by Leah Langby | Oct 20, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Lisa from Colfax, who immediately answered my call for content! Yay! If she can do it, so can you!Here’s what Lisa says:We just had “Madame Lanita” (a.k.a. Kris Winter) come to our library last night for a family program. She entertained us...
by Leah Langby | Oct 19, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
I am wallowing a little over here, and would love some content for the blog! I have some general things to put on later this week, but I’d love to feature some ideas you have. If you had a great program this fall, what was it? How did you do it? Who came? What...
by Leah Langby | Sep 30, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
I got a great question from Jenny in Colfax, looking for books related to Teen Read Week’s theme: Books with a Beat. There wasn’t much in terms of booklists on the YALSA website, so I made my own. I thought Jenny maybe isn’t the only one looking for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 30, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are some great opportunities to help you keep up with the huge number of titles for children and youth–all without leaving your desk. Check out the following offers of webinars from other systems and from vendors: The South Central Library System, together...
by Leah Langby | Sep 28, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Deadline: November 19, 2010 (From the Library Grants blog)The Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens, and Books) is a book club program designed to reach underserved, troubled teen populations through books that are relevant to their lives. All...
by Leah Langby | Sep 22, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Creative Costuming–and actors of all ages– at work! Sometimes it can be a challenge to work with teens. Some libraries have a hard time attracting them to their library, their programs, their teen advisory boards. Once they are there, it can be tricky to...
