by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
(photo from flickr, erin m, Florida Supercon)YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association) has named a top ten list of graphic novels for teens. How many are in your collection? What do the teens in your library...
by Leah Langby | Feb 27, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here is a collection of decoration ideas from the summer library program workshop:If you want to have a picture (of an astronaut or some other night-time related person or animal) with a face cut out for photo opportunities and general silliness, someone suggested...
by Leah Langby | Feb 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Channel Weekly for alerting me to these excellent, free continuing education opportunities!1. CCBC Shorts Are you working on your book tie-ins for this summer’s “Dream Big, Read” and “Own the Night” children’s and teen library program themes? Don’t be in the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 23, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Children’s Book Week is coming up, May 7-13. Encourage kids to read the books nominated for the Children’s Choice award, and then VOTE, starting March 14!2012 Digital Toolkit is another resource, featuring everything you need to help spread the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Guest post from Dayna Lovell, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Girls Night Out: Mother-Daughter Natural Spa Program The second annual Girls Night Out natural spa program was a success. Nine teens, eleven adults and two (unexpected) younger girls had a great time,...
by Leah Langby | Feb 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jodi and Debbie from Menomonie shared an excellent idea at the SLP workshop about a perennial favorite at storytime. They made this great house-front out of an envelope box:As you can see, the kids really enjoy the box. It’s even better when paired with this...
by Leah Langby | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have decided, after nearly 2 decades of being involved with children’s librarians, that superpowers come from sharing ideas. Now that there are so many active and useful blogs out there (not to mention Pinterest), there are some great places to get ideas. And...
by Leah Langby | Feb 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Art Therapy in the form of valentine-makingPrescott Public Library hosted a Cabin Fever Fest on Saturday, February 11 that was guaranteed to cure kids’ winter blues. Dr. Becky diagnosed each child as they entered the meeting room – of course every single...
by Leah Langby | Feb 10, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
With a summer library program theme about night time and dreaming, some libraries might be considering making dream catchers as a craft project, or using them as a decoration in the library.Many thanks to Julie from Cumberland for pointing out some of the problems...
by Leah Langby | Feb 9, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you were unlucky enough to miss the Summer Library Program workshop last week, you might be interested in taking a gander at the handouts from Marge Loch Wouters and from others who gave presentations.There’s a booklist there that I compiled mostly from...
by Leah Langby | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Good sports attempt Minute-to-Win-It Challenges from Ellsworth at the SLP Workshop(thanks to Georgia Jones for this photo)At the 2012 Summer Library Program Workshop, we got some great ideas from each other about programs, decorations, books, and more!Here are a few...
by Leah Langby | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lots of cool stuff to share from the Summer Library Program Workshop, but first, some time-sensitive information about a super-cool opportunity!NASA Space Science WorskhopExplore: Life on Mars?What: A workshop for 30 public librarians from Wisconsin where participants...
