by Leah Langby | Feb 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Cardboard. Cats optional.The other day Kim, the youth services librarian in Clear Lake, and I were chatting about programs using cardboard to build cool things. I was reminded of Caine’s Arcade, a charming film about a kid who made a whole arcade out...
by Leah Langby | Feb 1, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Learning new things is exciting, and it is even more exciting when you know those things will help you provide better service to the folks in your community. And when you can get to do it for free? Even better! Check out the following opportunity:As...
by Leah Langby | Jan 20, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center announced the Charlotte Zolotow Book Awards today, recognizing picture books with distinguished writing:Carole Boston Weatherford is the winner of the 2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award for Freedom in Congo Square (illustrated by...
by Leah Langby | Jan 19, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Samantha Carpenter for this guest post:Mr. Potato Head has been a very popular magnet board activity at LEPMPL the past two months! Every time I walk by, he looks different. There’s something about this particular configuration . . . that accurately reflects...
by Leah Langby | Jan 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Don’t forget to check out the following sessions at the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! There are many others that would be of use to a general audience, but these Wednesday sessions may be of particular interest to librarians serving youth!Wednesday...
by Leah Langby | Jan 6, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
At our Summer Library Program workshop, one of the groups that librarians felt they had a hard time reaching is tweens (3rd-7th graders or so). I found a few good resources for people who are feeling like this is a gap for them:Five Lessons in Tween...
