Book Discussion Guides

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...

More rave reviews!

Did you know that Santa makes his home for part of the year in Hudson? According to Mary Davis, she has found the twinkliest, gentlest, most real Santa right there in town. If you need a Santa for your programs, this fellow does travel (not sure if magic is...

Rave Performer Review

More rave reviews about performers! Shelley at Ellsworth reported, “On November 2nd, we hosted Robert and Lynn Halbrook’s “Wizard’s School”, a perfect complement to the November release of the new Harry Potter film. The backdrop for Wizard’s School was...

Holiday Gifts Displays

Do you get questions from parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other adults about good books to give as gifts? How can you harness this curiosity to spreading the word about some of your favorites?Some libraries create lists and displays to distribute at the...

American Girl Fun in Ellsworth

Shelly and Julie from Ellsworth have a very popular American Girl Book Club in Ellsworth, it brings in 40-plus girls grades K-5 every month: We’re celebrating our 5th year of hosting our wildly popular American Girl Book Club. This year we are having adventures...

Parents and Caregivers

We had a lively discussion at today’s youth services idea swap about parents and caregivers. Some things we discussed included: Correcting children’s behavior in front of parents–how to handle if it if parents are offended, what to do if parents...

Gross Is the New Black

Two IFLS librarians are having fun with gross things, and so are the kids they serve!Jenna Gilles, youth services librarian at the Fall Creek Public Library had a Grossology 101 program last month which was attended by 58 people. That’s almost 5% of the entire...

Resources for Working with Teens

Teens at a 2008 special event at the New Richmond Public LibraryNew books in the IFLS collection–contact Leah if you want to borrow them (they aren’t catalogued yet!):Risky Business: Taking and Managing Risks in Library Services for Teens. By Linda W....

Mark Your Calendars–SLP Workshop

Clip art from this year’s Collaborative Summer Library Program ManualMark your calendars, the Summer Library Program Workshop is coming on February 11 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Menomonie. If time is going as freakishly fast for you as it is for...

Prescott Duct Tape Program Sticks Out

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...