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From: Voss, Lana <lvoss>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 12:37:09 -0500
Carole,
Here are some titles that I've given to parents in the military: Pilot Mom by Kathleen Duble My Red Balloon by Eve Bunting Red White and Blue Good-Bye by Sarah Wones Tomp When Dad's at Sea by Mindy L. Pelton
Lana Voss Manager - Children's Dept. Central Library 400 Civic Center Tulsa, Ok 74103 http://kids.tulsalibrary.org 918-596-7973
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4. Re: Off Topic Request (Ryan, Pat)
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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:18:15 -0500 From: "Linda Ward-Callaghan" <lwcallaghan at joliet.lib.il.us> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: "Carole Fiore" <carole at fiore-tlc.biz>, "ccbc-net, Subscribers of"
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The Army brat in me would advise finding material which reinforces the nobility of public service. Separation from a military parent is slightly assuaged by believing your parent has been sent to help, and if you can find ways of 'doing good in the world' then you are supporting your parent's mission.
One title I would suggest is ONE THOUSAND TRACINGS: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WORLD WAR II by Lita Judge (Hyperion -- isbn13: 978-1-4231-0008-9). This picture book chronicles a relief effort to send food, clothing, and shoes (hence, the foot tracings) to people in 15 countries across Europe. On the very first page readers learn "Papa left home to join the war ... and Papa came back to me and Mama." This is a positive, optomistic beginning. While the hardships of war are an underlying theme, the generosity of others to help through humanitarian efforts create a hopeful tone.
I say this as a former Army brat and outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam: Regardless of one's individual opinion on military service or the uses our government makes of the armed forces, support of the service personnel and their families should not be a matter of debate.
Linda Ward-Callaghan Youth Services Lead Professional Joliet Public Library 150 N. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60432 815-740-2662 FAX: 815-740-6161 http://www.joliet.lib.il.us
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Carole Fiore Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:07 AM To: 'ccbc-net, Subscribers of' Subject: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request
Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on
"Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community
(those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:42:53 -0700 From: "Steward, Celeste" <csteward at aclibrary.org> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: "Linda Ward-Callaghan" <lwcallaghan at joliet.lib.il.us>, "Carole
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Your post brings to mind one more preschool title I highly recommend: The Peace Book by Todd Parr...it's never too early to learn about that topic.
Celeste Steward, Collection Development Librarian Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Ward-Callaghan Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:18 PM To: Carole Fiore; ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request
The Army brat in me would advise finding material which reinforces the nobility of public service. Separation from a military parent is slightly assuaged by believing your parent has been sent to help, and if you can find ways of 'doing good in the world' then you are supporting your parent's mission.
One title I would suggest is ONE THOUSAND TRACINGS: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WORLD WAR II by Lita Judge (Hyperion -- isbn13: 978-1-4231-0008-9). This picture book chronicles a relief effort to send food, clothing, and shoes (hence, the foot tracings) to people in 15 countries across Europe. On the very first page readers learn "Papa left home to join the war ... and Papa came back to me and Mama." This is a positive, optomistic beginning. While the hardships of war are an underlying theme, the generosity of others to help through humanitarian efforts create a hopeful tone.
I say this as a former Army brat and outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam: Regardless of one's individual opinion on military service or the uses our government makes of the armed forces, support of the service personnel and their families should not be a matter of debate.
Linda Ward-Callaghan Youth Services Lead Professional Joliet Public Library 150 N. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60432 815-740-2662 FAX: 815-740-6161 http://www.joliet.lib.il.us
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Carole Fiore Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:07 AM To: 'ccbc-net, Subscribers of' Subject: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request
Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on
"Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community
(those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
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Message: 3 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:08:40 EDT From: Carolynpen at aol.com Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: carole at fiore-tlc.biz, ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu Message-ID: <c06.1c0659a7.33bc22e8 at aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Carole, Here are two relevant books, as reviewed in the March 15, 2004 issue of Booklist. The first may be a bit beyond your age range. Carolyn Phelan
When Dad?s at Sea. Pelton, Mindy L. (author). Illustrated by Robert Grantt Steele. Apr. 2004. 32p. Albert Whitman, hardcover, $15.95 _(0-8075-6339-0)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0807563390) . Gr. 1-4.
While You Are Away. Spinelli, Eileen (author). Illustrated by Renee Graef. Apr. 2004. 32p. Hyperion, hardcover, $15.99 _(0-7868-0972-8)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0786809728) . PreS-Gr. 1.
Two new picture books portray children whose parents are away in the military. Both pay close attention to how the children feel and how they cope with a long separation, and both speak from the children?s perspective and in language a child might use.
