by Leah Langby | Jul 23, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week on the same day I ran across two pieces on libraries serving people who are homeless. One came from Katie Morsch, director of Our Neighbor’s Place shelter in River Falls. It’s a Reuters article about libraries on the front lines of...
by Leah Langby | Jul 17, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to a donation from Navigating Autism, a Wisconsin organization dedicated to assisting families affected by autism, I received 3 books (all paperback) that are not presently held in the MORE system. IFLS Librarians: If you would like these items for...
by Leah Langby | Jul 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Schneider Family Book Award SealKathie Schneider is a library advocate, retired psychologist from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, author, disability advocate, and dog enthusiast (to name only a few of her attributes!). We are lucky to have her in our...
by Leah Langby | Jul 15, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the photos (of a girl enjoying a book) that grace the Early Literacy slide show on Pepin’s websiteChristy from Pepin has been inspired to share information on her website about the 5 early literacy practices with a lovely slide show, illustrated with...
by Leah Langby | Jul 11, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Golden nugget squashI attended an American Libraries Live session on Kid and Teen Friendly Libraries yesterday, and gleaned two worthwhile nuggets from it:ADVOCACY: Even if your library board or director doesn’t require it, be sure to submit regular...
by Leah Langby | Jul 8, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jenna Gilles from Fall Creek recently crowd-sourced a list of popular series for emergent readers and kids starting the journey with chapter books. Here are the highlights (series that were recommended by several librarians).The Most Popular:(recommended by...
