by Leah Langby | Oct 29, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Patti and her new pal, feeling curiously itchyPatti Blount from Durand attended (and presented at!) the Heartland Fall Forum earlier this month. Patti always loves to go to this annual convention of independent booksellers, because she gets to meet authors, hear...
by Leah Langby | Oct 28, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s been a good month for Early Literacy in Wisconsin! Growing Wisconsin Readers materials are out there at libraries (hope it is going well for everyone). We’ve had a series of workshops about the Growing Wisconsin Readers initiative. ...
by Leah Langby | Oct 21, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Title: Teen Volunteer Programs: There’s More than Simply Shelving!Presenters: Dolly Goyal and Angie MiraflorFormat: WebinarDate: Wednesday, October 23, 2013Start Time: 2PM Central...
by Leah Langby | Oct 14, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to DavyAnn Lee from the public library in New Richmond for this enthusiastic and thoughtful piece about a 1000-Books Before Kindergarten Kickoff! For the Love of Literacy… or the Love of Cookie Monster? Either way, we had an amazing turn out...
by Leah Langby | Oct 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of my favorite authors is coming to Eau Claire in a couple of weeks as part of the Chippewa Valley Book Festival! Gene Luen Yang is a graphic novelist, and author of Printz Award-winning American Born Chinese, a funny, thought-provoking, important and...
by Leah Langby | Oct 7, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Heidi Weber from Rice Lake Public Library had great things to say about their LEGO Family Challenge last month: We had families work together to create a Lego structure that represented their favorite book. We had 15 teams with about 50 participants....
