Have you made any New Year's resolutions yet? What about for your kids or kids who attend your story time?
Butterfly Website
Description of one of the best exhibits at the MPM.
- from Rhonda Puntney's CEO, December 19, 2007
DNR Recommendation Against Releasing Purchased Butterflies
As librarians plan their summer, one activity they may be contemplating is a butterfly release. At the October workshop we learned that the DNR recommends that NO purchased butterflies be released into the wild. The reason is that the purchased butterflies come from the same genetic stock. If they are released into the wild they could breed with wild butterflies and dilute the gene pool. If the library wants to release butterflies one approach is to create a small area indoors which contains the butterflies and where they can live out their short lives as adults.
These areas are fairly simple to create. The Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary in Green Bay can help explain how to create an indoor butterfly release area. They routinely release Painted Lady butterflies in their indoor habitat at the Sanctuary.
Part of what we want to share with children is respect for insects and their environment. Avoiding the release of commercially bred butterflies can help maintain strong wild gene pools for insects.
For guidance on creating an indoor release area, contact Kim Diedrich, Sanctuary Naturalist at kimdi@ci.green-bay.wi.us or call 920-391-3677 or your regional DNR
etymologist.
LibraryPalooza Resources
Stephanie Stokes, who lives in California, is working with Mr. Anderson's Company. In the past she shared many great ideas with CSLP members as Chair of the CSLP Marketing and PR Committee. She has created a new library resource web site called LibraryPalooza.
She has a significant section devoted to the 2008 summer reading program themes. She will be adding new things continually. One of her featured items this month is the "Catch the Reading Bug" screen created by Carissa Christner, as part of her display at the SLP Workshop in October. There is a link to the font used by Harry Bliss is his 2009 "Catch the Reading Bug" artwork.
YALSA Book Club Grant
The Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens, and Books) is a book club grant program organized by the American Library Association Public Programs Office (PPO), in cooperation with the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Major funding for the Great Stories Club has been provided by Oprah's Angel Network.
The Great Stories Club is a reading and discussion program that targets underserved, troubled teen populations. The program reaches teens through books that are relevant to their lives, inviting them to read and keep the books, and encourages them to consider and discuss each title with a group of their peers. It seeks to show that reading can be a source of pleasure, a tool for self-exploration, and a meaningful way to connect to the wider world. Its ultimate goal is to inspire young adults who face difficult situations to take control of their lives by embracing the power
of reading.
The program is built on partnerships between libraries and a variety of organizations that serve troubled teens, including juvenile justice facilities, alternative high schools, drug rehabilitation centers, nonprofits serving teen parents, and other agencies.
All types of libraries (public, school, academic and special), located within or working in partnership with facilities serving troubled teens in the United States and its territories are eligible to apply for a Great Stories Club grant. Libraries that have already received a Great Stories Club grant are eligible to apply again, provided that the required final report has been submitted.
The online application will be available from December 3, 2007-February 1, 2008. All applications must be submitted by February 1. Libraries that are selected to receive a Great Stories Club grant will receive eleven sets of three theme-related books (33 books in all) to provide to members of the book club to keep, along with online resources to plan and implement the program. Some libraries (10-20) will also be selected to receive a small cash grant to support program-related expenses. See the
guidelines for complete details.
BadgerLink Parent Toolkit
The Reference and Loan Library has developed a BadgerLink Parent Toolkit to provide public libraries with materials and support to assist in the promotion of BadgerLink resources. One of the Toolkit components is a set of Resource Hunt cards that are designed to teach users how to use various resources on BadgerLink. The cards have questions on one side and answers on other and provide valuable experiences in learning specific techniques for using BadgerLink resources. There is a set of cards for parents and a set for students.
