by Leah Langby | Oct 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of my favorite authors is coming to Eau Claire in a couple of weeks as part of the Chippewa Valley Book Festival! Gene Luen Yang is a graphic novelist, and author of Printz Award-winning American Born Chinese, a funny, thought-provoking, important and...
by Leah Langby | Oct 7, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Heidi Weber from Rice Lake Public Library had great things to say about their LEGO Family Challenge last month: We had families work together to create a Lego structure that represented their favorite book. We had 15 teams with about 50 participants....
by Leah Langby | Sep 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Alisha Green from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this great report on how their Summer Library Program’s Charity Challenge turned out! I originally wanted to try an alternative to SLP prizes, but I also knew that not everyone would be in...
by Leah Langby | Sep 25, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
World Book Night is on April 23–a super-cool night when people who love books get a bunch of books they love to give away to people who aren’t necessarily big readers. It’s a way to share the book love, and a great outreach opportunity for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 24, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Young kids need opportunities to develop their fine motor skills. Many of you incorporate letting kids develop those skills at storytime with art project–kids practice cutting, drawing, painting, picking up small objects, etc. I found a fun post at...
by Leah Langby | Sep 23, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Marge Loch-Wouters for passing on this information! Sign up for this free webinar and learn how easy it is for your library to participate in Money Smart Week @ your library, April 5-12, 2014. a partnership between ALA and the Federal Reserve Bank of...
by Leah Langby | Sep 20, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Wisconsin’s own Library As Incubator blog has a new regular feature: Science Meets Crafts program kits, with information, how-tos, detailed instructions, lists, costs, and imbedded instructional videos. The kits come from a teen librarian and crafter...
by Leah Langby | Sep 18, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Norma Scott, director of the Somerset Public Library, for this post about the lasting effects of the 2012 Autism grant project in her library and her life! When our library decided to participate in a grant about autism offered through IFLS in 2012, I...
by Leah Langby | Sep 17, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Since I started this blog more than three years ago, I’ve never lost track of posting for so long–more than 2 weeks! I kept putting this on my list of things to do and it kept falling off the end as I frantically tried to keep up with grant-writing,...
by Leah Langby | Aug 27, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Dawn Wacek, the director of the Rice Lake Public Library, recently had an article in the newsletter put together by Novelist about ways to attract boys. She used great examples from libraries around our system, so you might find your name in big lights if you...
by Leah Langby | Aug 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you are looking for a great way to add zip to your storytimes and other programs, learning to tell a few stories is a number one way to do so. If you are looking for an entertaining and super-fun way to spend an evening or two, listening to fabulous...
by Leah Langby | Aug 20, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I kept seeing notices on Facebook about the Fall Creek Public Library Art Cart, making special appearances at the library this summer. I had to get the whole scoop from Jenna, the youth services librarian, and here it is. Thanks Jenna! The Art Cart is only...
