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Today's Topics: (Issue 54)
1. Grossology (Michele Farley)
2. CIPA (Ellen Little)
3. Re: Discover New Trails Ideas (Stephanie Stokes)
4. Internet Cafe (Cathy Ryne)
5. statistics about YAs in libraries - compilation (Susan Dunn)
6. Re: PUBYAC Digest, Vol 10, Issue 51 drastically reduced circ
stats (Flacafina@aol.com)
7. Reading Quotes Compilation (Tabitha Hogan)
8. graphic novel reviews (Kaela Wallman)
9. teen advisory boards (Darlene King)
10. Summer Reading Program (Judy Decker)
11. FW: Summer Reading Programs (Kim Villasenor)
12. Re: Blogging for yas (Catherine Kyle)
13. Re: Blogging for yas (Kelly Laszczak)
14. Sand stories (Michele Farley)
15. Thanks for stumper answer! (Deborah Cooper)
Today's Topics: (Issue 55)
1. FW: Stumper: boy and puppy (Grace Greene)
2. baby animals (Roberta Meyer)
3. Discover New Trails Ideas -- list (Erika Burge)
4. Stumper: Ferry in the Fog (Pat Kelly)
5. teen bibliographies (Mitzi Thomas)
6. Four Stumpers (baumgart@noblenet.org)
7. stumper- immigrant (Richard Bryce)
8. The 2004 Banned Books Week Button (Don Wood)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:41:04 -0500
From: "Michele Farley" <mfarley@jcplin.org>
Subject: [PY] Grossology
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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I am planning a Grossology program for this summer. Have any of you
done one in the past? What worked and what didn't? Are there any
recipes in the "Hands on Grossology" book that you would stay far, far
away from? I think this is going to be fun, but I don't want to get way
over my head. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Michele Farley
Children's Librarian
Johnson County Public Library
Franklin and Trafalgar Branches
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:20:27 -0500
From: "Ellen Little" <elittle@pts.edu>
Subject: [PY] CIPA
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Can anyone tell me what measures you/your library are/is taking to comply with
CIPA (the Children's Internet Protection Act)? Please reply off list &
if you're interested in the answers, let me know & I'll post the responses.
Ellen Little
Circulation Supervisor
Barbour Library
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
412-441-3304 x2274
elittle@pts.edu
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:13:54 -0800
From: Stephanie Stokes <stephanie@ssdesign.com>
Subject: [PY] Re: Discover New Trails Ideas
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
Cc: eburge@esls.lib.wi.us
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At 11:16 AM 3/30/04 -0700, you wrote:
>From: Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us>
>Subject: [PY] Discover New Trails Ideas
>
>I'm looking for book suggestions for books with themes like travel,
>adventure, discovery, and/or vacation. Any suggestions you have
>would be greatly appreciated!
This is a great resource that is available Online!
Trails @ Your Library
South Dakota State Library's Jumpstart 2004 started off with
a rousing rendition of the creative dramatics play titled
"Mr. Gumpy's Outing" (found in the manual on pg. 331).
Presentations were given on different chapters of this
year's "Discover New Trails @ Your Library" manual. Lori Wagner
shared activities and stories from the chapters titled:
"Cowboys, Gold Diggers & Railroad Builders" &
"Trailblazers."
Pam Kringel presented stories and program activity ideas
related to the chapters titled: "Trails Up And Down Under"
& "YA: Get Lost @ Your Library." While Diane Krueger showed
stories and activity ideas from the chapters titled: "Early
Western Trails" and "Nature Trails: Fun And Survival Outdoors."
Continue for LOTS of great ideas shared at the workshop...
http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/forlibrarians/youthservices/jumpstartdiscover.htm
Happy Trails & Tales!
Stephanie Stokes, Coordinator
California Summer Reading Program Collaborative [CA-SRPC]
818-980-7476:voice
818-980-7552:fax
e-mail: stephanie@casummerreading.org
URL: http://www.casummerreading.org
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:40:38 -0800
From: "Cathy Ryne" <cryne@sierramadre.lib.ca.us>
Subject: [PY] Internet Cafe
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Hi everyone! Our library is thinking of hosting an Internet café for our
young adult patrons. Have any of you done this before? We are looking into
activities such as an Internet Scavenger hunt. I would really appreciate your
ideas and if any of you have done an Internet Scavenger hunt - how do you do
one.