Mindy Pelton?s While You Are Away reads like a prose poem in three parts. Three children of different ethnicities narrate their own sections: a little boy whose father is in the Navy, a girl whose mother pilots a
?fast plane,? and another boy whose Papa drives a ?speedy jeep.? The children address their parents with their concerns, their questions, and their hopes. Their thoughts are simply expressed and often concrete: one child wonders what his father eats for breakfast, another wraps herself in her mother?s sweater. Warm, glowing colors light up the large-scale, softly defined drawings of children in action and reflection. The final, wordless spread shows all three families happily reunited. In Eileen Spinelli?s When Dad?s at Sea, Emily?s father, a Navy pilot, is leaving for a six-month deployment on an aircraft carrier. Each day he is gone, she removes one link from the paper chain he made for her, so that she can mark the days until his return. She misses him, but finds comfort in his e-mails and calls, and she even makes a new friend. The time frame of the story and the use of sensory details create a strong sense of Emily?s loss, her slow adjustment, and her joy at her father?s return. Steele?s impressionistic, delicately colored watercolor paintings sensitively depict Emily and her surroundings.Since so many communities include families with parents in the military, these reassuring, empathetic picture books will be welcome additions to library collections. ? Carolyn Phelan
In a message dated 7/3/2007 10:07:54 AM Central Daylight Time, carole at fiore-tlc.biz writes: Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on
"Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community (those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
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Message: 4 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:36:50 -0700 From: "Ryan, Pat" <PRyan at aclibrary.org> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: <ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID:
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Tomp, Sarah Wones. Red, white, and blue good-bye
Yellow ribbon for daddy, Anissa Mersiowsky
I Miss You!: A Military Kid's Book About Deployment by Beth Andrews
Uncle Sam's Kids: When Duty Calls by Angela Sportelli-Rehak
Daddy, Will You Miss Me? by Wendy McCormick
Daddy Is a Soldier by Kirsten Hallowell
Night Catch by Brenda Ehrmantraut
Daddy's in Iraq, But I want him back, Carmen R. Hoyt
I found most of these titles on Amazon.com where one thing leads to another. Unfortunately most of these titles are not owned in my Library system, but most of them have good reader reviews on Amazon. I know I have seen mention of books about MOMS who are being deployed, but couldn't find any right now.
Raising You Alone by Warren Hanson is a wonderful, readable story.
Patricia Ryan Children's Librarian Union City Library
(510) 745-1464 ext. 19
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Carolynpen at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:09 PM To: carole at fiore-tlc.biz; ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request
Carole, Here are two relevant books, as reviewed in the March 15, 2004 issue of Booklist. The first may be a bit beyond your age range. Carolyn Phelan
When Dad's at Sea. Pelton, Mindy L. (author). Illustrated by Robert Grantt Steele. Apr. 2004. 32p. Albert Whitman, hardcover, $15.95 _(0-8075-6339-0)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0807563390) . Gr. 1-4.
While You Are Away. Spinelli, Eileen (author). Illustrated by Renee Graef. Apr. 2004. 32p. Hyperion, hardcover, $15.99 _(0-7868-0972-8)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0786809728) . PreS-Gr. 1.
[snip]- Carolyn Phelan
In a message dated 7/3/2007 10:07:54 AM Central Daylight Time, carole at fiore-tlc.biz writes: Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on
"Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community (those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
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Message: 5 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:28:47 -0400 From: "Sally Miller" <derbymiller at fuse.net> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Off-topic responses To: "ccbc-net" <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <006501c7bdc9$e99746b0$6401a8c0 at sally> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I never fail to be touched and amazed by the helpful, generous way readers of this list respond to requests for help of one sort or another. Now if we could just teach the rest of the world to be equally kind and responsive.... Sally Derby (who is waiting for some kind, generous, responsive editors to reply favorably to my latest submissions)
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Message: 6 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 17:09:23 -0700 From: "Ryan, Pat" <PRyan at aclibrary.org> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: <ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID:
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A couple more titles:
Love, Lizzie : letters to a military mom / Lisa Tucker McElroy
Soldier mom / Alice Mead
Patricia Ryan, Children's Librarian Union City Library 510-745-1464 ext. 19
"Now, when I read constantly about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door is closing and that American society has found one more way to destroy itself." I, Asimov.
