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Wisconsin Reads The Round House (and the Birchbark House)

by Leah Langby | Mar 5, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Thanks to Claire Parrish from the Rice Lake Public Library for this exciting guest post! Rice Lake Public Library is working on a Big Read grant with several community and regional partners. We have lots of exciting events coming up that I wanted to share...

Navigating Parent Behavior in Storytime

by Leah Langby | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorized

Parachute play in BloomerIt is super cool to have parents and caregivers attend storytime with their kids–it gives us a chance to model excellent early literacy practices, draws their attention to lots of amazing books and activities to share with their...

Teen Tech Week Resources

by Leah Langby | Mar 2, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Anne Hamland, the youth services consultant for Wisconsin Valley Library Service, now works in the same office as me. I can’t tell you how exciting it is for me to work in the same building with someone else who is thinking about services to youth! ...

See People You Admire Saying Compelling Things!

by Leah Langby | Mar 1, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Image courtesy of Pixabay Wow! CBS News did a short segment on African American storytelling with various artists of great renown, and 3 of the people they interviewed are authors of award-winning books for youth! Check it out and see Jason Reynolds, Representative...

A Grab Bag of Ideas from Ellsworth

by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Thanks so much to the new youth services/programming librarian at Ellsworth, Elise Gregory, for this guest post filled with easy-to-replicate and fun ideas.I’ve been making little grab bags with any of my left-over materials from Preschool Storytime. I also...

Outreach to Amish School in Frederic

by Leah Langby | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized

Image from PixabayThanks to Maria Potvin from Frederic for this guest post!In our area, we have a small, one-room school which serves our Amish community. Every couple weeks I bring a new bin of books. Recently, when I pulled up to the school, I interrupted a snowball...

Imagination Library and Reach Out and Read: A New Community Partnership

by Leah Langby | Feb 26, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Add caption Many thanks to Claire Parrish of the Rice Lake Public Library for writing this guest blog post!Last fall, RLPL was approached by the Rice Lake School District about starting the Imagination Library program...

Hubb’s Children’s Literature Conference Reflections

by Leah Langby | Feb 22, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Many thanks to Jenna Gilles-Turner, who attended the Hubb’s Children’s Literature Conference this month and submitted this reflection on her experience. I attended the 26th annual Hubb’s Children’s Literature Conference at St. Thomas University...

Powerful Teens

by Leah Langby | Feb 21, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Image from PixabayIn the midst of feeling sad and worried and upset about all sorts of things going on in our world, the thing that is making me feel the best is seeing and hearing the teens in Parkland, Florida. These teens are taking their grief and the trauma...

Wisconsin Reads The Round House (and the Birchbark House)

Navigating Parent Behavior in Storytime

Teen Tech Week Resources

See People You Admire Saying Compelling Things!

A Grab Bag of Ideas from Ellsworth

Outreach to Amish School in Frederic

Imagination Library and Reach Out and Read: A New Community Partnership

Hubb’s Children’s Literature Conference Reflections

Powerful Teens

Choosing Civility

Youth Media Awards Announced!

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