The BadgerLink Resource Hunt cards were distributed as a boxed set that can be placed next to a public access terminal and used to train users in various aspects of searching BadgerLink resources. The development of the cards was funded through the Gates Foundation as part of DPI's statewide project. Retired school library media center staff, Cindy Turner and Cara Cavins, assisted with the content development. Public library system youth service staff have expressed a willingness to assist library staff in ways to use the cards to promote BadgerLink use.
A template for the cards is available on the BadgerLink Toolkit site and can be used by any Wisconsin library to print additional copies of the BadgerLink Resource Hunt cards. Here is the web address.
There was a misprint on one of the questions from the Parent Set. Therefore, we have included in the mailing a replacement set for this particular question with the appropriate verbiage.
--from WISPUBLIB, Lisa H.
Reale, lisa.reale@dpi.state.wi.us
- System Youth Liaison Posting, December 2007
Barb Huntington asked for feedback on the 2010 and 2011 Themes. As a system, we will submit our top 5 ideas that will be collaborated with the other systems. The top choices are voted on at the CSLP meeting that Barb attends in April.
The general theme for the 2010 CSLP summer reading program is: Water(lakes, rivers, oceans,conservation, etc.) With this in mind, please submit up to five slogan suggestions for the CHILDREN'S THEME and TEEN THEME.
Remember the public should associate the slogan with LIBRARY and READING.
Please submit up to five broad-based themes for the CSLP 2011 summer reading program. Keep in mind at this time we are only looking for general themes and not specific slogans for 2011.
Please get me these by the end of January, 2008! I will send another reminder as we get closer.
Young Entomologists Society
Origami Butterfly
Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across
~ from Rhonda Puntney, CEO, Youth Services Update, Issue 296, Nov. 7, 2007
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State Park Passes for 2007
The Wisconsin State Parks Department has agreed to offer daily park passes in the summer of 2008 in conjunction with the Summer Reading Program. They are using their own variation of the national theme for state parks in 2008, "No Child Left Inside." It should be a wonderful collaboration. If we work with county fairs in 2008, I anticipate assisting libraries at the county level to work out agreements with their own county fairs. The
arrangements are likely to be more effective than what I am able to negotiate with individual fairs. Libraries in many counties already do this.
Beginning in 2008 Children's Book Week Will Move to May
While Children's Book Week has traditionally been celebrated in November, next year the celebration will move to May 12-18, 2008. This decision was made by the Children's Book Council, Inc. (CBC), after much discussion with teachers, librarians, and booksellers from around the country. While the CBC recognized that moving the dates might inconvenience those people who have celebrated CBW in November for years, they had also received complaints about the November dates for many years, with teachers and librarians finding the timing impossible due to Thanksgiving and other holiday interruptions.
According to Michelle F. Bayuk, Marketing Director of the CBC, there really was no perfect time when looking for alternative dates, and early May provided the best opportunities for promotion and activities within all constituencies. Also, many of the teachers and librarians contacted by the CBC noted that this will be a great way to culminate the school year and to link Children's Book Week to local summer reading programs, perhaps even making Children's Book Week the launch of summer reading. The 2007 Children's Book Week will be celebrated November 12-18, 2007. Visit http://www.cbcbooks.org for more information.
Free Nursery Rhyme Mini-Coloring Book from Louisiana
The State Library of Louisiana has produced a series of 24 one-page printable nursery rhyme mini books for children to color and keep. Each mini book requires one sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper and just 2 folds. Librarians are encouraged to print them out and give them to children, parents, and teachers after programs, tours, presentations, as part of preschool outreach book delivery services, etc. All 24 mini books can be found as a PDF on the State Library's web site at:
www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/ALL%2024%20NRNS%20Mini%20Books.pdf
From the SYSTEM YOUTH LIAISON POSTING, Barbara Huntington, DLTCL
October/November 2007
Attention all of you young writers out there!It was GREAT! Fired us all up & gave us a "headstart" for picking things up between now & summer. Teen ideas (LaCrosse presenter), Georgia Jones' preschool ideas & Patti Sinclair's session were my favorites.
