http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog Librarian's and educator's sharehouse blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:13:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This was posted on the YALSA-BK list. If you want to keep up with what new ya books are being published check out http://www.yalit.com/index.php. They do a fab job. They have RSS feeds available, too. And, there are three Oklahomans with books coming out between now and early spring! http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/12/02/keeping-up-with-ya-publishing/ I was in the Dollar Tree this past weekend and saw hand musical instruments for prizes. They're in the toy section. I picked up flute recorders (two per package), hand tamborine, a whistle and a harmonica. http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/11/24/prizes-for-music-the-arts-summer-reading-program/ Meet Oklahoma Book Award Author Winners PC and Kristin Cast! Stillwater Public Library is hosting a YALSA and Oklahoma Books with Bite: Teen Read Month Party Don’t miss PC and Kristin discussing their House of Night series, sign books, and give away prizes. The day will be filled with fun vampire activities ... http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/09/22/register-now-upcoming-children-and-young-adult-workshops/ There are open slots available for the Gaming for Librarian's workshops! Call Phil Cooke, 405.522.3217 to register. This workshop offers .54 CEU's. Choctaw County Library in Hugo, August 22, 2008 Kingfisher Memorial Library, August 29, 2008 Muldrow Public Library, September 5, 2008 Ardmore Public Library, September 11, 2008 Perry Carnegie Library, September 25, 2008 I hope ... http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/08/20/gaming-workshops-open-slots/ The teen's Trick My Book Truck Contest winners are: 1st Place: Meeker Public Library - "Dive Into Reading" 2nd Place: Norman Public Library - "Rocky Horror Book Show" 3rd Place: McAlester Public Library - "Mario Kart" You can view all entries on the CYA:Summer Reading Gallery http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/08/19/winners-for-the-trick-my-book-truck-contest/ The children's My Favorite Book Contest winners are: 1st Place: Guymon Public Library - Angelina Ballerina 2nd Place: Beaver Public Library - Junie B. Jones Sneaky Peaky Spying 3rd Place: Grove Public Library - Incredible Me Thank you all for sending in photos and I look forward to next year's contest! You can ... http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/08/19/winners-of-the-first-my-favorite-book-contest/ You can find the 2009 and past Sequoyah Masterlists on the Oklahoma Library Association web site. http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/08/01/sequoyah-2009-masterlists/ Congratulations! The 2008 Summer Reading Program is over! For a few of you, the program already ended, for most of you it ended yesterday and some will march forward for a little while longer. When you can catch your breath, submit your stats here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx? sm=1KkeATcJ5IZ_2f6AHqOyAGcg_3d_3d. Just from talking to librarians across the ... http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/08/01/its-dear-time/ It’s time to sign up for the fall gaming workshops. Below are the locations and dates. All workshops will be from 10:00 to 3:30, with a maximum of 10 (ten) people at each workshop. Call Phil Cooke, 405.522.3217 or 1.800.522.8116 to register. Workshops are from 10:00 ... http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/07/30/fall-gaming-workshop-schedule/ You can view pictures for the My Favorite Book and Trick My Book Truck contests on CYA:Gallery. Entries are due by July 31st. Winners will be announced at Share Fair, August 14th (children's) and August 15th (young adult). http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/2008/07/28/photo-contests/