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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
KSA youth storytellers at Glema Center in Madisonville
I am pleased as punch to tell you that the Muhlenberg Co. children, gently walked away with first place in each category, Elementary - Katie Beth Dorris from Greenville Elementary School,& Middle School- Brooke Pleasant, High School - Emilee Seaman, and Tandem Tellers - Jordin & Jonathan Pleasant - the last four students - homeschoolers sponsored by the Muhlenberg County Public Libraries who held an open event for this competition.
The Glema Center was a wonderful stage for them to tell on and Mr. Bradley Downall and his staff of volunteers, Neville and Joanne Crawford, were welcoming and helpful.
Don Creacy did an outstanding job as organizer, emcee and encourager, & he brought volunteers Mary Hamilton and Pam Holcomb (Thanks to both of them and Don for traveling so far) with him and KSA member E. J. Dewitt from Marion, met us at the Mahr Center, along with a local storyteller Mrs. Kerby Parish of Madisonville, reading teacher retired --oops, not retired, on staff at MCC teaching for Murray State University off campus classes.
The Pleasant family entries told classic fairy tales by Andersen and Grimm Bros.; Emilee's was an original story she wrote, not a fairy tale; and Katie Beth told stories that her papaw told her so we have the variety of original, interview and classic...pretty good for a first year effort. Mrs. Jill Walker Arts Teacher at Greenville Elementary as Katie's sponsor and Miss Pockets from the Muhlenberg Co. Public Libraries were very proud of the students as they performed well on that huge stage before highly trained and polished professional storytellers. It was a great day!
The Glema Center was a wonderful stage for them to tell on and Mr. Bradley Downall and his staff of volunteers, Neville and Joanne Crawford, were welcoming and helpful.
Don Creacy did an outstanding job as organizer, emcee and encourager, & he brought volunteers Mary Hamilton and Pam Holcomb (Thanks to both of them and Don for traveling so far) with him and KSA member E. J. Dewitt from Marion, met us at the Mahr Center, along with a local storyteller Mrs. Kerby Parish of Madisonville, reading teacher retired --oops, not retired, on staff at MCC teaching for Murray State University off campus classes.
The Pleasant family entries told classic fairy tales by Andersen and Grimm Bros.; Emilee's was an original story she wrote, not a fairy tale; and Katie Beth told stories that her papaw told her so we have the variety of original, interview and classic...pretty good for a first year effort. Mrs. Jill Walker Arts Teacher at Greenville Elementary as Katie's sponsor and Miss Pockets from the Muhlenberg Co. Public Libraries were very proud of the students as they performed well on that huge stage before highly trained and polished professional storytellers. It was a great day!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Youth Storytellers compete in Madisonville
Muhlenberg County Public Libraries is proud to present for the Kentucky Storytelling Association's first regional Youth Storytelling Showcase at the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts at Madisonville Community College, four outstanding youth who jumped in with both feet and did an excellent job at our first ever youth teller festival on Aug. 17. Middle School student Brooke Pleasant, High School student Emilee Seaman, and Tandem Team Jordin and Jonathan Pleasant will compete for a chance to have their story's video in the statewide elimination for possible appearance at the National Youth Storytelling Showcase in Pigeon Forge, TN.
Also at our youth event on August 17, was Greenville Elementary student Katie Beth Dorris , who will represent the county at the elementary level. She gave a demonstration of her story for the audience of family and friends at the library that Friday night and will compete in Madisonville today. Best wishes to all.
This is a wonderful opportunity for practicing a family skill usually handed down in families. The fast food generation can still be awesome tellers if they listen to their elders before it is too
late to learn their stories.
Check back here for results later today!
Miss Pockets
Also at our youth event on August 17, was Greenville Elementary student Katie Beth Dorris , who will represent the county at the elementary level. She gave a demonstration of her story for the audience of family and friends at the library that Friday night and will compete in Madisonville today. Best wishes to all.
This is a wonderful opportunity for practicing a family skill usually handed down in families. The fast food generation can still be awesome tellers if they listen to their elders before it is too
late to learn their stories.
Check back here for results later today!