- Kathy Dettman, Brown County Library
My co-worker, Brianna, and I enjoyed the break-out sessions we went to. We found the Teen session very informative with many good ideas. Since we don't have a separate teen area (yet), we were excited to glean information, so hopefully we will be able to implement one in the near future.
- Julie Dassler, Shawano City-County Library
The workshop was fabulous! I really thought it neat that we were given the handouts for all of the sessions at the time of check in. That way if you couldn't get to something that you really wanted to go to, you still had the information. There were some really neat ideas in the display area and a couple of the programs that had enough info to plan an entire summer - without even having the manual!
- Bonnie Joski, Kewaunee Public Library
Even if you are not a football fan, you have to admit that Green Bay Packers' quarterback Brett Favre accomplished an incredible feat on Sunday, by breaking Dan Marino's all-time touchdown record with 421. 
I never win anything. That has been my fate all my life. I faithfully buy a lottery ticket on Saturday, but alas, I am still working. 
I had much to learn.
...that bees do not have ears! They can sense vibrations through their sensitive hairs!
Ok, I know we're just getting done wrapping up detectives and mysteries for SRP 2007, and we're starting to think ahead to bugs for 2008, but the CSLP Children's Manual for 2009 is already underway!
Barb Huntington contacted us in July regarding a ladybug lapel pin that Colorado State Library was offering to its CSLP members.
I thought they were really cute, and the price turned out to be pretty reasonable, because some other states went in on their order. I ordered enough so that each NFLS library or children's librarian should get one for next summer!
As Harry Potter's saga ends with the release of "Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows" on July 21, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), can help parents, librarians, and educators keep the attention of teens hooked on Harry with read-alikes and resources for planning teen-focused programs.
"Ever since massive numbers of teens finished the first Harry Potter book and began to look for something else 'like that' to read, librarians have been faced with the welcome challenge of connecting these eager readers to new authors, series and characters," said Paula Brehm-Heeger, YALSA president. And they do welcome that challenge, noted Marin Younker, chair of YALSA's 2008 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (PPYA) Committee.
The committee compiles themed reading lists each year with the goal of encouraging young adults to read for pleasure by presenting them with popular or topical paperback books with teen appeal.Younker points to the nominations for the 2008 PPYA list "Magic in the Real World" as a starting point for Harry read-alikes. This list of recommended reading is meant to encourage teens to imagine what life would be like if magic really existed.
The full list of 2008 nominations, as well as other PPYA themed lists, can be found here. The final 2008 lists will be announced at ALA's 2008 Midwinter Meeting January 11-16, 2008, in Philadelphia.
Great examples of innovative programming aimed at capturing teen interests can be found in the many innovative programs recently selected by YALSA in the fifth round of Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults."For lists of recommended reading, viewing and listening, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists, or contact the YALSA office by phone, 800-545-2433, ext. 4390; or e-mail: yalsa@ala.org.
--from American Libraries Direct, July 18, 2007.
ALA and Scholastic Library Publishing Announce 2008 National Library Week Grant Libraries across the United States are invited to apply for the $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2008 National Library Week theme, "Join the Circle of Knowledge @ Your Library."
This grant is sponsored by the Scholastic Library Publishing, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). This year's application deadline is October 1, 2007. National Library Week is April 13-19, 2008. All proposals must use the theme, which incorporates the Campaign for America's Libraries. "@ your library" brand, on any and all promotional and publicity materials supporting National Library Week activities. Guidelines for using the brand are available on the campaign Web site under the "download logos."
A grant application form and guidelines are available on the Campaign for America's Libraries Web site. Information is also available from the ALA Public Information Office. (800-545-2433, ext. 2148; mmcfarlane@ala.org) The winner will be notified
and announced following the 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia in January. Information on last year's winner, the Minoa Elementary School in Minoa, New York, and the winning application can be views on the Campaign's Web site. Members of the National For more information about the Campaign, visit www.ala.org/@yourlibrary.
