by Leah Langby | Dec 16, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Katherine Elchert, the youth services manager at the Rice Lake Public Library for this guest post! The Rice Lake Public Library hosts our annual holiday extravaganza on the first Saturday of December. Instead of our regular family storytime + crafts, the...
by Leah Langby | Dec 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I no longer do programs at a library, but I do schedule workshops and other gatherings that I really hope people will be able to attend, so I have some understanding of the challenge it is to find the day and time of day and year that will work for the most people.I...
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...
