by Leah Langby | Jul 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Some fun stuff out there recently about kids’ books!Here’s a recent article at the Atlantic website about an exhibit at the New York Public Library, curated by Leonard Marcus, a children’s book historian. It makes me want to go to New York...
by Leah Langby | Jul 3, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
This got lost in the shuffle, but it’s not to too late to promote this Wisconsin Department of Transportation Reading Challenge. Kids up to age 10 are encouraged to read books that include mention of various forms of transportation (bicycles, cars, boats,...
by Leah Langby | Jul 2, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
The children’s area at the Hudson Public Library had a very popular puppet stage, made of a large cardboard box, that delighted children for many seasons before it got too ragged. Enter a heroic young Boy Scout, working on his Eagle Scout badge. He started...
by Leah Langby | Jun 27, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
In Durand:Kids register on groundhogs, ants or worms and they are added to the tunnel (created out of paper towels!)In Pepin, kids who read decorate a piece of the bookworm growing daily:In Bloomer, capitalizing on Badger-fever (and drawing talent!), here’s a...
by Leah Langby | Jun 24, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
After several years of declining Summer Library Program in Spring Valley, new director Elizabeth Steans and her fabulous staff are making up for lost time! School visits, lots of talk, fun programs, and inviting decorations all added to the increased...
by Leah Langby | Jun 21, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
1. Some of you have already contacted me about the Early Literacy Minigrants being administered by the state this year, to help you create a 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program or develop an early literacy space in your library. In case you...