--from American Libraries Direct, May 30, 2007
Shopko Foundation Grants
The ShopKo Foundation supports local grants for organizations are working to
make their community a better place to live. Grants should focus on education, health and wellness. To apply, your community must have a ShopKo store. The quarterly Deadlines are the 1st week of February, May, August or November. For more information go to
http://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2005/08/shopko-foundation-grants.html
--from Arrowhead Library System's electronic newsletter, Monday Memo, for
June 4, 2007.
At the request of the Youth Services Section (YSS) of the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA), the Division is collaborating with ten Systems to offer a fall Summer Reading Program Kick-Off Training. This will take place on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary in Green Bay, the day before the WLA Conference. This may seem very early, but many librarians have expressed interest in a fall program to get them started on their planning. Many Systems (Nicolet included) also intend to offer spring C.E.. programs, in addition to this state-wide training. The collaborating Systems have contributed the funds to underwrite the training. As a result, the anticipated costs to the participants are primarily for lunch and breaks.
Registration materials will be distributed in mid-August.
Collaborating Systems are Arrowhead, Eastern Shores, Indianhead,
Mantitowoc-Calumet, Milwaukee, Nicolet, South Central, Waukesha, Winnefox, and Wisconsin Valley.
- from the System Youth Liaison Posting, July 2007
HARRY POTTER READ-ALIKES
If you liked the humor:
The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
If you like the magic:
The Dark is Rising (series) by Susan Cooper
So You Want to Be a Wizard (series) by Diane Duane
Red Wizard by Nancy Springer
If you liked the friendships:
Circle of Magic (series) by Tamora Pierce
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
The Gold Dust Letters by Janet Taylor Lisle
If you liked Hogwarts:
A Little Princess by
Dear Mom, Get Me Out of Here by Ellen Conford
Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson
If you liked the animals and creatures:
Redwall (series) by Brian Jacques
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Here There Be Unicorns by Jane Yolen
~ Compiled by Ruhama Kordatzky Bahr, via CEO, Issue 285, July 11, 2007CE
ntThis is a great starting point for librarians who have never written a grant. The application is only two pages and is very simple. Libraries can receive $500 for their project. The deadline is September 15, 2007 and announcements will be made in December. For more information go to the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Click on Programs, then on The Ezra Jack Keats National Minigrant Program for Public Libraries and Public School Libraries.
~ Barb Huntington, May 2007 Posting for Youth Services Liaisons
Wisconsin Authors and Illustrators Speak Communities can celebrate and explore the literature of Wisconsin with its authors and illustrators. The Wisconsin Center for the Book will award up to
ten grants of $250 each to qualifying organizations wishing to sponsor a Wisconsin author or illustrator at a public event.
The event must be free of admission charges. Wisconsin Center for the Book defines a Wisconsin author or illustrator as any author or illustrator who has lived in Wisconsin for a significant period of time, including someone who may no longer be living in the state. The honorarium will be paid
directly to the speaker. This program is made possible through the cooperation of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters and generosity of donors.
Wisconsin nonprofit organizations interested in books and reading are eligible to apply. Collaboration among groups is preferred. Such groups may include, but are not limited to, public libraries; public and private elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools; community organizations; and places of worship. Libraries are encouraged to look beyond their Friends
groups for partnerships.
Applications will be judged on the basis of
* Community outreach and collaboration,
* Thoroughness of planning, and
* Rationale for the choice of speaker.
Time line
* July 1, 2007: Applications due; if mailed, they must be postmarked on or
before this date.
* July 30, 2007: Winners will be notified by this date.
* September 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008: Programs must be scheduled between
these dates. A final report must be submitted within 10 days of the event or
the honorarium will be forfeited.