Thank you!
Cathy Ryne
Associate Librarian - Children's/Young Adult Services
Sierra Madre Public Library
Sierra Madre, Ca
cryne@sierramadre.lib.ca.us
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:35:34 -0700
From: Susan Dunn <sdunn@jefferson.lib.co.us>
Subject: [PY] statistics about YAs in libraries - compilation
To: "PUBYAC new (E-mail)" <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>,
"YALSA-BK
(E-mail)" <yalsa-bk@ala.org>
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Thanks to all of you who sent ideas. I found just what I needed. Had
several requests to share the results, so here they are, plus useful tips
for where I found them:
Approx. 23% of public library users are YAs
Only 37% of libraries have a dedicated YA Librarian or a Youth Services
Specialist
58% of public libraries have a separate young adult room or area where the
YA collection is housed
82% of teens own a computer
Sources of info:
* the newest SLJ has a great article entitled "Generation Tech" that
had some interesting and timely stats about teens and technology
* "Services and Resources for Children and Young Adults in Public
Libraries" is a statistical analysis report (8/1995) from the
National Center for Education Statistics. I ordered my copy off of their
website - it is free. The code # is NCES 95-357. This was invaluable in my
thesis research, and was used by Patrick Jones in "Connecting Young Adults
and Libraries".
* I also (of course) checked Patrick's book. Since the stats in it
are from this same 1995 report I was hoping that he might have some updated
info for the new edition that is about to come out. I wrote and asked him
if he thought that this 23% number was still on target. This is his reply
(shared with his permission):
Sadly, that national survey has not been updated. As
I do conferences, I throw that number out and most
people seem to think it is too low, although again,
there is no good way of telling.
I realize that's not helpful, but I can tell you that
several large (Houston, Salt Lake City, Cleveland)
systems are creating YA jobs while other systems
(Phoenix, Columbus OH, Cincinatti OH) are focusing on
teen services. I can also tell you the number of
professional books about YAs has doubled in the past
few years and also for the first time ever YALSA has a
large membership than ALSC. So lots of indicators
that there is a larger professional interest, in part
because the demographics tell us that the number of
teens is increasing in size / percent of the
population.
Susan Dunn
Children's Information Librarian
Columbine Public Library
Jefferson County Public Library
7706 W. Bowles Ave.
Littleton, CO 80123
Phone: 303 932-2690 x2
Fax: 303 932-3041
sdunn@jefferson.lib.co.us
Find us on the Web: http://jefferson.lib.co.us
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:20:29 EST
From: Flacafina@aol.com
Subject: [PY] Re: PUBYAC Digest, Vol 10, Issue 51 drastically reduced
circ stats
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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May I suggest attractively merchandising your material. I weeded
extensively
in both nonfiction and fiction and merchandised as much as possible with the
extra space. I attract attention to my juv nonfiction with dollar store
knicknacks like rubber snakes, dinosaurs, sports & career figurines,
and small
puppets. Also, every week I changeout the theme of the display books that
are on
top of the low shelves intermixing non fiction w/fiction. (For example Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs, DK Eyewitness & Seymour Tornado /Hurricane books
with other weather related stories. I also rescued a small old Radio Flyer red
wagon and use it to store board books. Little ones love pulling it around.
Board books are another favorite. My stats increased tremendously,
especially
nonfiction.
In regards to unblocking cards, I also do creative fine reduction. For
example, attendance at storytime or other programs, recruiting new patrons
&
cutting out construction paper figures at home.
Hope this helps!
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:00:40 -0600
From: "Tabitha Hogan" <tabitha@acpl.org>
Subject: [PY] Reading Quotes Compilation
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
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Thank you so much for the fabulous book quotes! I knew this group would
come through...Enjoy the following:
Compilations:
Books Change Lives: Quotes to Treasure," Booklist Publications,
c1994, ISBN
0838977278.
http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/readingquotes.htm
One of the most moving for me:---from Pam Conrad,
"On a bookshelf in my living room, you can find a small copy of 'The House
at Pooh Corner' by A.A. Milne. Inside is an inscription in my
father's
handwriting that reads:
To Pamela, To Help Make Your Heart Beautiful.
