Responsive Programming for Homeschoolers

Team-building with homeschoolersThanks to Kathy Larson from Bloomer for supplying this guest post:Fall Creek and several other libraries in library land have been offering programs for Homeschool students and it inspired me to think about creating my own. In the...

Book Bunches in Ellsworth

Thanks to Julie Belz from Ellsworth for this guest post!After reading about a library in Colby, Wisconsin creating book bunches on the Growing WI Readers blog, we decided that it would be worth a try here in Ellsworth.Book bunches displayThey are flying off the...

Guest Book Review: Beautiful Darkness

Thanks to Emily Eckstrand-Brummer, currently of Stanley and soon-to-be from Hibbing, MN for this guest book review!Beautiful Darkness coverBeautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and KerascoëtI just HAD to share this awesome young adult graphic novel with my fellow...

Facebook Engagement for the Win!

Thanks to Kim Hennings from New Richmond for sharing this Facebook engagement idea:”I thought I would let you know about a promotion we ran yesterday for “cyber Monday” on our facebook page.  I saw the idea on Pinterest to wrap up 25 gifts and...

Making Sense of Sensory Storytime

Children in Bloomer enjoy using many senses with parachute and cotton ballsThere have been three recent blog posts on the ALSC blog that would be useful to anyone trying to make their storytimes more inclusive for kids with various sensory needs.Renee Grassi wrote an...