by Leah Langby | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rave reviews from Plum City and Pepin for Dino from Nature’s Niche:Christy says: “Dino, from Nature’s Niche provided an educational and fun program on the benefits of the rainforest and the importance of protecting it. To help...
by Leah Langby | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Georgia from New Richmond sent in this dreamy description of the summer transformation at the library: “We decided to decorate using a dreamy nighttime theme this summer. Decorating for the summer program can be challenging, depending on the theme. When I heard...
by Leah Langby | Aug 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thanks to rookie Kris Farley, the new youth services librarian in Ladysmith, there was a whole lot of creating going on in Ladysmith this summer! The town is much more attractive because of it, I’m sure, and folks turned out in record numbers to...
by Leah Langby | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
The population in Hawkins, WI: 302, give or take a few.The number of kids involved in the summer library program: 51Wow! “Keeping children reading over the summer and having fun while doing it, is always the main focus. Having the library filled...
by Leah Langby | Jul 27, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Pint-Size Polkas: best so far this year in Eau Claire!Shelly Collins Fuerbringer says: “I just had to drop you a note and tell you what FUN Pint-Size Polkas was last week for our Wednesday performance. Mike was just so, so nice to work...
by Leah Langby | Jul 26, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Patti Blount is the director at the Durand Community Library, one of the few public/school combination libraries in the state. How long have you been at the Durand Public Library? What did you do before that? I have been director of the Durand Public...
by Leah Langby | Jul 25, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Marge Loch Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun for the suggestion of checking out Ten Favorite Baby Storytime Plans from Melissa Depper’s Mel’s Desk blog. Mel’s Desk has all sorts of other excellent posts about storytime for the...
by Leah Langby | Jul 23, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Registration is now open for International Games Day @ Your Library, which will take place Saturday, November 3. International Games Day @ Your Library is a celebration of communities coming together to play at the library, and includes chances for libraries to...
by Leah Langby | Jul 20, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Becky Arenivar is the Program Librarian at the Prescott Public Library. She is one of IFLS’s trainers for The Wakanheza Project, she’s running for the board of directors for the Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association, and...
by Leah Langby | Jul 19, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Cole Zrostlik, youth services librarian at both St. Croix Falls and Milltown, has received an Ezra Jack Keats mini-grant for the St. Croix Falls Public Library. The Ezra Jack Keats mini-grants are $500 grants for projects that “foster creative expression,...
by Leah Langby | Jul 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had a great talk with Mary Davis from the Hudson Area Joint Library yesterday. Last year, they had a disappointing turnout for the expensive performers they hired, and this year she decided to hire fewer performers and look to volunteers to provide special...
by Leah Langby | Jul 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I was recently asked to contribute a list of names of folks who might be a good fit for the Youth Services Section board of the Wisconsin Library Association. Well–you all know that this region boasts an unusually large number of fabulous librarians who...
