by Leah Langby | Oct 14, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
*Image from the Field Museum Library: http://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/3405449824/ Just want to draw your attention to a new feature to our website–a list of costumes that librarians in the IFLS area are willing to lend to each other for use for...
by Leah Langby | Oct 11, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Who wouldn’t want a circulation desk that is this much fun?? Ridgedale Branch in MinnetonkaAs many of you know, there is nothing quite like a visit to another library to get your thinking cap activated! I participated in the field trip sponsored by the Youth...
by Leah Langby | Oct 4, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you know Georgia and Cynthia, you know that Keeping Up with New Richmond can be tricky–they are a busy, creative bunch over there. So busy and creative, that sometimes they have a hard time keeping up with themselves! (The happy teen hanging out in the...
by Leah Langby | Oct 3, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Patti Blount and Avonelle Lamphere are regulars at the Midwest Booksellers Association Trade Show every fall. Even though they aren’t booksellers (they are librarians at the Durand Community Library), for thirteen years they have found enough reason to attend...
by Leah Langby | Sep 30, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
A puppet stage made out of a refrigerator box for the summer program is still engaging the imaginations of kids in Hudson–and entertaining their audiences, too!The famous Hudson storytime mascot Baby Bear got his own garden this year, too. Storytime kids planted...
by Leah Langby | Sep 29, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
I know, I know! You are still in recovery from this year’s Summer Library Program! But if you have plans to attend the Wisconsin Library Association Conference in Milwaukee in November, you have the chance to get energized about the theme (NIGHT TIME) and...