The booklists and other resources have been released for 2017-2018 Read On Wisconsin books. If you don’t already know about it, Read On Wisconsin provides book discussion resources and carefully selected books for several age groups each month. If you were considering promoting Gene Luen Yang’s Reading Without Walls Challenge, these booklists might be a great starting place–a wonderful variety of books, formats, styles, and subjects!
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW Madison iSchool's Continuing Education course Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program. Nicole was able to attend this...
I had a heart-breaking conversation with a library director this week who was reeling from a two recent local deaths from suicide, and looking for resources for potential programming to help her community address significant mental health concerns. Lots of...
Storytime Break Activities in Altoona Anyone who has spoken with me about youth services knows that I am a very big proponent of taking breaks from weekly storytime. It gives you a chance to try new things, keeps you from burning out, allows you time to focus on...