by Leah Langby | Mar 3, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m a tactile person, so imagine my delight the other day when I was in the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire and I found this cool-as-can-be punch-box book fortune:Behind these tantalizing little tissue-paper circles are little fortunes,...
by Leah Langby | Feb 25, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many libraries in the area have teen lock-in programs, extravaganzas that happen after-hours. Some last all night, some for a few hours, but in every case teens clamor for more chances to spend time together in the library when no one else is there. ...
by Leah Langby | Feb 24, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
This just in from Marge Loch Wouters: a new blog about programming for kids 0-11 years old: Kids Library Program Mojo. The blog is based on the discussion and course work in Marge’s six week online UW- Madison SLIS CE course: Power...
by Leah Langby | Feb 19, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
A few weeks ago State Superintendent Tony Evers awarded the Standing Up for Rural Wisconsin Schools, Libraries and Communities Award to the St. Croix Falls Elementary School Library and the St. Croix Falls Public Library. How cool is that?! Read on for...
by Leah Langby | Feb 12, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Eau Claire teens advocating for strong school, public and university librariesYesterday was Wisconsin’s Library Legislative Day, which I attended for the second time. We took a bus from Eau Claire, and people got up at crazy hours so they could be at the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 5, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Lemony Snicket won this year’s Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book for his book The Dark, illustrated by Jon Klassen. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center administers this award. It’s a great idea to...