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Received on Thu 05 Jul 2007 12:37:09 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 12:37:09 -0500
Carole,
Here are some titles that I've given to parents in the military: Pilot Mom by Kathleen Duble My Red Balloon by Eve Bunting Red White and Blue Good-Bye by Sarah Wones Tomp When Dad's at Sea by Mindy L. Pelton
Lana Voss Manager - Children's Dept. Central Library 400 Civic Center Tulsa, Ok 74103 http://kids.tulsalibrary.org 918-596-7973
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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:18:15 -0500 From: "Linda Ward-Callaghan" <lwcallaghan at joliet.lib.il.us> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: "Carole Fiore" <carole at fiore-tlc.biz>, "ccbc-net, Subscribers of"
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The Army brat in me would advise finding material which reinforces the nobility of public service. Separation from a military parent is slightly assuaged by believing your parent has been sent to help, and if you can find ways of 'doing good in the world' then you are supporting your parent's mission.
One title I would suggest is ONE THOUSAND TRACINGS: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WORLD WAR II by Lita Judge (Hyperion -- isbn13: 978-1-4231-0008-9). This picture book chronicles a relief effort to send food, clothing, and shoes (hence, the foot tracings) to people in 15 countries across Europe. On the very first page readers learn "Papa left home to join the war ... and Papa came back to me and Mama." This is a positive, optomistic beginning. While the hardships of war are an underlying theme, the generosity of others to help through humanitarian efforts create a hopeful tone.
I say this as a former Army brat and outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam: Regardless of one's individual opinion on military service or the uses our government makes of the armed forces, support of the service personnel and their families should not be a matter of debate.
Linda Ward-Callaghan Youth Services Lead Professional Joliet Public Library 150 N. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60432 815-740-2662 FAX: 815-740-6161 http://www.joliet.lib.il.us
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Carole Fiore Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:07 AM To: 'ccbc-net, Subscribers of' Subject: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request
Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on
"Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community
(those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
************************************************************************ Carole D. Fiore Training and Library Consulting
and Acquisitions Editor, Neal-Schuman Publishing carole at fiore-tlc.biz www.fiore-tlc.biz Phone: 850-656-8474 Cell: 850-694-1789 Fax: 850-942-2802
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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:42:53 -0700 From: "Steward, Celeste" <csteward at aclibrary.org> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: "Linda Ward-Callaghan" <lwcallaghan at joliet.lib.il.us>, "Carole
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Your post brings to mind one more preschool title I highly recommend: The Peace Book by Todd Parr...it's never too early to learn about that topic.
Celeste Steward, Collection Development Librarian Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Ward-Callaghan Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:18 PM To: Carole Fiore; ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request
The Army brat in me would advise finding material which reinforces the nobility of public service. Separation from a military parent is slightly assuaged by believing your parent has been sent to help, and if you can find ways of 'doing good in the world' then you are supporting your parent's mission.
One title I would suggest is ONE THOUSAND TRACINGS: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WORLD WAR II by Lita Judge (Hyperion -- isbn13: 978-1-4231-0008-9). This picture book chronicles a relief effort to send food, clothing, and shoes (hence, the foot tracings) to people in 15 countries across Europe. On the very first page readers learn "Papa left home to join the war ... and Papa came back to me and Mama." This is a positive, optomistic beginning. While the hardships of war are an underlying theme, the generosity of others to help through humanitarian efforts create a hopeful tone.
I say this as a former Army brat and outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam: Regardless of one's individual opinion on military service or the uses our government makes of the armed forces, support of the service personnel and their families should not be a matter of debate.
Linda Ward-Callaghan Youth Services Lead Professional Joliet Public Library 150 N. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60432 815-740-2662 FAX: 815-740-6161 http://www.joliet.lib.il.us
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Carole Fiore Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:07 AM To: 'ccbc-net, Subscribers of' Subject: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request
Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on
"Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community
(those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
************************************************************************ Carole D. Fiore Training and Library Consulting
and Acquisitions Editor, Neal-Schuman Publishing carole at fiore-tlc.biz www.fiore-tlc.biz Phone: 850-656-8474 Cell: 850-694-1789 Fax: 850-942-2802
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Message: 3 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:08:40 EDT From: Carolynpen at aol.com Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: carole at fiore-tlc.biz, ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu Message-ID: <c06.1c0659a7.33bc22e8 at aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Carole, Here are two relevant books, as reviewed in the March 15, 2004 issue of Booklist. The first may be a bit beyond your age range. Carolyn Phelan
When Dad?s at Sea. Pelton, Mindy L. (author). Illustrated by Robert Grantt Steele. Apr. 2004. 32p. Albert Whitman, hardcover, $15.95 _(0-8075-6339-0)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0807563390) . Gr. 1-4.
While You Are Away. Spinelli, Eileen (author). Illustrated by Renee Graef. Apr. 2004. 32p. Hyperion, hardcover, $15.99 _(0-7868-0972-8)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0786809728) . PreS-Gr. 1.
Two new picture books portray children whose parents are away in the military. Both pay close attention to how the children feel and how they cope with a long separation, and both speak from the children?s perspective and in language a child might use.
