half hour before = we got 1 full-card BINGO. =20 Next we got into a circle and I had a big ball of multi-color yarn. We = made up our own Junie B Jones story. I started with the first sentence = (Junie B Jones woke up early Saturday morning...) and threw the yarn to someone = on the other side of me (I held onto one piece, though). She added a = sentence and threw the yarn somewhere else, saving a piece for herself. By the = time we got to the end we had a nice little story and a colorful "story web". = :) Finally, we held a drawing for official Junie B Jones hair-bows that the = pub company sent to us. They also gave us some coloring and find a word = sheets which were run off and distributed to all the attendees. We had too = much fun! Richard Bryce West Milford Township Library bryce@palsplus.org 973-728-2823 ------------------------------ From: "Patricia Jones" <pjones@zblibrary.org> To: "PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" Subject: stumper high flying pinky Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:08:09 CST Hi, all! I have a patron who is looking for a picture book she read with her daughter 5-7 years ago. She cannot remember title or author, but the story is this. A little girl has a pink rubber ball which she calls her "high flying pinky". She irritates all and sundry by bouncing it against walls and such, until it bounces into and old man's yard and he keeps it. The girl then has to get it back. If this rings any bells with you wonderful people, please e-mail me. Pat Jones ------------------------------ From: "Chris Gibrich" <library_groupie@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Paging Ann Adkesson Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:08:25 CST HELP! Evil green gremlins have destroyed my address books, and I'm trying to get ahold of Ann Adkesson at the Barclay Public Library... I'm not ignoring you or have forgotten, I just can't find your email address! :) christie Christie Gibrich ------------------------------ From: "Suzanne F. Steiger" <ssteiger@tln.lib.mi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Word Game Books MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:08:39 CST A 7th grade teacher has asked me for some ideas and I would like to ask my Pubyac friends to brainstorm, please. She is interested in "word game" books--for lack of a better term. She's used William Steig's C D B (see the bee) and C D C (see the sea). She's also used "Yo! Yes" by Chris Raschka where only 30 =- words are used to tell the story. She interested in "different" stories/books. I suggested "Yo, Hungry Wolf!: a nursery rap" by David Vozar. She would like books on Palindromes and Spoonerisms, anything that "plays" with the language or makes them think "outside the box" She's used George Shannon's series of "Stories to Solve" Does anyone have any favorites?? Thank you all in advance. Sue Steiger Wayne County Regional Library for the Blind 30555 Michigan Avenue Westland, MI. 48186 (734) 727-7300 (888) 968-2737 TOLL FREE FAX (734) 727-7333 "TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO AND FEEL THAT IT MATTERS--HOW COULD ANYTHING BE MORE FUN?" -- Katherine Graham ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Tell Congress to Restore Reader Privacy Today! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:08:53 CST OIF, along with the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and other groups, is sponsoring a petition drive to urge our representatives in Congress to support legislation that amends section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. The petitions will be used on National Library Legislation Day in May, when librarians visit their representatives in Washington, D.C. The petition is found at: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/issuesrelatedlinks/alapetition.pdf Please use this petition to collect signatures at your library, and return signed petitions to: Office for Intellectual Freedom American Library Association 50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611 ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1335 *************************
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