by Leah Langby | Apr 21, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Association for Library Service to Children (of the American Library Association) has produced recommended reading lists for kids to enjoy over the summer. They come as part of 3 brochures–divided by age group, which they invite libraries to print...
by Leah Langby | Apr 17, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a conference put on by the Eau Claire Brain Team yesterday, and one of the sessions was about ACEs–Adverse Childhood Experiences–and the long-term health effects ACEs can have. But also about ways to help mitigate their effects by helping...
by Leah Langby | Apr 14, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Birds in flightI was reminded again today of the grace of librarians. In Eau Claire every April, there is a monumental effort on the part of schools and the library to have every first grade class from every school visit the library. This is a tremendous...
by Leah Langby | Apr 8, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
This came across my email today and I thought it looked like a great way to recognize the fabulous elementary and middle school librarians in our midst. It’s super-fun to nominate amazing people for being amazing…Just saying…Do you know a...
by Leah Langby | Apr 3, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
March reading goal summary is below. Only 6 contributors, but we came up with a pretty good list! Consider contributing next time–our goal is to read Stand-Alone books for kids graduating from easy-readers (fiction and nonfiction) in the month...
by Leah Langby | Apr 2, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
A Superhero rescues a baby, carrying her across a bridge over molten lava at a superhero storytime in Eau ClaireAs planning for summer enters into high gear, I wanted to remind you of a couple of great resources put together for us by our state youth services...
