by Leah Langby | Dec 29, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Okay, folks, it has been a while since we had much coming from you for the blog!Help me keep this blog vibrant by sending in some things for me to post. You don’t have to make it look pretty or even take time to make sure it is written well, I’ll spiff it...
by Leah Langby | Dec 15, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Adapted from a posting to PUBYAC:A couple weeks ago, after hearing about Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day, Nadine, a children’s librarian from Connecticut, came up with the idea for a special Take Your Child to the Library Day, and chose the first Saturday in...
by Leah Langby | Dec 9, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s an extremely cool and practical use of Wordle by school librarian Gina Beirne on http://shslibrary.tumblr.com/. These are YA book titles that have turned up on various best-of-the-year lists–the larger the title, the more times it has appeared. What...
by Leah Langby | Dec 8, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Terrific new early learning area in Eau Claire! Wow! This area has many small features that are reproducible for any library, and as a whole it is absolutely terrific!From Shelly, Youth Services Manager:”After many months of planning, we unveiled the Play and...
by Leah Langby | Dec 5, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to a few gentle suggestions from librarians who use story kits, I’ve been working on evaluating, weeding, updating them. There’s still a ways to go, but you’ll find some fresh books in:BirthdaysCats and MiceFeelingsTransportationVacationsI...
by Leah Langby | Nov 9, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
You can help make a terrific resource for librarians, teachers, and others who work with children and books around the world! The International Federation of Library Associations’ IBBY committee sent out the following plea:We ask you to take a few minutes to...
