by Leah Langby | Nov 10, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Samantha at LEPMPL for this guest post!I did a teen program called Animal Mug Mugs a couple weeks ago. It was the first time in the two years I have worked at LEPMPL that my registration for a teen craft was full, and it was a lot of fun! I bought 12 white...
by Leah Langby | Nov 9, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Alice swimming in a sea of tearsWhen I was a kid, I read a LOT. And there were two pairs of books (Winnie the Pooh and Alice in Wonderland) that everyone in my family had read, and read often. We even had LP recordings of Maurice Evans and Cyril Richard...
by Leah Langby | Nov 3, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Abby, the new teen librarian in Menomonie, was having a busy week a few weeks ago–acting in a community theater production of the Crucible and also squeezing in time for a popular Halloween program for teens. Who knew painting pumpkins and watching a Halloween...
by Leah Langby | Nov 2, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
I learned some startling and distressing statistics about young children and homelessness today in an infographic put together by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education. In their Interagency Policy...
by Leah Langby | Oct 4, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jill Patchin from LEPMPL for this guest post.This presidential election year, we decided to do an interactive display where kids could vote for their favorite Pete the Cat book. This will go for the month of October, with the winning book being announced in...
by Leah Langby | Sep 29, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from PixabayHere’s a program rave–these program ideas would attract teens and adults alike! Thanks to Madeline Page (Hudson Public Library) for this guest post!We were lucky to meet a fantastic new programmer this year: Avia Lukacs....
