Life-Sized Candy Land at Ellsworth

Thanks to Jeanne at Ellsworth for this guest blog post!The Ellsworth Public Library hosted  a Life Size Candy Land game for children on Saturday, October 20th.  We started the game at 1:15, just after our 1 pm closing time.  The players...

Inspiring Use of Yoyo Enthusiasm

Another fabulous blog post from Alisha at the LE Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire.  Send in your terrific ideas, too! Don’t you love when one of your library programs sparks a new interest in someone?  Within the last year I had received two separate...

Candyland in Hudson

Teens dressed up and acted as Candyland charactersThanks to Jenny Jochimson at Hudson for this blog post about a fun event that involved people of all ages.If you are looking for a great Halloween or Christmas event, the Hudson Area Library just had great success...

Two Great Nuggets

Golden nugget squashI attended an American Libraries Live session on Kid and Teen Friendly Libraries yesterday, and gleaned two worthwhile nuggets from it:ADVOCACY:  Even if your library board or director doesn’t require it, be sure to submit regular...