by Leah Langby | Dec 4, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Emily Eckstrand-Brummer, currently of Stanley and soon-to-be from Hibbing, MN for this guest book review!Beautiful Darkness coverBeautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and KerascoëtI just HAD to share this awesome young adult graphic novel with my fellow...
by Leah Langby | Dec 2, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Kim Hennings from New Richmond for sharing this Facebook engagement idea:”I thought I would let you know about a promotion we ran yesterday for “cyber Monday” on our facebook page. I saw the idea on Pinterest to wrap up 25 gifts and...
by Leah Langby | Nov 25, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Children in Bloomer enjoy using many senses with parachute and cotton ballsThere have been three recent blog posts on the ALSC blog that would be useful to anyone trying to make their storytimes more inclusive for kids with various sensory needs.Renee Grassi wrote an...
by Leah Langby | Nov 24, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
From the Association for Library Service to Children: Cover of Superhero Girl, one of the titles on the list Three Graphic Novel Reading Lists are available for children in kindergarten to 2nd grade, 3rd to 5th grade and 6th to 8th grade. PDFs of the book lists are...
by Leah Langby | Nov 20, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
She-Ra, a real-life superheroWe had a terrific workshop this week, thinking hard about summer programs in the context of youth services programming all year long. Fabulous keynote speakers Shawn Brommer (South Central Library System) and Sue Abrahamson talked us...
by Leah Langby | Nov 19, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
ALA’s Schneider Family Book AwardMany of you already know that ALA’s Schneider Family Book Award was conceived and is funded by the inimitable Dr. Katherine Schneider, who lives right here in the Chippewa Valley. Kathie created the award, along with...
by Leah Langby | Nov 17, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here are three things to help you feel informed about early literacy and technology:1. A FREE WEBINAR this week: Every Kid Ready to Read: Tech Tools for Early LiteracyWednesday, November 1911:00AM-12:00 PM (Pacific Time)What’s the best way to bring...
by Leah Langby | Nov 14, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had heard about the Teen Librarian Toolbox blog/resource before, but hadn’t really spent much time exploring it until I had the chance to see Karen Jensen at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association YSS Luncheon. If you haven’t taken time to look,...
by Leah Langby | Nov 12, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Fun in the stacks with Riddle Me Readers Stealth Program Thanks to Alisha Green from LEPMPL for this guest post, talking about the stealthy ways she and her colleagues are teaching kids to use the catalog! I was first approached last year by our Friends coordinator...
by Leah Langby | Nov 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a Lead the Change pre-conference at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association Conference, and was pleased to see a bunch of IFLS librarians there. Yay, IFLS!One of the great ideas that was shared at this workshop was related to Summer...
by Leah Langby | Nov 3, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
.Here are some resources I found that might be useful to you as you look for help with presenters of programs: The Wisconsin Folk Arts Directory Wisconsin Humanities Council has a Speakers Bureau Directory of MinnesotaArtists SELCO (southeast MN) list of “vetted...
by Leah Langby | Oct 30, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Exploring the box-blocksBack in September, Tiffany Meyer, then the director of the Dresser Public Library (now at Ellsworth) attended our LSTA-funded webinar by Rachel Payne about the Brooklyn Public Library’s Read Play Grow program. Amazing sensory input with...
