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PUBYAC Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5
Today's Topics:
1. RE: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! (Jodi Wingler)
2. Truancy (Amber McCrea)
3. DVD restriction questions (Rebecca Amstutz)
4. Library Rap (Amy Blake)
5. Re: Advice wanted: Comedy Hour for kids (dancing librarian)
6. dr seuss (Michelle Ramsell)
7. Exit Surveys (Kate Mckinney)
9. Rhode Island Children's Book Award (Melody Allen)
10. Stumper Two Chinese Brothers (Patricia Jones)
11. Stumper: Pie Lady (Jacquelyn Caverly)
12. dr seuss question (Michelle Ramsell)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:56:06 -0500
From: "Jodi Wingler" <jwingler@dpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: [PY] RE: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
To: <BetsyS@cityoflafayette.com>,
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
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I and one of my staff are dressing up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 for a
drop-in storytime. We'll also have the good ol' red and white striped
hat that the kids can wear if they want to read to us. We're wearing
red sweatpants and turtlenecks, blue wigs, white face makeup, and using
masking tape to label our shirts as Thing 1 and Thing 2. Here's how our
PR reads: You could not, would not, want to miss a celebration such as
this! Join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of Dr. Seuss. On
March 2nd, from 6-8pm, celebrate Seussentenial with Thing 1 and Thing 2;
you can read to them, or they can read to you!
Have fun everyone!
Jodi J. Wingler, MLS
Danville-Center Township Public Library
-----Original Message-----
From: Betsy Stroomer [mailto:BetsyS@cityoflafayette.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 6:33 PM
To: 'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'
Subject: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Dear PUBYAC friends,
Each year, we celebrate Dr. Seuss in a big way, and this year, his
Seussentennial, will be the biggest bash of all. On Sunday, we've
planned a
big birthday party, including a reader's theater production of Horton
Hears
a Who with several of the roles read by local dignitaries. On Tuesday,
we
are sponsoring an all day read-in and we hope to have readers reading
continuously from when we open at 10:00 a.m. until we close at 9:00 p.m.
I've been a Seuss fan since I was quite small (the Horton stories were
favorites in my family, a tradition that continued when my own son was a
little boy). Every year, at this library, we write a short poem in
Seussian
style to incorporate into our celebration in some way. Here's how we
will
start off our party on Sunday. Please feel free to use it or pass it
along
if you wish.
In honor of the One Hundredth Birthday
Of Theodore Seuss Geisel
March 2, 2004
On the second of March
Way back in aught-four,
(Not this one, but that one -
A century before)
In a family called Geisel
A boy was born - Ted -
A boy with amazing ideas in his head.
And as that boy grew,
Those ideas all got loose,
And he put them in books
And he called himself Seuss.
He took us to places that truly were neat.
Why - the things that he saw there on Mulberry Street!
He imagined us running the circus and zoo.
But he made us think hard
'Bout important things, too -
Like wars and pollution and justice for all,
("A person's a person, no matter how small")
Like being a grown-up, like following through,
He touched us all, somehow, from me on to you.
One hundred years after
That Geisel boy's birth
We still read his books
And we still share his mirth.
And we know that his legions of friends, far and near,
Will make enough noise for the whole world to hear.
(We'll blow "on bazookas and [blast] some great toots
On clarinets, oom-pahs and boom-pahs, and flutes.")
We'll blow out the candles,
We'll sing - celebrate -
A life so creative, amazing, and great.
So tune up your singing voice
Let your brain loose
And help us remember
Our friend, Dr. Seuss.
(c)2004 E. S. Stroomer
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! I hope all of you will be celebrating, too!
Cheers,
Betsy
Betsy Stroomer
betsys@cityoflafayette.com
Head of Children's Services
Lafayette Public Library
775 West Baseline Road
Lafayette, CO 80026
www.cityoflafayette.com/library
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:03:35 -0600
From: Amber McCrea <mccrea.amber@als.lib.wi.us>
Subject: [PY] Truancy
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
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Check your local laws on the matter. In New York City, the place where
the children are truant can be held liable for them missing school and
be subject to fines. We had to check class schedules and or call the
school if we were suspicious that the children were lying to us.