The inscription is dated December 1951. My father was 24 years old;
I was
4. Perhaps I can mark this as the turning point in my life, for I surely
was never to be the same again."
"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."
Jorge Luis Borges
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop
reading them." Ray Bradbury
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." Chinese proverb
"Beware of the man of one book." Thomas Aquinas
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents."
Emilie Buchwald
"We believe in books. Somehow we want to make childhood better, and we
believe that a book given at the right moment can work magic in a child's
life." Ann Schlee
"I can not live without books." Thomas Jefferson
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life." Henry
Ward
Beecher
"Once you learn to read you will be forever free." Frederick
Douglass
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who
can't read them." Mark Twain
"Reading is the work of the alert mind." E.B. White
"Reading makes a full man - mediation a profound man - discourse a clear
man." Benjamin Franklin
"Libraries are not made, they grow." Augustine Birrell
"If we encounter a man of great intellect, we should ask him what books he
reads." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Knowledge is free at the library. Just bring your own container."
Unknown
"Whatever the costs of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that
of
an ignorant nation." Walter Cronkite
"Remember
you're never too old,
too wacky, too wild,
to pick up a book
and read with a child."
DR. SEUSS
Again, Thank You!
Tabitha L. Hogan
Youth Services Librarian
Arkansas City Public Library
120 E. Fifth Avenue
Arkansas City, KS 67005-2695
Phone: (620) 442-1280
Fax: (620) 442-4277
tabitha@acpl.org
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 01:13:23 -0500
From: "Kaela Wallman" <kaelawallman@hotmail.com>
Subject: [PY] graphic novel reviews
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Inquiring minds want to know.
What you think are the best sources for graphic novel/manga reviews? I'm
looking for quality, useful reviews of children's and YA titles. And anime
review sources would help also. What do you use either in print or online
for finding the best graphic novel series/titles to order?
I'll compile responses and post to pubyac.
Thanks,
Kaela Wallman
Youth Services Librarian
Schenectady County Public Library
Schenectady, NY
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:39:19 -0500
From: Darlene King <kingda@oplin.org>
Subject: [PY] teen advisory boards
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Does any of your Teen Advisory Boards have their own checking or savings
accounts? If we do a fundraiser, does the $$ go into the Library's
account?
Thanks for any input.
Darlene King
Marvin Memorial Library
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:52:42 -0600
From: "Judy Decker" <jdecker@quincylibrary.org>
Subject: [PY] Summer Reading Program
To: <Pubyac@prairienet.org>
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Hello, Everyone!
I would like to clarify a message concerning the Illinois Summer Reading
Programs. The state of Illinois is not a member of the National
Collaborative Summer Reading Program. Two Illinois library systems joined
that particular cooperative in order to give their member libraries another
option for products, such as they do for Oriental Trading, etc.
As a function of the Illinois Library Association (ILA), the Illinois Reading
Enrichment and Development (IREAD) program is a coordinated, self supporting
effort between librarians across the state to develop and provide high quality,
low cost resources and products to enable local library staff to motivate
children to read. It is a grass-roots program which depends on the ideas
and suggestions of all librarians in Illinois to develop its program.
If you are interested in seeing our 2004 summer reading program, "Explore
the Reading Trail", please visit the ILA site, www.ila.org
and view our product line, and beautiful illustrations by Pat Cummings.
You won't be disappointed.
Judy Decker
2004 IREAD Chair
Quincy Public Library
526 Jersey St.
Quincy, IL 62301
217-223-1309, X 219
jdecker@quincylibrary.org
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:47:38 -0500
From: "Kim Villasenor" <newmad@oplin.org>
Subject: [PY] FW: Summer Reading Programs
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <005f01c4173f$e0ca2860$0579d542@PREFERREA5462C>
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Good morning --
We are working on a collaborative reading program with our local school,
does anyone else do this? The school has state requirements in order to
receive grant money, students are required to read 20 books or read for 20
hours to receive recognition. Our reading club last 6 weeks and the
children read 12 books at their reading level, we don't really specify it
more than that. What do you do?
