52 Weeks of Teen Programming

The Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association has yet another terrific resource for all of you busy librarians out there!  52 Weeks of YA Programming was created by a team of YSS members who have had successful teen programs and were willing to...

Young Children and Technology at Home

Child with tablet, courtesy of The Commons Getty Collection I just attended an outstanding webinar from The Erikson Institute, Strategies for Using Digital Technologies at Home.  It was presented by Devorah Heitner.   I can’t recommend listening to the recording...

Readers Advisory Sites for Kids

RA wordle from https://ragenrestudy.wordpress.com/ In a recent discussion on an ALSC listserv, several people shared their favorite readers advisory websites for kids.  I thought I’d share them with you! 8 Readers’ Advisory Sites post on the INALJ...

Reading Goals Results–February

We had a more manageable list this month so I have included some comments from submitters.We were reading Realistic Fiction in February.  In March, we’re reading Humorous Books–March is a month when I could use some humor…If you read a...

Disability in Kid Lit

Lately I’ve been reading some fascinating blogs and threads about diversity, and how to embrace and respect diverse voices as librarians (here’s one, which has an incredible bunch of comments).  In the midst of this, I came across a reference to a...