by Leah Langby | Dec 9, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Looking for a ready-made booklist of books to recommend to 8-12 year olds? Look no further! The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has created an attractive booklist, complete with annotations, to help kids find the right book. All...
by Leah Langby | Dec 6, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I read a great blog post from my friend and admired colleague, Linda Jerome, the teen librarian at the LaCrosse Public Library yesterday, and it spurred me to immediate action! Linda has been running a book discussion group for adults reading teen books, and has...
by Leah Langby | Nov 26, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tiffany Meyer from Dresser Village Library received one of the Growing Wisconsin Readers grants this year 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program that is a collaboration between Dresser and the St. Croix Falls library. The program started on November 1, and they...
by Leah Langby | Nov 21, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Does the well ever run dry? Sometimes, even though we often have more ideas than time to do them, it is really great to have a few new places to look for ideas. Here are a few I came across this week:Library as Incubator had a great post about a new...
by Leah Langby | Nov 7, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Wow! I was all set to post some great Halloween photos sent in by a library, but you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see them. Marge Loch-Wouters has a great 2-part post about collection development, with a list of 12 ways you can be a bad...
by Leah Langby | Nov 5, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
A friend of mine from college has published a board book! Imagine my delight when the book was excellent, and I felt like I could recommend it to librarians…My Amazing Day: A Celebration of Wonder and Gratitude by Karin Fisher-Golton, Lori A. Cheung...
