7/14/2025 at 11.40p - MORE Catalog and app not working: Our vendor is aware and working on the problem. In the meantime, the MORE Classic Catalog is still working
Readers’ Theater in BloomerI read an article in American Libraries about Tween Advisory Boards this week and it had some good ideas for engaging 9-12 year olds a little more in library programming and decision-making. I know many of you have Teen Advisory...
I attended a training session today sponsored by the AIDS Resource Center entitled Creating Safe Spaces for GLBTQ+ Youth in the Chippewa Valley. GLBTQ stands for Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Transgender and Questioning/Queer. The room was full of people from around the area,...
Here’s another reminder that the invitation really is meant for YOU. You can apply for the Wisconsin Youth Services Development Institute here, by May 29! Two years ago, I was lucky enough to be involved with the Wisconsin Youth Services Development Institute,...
I got a note from Jill Patchin from Eau Claire today, saying if she’d known I would accept books in series for last month’s reading goals, she would have had lots to recommend. Jill runs My First Book Club, for kids just starting to read chapter...
This was a month with less participation, which may have been because I stipulated that the chapter books should be stand-alones. Turns out there just aren’t many transitional chapter books that aren’t part of a series of books about the same...
Photo credit: Quite AdeptCheck out this free webinar, sponsored by Early Childhood Investigations:Technology for infants and toddlers? Appalling or appealing? This webinar, presented by the authors of Zero to Three’s report, “Screen Sense: Setting the Record...