Thanks for your help--
Kim Villasenor
New Madison Public Library
email: newmad@oplin.org
The future belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:03:19 -0500
From: "Catherine Kyle" <ckyle@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: [PY] Blogging for yas
To: "YA Librarians" <ya@libraryweb.org>,
"Kelly Laszczak"
<zcz23@msn.com>, <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <003501c41742$13522f10$0c96060a@reference>
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This post got me thinking that a blog might be good for my library, so
yesterday into the we hours of the night, I created a blog for the teens at
my library. Right now there is a guest book, but if things get out of
control I'll have to get rid of it.
www.pplya.blogspot.com
See what you think... I personally think it could be fun, as well as attract
a lot of teenagers that come to the library to use the internet and nothing
else. Maybe they'll check it out!
Catherine Kyle
Youth Services Librarian
Parma Public Library
7 West Ave
Hilton, NY 14468
585-392-8350
ckyle@libraryweb.org
http://www.libraryweb.org/parma/
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:46:29 -0600
From: "Kelly Laszczak" <zcz23@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [PY] Blogging for yas
To: ckyle@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us,
pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Hi Catherine,
Your blog looks great. I like the plain white background. Your links
are
also really well done. Are you going to link to it from your teen site?
I
was thinking about somehow fitting the blog right on to our site, but I
think that linking to outside source could work just as well. Just out of
curiosity...do you have you control over your website or do you have a
website administrator that you have to go through. We have an
administrator, so I have a hard time updating things as quickly as I'd like
on our page. Oh, I also really liked the idea of linking to other
library's
YA blogs. That would really open up a lot of possiblities for teens as
well
librarians. Keep us posted on how the blog progresses and if you have any
censorship issues with kids submitting to the blog.
Thanks,
Kelly Laszczak
Young Adult Librarian
Hinsdale Public Library
Hinsdale, IL 60521
630-986-1976
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:34:33 -0500
From: "Michele Farley" <mfarley@jcplin.org>
Subject: [PY] Sand stories
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
Message-ID:
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Hi all! I have just found Richard Thompson's site for draw and tell
stories and have fallen in love with his sand stories. I have the book
"The Storyvine" that he recommends for other sand stories but wondered
if you all had any other resources for sand stories. I will post them
here if I get any responses.
Thanks in advance!
Michele Farley
Children's Librarian
Johnson County Public Library
Franklin and Trafalgar Branches
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:01:31 -0500
From: "Deborah Cooper" <dcooper@starklibrary.org>
Subject: [PY] Thanks for stumper answer!
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
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Thank you, everyone, for the answer to my longunderwear/ballet question.
I guess I need to go back & read some Cleary to freshen my memory!
Thanks again!!!!!
Deb
Deborah Cooper
Jackson Township Branch Library
330-833-1010
dcooper@starklibrary.org
All you have to do is to decide what to do with the time that is given
to you...Gandalf
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Main PUBYAC website: http://www.pallasinc.com/pubyac
End of PUBYAC Digest, Vol 10, Issue 54
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Today's Topics:
1. FW: Stumper: boy and puppy (Grace Greene)
2. baby animals (Roberta Meyer)
3. Discover New Trails Ideas -- list (Erika Burge)
4. Stumper: Ferry in the Fog (Pat Kelly)
5. teen bibliographies (Mitzi Thomas)
6. Four Stumpers (baumgart@noblenet.org)
7. stumper- immigrant (Richard Bryce)
8. The 2004 Banned Books Week Button (Don Wood)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:22:46 -0500
From: "Grace Greene" <grace.greene@dol.state.vt.us>
Subject: [PY] FW: Stumper: boy and puppy
To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Message-ID:
<NFBBJPHCKLGKBPJEIAMGCEBGDGAA.grace.greene@dol.state.vt.us>
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Hello all: Here is a stumper that was passed on to me by our local
bookstore. Can you help?