The application can be found online here. Send five completed copies of your application to Sarah McGowan , WAIS 2007-08 Chair, Wisconsin Center for the Book, W13679 Liner Road, Brandon, WI 53919. If you have questions, please contact her at 920-346-2784 or windsong@centurytel.net.
--from the April 18th, 2007 edition of NewsFlashes, the Indianhead Federated Library System electronic newsletter.
Detective Ike LaRue Stuffed Toy and Mark Teague Books Are Available for $5 at Kohl's Department Stores Ike LaRue, Mark Teague's canine hero of this year's summer reading program, is available as an incredibly soft stuffed toy at Kohl's department stores for only $5. (He even comes with an eponymous heart-shaped dog tag.). Copies of "Dear Mrs. La Rue: Letters from the Investigation" and "Dear Mrs. La Rue: Letters from Obedience School," are also $5 each. According to Kohl's, all net profits "will be donated to support health and educational opportunities for children nationwide."
--from Rhonda Puntney, Lakeshores/Mid-Wisconsin Systems, and Chris Moesch,
2007 New York State Summer Reading Program Coordinator
Target stores currently have great bug items. In their area known as "The Dollar Spot," they have a bunch of bug-related items - all for a dollar! There are puzzles, coloring books with crayons, wind-up bugs, pull-back bugs, soft (like stuffed) bug key chains, rubber bugs in two sizes, pencils and more. Hit them now for next year's summer program!!
--from Tami Chumbley Finley, Youth Services Manager, Bettendorf Public
Library, Bettendorf, IA via Barb Huntington's Posting for the Youth Services Liaisons
Mark passed along that ALA just posted this information, for anyone who is interested!
As the temperature rises and the school year draws to a close, it is time to batter up for summer reading. Help your community's kids and teens beat the heat this summer with Step up to the Plate @ your library(r).
Developed by the American Library Association and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the program brings together two of America's favorite pastimes - baseball and libraries - to encourage reading. Children and young adults between 9 and 18 years of age are invited to go to their library, check out a book about baseball and describe how their favorite character inspired them. One grand prize winner will receive a trip to the Hall of Fame in October 2007.
You can register now for free tools to help libraries promote the program locally. Tools include program logos in both English and Spanish and a toolkit that includes sample press materials and programming ideas.
Kids are not the only winners in Step Up to the Plate. The library that brings in the most entries will win a $100 bookstore gift certificate, and three runners up will be awarded a $50 ALA Graphics gift certificate. All four will also receive a copy of Lawrence Hogan's Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball (published by National Geographic Society).
The Step up to the Plate @ your library program was officially launched during National Library Week in Peoria, Ill., with program spokespeople and Hall of Famers Ryne Sandberg and Ozzie Smith. Both appeared on field before a Peoria Chiefs game as the team announced the program and Sandberg, who is the Chiefs' manager, also spoke to students a local junior high.
First-place prize packages also will be awarded (five in each of four age categories: age 9-11; 12-14; 15-16 and 17-18) and include a commemorative hardbound copy of the Hall of Fame Yearbook; Hall of Fame t-shirt; commemorative set of 20 Hall of Fame baseball cards; DVD copy of the classic baseball movie, "The Sandlot;" miniature souvenir Akadema Pro baseball glove; and a Jackie Robinson History Lives poster from ALA Graphics.
The program concludes September 1, 2007.
Step up to the Plate is part of The Campaign for America's Libraries, ALA's public awareness and advocacy campaign about the value of libraries and librarians in the 21st century. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a Campaign Founding Partner. Supporters of the Step Up to the Plate program include the American Association of School Librarians (AASL); the Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC); the Public Library Association (PLA); the Black Caucus of the American Library Association; and REFORMA, the Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, an affiliate of the ALA.
I'm working on publicity materials for Jim Lenz's "Magic of Reading" program, including flyers, a press release and PSA. The press release and PSA will be online so you can easily insert your library's information. I am hoping to get that all to you by the first week of May.
