Local Scholarship Help

by | Dec 10, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

I read an interesting article in American Libraries a few weeks ago about a great niche for libraries to fill–researching and collecting information about local scholarships. Odds are much better for receiving a scholarship from the local Kiwanis club than with...

Resources Round-up

by | Dec 9, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

Here’s a smattering of cool stuff people have sent me in the past month: Marcia Dressel from the Osceola Public Schools sent a reminder about the Federal Trade Commission’s website, which provides brochures on a variety of topics. Some youth-related ones...

Book Discussion Guides

by | Nov 23, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

There are several libraries in our system that have teen book discussion groups. In Park Falls, youth services librarian Matthew White has an active discussion group. Last month, they read The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. After looking high and low for...

Prescott Duct Tape Program Sticks Out

by | Nov 2, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

From Becky Arenivar at Prescott, a how-to-do-it success story!Fifteen teens attend the Prescott Public Library’s Duct Tape Unrolled event. Teens could choose 3 items from a possible six to make, starting with easy items like bookmarks and jewelry and moving to...

Teen Read Week Books with a Beat

by | Sep 30, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

I got a great question from Jenny in Colfax, looking for books related to Teen Read Week’s theme: Books with a Beat. There wasn’t much in terms of booklists on the YALSA website, so I made my own. I thought Jenny maybe isn’t the only one looking for...