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YOUTHFUL NEWS 11-18-07 "Useful news splashed out like paint on a Jackson Pollock canvas" LIBRARIES & HEAD START: The likely-to-be-approved report on Improving Head Start includes language about the importance of libraries to the program. Info at http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woissues/earlychildhood/headstart/headstart.c fm. MAGIC ATTIC CLUB GOOF: Some older Magic Attic Club books include an 800# asking kids to join the club. This number is now a sex talk line. Librarians are removing the cardboard tag with the number. Background info at: http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2004/12/13/magic-attic-dolls-cease-productio n.htm. BIG READ GRANT: The National Endowment for the Arts will award grants to organizations hosing Big Read celebrations of 16 classic novels in 2008. Application deadline is Feb 12, 2008. Info at http://www.neabigread.org. FUN STICKERS FROM MARTHA: Print sheets of cool stickers - especially great for teens. Go to www.marthastewart.com and type in the search term "thoughtful stickers." FREE READING TIPS SHEETS FOR PARENTS: Reading Rockets has great printable tip sheets for parents of preschoolers through 3rd grade - in many languages. For this and other great info for your community, go to http://www.readingrockets.org/article/7834. HOW DO YOUNG PEOPLE VIEW LIBRARIES? You may be interested in this recent report. These are the findings of a study of young people under 25, who have never known a world without technology, and their perceptions of libraries. Go to http://libraries.idaho.gov/files/default/2007-digital-native-rpt.pdf . TAYSHAS LIST ANNOUNCED: For the new folks, the Tayshas list is like the Bluebonnet list but for young adults. All are worth consideration for purchase. Patti Cook at Austin Public helped select these books. Find the list at http://txla.org/groups/yart/tayshaslists.html. LONESTAR READING LIST ANNOUNCED: Like the Tayshas but for 5th through 8th grade. Michelle Beebower at Austin Public helped select these books. Find the list at http://txla.org/groups/yart/lonestarlists.html. Y'all have a Happy Thanksgiving! --Suzan
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