by Leah Langby | Feb 18, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Read Across America Day is coming up, and many of you have fun activities planned for your communities, encouraging family reading and celebrating the fun of literature. Since this celebration of reading happens on March 2, which is the birthday of Dr....
by Leah Langby | Jun 28, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reading a book that has helped me think and process and move my own needle a little bit as I am considering my own behavior and ideas around race. I HIGHLY recommend So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma...
by Leah Langby | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Image from PixabayThis week the Association for Library Service to Children made a big decision. They are changing the name of the award given to a children’s book author for a lasting, life-long contribution to children’s literature. It will...
by Leah Langby | Oct 27, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Well, data is in that shows Wisconsin is still not doing so great in terms of making sure the children in our state have a fair shake at life–particularly children who are not white. The 2017 Race for Results report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation has...
by Leah Langby | Jul 12, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
As news of police shootings of African American men proliferate, and at the shootings in Dallas of police officers, my heart is heavy. I’ve been trying unsuccessfully to write a blog post about it for several days. I have some things to say about it related to...
