[kids-lib] Help Needed: Kids' Chapter Book Stumper! SOLVED

Thu Jul 19 12:56:19 PDT 2018

This stumper was SOLVED! :D It's The colony by Thomas Carroll. Thank you to Rebecca Mayer and Kristin Starnes for figuring this doozy out!
Kristy

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Today's Topics:

   1. OYAN Seeking Board Nominations-Deadline Approaching (SusaKat D)
   2. Help Needed: Kids' Chapter Book Stumper! (Kemper Hodge, Kristy)
   3. Question for the Great Brain (Carson Mischel)
   4. ORCA is looking for new committee members! (MacKenzie Ross)
   5. Idaho Commission for Libraries Youth Services Consultant
      Opening (Greta Bergquist)
   6. Do you want FREE OBOB books- 3entire sets?! (Korie Jones Buerkle)
   7. What's Greta Been Up To? June 2018 (Greta Bergquist)
   8. STILL OPEN: Do you want FREE OBOB books- 3 entire sets?!
      (Korie Jones Buerkle)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:55:53 -0700
From: SusaKat D <susakatd at gmail.com>
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Subject: [kids-lib] OYAN Seeking Board Nominations-Deadline
	Approaching
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Hi Library World!

*Please pardon the cross posting*

There is still time to nominate yourself or someone else for the OYAN board. OYAN is seeking an Incoming Chair and Secretary (or
co-chairs/co-secretaries) for the upcoming to 2018-2019 year.  The deadline is Saturday June, 9th. For more information please continue reading:

Enjoy serving teens in libraries? Thrive on advocating for them? Are you interested in impacting teen library services and programming? If you answered yes to any of the following questions or know someone who would, then consider nominating yourself or them for the Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) Board. OYAN is seeking nominations for Incoming Chair (or Co-Chairs if two people are interested) and Secretary for the upcoming
2018-2019 year.

2018-2021 Duties:

2018-2019, Incoming Chair

?         Support the OYAN chair

?         Responsible for the OYAN raffle

?         Attend OYAN board training meeting

2019-2020, Chair

?         Attend OYAN membership and OLA Executive Board meetings

?         Prepare all OYAN meeting agendas

2020-2021, Outgoing Chair

?         Budget reports

?         OYEA banquet award

2019 Secretary duties:

?         Attend all OYAN Meetings or find a replacement if unable to
attend a meeting

?         Record OYAN membership and OYAN board meetings

?         Prepare all meeting minutes

?         Maintain and update organizational documents in the OYAN Executive
Board procedure manual

For more information about the Incoming Chair and Secretary positions, please click here <http://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214>.

The deadline to nominate yourself or someone else is Saturday, June 9.
Please send nominations to oyan at olaweb.org

Thank you,

Susan Davis

OYAN Incoming Co-Chair 2018-2019
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 19:29:14 +0000
From: "Kemper Hodge, Kristy" <Kristy.KemperHodge at corvallisoregon.gov>
To: "'kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us'"
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Subject: [kids-lib] Help Needed: Kids' Chapter Book Stumper!
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Hi Great Brain!

We've got one heck of a stumper that needs your help because we're not making any headway on it ourselves! It's a kids chapter book that was available at least 7-8 years ago. Here's the details:

-        Set in a desert; features ant colonies, a boy, a stone

-        A boy is playing a video game, when his mom unplugs it to get him to go to school - the title of the book may be the name of the videogame

-        The boy is bullied in the story

-        A Native American gives the boy a turquoise stone that shrinks the boy to the size of an ant

-        The boy can talk to the ants and there's something about a fight with another ant colony and a dwarf ant that is smaller than a regular ant

The book does not seem to be The City Under the Back Steps by Lampman. Any thoughts??
Thank you so much for your help!
Kristy

Kristy Kemper Hodge
Teen Services Librarian
Enrich | Excite | Explore
Schedule: Tuesday-Saturday
Preferred pronouns: she, her, hers

Corvallis-Benton County Public Library<http://www.thebestlibrary.net/>
645 NW Monroe Ave.
Corvallis, OR 97330
(541) 766-6489
Kristy.KemperHodge at corvallisoregon.gov<mailto:bonnie.brzozowski at corvallisoregon.gov>

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 18:00:32 +0000
From: Carson Mischel <cmischel at beavertonoregon.gov>
To: "'kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us'"
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Subject: [kids-lib] Question for the Great Brain
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Hi everyone

I had a patron today looking for a book from her childhood. She read it in the early 90s. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

*         Picture book

*         Features a ballerina who lives in a big city high rise. She has a rooftop garden that the patron remembers vividly.