A very nice elderly customer came in and recited a chunk from a picture book
that she would like to buy her great grandchild. here goes:
"Hurray, hurray! shouted Peter. Have you heard the news? I can have a puppy
any kind I choose! I hurried to the pet shop and when I got inside I saw
so
many puppies I couldn't decide."
Thanks
Grace
Grace Worcester Greene
Children's Services Consultant
Vermont Department of Libraries
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609
802-828-6954
Fax 802-828-2911
email grace.greene@dol.state.vt.us
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:07:32 -0600
From: "Roberta Meyer" <roberta@effinghamlibrary.org>
Subject: [PY] baby animals
To: "PUBYAC Listserv" <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <004e01c4169b$049a0080$2101a8c0@ChildLib>
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Hi, All.
I am going to do a baby animal story time for April, and was wondering
what your favorite baby animal stories are, and also, any simple
fingerplays or crafts for this topic. One story I will be using is
Tippy-toe Chick, Go!, by George Shannon.
Please respond to mailto://roberta@effinghamlibrary.org.
Thanks!
Roberta
******************************************
Roberta L. Meyer, Youth Services Librarian
Helen Matthes Library
100 East Market Avenue
Effingham, IL 62401
Phone: 217-342-2464 ext. 6
Fax: 217-342-2413
www.effinghamlibrary.org
roberta@effinghamlibrary.org
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"The Library is the Answer.
What's the Question?"
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:47:24 -0600
From: Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: [PY] Discover New Trails Ideas -- list
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.1.20040330163643.00ae28f8@wiscnetmail.net>
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My original message:
Hi Guys --
>
> Like many librarians on this list, my library will be using the
> "Discover New Trails" theme this summer. I'm starting
to plan out
> my school visits and am coming up short for ideas for books to
> booktalk. What I'm planning to do when I visit local schools is
> booktalk a few books (3 or 4), read a bit from one (or, read the
> whole book if its a picture book or short), and talk up the
> generalities of the summer program (how we're going to approach the
> theme, how long to read for which prizes, the big prize, etc).
So,
> I'm looking for book suggestions for books with themes like
travel,
> adventure, discovery, and/or vacation. Any suggestions you have
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks--
Thanks so much to everyone who provided me with such great ideas! A few
people asked me to provide the lists I received from others to the whole
list -- so here it is:
Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert Blake (picturebook)
Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during
the Iditarod sled dog race.
Togo by Robert Blake (picturebook)
In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who
loves being a sled dog,
leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to
Nome, Alaska.
Marvin of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky (picturebook)
When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to
escape the influenza epidemic of 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a
special friend.
Rodzina by Karen Cushman (chapter book)
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto
an orphan
train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of
unpaid slavery.
Those are just off the top of my head. The summaries of each book are
from my library catalog. Hope this helps!
Stacey Irish-Keffer
Denton Public Library
502 Oakland
Denton, Texas 76201
940.349.7738
Adventure Books
Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three.
When a pig with magic powers runs away, Taran must follow and find out if
he can be the hero he has always dreamed of becoming.
Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
An orphan accused of murder must seek his true identity while journeying
from his village for the first time.
Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
Home in Providence seems a long way off when Charlotte sails in 1832 with a
ruthless Captain and a mutinous crew. By the time she reaches land, she
must decide who is right and who is wrong.
Baker, Betty. Walk the Worlds Rim.
Brenner, Barbara. Wagon Wheels.
An African-American boy travels with his pioneering family to Kansas where
his wilderness adventures begin.
Brown, Don. Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa.
Mary spent her first 30 years caring for her parents and only traveling
through books. At 30, she began her travels in Africa and wrote about them
in books for others to read.
Bulla, Clyde. The Sword in the Tree.
Calhoun, Mary. Henry the Sailor Cat.
Henry the cat is sailing when a man goes overboard. What can he do to
help?
Cameron, Ann. Julian Secret Agent.
The adventures begin when Julian, his little brother and friend Gloria
decide to become crime-buster.
Carr, M.J. Children of the Covered Wagon.
Cazet, Denys. Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon.
Christensen, Bonnie. The Daring Nellie Bly: Americas Star Reporter.
This famous, daredevil reporter of the late 1800s went around the world in
fewer than 80 days, choosing an unlikely career for a woman of her era.
