by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
(photo from flickr, erin m, Florida Supercon)YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association) has named a top ten list of graphic novels for teens. How many are in your collection? What do the teens in your library...
by Leah Langby | Feb 27, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here is a collection of decoration ideas from the summer library program workshop:If you want to have a picture (of an astronaut or some other night-time related person or animal) with a face cut out for photo opportunities and general silliness, someone suggested...
by Leah Langby | Feb 24, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Channel Weekly for alerting me to these excellent, free continuing education opportunities!1. CCBC Shorts Are you working on your book tie-ins for this summer’s “Dream Big, Read” and “Own the Night” children’s and teen library program themes? Don’t be in the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 23, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Children’s Book Week is coming up, May 7-13. Encourage kids to read the books nominated for the Children’s Choice award, and then VOTE, starting March 14!2012 Digital Toolkit is another resource, featuring everything you need to help spread the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 21, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Guest post from Dayna Lovell, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Girls Night Out: Mother-Daughter Natural Spa Program The second annual Girls Night Out natural spa program was a success. Nine teens, eleven adults and two (unexpected) younger girls had a great...
by Leah Langby | Feb 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jodi and Debbie from Menomonie shared an excellent idea at the SLP workshop about a perennial favorite at storytime. They made this great house-front out of an envelope box:As you can see, the kids really enjoy the box. It’s even better when paired with this...