*         Also a cowgirl who sleeps under the stars.

*         The patron thinks there might have been a  theme of girls can be anything they want to be.

Thanks everyone!

Carson Mischel
Youth Services Senior Librarian
Beaverton City Library | 12375 SW 5th St. | Beaverton, OR 97005-2883
p: 503-350-3623 | www.BeavertonLibrary.org<http://www.beavertonlibrary.org/>
CMischel at BeavertonOregon.gov<mailto:CMischel at BeavertonOregon.gov>
Work days: Tuesday-Saturday

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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:10:52 +0000
From: MacKenzie Ross <mross at beavertonoregon.gov>
To: "kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us"
	<kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>,
	"'oyan at listsmart.osl.state.or.us'" <oyan at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [kids-lib] ORCA is looking for new committee members!
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Hello! The Oregon Reader's Choice Award Committee is looking for new members, including 3 ORA members, 2 CSD members, and 1 OYAN member. Members on this committee have the opportunity to focus their reading on a specific division (grades 3-5, 6-8, or 9-12), decide on the final list of 8 books in their division, create booktalks, potentially co-present at the spring Oregon Library Association Conference, and get to know other people around Oregon who are just as passionate about getting great books into the hands of kids and teens!

One of the great things about being an ORCA committee member is that members are not required to attend any in-person meetings--all of our discussions are through Google docs. However, something to be aware of is that we do a lot of reading, and the reading, online discussions, and preparing for the OLA presentation can make it really busy from February through April.

Check out our website at https://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=pslXprxdtWHFBuj41-AaSLF1gHAT1_cek1PvLND777Q&r=63q7r7MctwqqC5dLowC20FFtAr28GpbqYY7Tr01Aj6Y&m=oGbNhy1dYdAKeRc3fW22TN5Hj5CMqXjsGSGcCVEhZlI&s=8IT0bDB0bVFy5P0pscRGH8OwWVvE-qBIpmI6YOD1-Ds&e=>

If you have any questions, shoot me an email at orca at olaweb.org. If you are interested in being an ORCA Committee member, please email me at the above email address by Friday, August 31 with answers to the following questions:

1) Why do you want to be a member of the Oregon Reader's Choice Award Committee?
2) Do you currently, or have you in the past, served on a book award committee? If yes, please briefly describe your experience.
3) There are 3 divisions that members read for: grades 3-5, 6-8, or 9-12. Please list your top 2 division choices that you would prefer to read for.
4) Are you a member of the Oregon Reading Association, OLA - Children's Services Division (CSD), or OLA - Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN)? Please specify which one(s) you are a member of.

Best,
MacKenzie

MacKenzie Ross
Youth Services Librarian
Beaverton City Library | 12375 SW 5th Street | Beaverton, OR  97005 Murray Scholls Branch | 11200 SW Murray Scholls Place | Beaverton, OR 97007
p: 503.526.2373 | f: 503.469.9577| www.BeavertonLibrary.org<http://www.beavertonlibrary.org/>
Work days: Sunday - Thursday
Pronouns: she, her, hers
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:00:53 +0000
From: Greta Bergquist <greta.bergquist at state.or.us>
To: "kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us"
	<kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>,  OYAN Listserv
	<OYAN at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [kids-lib] Idaho Commission for Libraries Youth Services
	Consultant Opening
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Hello kid and teen focused library folks,

I don't know why anyone would leave Oregon (especially during summer reading!), but if you're interested in a Youth Services Consultant position, Staci at the Idaho Commission for Libraries (their state library) is great to work with. See link to their job opening post in the e-mail train below.

