by Leah Langby | Aug 13, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Wonder Weavers performed storytelling at the Amery Public Library for the Polk County Adult Development Center. As you can see, their participatory storytelling was a hit!Amery often brings in performers for the Adult Development Center. The participants are...
by Leah Langby | Aug 12, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you are looking for ways to spice up your storytime, or if you have a new staff person or volunteer you want to train in the Wonderful Ways of Storytime, there are a lot of great resources out there. But there is always room for more, right??The Colorado State...
by Leah Langby | Aug 11, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Sometimes I feel like I am posting to a cold, empty world out there. To test this theory, I am going to give away some books that Maureen brought back from her adventures at the annual conference of the Romance Writer’s Association (thanks, Maureen!). You can...
by Leah Langby | Aug 6, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
They’ve been having fun in Durand this summer, learning and creating, reading and playing all about water. In this picture, presenters from Beaver Creek came to talk about invasive species and how kids can help keep waterways clean.Storytime was also a big...
by Leah Langby | Aug 5, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Using the data from the unscientific poll of IFLS and PUBYAC librarians AND the more-scientific information from a list of series with books that have multiple holds on the MORE system, I have compiled a list of popular series for teens. There are many more titles...
by Leah Langby | Aug 5, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
After an unscientific poll of librarians in IFLS-land and on PUBYAC, I came up with a list of the current most-popular series for kids and teens. I was looking for the older-than-picturebook crowd, and I got an amazing array of suggestions. I compared this with a list...
