by Leah Langby | Oct 11, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are some public libraries that are doing great work with kids involved with the juvenile justice system. At ALA last summer, I attended a program about a library that lines up volunteer bedtime readers and author visits at the local juvenile detention...
by Leah Langby | Oct 10, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The blog has been a victim of the triage that becomes necessary during especially busy times, which August, September, and October seem to be. BUT. I have it on my calendar to do a blog entry several times in the upcoming weeks, so look for more...
by Leah Langby | Sep 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Maureen Welch for passing on these tips from the NoveList newsletter! They are specific to helping kids and teens find books using NoveList. Did you know? Appeals terms describe the mood or feel of books (think: funny, sad, inspiring), and they are a...
by Leah Langby | Sep 13, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
As part of the Chippewa Valley Book Festival, local writers will be holding wonderful sounding workshops for young writers at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire. Jessi Peterson is one of the presenters for the workshop for 3-5...
by Leah Langby | Sep 12, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Sorry for the absence of blog posts, I’ve been out of the office more than in for the past few weeks, taking part in some terrific opportunities (the Youth Services Institute, Prepare Training to learn how to defuse challenging situations, and dropping my...
by Leah Langby | Aug 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The booklists and other resources have been released for 2017-2018 Read On Wisconsin books. If you don’t already know about it, Read On Wisconsin provides book discussion resources and carefully selected books for several age groups each month. If...