Best,

Greta B

Greta Bergquist
Youth Services Consultant
503-378-2528 | www.oregon.gov/osl<http://www.oregon.gov/osl>
Follow us: Facebook<http://fb.me/StateLibraryOR> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/StateLibraryOR> | Tumblr<http://www.statelibraryor.tumblr.com/> | Pinterest<https://pinterest.com/statelibraryor/>

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From: yscon [mailto:yscon-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Staci Shaw
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 10:25 AM
To: YSCON (yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) <yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [yscon] FW: ICfL Program Supervisor, Youth Services Consultant job openings

Please forward to your networks-Tammy is filling our CE Consultant position, so we're looking for another YS consultant to work with me. And the Program Supervisor position will work on various collaborative projects.
Boise's a great place to live!

~Staci
Staci Shaw, M.A.Ed.
Youth Services Consultant
Idaho Commission for Libraries
325 W. State St.
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 334-2150 x151
(800) 458-3271 in Idaho
http://libraries.idaho.gov/readtome

Please *like* us on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/readtomeidaho

From: libidaho-request at lists.ala.org<mailto:libidaho-request at lists.ala.org> [mailto:libidaho-request at lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Peter Nelson
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 7:34 AM
To: libidaho at lists.ala.org<mailto:libidaho at lists.ala.org>
Subject: [libidaho - ILA] ICfL Program Supervisor, Youth Services Consultant job openings

The ICfL is recruiting for a Program Supervisor and a Youth Services Consultant, both to be based in our downtown Boise office. The positions include travel, as needed (locally, regionally, and nationally).

For more information about the Program Supervisor position and/or to apply, please visit: https://www4.labor.idaho.gov/DHR/ATS/StateJobs/jobannouncement.aspx?announcement_no=08990025159

For more information about the Youth Services Consultant position and/or to apply, please visit: https://www4.labor.idaho.gov/DHR/ATS/stateJobs/jobannouncement.aspx?announcement_no=02908052637

The Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL), Idaho's state library development agency, builds the capacity of the more than 850 public, school, academic, and special libraries in Idaho to better serve their communities through: statewide programming and resources, like Read to Me and Libraries Linking Idaho (LiLI); consulting; continuing education; partnerships; and aid to underserved populations, such as the visually impaired through the Talking Book Service.

Pete Nelson
Human Resource Specialist
Idaho Commission for Libraries
325 W. State St. Boise, ID 83702
(208)639-4137
peter.nelson at libraries.idaho.gov<mailto:peter.nelson at libraries.idaho.gov>

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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 17:19:05 +0000
From: Korie Jones Buerkle <korie.buerkle at newbergoregon.gov>
To: "libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us"
	<libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>,
	"kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us"
	<kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [kids-lib] Do you want FREE OBOB books- 3entire sets?!
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Thanks to an LSTA grant to Oregon Battle of the Books we have sets of elementary, middle school, and high school titles for your public library.
This grant was first offered to schools participating in OBOB. While 426 schools applied and will receive books, I do have some extras.
I'm excited that we can now offer books to public libraries as well.

You may apply for only 1 set in each division (elementary, middle school, high school). This means you could apply for book sets for ALL 3 divisions (44 books!).
Please send in a separate survey response for each division you wish to apply for. You will have to re-paste the link into your browser, but it will work.

Apply here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MGYF63N

The grant will close when I have enough applicants (70 for elementary, 73 for middle, 27 for high school).

Paperback books (and a few hardback) will be sent to libraries from Ingram by the end of September (thank you LSTA grant!)

To complete this survey/application you must know your library's address, and your email address.
It's the easiest application ever. It should take less than 4 minutes.

Looking forward to sending you books,

Korie
OBOB Finance Chair
obobfinancechair at gmail.com

Korie Jones Buerkle
Assistant Library Director | Children's Librarian Newberg Public Library
Office: 503 554 7734 | Children's Desk: 503 537 0304 She, her, hers

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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 23:56:53 +0000
From: Greta Bergquist <greta.bergquist at state.or.us>
To: "kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us"
	<kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>,  OYAN Listserv
	<OYAN at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [kids-lib] What's Greta Been Up To? June 2018
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Hello library folks serving kids and teens,

Summer Reading is getting real right about now - hope you were able to take a break yesterday and enjoy your holiday. Here's what I was working on in June here at the State Library. If you've got questions/idea/suggestions/comments, please let me know!