Amber McCrea
Youth Services Librarian
Beloit public library
Beloit WI
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:02:59 -0500
From: Rebecca Amstutz <amstutre@oplin.org>
Subject: [PY] DVD restriction questions
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org,
NORWELD Youth Services Discussion
List <YSLIST@listserv.norweld.lib.oh.us>
Message-ID: <404388E3.4030202@oplin.org>
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We are just starting to catalog our DVD's and we are interested in
finding out how other libraries catalog them (as far as restrictions).
Do you allow any age person to check out any rating video or dvd,
especially children, and if so what are your age limits, checkout
limits, etc.?
And any other information you think might help us out in this process.
Please send the responses to me and I will then compile them and post
the compilation to the list. amstutre@oplin.org
Thanks so much
--
Rebecca Amstutz
Youth Services Coordinator
Bluffton Public Library
amstutre@oplin.org
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:07:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Amy Blake <ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: [PY] Library Rap
To: Pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
Message-ID: <200403011907.OAA11445@kcpl.lib.in.us>
Dear Great Minds,
I'm not sure how long ago it was but someone had posted a 'library rap.' I
have checked the archives under library rap and haven't located it yet.If the
originator and anyone else still has this please send it to:
ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us or if it
is an attachment: amybob59@hotmail.com
Thank you all for your great ideas and willingness to share.
Amy Blake
ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:50:42 -0800 (PST)
From: dancing librarian <thedancinglibrarian@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PY] Re: Advice wanted: Comedy Hour for kids
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
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Hi!
Our Main library here in Athens, GA does a very popular semi-annual Poetry
Coffee House. Teens get up and erad their poetry or play their
instruments, sing songs, etc. It's very much like a poetry slam. The
hardest thing, for me, about appealing to YA's is making it 'teen cool', not
'adult cool'. 'Adult cool' usually ends up kind of dorky.
Suzie DeGrasse
"M. R. Babbie" <mrbabbie@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Howdy all!
I work at a small rural public library in Upstate New
York. We are attempting to generate "business" by
offering high-interest programs for the local k-12
students. One of our ideas was to host a "Comedy
Hour" for middle school-aged children (grades 3 to 5
or 4 to 6). The basic premise: kids standing in front
of their peers telling funny (but clean) jokes,
stories, etc. with an assortment of booktalks, games,
prizes and other silly sorts of fun.
This would be the first time our library has offered
this type of non-storyhour program. Have any of your
libraries done something similar? Any advice to keep
us from falling on our face?
Any comments would be appreciated!
Many thanks!
Michelle Roche-Babbie
mrbabbie@yahoo.com
Didymus Thomas Public Library
Remsen, NY
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 15:55:42 -0500
From: Michelle Ramsell <ramselmi@oplin.org>
Subject: [PY] dr seuss
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Our library system is in need of some Dr. Seuss ideas to do at an assembly
of K-6 grade students. Has anyone ever done anything participatory with
Dr. Seuss or any thoughts on a story that is better than another for
storytelling? I'll compile responses and post them. Thanks in
advance.
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Michelle McMorrow Ramsell
Head of the Children's Department
Tuscarawas County Public Library
121 Fair Ave NW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
(330)364-4474 ramselmi@oplin.org
"You may have tangible wealth untold, caskets of jewels
and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be---
I had a mother who read to me." -Strickland Gillian
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:43:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Kate Mckinney <mckinney@fones.cals.lib.ar.us>
Subject: [PY] Exit Surveys
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Hi All,
My library system is going to soon begin performing exit surveys about
patron satisfaction with the collection and customer service. I was hoping
that I might be able to round up examples done by other libraries. I
believe the surveys will be of a ballot-like nature. What we are most
interested in is the wording of questions. I would also like to know any
pointers, tips, or do's and don'ts about survey taking.
Please direct responses to plakate3@yahoo.com
(I can't receive attachments
at this address) OR if you would like to fax a copy of a survey please
send it to 501-661-0827.
Any help is very much appreciated!
