On Winging It

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...

Nominate a School Librarian!

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...

March Reading Goals

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...

SLP Resources

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...

Summer Vacation??

Tent in the woods, courtesy of WI DNR flickrI just read a great blog post by Abby the Librarian about planning for vacations during the SUMMER.  Shocking for some of you to think of, I’m sure, since summer is such a busy time for libraries, especially in...