Highlights:

*         I've spent a lot of time communicating with county GIS specialists because Ready to Ready formulas are partially based on square miles. We want every library to get the correct 2019 Ready to Ready grant amounts. These are still in draft form as we wait for information on new library districts in Douglas County -woohoo! - but we will have 2019 Ready to Read applications up this month on the State Library website. I know, you're all just dying to fill those out RIGHT NOW. :)

*         I met with the STEM HUB<http://stemoregon.org/stem-hubs-oregon/> Partnerships Director and Dept. of Education Science folks to learn about how they see STEM hubs providing opportunities for science learning. Please let me know if you do anything with your STEM HUB, even if it's just that you've been in contact with them!

*         I was able to present to Oregon's Early Learning Council<https://oregonearlylearning.com/early-learning-council-members> about all the amazing work you are doing to support early literacy in your communities. I want to give a shout out to the following: St. Helens Library (Gretchen), Washington County (Katie & Bryce), Ready2Learn<https://www.ready2learnoregon.org/home> in Baker, Grant, Umatilla and more (Erin, Jennifer, and others) and Beaverton's Ready Set, Kindergarten<http://nwcentral.org/ola-conference-2018/a-bright-future-for-every-kindergartner-hosting-a-ready-set-kindergarten-program-at-your-library/> Team (Victoria, Carson, & Araceli) - because I shared examples of your early literacy work with the Council and they appreciated it!
Library Visits:

*         June 5th, Deschutes Public Library, Redmond. Read Create Play with Heather McNeil and Carly Garzon-Vegas

*         June 6th Crook County Library, Prineville.  2017 Ready to Read Award to Crook County with Buzzy Neilsen, Jane Scheppke, Shun-Sho Fong and all the other wonderful library staff here.
Mary Ryan shared with me an awesome dinosaur-themed-race-car-building-STEM-program that was super enticing for young dinosaur fans in Prineville. If you want to hear more, she'd be happy to share more about it! You can get in touch with Mary at:  mryan at crooklib.org<mailto:mryan at crooklib.org>

Something I'm Learning:
To prepare for presenting to the Early Learning Council, I went through the Early Learning Guidelines<https://www.oregon.gov/ode/students-and-family/FullDayK/Documents/ODE_EarlyLearningStandards_final.pdf> and was able to list an example for EVERY.SINGLE.GUIDELINE from an Oregon library doing that very thing to build literacy. My takeaway: You are doing critically important, foundational work for our youngest learners - Thank you.

Happy July and please know that we are all rooting for you over here during your busiest season!

Best,

Greta B

Greta Bergquist
Youth Services Consultant
503-378-2528 | www.oregon.gov/osl<http://www.oregon.gov/osl>
Follow us: Facebook<http://fb.me/StateLibraryOR> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/StateLibraryOR> | Tumblr<http://www.statelibraryor.tumblr.com/> | Pinterest<https://pinterest.com/statelibraryor/>

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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:55:20 +0000
From: Korie Jones Buerkle <korie.buerkle at newbergoregon.gov>
To: "libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us"
	<libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>,
	"kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us"
	<kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [kids-lib] STILL OPEN: Do you want FREE OBOB books- 3 entire
	sets?!
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi all, I still have books to give away!
Please help me out by applying for books:

Thanks to an LSTA grant to Oregon Battle of the Books we have sets of elementary, middle school, and high school titles for your public library.
This grant was first offered to schools participating in OBOB. While 426 schools applied and will receive books, I do have some extras.
I'm excited that we can now offer books to public libraries as well.

You may apply for only 1 set in each division (elementary, middle school, high school). This means you could apply for book sets for ALL 3 divisions (44 books!).
Please send in a separate survey response for each division you wish to apply for. You will have to re-paste the link into your browser, but it will work.

Apply here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MGYF63N

Paperback books (and a few hardback) will be sent to libraries from Ingram by the end of September (thank you LSTA grant!)

To complete this survey/application you must know your library's address, and your email address.
It's the easiest application ever. It should take less than 4 minutes.

Looking forward to sending you books,

Korie
OBOB Finance Chair
obobfinancechair at gmail.com<mailto:obobfinancechair at gmail.com>

Korie Jones Buerkle
Assistant Library Director | Children's Librarian Newberg Public Library
Office: 503 554 7734 | Children's Desk: 503 537 0304 She, her, hers

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