by Leah Langby | Jun 3, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
I came across a YALSA blog post with some simple, easy-to-replicate tips for making your Summer Library Program more inclusive and accessible for kids and teens with disabilities (sorry that blog post is no longer available). If our goal is to help reduce the summer...
by Leah Langby | Jun 1, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Read On Wisconsin logoA committee of smart librarians and teachers came up with this terrific list of books to promote for children throughout the year, and the 2015-2016 list was just released. Read on Wisconsin is a project of the Cooperative Children’s...
by Leah Langby | May 29, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
A library from IFLS-land has won Wisconsin’s contest for the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s Teen Video Challenge! Congratulations to the Hudson teens for their winning video, a funny Scooby-Doo parody, Dewey Doo and the Case of the...
by Leah Langby | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
A group of librarians and authors who care about diversity put together an Inclusive Summer Reading List. Aimed at including diverse voices and experiences in the books recommended for children and teens, the list includes a wide range of books. According...
by Leah Langby | May 22, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Readers’ Theater in BloomerI read an article in American Libraries about Tween Advisory Boards this week and it had some good ideas for engaging 9-12 year olds a little more in library programming and decision-making. I know many of you have Teen Advisory...
by Leah Langby | May 20, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a training session today sponsored by the AIDS Resource Center entitled Creating Safe Spaces for GLBTQ+ Youth in the Chippewa Valley. GLBTQ stands for Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Transgender and Questioning/Queer. The room was full of people from around the area,...
by Leah Langby | May 15, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s another reminder that the invitation really is meant for YOU. You can apply for the Wisconsin Youth Services Development Institute here, by May 29! Two years ago, I was lucky enough to be involved with the Wisconsin Youth Services Development Institute,...
by Leah Langby | May 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Association for Library Service to Children just released a white paper entitled Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth. It has some helpful background, and a strong argument that libraries are uniquely positioned to act as Media Mentors for the...
by Leah Langby | May 7, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I got a note from Jill Patchin from Eau Claire today, saying if she’d known I would accept books in series for last month’s reading goals, she would have had lots to recommend. Jill runs My First Book Club, for kids just starting to read chapter...
by Leah Langby | May 6, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
This was a month with less participation, which may have been because I stipulated that the chapter books should be stand-alones. Turns out there just aren’t many transitional chapter books that aren’t part of a series of books about the same...
by Leah Langby | May 5, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit: Quite AdeptCheck out this free webinar, sponsored by Early Childhood Investigations:Technology for infants and toddlers? Appalling or appealing? This webinar, presented by the authors of Zero to Three’s report, “Screen Sense: Setting the Record...
by Leah Langby | May 4, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Teens’Top Ten Badges Site graphicEvery year, teen groups from across the country nominate titles for YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten, and nominations are announced in April. Teens have all summer to read the 20-25 books, and then VOTE on their favorite...