Mindy Pelton?s While You Are Away reads like a prose poem in three parts. Three children of different ethnicities narrate their own sections: a little boy whose father is in the Navy, a girl whose mother pilots a
?fast plane,? and another boy whose Papa drives a ?speedy jeep.? The children address their parents with their concerns, their questions, and their hopes. Their thoughts are simply expressed and often concrete: one child wonders what his father eats for breakfast, another wraps herself in her mother?s sweater. Warm, glowing colors light up the large-scale, softly defined drawings of children in action and reflection. The final, wordless spread shows all three families happily reunited. In Eileen Spinelli?s When Dad?s at Sea, Emily?s father, a Navy pilot, is leaving for a six-month deployment on an aircraft carrier. Each day he is gone, she removes one link from the paper chain he made for her, so that she can mark the days until his return. She misses him, but finds comfort in his e-mails and calls, and she even makes a new friend. The time frame of the story and the use of sensory details create a strong sense of Emily?s loss, her slow adjustment, and her joy at her father?s return. Steele?s impressionistic, delicately colored watercolor paintings sensitively depict Emily and her surroundings.Since so many communities include families with parents in the military, these reassuring, empathetic picture books will be welcome additions to library collections. ? Carolyn Phelan
In a message dated 7/3/2007 10:07:54 AM Central Daylight Time, carole at fiore-tlc.biz writes: Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on
"Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community (those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
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Message: 4 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:36:50 -0700 From: "Ryan, Pat" <PRyan at aclibrary.org> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: <ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID:
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Tomp, Sarah Wones. Red, white, and blue good-bye
Yellow ribbon for daddy, Anissa Mersiowsky
I Miss You!: A Military Kid's Book About Deployment by Beth Andrews
Uncle Sam's Kids: When Duty Calls by Angela Sportelli-Rehak
Daddy, Will You Miss Me? by Wendy McCormick
Daddy Is a Soldier by Kirsten Hallowell
Night Catch by Brenda Ehrmantraut
Daddy's in Iraq, But I want him back, Carmen R. Hoyt
I found most of these titles on Amazon.com where one thing leads to another. Unfortunately most of these titles are not owned in my Library system, but most of them have good reader reviews on Amazon. I know I have seen mention of books about MOMS who are being deployed, but couldn't find any right now.
Raising You Alone by Warren Hanson is a wonderful, readable story.
Patricia Ryan Children's Librarian Union City Library
(510) 745-1464 ext. 19
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Carolynpen at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:09 PM To: carole at fiore-tlc.biz; ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request
Carole, Here are two relevant books, as reviewed in the March 15, 2004 issue of Booklist. The first may be a bit beyond your age range. Carolyn Phelan
When Dad's at Sea. Pelton, Mindy L. (author). Illustrated by Robert Grantt Steele. Apr. 2004. 32p. Albert Whitman, hardcover, $15.95 _(0-8075-6339-0)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0807563390) . Gr. 1-4.
While You Are Away. Spinelli, Eileen (author). Illustrated by Renee Graef. Apr. 2004. 32p. Hyperion, hardcover, $15.99 _(0-7868-0972-8)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0786809728) . PreS-Gr. 1.
[snip]- Carolyn Phelan
In a message dated 7/3/2007 10:07:54 AM Central Daylight Time, carole at fiore-tlc.biz writes: Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on
"Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community (those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
************************************************************************ Carole D. Fiore Training and Library Consulting and Acquisitions Editor, Neal-Schuman Publishing carole at fiore-tlc.biz www.fiore-tlc.biz Phone: 850-656-8474 Cell: 850-694-1789 Fax: 850-942-2802
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Message: 5 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:28:47 -0400 From: "Sally Miller" <derbymiller at fuse.net> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Off-topic responses To: "ccbc-net" <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <006501c7bdc9$e99746b0$6401a8c0 at sally> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I never fail to be touched and amazed by the helpful, generous way readers of this list respond to requests for help of one sort or another. Now if we could just teach the rest of the world to be equally kind and responsive.... Sally Derby (who is waiting for some kind, generous, responsive editors to reply favorably to my latest submissions)
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Message: 6 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 17:09:23 -0700 From: "Ryan, Pat" <PRyan at aclibrary.org> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Off Topic Request To: <ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID:
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A couple more titles:
Love, Lizzie : letters to a military mom / Lisa Tucker McElroy
Soldier mom / Alice Mead
Patricia Ryan, Children's Librarian Union City Library 510-745-1464 ext. 19
"Now, when I read constantly about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door is closing and that American society has found one more way to destroy itself." I, Asimov.
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