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From: David Harrison <davidlharrison1_at_att.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:56:05 -0500
I'm enjoying these conversations but haven't contributed anything until now. Among my first books for children was The Book of Giant Stories, published in 1972 by American Heritage and which won a Christopher Award that year. The book was translated into eleven languages and sold three-quarters of a million copies. In the years since, I've seen it referred to as a classic folktale although it's only 38 years old. (It's again in print thanks to Boyds Mills Press bringing it back). In spite of that track record, I was never able to sell another editor on writing an original story in this genre and today authors are often told that such stories are "too quiet" for today's young readers. I wonder what librarians think about the apparent need among children for "loud stories," whatever that may be.
David
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From: CCBC Network digest
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:01 AM To: ccbc-net digest recipients Subject: ccbc-net digest: March 20, 2010
CCBC-NET Digest for Saturday, March 20, 2010.
1. Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
2. Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
3. Fabulous folktales you/your library can't live without?
4. Where Have All the Folktales Gone
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Subject: Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
From: Maggi
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:24:34 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1
I've significantly increased the circ of my folktales by:
- moving them next to the picture books
- recataloging them by country (so all the Germany Grimm books are
together, etc.)
- putting the name of the country on the spine label
- cataloging the fractured fairy tales together
This is not very strict Dewey, but it's worked wonders for my
circulation, and both the kids and the teachers love it.
On Mar 19, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Regina Pauly wrote:
I too have cut back on purchasing folk and fairy tales. Of course I
purchase a few each year because they receive outstanding reviews
and I want to have some more modern versions of the tales, but with
the cost of books increasing and my budget shrinking I can't justify
spending much of my budget in an
-Maggi Idzikowski
Media Specialist
Allen Elementary School, Ann Arbor MI
librarymaggi_at_gmail.com
Blogging with my 3-year-old at http://mamalibrarian.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
From: Steven Engelfried
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:48:08 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 2
Great ideas from Maggi about how libraries can influence circulation of folktales. Grouping fractured tales together is brilliant! When folktales sit spine-out in the non-fiction section between the 397's and 399's they don't get that much use. They're too thin to see much from the spines, and not that easy to browse. On the other hand, they do great as face-out displays. They have eye-catching covers and magnificent artwork and get just the reaction you want from a display: "I didn't come here for that book, or for that type of book, but it sure looks interesting..." At one former library we separated out the picture book format 398's from the collections, located them between picture books and our "Moving Up" section which was for 2nd-3rd graders, included plenty of slanted shelves for face out display, and the circulation was great!
- Steven Engelfried, Multnomah County Library (OR)
sengelfried_at_yahoo.com
--- On Sat, 3/20/10, Maggi wrote:
From: Maggi
Subject: Re:
Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
To: "CCBC-NET"
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 8:24 AM
I've significantly increased the circ of my folktales by:
- moving them next to the picture books
- recataloging them by country (so all the Germany Grimm books are together, etc.)
- putting the name of the country on the spine label
- cataloging the fractured fairy tales together
This is not very strict Dewey, but it's worked wonders for my circulation, and both the kids and the teachers love it.
On Mar 19, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Regina Pauly wrote:
I too have cut back on purchasing folk and fairy tales. Of course I purchase a few each year because they receive outstanding reviews and I want to have some more modern versions of the tales, but with the cost of books increasing and my budget shrinking I can't justify spending much of my budget in an
-Maggi Idzikowski
Media Specialist
Allen Elementary School, Ann Arbor MI
librarymaggi_at_gmail.com
Blogging with my 3-year-old at http://mamalibrarian.blogspot.com/
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:56:05 -0500
I'm enjoying these conversations but haven't contributed anything until now. Among my first books for children was The Book of Giant Stories, published in 1972 by American Heritage and which won a Christopher Award that year. The book was translated into eleven languages and sold three-quarters of a million copies. In the years since, I've seen it referred to as a classic folktale although it's only 38 years old. (It's again in print thanks to Boyds Mills Press bringing it back). In spite of that track record, I was never able to sell another editor on writing an original story in this genre and today authors are often told that such stories are "too quiet" for today's young readers. I wonder what librarians think about the apparent need among children for "loud stories," whatever that may be.
David
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From: CCBC Network digest
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:01 AM To: ccbc-net digest recipients Subject: ccbc-net digest: March 20, 2010
CCBC-NET Digest for Saturday, March 20, 2010.
1. Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
2. Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
3. Fabulous folktales you/your library can't live without?
4. Where Have All the Folktales Gone
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Subject: Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
From: Maggi
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:24:34 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1
I've significantly increased the circ of my folktales by:
- moving them next to the picture books
- recataloging them by country (so all the Germany Grimm books are
together, etc.)
- putting the name of the country on the spine label
- cataloging the fractured fairy tales together
This is not very strict Dewey, but it's worked wonders for my
circulation, and both the kids and the teachers love it.
On Mar 19, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Regina Pauly wrote:
I too have cut back on purchasing folk and fairy tales. Of course I
purchase a few each year because they receive outstanding reviews
and I want to have some more modern versions of the tales, but with
the cost of books increasing and my budget shrinking I can't justify
spending much of my budget in an
-Maggi Idzikowski
Media Specialist
Allen Elementary School, Ann Arbor MI
librarymaggi_at_gmail.com
Blogging with my 3-year-old at http://mamalibrarian.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
From: Steven Engelfried
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:48:08 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 2
Great ideas from Maggi about how libraries can influence circulation of folktales. Grouping fractured tales together is brilliant! When folktales sit spine-out in the non-fiction section between the 397's and 399's they don't get that much use. They're too thin to see much from the spines, and not that easy to browse. On the other hand, they do great as face-out displays. They have eye-catching covers and magnificent artwork and get just the reaction you want from a display: "I didn't come here for that book, or for that type of book, but it sure looks interesting..." At one former library we separated out the picture book format 398's from the collections, located them between picture books and our "Moving Up" section which was for 2nd-3rd graders, included plenty of slanted shelves for face out display, and the circulation was great!
- Steven Engelfried, Multnomah County Library (OR)
sengelfried_at_yahoo.com
--- On Sat, 3/20/10, Maggi wrote:
From: Maggi
Subject: Re:
Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
To: "CCBC-NET"
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 8:24 AM
I've significantly increased the circ of my folktales by:
- moving them next to the picture books
- recataloging them by country (so all the Germany Grimm books are together, etc.)
- putting the name of the country on the spine label
- cataloging the fractured fairy tales together
This is not very strict Dewey, but it's worked wonders for my circulation, and both the kids and the teachers love it.
On Mar 19, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Regina Pauly wrote:
I too have cut back on purchasing folk and fairy tales. Of course I purchase a few each year because they receive outstanding reviews and I want to have some more modern versions of the tales, but with the cost of books increasing and my budget shrinking I can't justify spending much of my budget in an
-Maggi Idzikowski
Media Specialist
Allen Elementary School, Ann Arbor MI
librarymaggi_at_gmail.com
Blogging with my 3-year-old at http://mamalibrarian.blogspot.com/
---Received on Sun 21 Mar 2010 02:56:05 PM CDT
