[ISLMA-Share] Crazy Question

Fri Nov 10 14:19:34 CST 2017

My least favorite question is "I'm looking for a short book".

Another crazy, round-about story:

The other day a 7th grade student who just moved recently from India.  She
is the sweetest girl, but sometimes hard to understand.  Loves books and
loves coming to the library.  Here's the path we took the other day:

She asks for an "adventure" book.
I try to get an idea of what type of adventure she wants, like an outdoor
adventure, crazy thriller, etc.
She mentions she liked The Seventh Most Important Thing (not an
adventure...)
I pull other realistic stories.
She asks for more books by the author of Seventh Most Important Thing
I show her Shelley Pearsall, but she doesn't really love historical fiction
(and that's most of her books, of course).
Then she mentions her love of biographies.
Then she mentions that in her teacher's room there was a book called
"Throne of Fire" (Rick Riordan, but #2 in a series).  I mention that it's
number two, tell her the title of number one and a bit of the description,
but she doesn't seem interested.
She also mentions that her teacher had a book called "Eclipse" (Twilight
book 3, of course).  I mention book 1 to her and tell her it's about a girl
who falls in love with a vampire.  She says "That's weird".  We move on...
She goes into the biography section herself and finds a book I've honestly
never seen and says "This one looks pretty good".  It's a story of a person
in Auschwitz.  I ask her if she knows what Auschwitz is.  She says no.  I
said it's a concentration camp and ask if she knows what that is and she
says no.  I give her a brief breakdown of Hitler, over 6 million Jewish
people murdered...doesn't ring any bells.  I tell her she probably won't
understand that book, then, so she should try for something else.
She mentions The Great Glass Elevator and her love of Roald Dahl.
She walks away with BFG....

What a whirlwind!

Kori Wentzloff
LLC Director
Edison Middle School
Wheaton, IL
(630) 682-2050 ex.6861
kori.wentzloff at cusd200.org
#EdisonPantherPride

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Mine was a first grade boy who loved WWI who also had a minor speech
> impediment.
>
> Boy: Do you have a book about *something unintelligible*?
> Me: Um, could you try again?
> Boy: Do you have a book about *something unintelligible*?
> Boy's friend: He said *something that was NOT what the boy said*
>
> A few more attempts.
>
> Finally I am able to make out the words WWI Flying Ace.
>
> Me: *typing into google* WWI Flying Ace
> *turning the computer toward the student*
> Boy: That's him! *pointing toward the picture at the top of the Wikipedia
> article*
> Me: So you want a book about Manfred von Richthofen?
> Boy: Yes, *something unintelligible AKA Manfred von Richthofen*
>
> Unfortunately, we didn't have any books in our 1st-3rd grade library (or
> in the whole school district for that matter) about good old Manfred von
> Richthofen.
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Not exactly readers' advisory, but one year about halfway through the
>> spring semester, a high school girl was sent to the library to complete a
>> Spanish test, and she was as mad and frustrated as I've ever seen any
>> student.
>>
>> I asked her "what's up? and she said (with attitude) "I don't know *why*
>> Mrs. Smith is making me take this test! I don't even *speak* the
>> language!!"
>>
>>
>> *Pamela Huff*
>> Teacher/Librarian
>> Learning Center Director
>> *Johnsburg High School*
>> 2002 W. Ringwood Road
>> Johnsburg IL 60051
>> *815-385-9233 <(815)%20385-9233>*
>>
>> phuff at johnsburg12.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> This isn't really a question, but it is one of my all time favorite
>>> student statements:
>>>
>>> A day after borrow *Pride and Prejudice*, an 8th grade girl returned
>>> the book and said, "I can't read this, it's in English!"
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:13 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Me to the Students: “Who can give me a description of an Historical
>>>> Fiction Book?”
>>>>
>>>> Student: “It’s a Book that is really, really, really funny?”
>>>>
>>>> Me: “No, that would be “hysterical” fiction…”  J
>>>>
>>>> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:
>>>> islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for
>>>> the Illinois School Library Media Association
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 09, 2017 8:12 PM
>>>> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Crazy Question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "I want that book where somebody doesn't like somebody"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do you remember anything else?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "You read it to us"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Processing, scanning my brain--aha!--is it this one? Ballet Cat: The
>>>> totally secret secret
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Yes!!"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 6:47 PM Email list for the Illinois School
>>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  "I want the book my sister checked last week"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That one takes many questions and guesses until we find the answer.
>>>> Another one that I get like it is
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "I want the book you talked about that has a red cover on it"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <
>>>> islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>>>> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 9, 2017 12:30 PM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Crazy Question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1st-grade student: "I want to read a nonfiction book about the tooth
>>>> fairy."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> me: (Show her some picture books)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> student: "No, I want the true facts and real pictures of the tooth
>>>> fairy!"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> me: "Hmmm..I think those are all checked out right now."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lol!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What was your craziest, most random or hardest Reader's Advisory
>>>> question? And the answer if you found it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You know like the question: "I read a book with a blue cover that I
>>>> liked, but I can't remember the title."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm collecting for a class.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gretchen Zaitzeff
>>>> Librarian
>>>> University High School
>>>> Normal, IL
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Whitman Post Elementary
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>> battle"
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