by Leah Langby | Sep 20, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Okay, here are a few reasons I am extra-excited to attend this year:1. It’s in LaCrosse! That’s about as close as it gets for most of us on the western side of the state. Not so many hours in the car, and prices for hotels and meals are...
by Leah Langby | Sep 18, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Fall is in the air–I love the crisp days and the smell of leaves and the change in routine. It’s the time librarians everywhere start up storytime with a new crop of pre-schoolers and say hello to their old friends (4-year olds love being called...
by Leah Langby | Sep 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is nothing quite like a conference for making me feel connected to colleagues, inspired to try new things, and excited about my profession. There are two amazing conferences coming up in October that will be relevant and wonderful for Wisconsin...
by Leah Langby | Sep 7, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
A really great science booth at the Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka One more time-sensitive thing to mention about upcoming dates: Get your science geek on and participate in the Wisconsin Science Festival – right in your library! The Wisconsin Science Festival...
by Leah Langby | Sep 7, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s been a busy week ( I can’t put off writing the grant proposal that’s been dogging me for months any longer)! I’m happy to be back briefly to report on a super-cool program opportunity that Patti (Durand) passed on to me:Star Wars...
by Leah Langby | Aug 31, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tiffany Meyer enlisted some wonderful community experts and partners, along with her own creativity, to make the Summer Library Program in Dresser a great success. There was a pop-up planetarium, a local herbalist taking kids on a lawn walk to spot common useful...