Miss Pockets
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Alex Rider recommended by nephew and doting aunt
Recommendations from a doting aunt:
I have a wonderful, wonderful teen nephew who loves to read and play soccer -- he's not really interested in being a good student though. When he really likes something he has read, he shares it with his old aunt and suggests she reads it too. In the absence of any new Harry Potters or Eragon books, he turned to Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series. I read Scorpia and really enjoyed it. It is not the first in the series, but it didn't matter. Alex is a teen spy. Sometimes, he's not sure if he's working for the good guys or the bad guys. He has only one friend who knows what he does -- his schoolmates just think he misses a lot of school. Scorpia is an international terrorist group -- maybe even the ones who killed his father. As he infiltrates the group, he experiences many dangers -- an attack from an albino tiger, being "disposed of" in the sewers of Venice, parasailing into the terrorist compound, hanging from a hot air balloon to stop a satellite from detonating a powerful explosion to wipe out London, and more. I was almost as exhausted after reading this book as I was after seeing my first Indiana Jones movie 25 years ago in my previous life as a much younger librarian. AW
* editor's note: adults may post on the teen site if recommending teen books. Our director Anniesse Williams has a pipeline to teen books courtesy of her nephew Matthew...adults and teens sharing reading joy is a wonderful thing. Share the joy of a book you like with someone today!
I have a wonderful, wonderful teen nephew who loves to read and play soccer -- he's not really interested in being a good student though. When he really likes something he has read, he shares it with his old aunt and suggests she reads it too. In the absence of any new Harry Potters or Eragon books, he turned to Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series. I read Scorpia and really enjoyed it. It is not the first in the series, but it didn't matter. Alex is a teen spy. Sometimes, he's not sure if he's working for the good guys or the bad guys. He has only one friend who knows what he does -- his schoolmates just think he misses a lot of school. Scorpia is an international terrorist group -- maybe even the ones who killed his father. As he infiltrates the group, he experiences many dangers -- an attack from an albino tiger, being "disposed of" in the sewers of Venice, parasailing into the terrorist compound, hanging from a hot air balloon to stop a satellite from detonating a powerful explosion to wipe out London, and more. I was almost as exhausted after reading this book as I was after seeing my first Indiana Jones movie 25 years ago in my previous life as a much younger librarian. AW
* editor's note: adults may post on the teen site if recommending teen books. Our director Anniesse Williams has a pipeline to teen books courtesy of her nephew Matthew...adults and teens sharing reading joy is a wonderful thing. Share the joy of a book you like with someone today!
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Spiderwick Chronicles movie coming Feb 2008
Yes, it is true, read it at Barnes and Noble bookstore in Bowling Green over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Teens at the TAB meeting Aug 24th discussing Harry Potter all agreed that America's behind the wall fantasy from Spiderwick Chronicles, by Holly Black with magical drawings by Tony DeTerlizzi was an absolute must to become a movie and they hoped soon. Well, soon it is - around 6 months from now. Perhaps TAB will have a field trip night and all go to the Central City movie theater together for the premiere.
This fantastical series set in New England USA is not as large as the HP series, but it is filled with danger, intrigue and kids working out their own problems in a unreal world. Arthur Spiderwick's estate where they have moved to is filled with behind the wall and in the attic intrigue featuring faeries, sprites and dwarves and other magical creatures. Big sister Mallory and twins Jared and Simon Grace have lots of the same sibling and school problems as normal children and yet they have accepted they must preserve the Spiderwick legacy.
Series titles are 1) The Field Guide, 2) The Seeing Stone, 3) Lucinda's Secret, 4) The Ironwood Tree, 5) The Wrath of Mulgareth. Eerie and yet fun. Check them out before the movie comes!
dfs =)
This fantastical series set in New England USA is not as large as the HP series, but it is filled with danger, intrigue and kids working out their own problems in a unreal world. Arthur Spiderwick's estate where they have moved to is filled with behind the wall and in the attic intrigue featuring faeries, sprites and dwarves and other magical creatures. Big sister Mallory and twins Jared and Simon Grace have lots of the same sibling and school problems as normal children and yet they have accepted they must preserve the Spiderwick legacy.
Series titles are 1) The Field Guide, 2) The Seeing Stone, 3) Lucinda's Secret, 4) The Ironwood Tree, 5) The Wrath of Mulgareth. Eerie and yet fun. Check them out before the movie comes!
dfs =)
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