"Prue Theroux the cool librarian" book trailer
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By Gillian Rubinstein
Illustrated by David Mackintosh
Publisher: Random House Australia (2002)
ISBN-10: 0091838878
ISBN-13: 978-0091838874
ASIN: B004J2FRDK
Tags: prue theroux cool librarian book trailer
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When you don't know what to do ...
When you haven't got a clue ...
Go and talk to Miss Theroux!
Who, who, who ...?
Miss Prue ... That's who!
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From goodreads.com:
When Prue Theroux comes down with the flu and substitute teacher Mr Boycott takes all the fun out of reading, the students of Numbat Gully Primary School beg her to come back at once. A fun book about a very fun school librarian. I loved how Gillian Rubinstein managed to incorporate about 30 actual book titles into the story, most of them by Australian Children's authors (and a couple by Ms Rubinstein herself!). Makes you want to go out and find them all at the local library. Children's books that encourage a love of reading are always good in my book.
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From blogspot.com:
...Who can jump like a kangaroo?
Who can squawk like a cockatoo?...
Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue that's who,
Miss Prue Theroux, the school librarian.
It may all sound trivial, absurd and at the same time, mundane, but upon reading the whole book, I think I got the message that it wanted to convey: That Librarians, although they do not possess super powers, are extra cool because they tend to know almost everything [well, at least, their collection] and know the appropriate users of these knowledge. And that's Miss Prue, your cool school librarian.
The only drawback, I think, is how the book depicted Miss Prue. In spite the know-it-all attitude as evidently seen in this line:
When you don't know what to do,
When you haven't got a clue,
Go and talk to Miss Theroux.
Sadly, Miss Prue still remained as an old-fashioned librarian. She's still an old maiden [I assume] wearing glasses covered in a bunch of overcoats. I guess it would have been more cool if she was wearing a more modern attire like a corporate-looking attire or she could have been depicted as a hot chick or a hot dude [which I would have preferred more].
Yet all in all, I'd say that the book is a good read because it shows what we, librarians do. Although it deals mostly on the "Reference" aspect of a librarian's job, it somehow highlights our role in schools, especially as advocates for the love of reading. After all, it is what we do that defines us. Right?
**Prue Theroux: the cool librarian is written by Gillian Rubinstein and illustrated by David Mackintosh
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From capitale.org.nz:
When you don't know what to do,
When you haven't got a clue,
Go and talk to Miss Theroux.
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
The school librarian.
Who can teach you the alphabet (abcdefg)
And all about the Internet? (prue[at]senet.com.au)
How to make a chocolate cake (I love chocolate cake)
And how to play the clarinet?
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
The school librarian.
Who knows the names of the football teams? (kick it from 50 ya mug)
Who knows the meanings of your dreams?
Who can jump like a kangaroo? (I can)
Who can squawk like a cockatoo? (squawk!)
And who, in the annual fancy dress
Came as a warrior princess?
war cry - yilliliilliilliilliii...)
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
The school librarian.
She lets us cut up magazines; (snippety snip)
She even gives us jelly beans.
At Hallowe'en she paints us green!
Playing, singing, writing, drawing,
With Miss Theroux; They're never boring.
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
The school librarian.
At Numbat Gully Primary School,
What's the thing that's really cool?
Is it sports?
No!
Is it maths?
No!
Is it fights?
No!
It's books!
Yes!
Wherever you look,
In every nook,
There's a nose in every book.
On the oval,
Yo!
In the hall,
Yo!
Big and small,
Yo!
One and all.
Yo!
In the staffroom,
On the loo,
Reading books from
You know who!
Reading books from
Youknow,youknow,youknow who...
It's me!
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
The school librarian.
Arrrchooo! Oh dear!
One day Miss Prue
Looks rather blue.
Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!
Oh poo, I've got the flu!
Eyes all red,
Aching head,
Feet like lead
Week in bed.
(Ian enters as Mr Boycott to the robotic sounds of Mel)
Fold your arms, zip your lips, sit up straight, don't be late
Mr Boycott comes instead.
Mr Boycott comes instead.
Mr Boycott comes instead.
Mr Boycott comes instead.
He looks as if he's made of metal,
His head's shaped rather like a kettle.
He doesn't like the least disorder!
When the littlies play recorder!!
Mr Boycott has a grand fit!!!,
Sends them out into the sandpit!!!!
Mr Boycott's really mean.
He's never heard of Hallowe'en,
He doesn't cut up magazines.
Doesn't hand out jellybeans,
Doesn't havea Best Books List,
Doesn't reads us Round the Twist.
Doesn't picks up our favourite choices,
Doesn't read in funny voices.
Mr Boycott calls us fools!
And he has a list of rules
No talking!
Books on shelves!!
Work by yourselves!!!
Stop that roaring!!!!
He makes even books seems boring.
Mr Boycott's acting weird.
All the books have disappeared.
When we want to borrow some,
Mr B emits a hum
It sounds just like...
exter... min... ate
When Barry brings a book back late,
And Jane and Wayne Maclean complain,
Mr Boycott goes insane!
His teeth go click, his fingers flick.
His eyes stick out like lollipops
And then he stops!
He stands quite still.
Oh oh! Another teacher's ill.
He doesn't squeak,
He doesn't speak,
He doesn't move for half a week,
As if struck by a thunderbolt
The school grinds slowly to a halt.
Hello?
Miss Prue? It's Libby here from school - we're in a spot of bother.
Could you come back please... we need you.
SFX –Car
Hello dears?
The very next day at half-past two,
She turns up in her blue Subaru.
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux (Hello darlings)
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who? (What's happened?)
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
The school librarian. (Oh deary me)
'Whatato-do,'
says Prue Theroux.
'Whatato-do,'
She goes inside to Mr Boycott,
Whose head looks like a bloodshot teapot,
Removes his hair with great aplomb,
And puts in another CD ROM.
A CD ROM!!!!
We all stand in total shock.
Then the whole school runs amok.
There's a terrible hullabaloo.
The littlies crying 'Boohoohoo!'
Mr Boycott's a robot!
What?
Mr Boycott's a robot!
Mr Boycott's a robot!
Mr Boycott's a robot!
A fusspot, tinpot, stinkpot robot!
That will do
My goodness.
That will do-oo!!
Mr Boycott caught a bug,
Let's give him a great big hug!
He's not really bad, poor lamb.
He just needed a new program.
Now his circuits are complete,
Mr Boycott's prettyneat.
We call him Hal,
He's quite a pal,
He's really very helpful too.
But not as neat as you know who-oo-who!
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
And one more time let's go!
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
That's
Who? Who? Who? Who?
Miss Prue Theroux
Who? Who? Who? Who?
The school librarian
The school librarian
The coo-ool librarian.
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