by Leah Langby | Nov 22, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Did you know that Santa makes his home for part of the year in Hudson? According to Mary Davis, she has found the twinkliest, gentlest, most real Santa right there in town. If you need a Santa for your programs, this fellow does travel (not sure if magic is...
by Leah Langby | Nov 19, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
More rave reviews about performers! Shelley at Ellsworth reported, “On November 2nd, we hosted Robert and Lynn Halbrook’s “Wizard’s School”, a perfect complement to the November release of the new Harry Potter film. The backdrop for Wizard’s School was...
by Leah Langby | Nov 18, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Do you get questions from parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other adults about good books to give as gifts? How can you harness this curiosity to spreading the word about some of your favorites?Some libraries create lists and displays to distribute at the...
by Leah Langby | Nov 15, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Shelly and Julie from Ellsworth have a very popular American Girl Book Club in Ellsworth, it brings in 40-plus girls grades K-5 every month: We’re celebrating our 5th year of hosting our wildly popular American Girl Book Club. This year we are having adventures...
by Leah Langby | Nov 12, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
We had a lively discussion at today’s youth services idea swap about parents and caregivers. Some things we discussed included: Correcting children’s behavior in front of parents–how to handle if it if parents are offended, what to do if parents...
by Leah Langby | Nov 11, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Two IFLS librarians are having fun with gross things, and so are the kids they serve!Jenna Gilles, youth services librarian at the Fall Creek Public Library had a Grossology 101 program last month which was attended by 58 people. That’s almost 5% of the entire...
