by Leah Langby | Sep 17, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Remember those coolio manuals that everyone loves to use to plan the Summer Library Program? Well, guess how those manuals come about? Amazing, creative, smart librarians like you (yes, I mean you!) contribute ideas.The manual editor, Patti Sinclair, is looking for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 16, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Matthew White, the youth services librarian in Park Falls, has been doing some great work to establish connections with the teens in the area. He has a new teen area, and has been working with a group of kids on a Teen Advisory Board. His board, BookForce, is working...
by Leah Langby | Sep 15, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Keep those SLP stories and photos coming, people really like to see what you are doing, and that is the whole purpose of this blog.In Amery, a prize that kids really respond well to is having their picture in the paper! “Top Readers” in the SLP program get...
by Leah Langby | Sep 14, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Librarians at the Menomonie Public Library play host to a certified therapy dog every week, letting kids read to the dog to increase their confidence through reading to a non-judgemental, patient listener. Their program, Reading in the Doghouse, received some great...
by Leah Langby | Sep 13, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
The ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee has created a booklist to assist members who may be receiving requests for book titles on Islam, Muslims and the Qur’an in response to a planned public burning of the Qur’an by Rev. Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center...
by Leah Langby | Sep 9, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
I got this great note from Jenna Gilles at the Fall Creek Library this week, she suggested it would be a good blog post, and I agree!”In November we are having a Bunch of Munsch storytime. So, I wrote Robert Munsch about it and to support him for his recent...
