by Leah Langby | Jun 19, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Gamers converge in Luck Colleen Allen from Luck had her first successful board game night earlier this summer. Here’s what she had to say: “I must say, I love having a job where I can do things I love and invite other people to join...
by Leah Langby | Jun 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
New paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, due out August 27 In celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Scholastic is inviting public libraries all across the country to enter to...
by Leah Langby | Jun 11, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Christy Rundquist from Pepin for this article about the power of adaptation!A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away…….Not really. It was 2006 and Pepin was participating in an IFLS mini-grant for early literacy. We partnered with the...
by Leah Langby | Jun 10, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Maybe you’ve already heard about this, there have been lots of other posts and notices about it, but just in case you didn’t, it is too cool to miss! SYNC audiobook titles are given away in pairs–a Young Adult first-in-series title is...
by Leah Langby | Jun 5, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
A happy kid enjoys the docked iPad at the Rice Lake Public Library Here’s a cool thing that a library system in Maryland has put together, open to librarians from around the country! Check it out: Do you want to know what others in the country are doing in...
by Leah Langby | May 31, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math Activities are all the rage, and I can see why! They seem pretty darn fun! I’ve collected a couple of activity ideas I wanted to share here.First from No Time for Flashcards, a math game that involves...
