by Leah Langby | Apr 19, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Dora and an aDORAble fan!The cast from the Eau Claire Children’s Theatre’s production of Dora the Explorer Live: Dora’s Pirate Adventure made a special appearance at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library’s Dora Storytime. The kicked off the...
by Leah Langby | Apr 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit: Happy Instruments by mtsofan A continuation (hopefully in better format) of the list of good music for storytimes. Thanks to Rick Samuelson for asking the question on the ALSC list serv and compiling the answers!Artist: Greg and SteveAlbum: Kids in...
by Leah Langby | Apr 12, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m starting a new series, called Meet a Librarian. I think it could be a fun way to get to know some things about each other that might help us connect and help each other out more.Charis Collins is the youth services librarian at the Colfax Public Library....
by Leah Langby | Apr 10, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit: Happy Instruments by mtsofanI’m on an Association for Library Service to Children listserv. Rick Samuelson asked for favorite recorded music to use for storytimes, and then was kind enough to compile the list of favorites. So helpful! I’m...
by Leah Langby | Apr 4, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Looks of wonder and delight at the parachuteThe youth librarians had something for everyone during Eau Claire Schools’ Spring Break week. A special beach party for the babies, a Fancy Nancy program, a program about fishing, a special cow-poke storytime,...
by Leah Langby | Apr 3, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Our new State Youth Services and Special Needs Consultant Tessa Michaelson Schmidt has created the Wisconsin Youth Services Showcase. It’s a monthly showcase of ideas and people in our state doing fabulous things. (Psst–you are all doing that) One of our...