by Leah Langby | Oct 14, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to DavyAnn Lee from the public library in New Richmond for this enthusiastic and thoughtful piece about a 1000-Books Before Kindergarten Kickoff! For the Love of Literacy… or the Love of Cookie Monster? Either way, we had an amazing turn out...
by Leah Langby | Oct 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of my favorite authors is coming to Eau Claire in a couple of weeks as part of the Chippewa Valley Book Festival! Gene Luen Yang is a graphic novelist, and author of Printz Award-winning American Born Chinese, a funny, thought-provoking, important and...
by Leah Langby | Oct 7, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Heidi Weber from Rice Lake Public Library had great things to say about their LEGO Family Challenge last month: We had families work together to create a Lego structure that represented their favorite book. We had 15 teams with about 50 participants....
by Leah Langby | Sep 25, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
World Book Night is on April 23–a super-cool night when people who love books get a bunch of books they love to give away to people who aren’t necessarily big readers. It’s a way to share the book love, and a great outreach opportunity for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 24, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Young kids need opportunities to develop their fine motor skills. Many of you incorporate letting kids develop those skills at storytime with art project–kids practice cutting, drawing, painting, picking up small objects, etc. I found a fun post at...
by Leah Langby | Sep 23, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Marge Loch-Wouters for passing on this information! Sign up for this free webinar and learn how easy it is for your library to participate in Money Smart Week @ your library, April 5-12, 2014. a partnership between ALA and the Federal Reserve Bank of...