ALA offers Great Stories CLUB Grants

by | Sep 28, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

Deadline: November 19, 2010 (From the Library Grants blog)The Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens, and Books) is a book club program designed to reach underserved, troubled teen populations through books that are relevant to their lives. All...

What Happens When You Say Yes

by | Sep 22, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

Creative Costuming–and actors of all ages– at work! Sometimes it can be a challenge to work with teens. Some libraries have a hard time attracting them to their library, their programs, their teen advisory boards. Once they are there, it can be tricky to...

Gaming for a Cause in Park Falls

by | Sep 16, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

Matthew White, the youth services librarian in Park Falls, has been doing some great work to establish connections with the teens in the area. He has a new teen area, and has been working with a group of kids on a Teen Advisory Board. His board, BookForce, is working...

Mockingjay Hits Menomonie

by | Aug 31, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

Colleen from Menomonie reported a crowd of 21 teens whose parents were willing to drop them off at the library for a Mockingjay release party (more were wishing they could come, and an on-duty police officer who stopped by to pick up a copy of the book for his...

Teens Evaluating Books!

by | Aug 25, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids

Two book-related announcements today:The big day is here! Your teens have been reading the 2010 Teens’ TopTen nominations since last April, and now they can tell us which books are their favorites. Voting for the 2010 Teens’ Top Ten is available -and this...