by Leah Langby | Nov 26, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image source: PixabayThis weekend, Morning Edition featured a crowd-sourced poem featuring things about America that people are thankful for. The remarkable Kwame Alexander took submissions and turned them into a beautiful poem. And guess what? ...
by Leah Langby | Nov 20, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from pixabayNovember can be kind of a gloomy month, and I tend to spend the hours of 3:30-5:30 pm feeling vaguely anxious because it seems wrong for it to be getting dark so early. Whatever I might think about the origins of Thanksgiving, I truly...
by Leah Langby | Nov 9, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Mary and Debbie from Ogema for sharing these great, easy-to-replicate programs!In October, the library used their brand new prize wheel (made for them by a friend of Mary’s) to allow people to spin to win $5 off fines on Ogema materials! If they...
by Leah Langby | Nov 5, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jeanne at Ellsworth for this guest blog post!The Ellsworth Public Library hosted a Life Size Candy Land game for children on Saturday, October 20th. We started the game at 1:15, just after our 1 pm closing time. The players...
by Leah Langby | Nov 1, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
After many months of hard work, the Inclusive Services Institute has created an Inclusive Services Assessment Tool for libraries! The Inclusive Services Institute is a group of librarians, with representation from every system in our state and leadership from...
by Leah Langby | Oct 30, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo by Lidya Nada on UnsplashAttending the WLA Conference is always a treat–seeing old friends, meeting new folks, and getting lots and lots and lots of amazing ideas. More to follow over the next few weeks, but here’s a quick...