Cook, Nick. Rollercoasters or I Had So Much Fun, I Almost Puked.
Coville, Bruce. Into the Land of theUnicorns.
Danziger, Paula. What a Trip, Amber Brown.
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost of Fossil Glen.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux.
A small mouse must summon all his courage to save a princess from the evil
rats.
DuPrau, Jeanne. City of Ember.
Can Lina and Doon find a way to escape Ember before all its systems fail?
Eager, Edward. Seven-Day Magic.
Edwards, Roberta. Five Silly Fisherman.
Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House.
Fleischman, Paul. Weslandia.
Fleischman, Sid. Bo and Mzzz Mad.
Frazee, Marla. Roller Coaster.
Always an adventure worth some courage and lots of screams.
Funke, Cornelia.
Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord.
Gerrard, Roy. Wagons West.
Greene, Stephanie. Owen Foote, Frontiersman.
Grifalconi, Ann. Flyaway Girl.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Blast Off! Poems about Space.
Hopkinson, Deborah. Birdies Lighthouse.
Hyatt, Patricia. Coast to Coast with Alice.
Jacques, Brian. Redwall.
Landon, Lucinda. Meg Macintosh
Levy, Elizabeth. Something Queer Is Going on at the Library.
Lewis, J. Patrick. A World of Wonders: Geographic Travels in Verse and
Rhyme.
Travel through poems to faraway places.
Lekuton, Joseph. Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African
Savanna.
Sometimes leaving the lions on the savanna and goingto school is the real
adventure.
LEngle. Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time.
Levitin, Sonia. Nine for California.
Lubka, Ruth S. Pupniks: The Story of Two Space Dogs.
Its true. Before people went into space, two dogs made the trip.
Maguire, Gregory. Seven Spiders Spinning.
Moeri, Louise. The Devil in OlRosie.
Can survive on the range and rescue the familys horses?
Morpurgo, Michael. Kensukes Kingdom.
Washed overboard, Michael must survive on an island that turns out to be
not completely deserted.
Moss, Marissa. Rachel's Journal : The Story of a Pioneer Girl.
Murphy, Jim. West to a Land of Plenty.
Myers, Walter Dean. The Journal of Joshua Loper, a Black Cowboy.
Napoli, Donna Jo.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic Treehouse series.
Travel to another time and place.
Pilkey, Dav. The Adventures of Captain Underpants.
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass.
Roop, Peter. The Buffalo Jump.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Riding Freedom.
Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night.
Sachar, Louis. Holes.
Scieszka, Jon. Time Warp Trio series.
Schyffert, Bea Uusma. The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The
Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. While one giant step was
taken for mankind, this astronaut circled the moon alone.
Spohn, Kate. Turtle and Snake Go Camping.
Stanley, Diane. Roughing It on the Oregon Trail.
Stanley, Diane. Saving Sweetness.
Steptoe, Javaka. The Jones Family Express.
Taylor, William. Henry the Explorer.
Van Allsburg, Chris. Bens Dream.
Van Leeuwen, Jean. Going West.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie.
Williams, Vera. Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea.
Woodruff, Elvira. The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time Travel Adventure.
Wrede, Patricia. Dealing with Dragons.
Wright, Courtni C. Wagon Train.
Yolen, Jane. Commander Toad and the Space Pirates.
Real Kids Real Adventure series
Dirty Cowboy
Lasso Lou and Cowboy McCoy
Falcons Egg
Pioneer Cat
Cold Adventures
Armstrong, Jennifer. Spirit of Endurance: the True Story of the Shackleton
Expedition to the Antarctic.
Blake, Robert J. Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod.
Bredeson, Carmen. After the Last Dog Died.
Only one of these explorers would make it back from Antarctica.
Chester, Jonathan. The Young Adventurers Guide to Everest: From Avalanche
to Zopkiok. Everything you need to know for the ultimate challenge.
Curlee, Lynn. Into the Ice: the Story of Arctic Exploration.
Erdich, Louise. Blizzard Year.
Heinz, Brian. Kayuktuk: An Arctic Quest.
Jenkins, Steve. To the Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest.
