by Leah Langby | Jun 21, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
This just in from Dawn at Rice Lake:”We just had our 2nd annual Readapalooza Summer Reading Kickoff Festival. We had a dunk tank, bounce castle, free hot dogs, cotton candy, snow-cones and games. Brown’s Karate, Barron County Sparks and the Unicycling club all...
by Leah Langby | Jun 16, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
I got a good reminder from the Young Adult Library Services Association (of ALA) the other day. I know some teens who would love to be encouraged to participate in this!As your Summer Reading Program kicks off, be sure to include YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten....
by Leah Langby | Jun 16, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Summer Library Programs are hard upon us, I hope you are all holding up well! Here’s a new idea, in case your idea box is empty!Nick Glass, the founder of TeachingBooks.net, posted a note to a list serv about the idea of having a read-aloud streak for families,...
by Leah Langby | Jun 4, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Becky Arenivar, the programming librarian at the Prescott Public Library, has come up with a terrific Power Point for introducing the library to groups of 8th graders called Meet Me @ The Library. It’s a great look at all the fun stuff libraries provide, that...
by Leah Langby | Jun 4, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you have any students participating in your summer library program who have low vision or are blind, you might be interested to know that there are some resources available for them that are directly related to the Summer Library Program! The Collaborative Summer...
by Leah Langby | May 27, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last-minute planning?? Want a back-up plan in case your star performer gets laryngitis? Check out the terrific compilation of ideas put together by the Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association. This includes handouts from the statewide Summer...
by Leah Langby | May 25, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Katherine Schneider, founder of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award, president of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Board, newly pubished author, and frequent presenter of workshops and webinars at IFLS, recently contacted me. She said, July 26 is the 20th...
by Leah Langby | May 25, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s time to gear up for the annual Book Cart Drill Team Competition at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association Conference at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. Register your team and get crackin’ on your routine for a chance to win a prize...
by Leah Langby | May 24, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Need some supplies for last-minute SLP decorations? I have some pretty swell things to give away to an IFLS library. First come, first serve, though if you send me some content for the blog, I’ll be oh-so-happy! Send an email to langby@ifls.lib.wi.us and tell me...
by Leah Langby | May 17, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
This year the Chippewa Valley Book Festival is launching a new project: The Chippewa Valley Reads…!This event is designed to bring people of all ages together through the joy of reading and discussing books by a renowned author. This year’s author is...
by Leah Langby | May 14, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
How many of you have prizes for your Summer Library Program? I am very interested in the conversation about whether or not giving out trinkets as prizes for reading is a good or bad practice. There has been a lot of discussion on an Association for Library Service to...
by Leah Langby | May 12, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Do you have an active teen advisory board? YALSA is accepting applications for the 2010-2012 round of YA Galley! YA Galley is an ongoing project in which publishers of young adult books provide free copies of their recent titles to teen book discussion groups in...