Thanks,
Kate McKinney
Library Assistant II
Children's Programmer
Fletcher Branch Library
Central Arkansas Library System
823 N Buchanan
Little Rock, AR 72205
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 08:15:12 -0500
From: "Melody Allen" <melody_allen@gw.doa.state.ri.us>
Subject: [PY] Rhode Island Children's Book Award
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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The 2004 winner of the Rhode Island Children's Book Award chosen by children in
grades 3-6 is Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry. Here are the complete
results and the 2005 master list:
2004 Rhode Island Children's Book Award Results
1 Gooney Bird Greene
2 Jake Drake: Teacher's Pet
3 Ruby Holler
4 Crispin: The Cross of Lead
5 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle
6 When Marian Sang
7 The Young Adventurer's Guide to Everest
8 No More Nasty
9 Elephant Hospital
10 Joshua's Song
11 Butterfly Buddies
12 Becoming Joe DiMaggio
13 Gold-Threaded Dress
14 Bug Scientists
15 Pictures of Hollis Woods
16 Benno's Bear
17 A Strong Right Arm
18 Junebug in Trouble
19 Devil in Ol' Rosie
20 Stopping to Home
2005 Rhode Island Children's Book Award Master List
Allen, Christina. Hippos in the Night. HarperCollins.
Christelow, Eileen. Vote! Clarion.
Creech, Sharon. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup. HarperCollins.
Cummings, Priscilla. Saving Grace. Dutton.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux. Candlewick.
Downer, Ann. Hatching Magic. Atheneum.
Durbin, William. Song of Sampo Lake. Random House.
Hill, Elizabeth Starr. Chang and the Bamboo Flute. Farrar.
Hobbs, Will. Jackie's Wild Seattle. HarperCollins.
Jacobson, Jennifer Richard. Truly Winnie. Houghton.
Kelly, Irene. It's a Hummingbird's Life. Holiday House.
Krull, Kathleen. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez.
Harcourt.
Kurzweil, Allen. Leon and the Spitting Image. Greenwillow.
Lekuton, Joseph Lemasolai. Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the
African Savanna. National Geographic.
Lewis, J. Patrick. A World of Wonders: Geographic Travels in Verse and
Rhyme. Dial.
O'Connor, Barbara. Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia. Farrar.
Stauffacher, Sue. Donuthead. Knopf.
Torrey, Michele. The Case of the Graveyard Ghost. Dutton.
Whelan, Gloria. The Impossible Journey. HarperCollins.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion. Putnam.
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:39:57 -0600
From: "Patricia Jones" <pjones@zblibrary.org>
Subject: [PY] Stumper Two Chinese Brothers
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Hello, Great Brain! I have a patron looking for a picture book; she
says she checked it out of our library a few years ago to read to her
children. She does not remember title or author, nor does she seem to
remember the story line. What she does remember are two brothers, she
thinks they are Chinese, one has an extremely long name, one is
preferred by their mother, and there is a well that figures in the
story. That's it! I have tried our consortium catalog and A to Zoo as
well as colleagues here with no luck. If this rings any bells, please
reply to me at <pjones@zblibrary.org>.
Pat Jones
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:50:27 -0600
From: "Jacquelyn Caverly" <jcaverly@sanantonio.gov>
Subject: [PY] Stumper: Pie Lady
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Hi All,
A patron is looking for a picture book read to her 12-13 years ago. The
story is about a little old lady who bakes lots of pies. She marks the
tops of the pies so she knows what is in them. For example, the apple pie
has XXX and the mince pie has III. Does this ring a bell? Reply
directly to me and I will post the answer to the list.
Jackie Caverly
Central Children's Unit Manager
San Antonio Public Library
600 Soledad
San Antonio TX 78205
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men."
Gene Wilder in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" 1971.
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 16:21:47 -0500
From: Michelle Ramsell <ramselmi@oplin.org>
Subject: [PY] dr seuss question
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Our library system is in need of some Dr. Seuss ideas to do at an assembly
of K-6 grade students. Has anyone ever done anything participatory with
Dr. Seuss or any thoughts on a story that is better than another for
storytelling? I'll compile responses and post them. Thanks in
advance.
****************************************************
Michelle McMorrow Ramsell
Head of the Children's Department
Tuscarawas County Public Library
121 Fair Ave NW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
(330)364-4474 ramselmi@oplin.org
"You may have tangible wealth untold, caskets of jewels
and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be---
I had a mother who read to me." -Strickland Gillian
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Main PUBYAC website: http://www.pallasinc.com/pubyac
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