Wet Adventures
Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer.
Hobbs, Will. Jackies Wild Seattle.
Krupinski, Loretta. Bluewater Journal : The Voyage of the Sea Tiger.
Paulsen, Gary. The Voyage of the Frog.
Peterson, P.J. White Water.
Ransome, Arthur. Swallows and Amazons.
Williams, Vera. Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe.
Auch, Mary Jane - I was a Third Grade Bodyguard
Career Discovery Encyclopedia
Cohen, Daniel - Ichthyosaurus
Cohn, Rachel - The Steps
Crum, Shutta - Spitting Image
Dahl, Michael - Swift Thief: the Adventure of Velociraptor
Dahl, Michael - Three-Horn: the Adventure of Triceratops
Jordan, Apple - Buzz's Backpack Adventure
Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer - Victoria's Vacation & the Letter V
Markel, Rita J. - Your Travel Guide to Ancient Rome
Miller, Ron - Mercury & Pluto
Pascoe, Elaine, ed. - Into the Galapagos
Pascoe, Elaine, ed. - Into Wild India
Pascoe, Elaine, ed. - Into Wild Louisiana
Plourde, Lynn - Summer's Vacation
Pulver, Robin - Punctuation Takes a Vacation
Seuling, Barbara - Robert & the Great Escape
Sherman, Josepha - Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel
Stewart, Elinore Pruitt - The Letters of Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Stilton, Geronimo - The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid
Turrell, Kerry - Tungsten
Walton, Rick - Bunnies on the Go
Waxman, Laura Hamilton - An Uncommon Revolutionary
Wood, Ian - Platinum
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner - Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?
Olivia I. Spicer
Head of Youth Services
Loudoun County Public Library
Purcellville Library
220 E. Main St.
Purcellville, VA 20132
540-338-7235 (V)
540-338-2629 (Fax)
ospicer@loudoun.gov
Try <http://www.penworthy.com/>www.penworthy.com
click on their products
page and then there is a tab
for "Discover New Trails". Even if you don't order anything from them
it has
an extensive list of titles related to the theme. Hope this helps!
Mary Vozar
Children's Librarian
Cortez Public Library
202 North Park
Cortez, Co 81321
970-565-8117
mvozar@cityofcortez.com
If you can, get onto the BWI website(bwibooks.com) -- they did a
bibliography for us for the Discover Great Trails theme. Just go to
Bibliographies, click on Special Topics and scroll down to Summer
Reading: Discover Great Trails. They have lots of great books listed!
Vicki Muzzy
Juvenile Materials Coordinator
Stark County District Library
715 Market Ave N
Canton, OH 44702
330-458-2643
<mailto:vmuzzy@starklibrary.org>vmuzzy@starklibrary.org
AUTHOR
TITLE
YEAR
ANNOTATIONS
CLASS.
Allen, Paula Gunn.
As long as the rivers flow : the stories of nine Native Americans
1996
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.;
NF
Dadey, Debbie.
Shooting star : Annie Oakley, the legend
1997
An exaggerated account of the life and exploits of the sharp-shooting
entertainer.;
B
Freedman, Russell.
The life and death of Crazy Horse
1996
Includes bibliographial references (p. 159-162) and index.; A biography of
the Oglala leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take
over Indian lands.
B
Glass, Andrew
Mountain men : true grit and tall tales
2001
Maps on lining papers.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [39]).;
Describes the lives of the beaver trappers who were the first explorers of
the American West beyond the Rocky Mountains, and some of the tall tales
that made them legends.
NF
Peterson, Cris.
Wild horses : saving the American mustang
2003
NF
Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
Bill Pickett, rodeo-ridin' cowboy
1996
"Gulliver books."; Includes bibliographical references.; Describes the
life
and accomplishments of the son of a former slave whose unusual bulldogging
style made him a rodeo star.;
B
Rounds, Glen
Cowboys
1991
Follows a cowboy from sunup to bedtime as he rounds up cattle, kills a
rattlesnake, and plays cards in the bunkhouse after dinner.;
NF
Savage, Candace
Born to be a cowgirl : a spirited ride through the old west
2001
Includes bibliographical references and index.;
NF
Megan E. VanderHart
Children's Literarian/Homeschool Resource Center
Rock Island Public Library
401 19th St.
