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Today's Topics:
1. childhood of famous americans (Marsha Parham)
2. Stumper: Byrd eats turtle (HONEY GOODWIN)
3. 2 of 4 Stumpers solved! (baumgart@noblenet.org)
4. separation children's book (Gorman, Maeleah)
5. Stumper: red hair that glowed in the dark (TEACHINGTALES@aol.com)
6. Quick and Easy Links to the OIF Web Site (Don Wood)
7. Confidentiality and Coping with Law Enforcement Inquiries
(Don Wood)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:28:01 -0500
From: Marsha Parham <parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us>
Subject: [PY] childhood of famous americans
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Hi everyone:
What is your opinion of the series "Childhood of Famous
Americans?" I
remember the series fondly from when I was young, but as children's
librarian I am not too impressed. The older ones seem to be fictionalized
accounts of Americans such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, and
not true biographies at all.
However, the series seems to have gotten on some home school lists and
maybe some AR? tests.
We are beginning to have people ask for them.
I have been told that there is a new series of these books. Is this really
a new set of books or is it a reprint of the books from the 50's and
60's? Are these real biographies or just fictionalized stories such as
Scholastic's Royal Diaries?
I am trying to find the information but I am not having much luck.
Thanks
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M. Marsha Parham
Flint River Regional Library
800 Memorial Dr.
Griffin, GA 30223
(770) 412-4770
(770) 412-4771 (fax)
parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:33:19 -0600
From: "HONEY GOODWIN" <HONEY.GOODWIN@farmersbranch.info>
Subject: [PY] Stumper: Byrd eats turtle
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Hey, Oh wise Ones!
I have a patron who is looking for a chapter book she read about eight
years ago.
It is about a boy named Byrd who eats his brother's turtle. His
brother receives a puppy at the end of the book.
Byrd also goes to the park one day and falls off the monkey bars and
breaks his front teeth.
His mom took him to a commercial audition and was chosen for the
commercial.
Can anyone think of the title and author of this fun-sounding book? It
would so make my patron's month!
Thank you in advance for your help.
Honey Goodwin
Youth Services Supervisor
Farmers Branch Manske Library
Farmers Branch, TX
honey.goodwin@farmersbranch.info
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:04:41 EST
From: baumgart@noblenet.org
Subject: [PY] 2 of 4 Stumpers solved!
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Hi All,
You are terrific. Within four hours I had answers to my stumpers numbers
3 and 4.
Six people have written to say that number 4 is The Mad Scientist Club by
Bertrand Brinley. There are two other books in the series, and for those
who are looking for it, the first in his series has been recently
published by Purple House Press (They have their own website and are also
on Amazon)
I have three responses to stumper number 3. Two agree that it is Rabbit
and Skunk and the Scary Rock, by Carla Stevens. The other suggestion is
one of the Little raccoon series by Lillian Moore possibly Little Raccoon
and the thing in the pool. I will give both answers to our patron.
Thanks, and don't hesitate to answer the first 2 stumpers. I will post
those answers when I get them.
Rachel
Rachel Baumgartner
Children's Librarian
Reading (MA) Public Library
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:59:57 -0500
From: "Gorman, Maeleah" <MGorman@spfldlibmus.org>
Subject: [PY] separation children's book
To: "'pubyac@lists.prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Hello everyone,
I have a patron who is interested in a children's story book for a child who
is about 4 or 5 years old that would comfort them. The situation is that
mom does not want to raise the child and is basically absent; dad is not in
the picture and grandma is the primary caregiver. There seem to be books
on
divorce (doesn't apply), or separated but mom or dad is present. Does
anyone know of grandmother as primary caregiver or something that
acknowledges an absent mother, but it's not the child's fault?
I've tried A to Zoo and several searches on google for stepfamilies or
separation bibliographies, but nothing seems to quite fit. Any suggested
titles would be greatly appreciated.
Maeleah Gorman
Asst. Supervisor
mgorman@spfldlibmus.org
Springfield City Library
Springfield, MA
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:11:26 EST
From: TEACHINGTALES@aol.com
Subject: [PY] Stumper: red hair that glowed in the dark
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Hello all,
I have a friend who is trying to solve this stumper. She asks, "I met a man
who remembered an old kids book about a boy with hair that glowed in the dark.
I would like to find it. Does this ring any bells for anyone." Many thanks.
Warm wishes,
Karen
Karen Chace
Professional Storyteller StoryBug.net - A Storytelling Garden of Wonder
Co-publisher Working smARTS - An e-Publication for Professional Children's
Artists
Author of Researching Stories on the Internet Storytellers' Products-Karen
Chace
LANES Board Member League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling
Arts Web Researcher
"If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others."
Tryon Edwards
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 09:48:13 -0600
From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: [PY] Quick and Easy Links to the OIF Web Site
To: <yalsa-l@ala1.ala.org>
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Quick and Easy Links to the OIF Web Site
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/easylinks.htm
Below are links to key subject areas on the OIF Web site. Each one
takes you to a page with a combo box of options, leading you to the
Library Bill of Rights, LBR Interpretations, other ALA policies,
resolutions, guidelines, intellectual freedom issues, intellectual
freedom tool kits, etc., as well as to programs such as Banned Books
Week.
1. Basic ALA Policies
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/basicalapolicies.html
2. Intellectual Freedom Basics
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/intellectualfreedombasics.html
3. Censorship Pages
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/censorshippages.html
4. Privacy Pages
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/privacypages.html
5. USA PATRIOT Act
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/usapatriotactpages.html
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Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225; Fax: 312-280-4227; dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/intellectual.htm
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 13:58:57 -0600
From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: [PY] Confidentiality and Coping with Law Enforcement
Inquiries
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Confidentiality and Coping with Law Enforcement Inquiries: Guidelines
for the Library and its Staff
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/confidentiality.htm
"Increased visits to libraries by law enforcement agents, including FBI
agents and officers of state, county, and municipal police departments,
are raising considerable concern among the public and the library
community. These visits are not only a result of the increased
surveillance and investigation prompted by the events of September 11,
2001, and the subsequent passage of the USA Patriot Act, but also as a
result of law enforcement officers investigating computer crimes,
including e-mail threats and possible violations of the laws addressing
online obscenity and child pornography."
Updated: April 2004
Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225; Fax: 312-280-4227; dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/intellectual.htm
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