Rock Island, IL 61201
(309)732-7304
vanderhart.megan@rigov.org
<http://www.rbls.lib.il.us/rip/crhome.html>http://www.rbls.lib.il.us/rip/crhome.html
Erika Burge
Children's Librarian
Cedarburg Public Library
W63 N583 Hanover Avenue
Cedarburg, WI 53012
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:29:14 -0800
From: "Pat Kelly" <Pat.Kelly@spl.org>
Subject: [PY] Stumper: Ferry in the Fog
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Patron is looking for picture book/reader he read in the 1950's:
A boy takes a ferry ride to visit his grandmother in San Francisco Bay Area in
the days before Bay and Golden Gate bridges were constructed (1930's?) Fog
is an element; a Carl Sandburg poem on fog ("little cat feet") may or
not be included. Illustrations on every page, black and white, possibly pencil.
Does this ring a bell for anyone? If so, please respond to pat.kelly@spl.org
Thanks!
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:40:28 -0500
From: Mitzi Thomas <mthomas@co.st-johns.fl.us>
Subject: [PY] teen bibliographies
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
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Hi everybody,
A co worker is looking for book lists that batch books by "coming of
age",
"identity
crisis" type of headings. Have you ever seen such a thing? or is there a
website you know of that might help? Please post off list and I will
compile and post if there's interest.
Mitzi Thomas
St. Johns County Public Library
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:00:25 EST
From: baumgart@noblenet.org
Subject: [PY] Four Stumpers
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We have a backlog of stumpers and would love some help from the group.
We have searched A to Aoo, Novelist, and our IPAC. Please reply directly
and I will post the answers. Here are the four descriptions from our
patrons.
1. A book of short stories and possibly poems that was in print in the
late 40's and 50's. One story was about a duck who had an umbrella with
a handle that looked like her head. She had galoshes for her webbed
feet. Another story was about a stray cat who was adopted by a brother
and sister. Warm milk and a fireplace were important to the cat. A
third was about a boy whose clothes were too small and his mother took
him to a store and bought him 3 of everything. Another was about a
"terrible tiger" who wanted to eat meat that was as old as he was
(three)
but when given 3 year old meat he concluded that "Three year old meat is
too old to eat!" The patron just cannot remember the title and wants
to
find the book for her grandchildren.
2. A book of stories that includes one where a little brown mouse dances
in red shoes. After the mother mouse cleans the house the shoes are on
the table.
3. A story about a racoon and friends who are afraid of a rock. The
patron was a child in the 70's. Sorry that is all she remembers!
4. A book about boys who have a mad science club. There is a satchel
of
money in an old canyon and a hot air balloon race in the book. The
illustrations are like those of Robert McCloskey in Homer Price and Henry
Reed books, but those are not the books he is looking for.
Thanks for your help, Rachel
Rachel Baumgartner
Children's Librarian
Reading (MA) Public Library
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:52:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Richard Bryce <cdccarol@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PY] stumper- immigrant
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
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Hi, all. It's good to be back- I left West Milford,
where I had been for 6 years- to come to Denville, NJ.
Now that I'm settling in, I'm posting my first patron
stumper:
She remembers hearing this book at a singing storytime
a few years back. It was about an immigrant who
became a farmer and had rhyming names for all his
family. His wife was affectionately called, "the
spice of my life."
Any ideas on the title? We've checked the "usual
suspects" but no luck. Please respond to my new
e-mail: cdccarol@yahoo.com
Thank you!
Richard Bryce
973-627-6555
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:46:36 -0600
From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: [PY] The 2004 Banned Books Week Button
To: <alsc-l@ala.org>
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The 2004 Banned Books Week Button
http://www.ala.org/bbooks#bbwbutton
Libraries, schools, and individuals that would like to celebrate the
freedom to read may freely save this 2004 Banned Books Week image for
their Web sites; please use the link http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
and the
ALT message [2004 BBW logo Elect to Read a Banned Book; Link to the
ALA's Banned Books Week page; http://www.ala.org/bbooks/].
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