by Leah Langby | Jun 15, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image credit: PixabayThe Center for Disease Control is out with statistics about youth and risk, based on a survey of 13-17-year olds. Some interesting trends:Sexual activity is down, but among teens having sex, condom use is also down.In most other...
by Leah Langby | Jun 7, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
The American Library Association is sponsoring grants for libraries to conduct book clubs with underserved teens:”Working with small groups of teens, grantees will host reading and discussion programs for up to four thematically related books. The...
by Leah Langby | Jun 5, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from PixabayI have had many conversations with librarians over the years about amazing partnerships–or a discouraging lack thereof–between school and public libraries. It can take time and patience to develop the relationships with your school...
by Leah Langby | Jun 4, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given for the most distinguished text in a picture bookWhere can you hear amazing book creators like Angie Thomas, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Candace Fleming, Crescent Dragonwagon, Eric Rohman, and Javaka Steptoe; talk with other librarians...
by Leah Langby | May 31, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Arthur Rackham illustration from Goldilocks and the Three Bears, from PixabayA recent study from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital showed that reading aloud, combined with pictures, is the sweet spot for developing children’s brains. ...
by Leah Langby | May 29, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many people from IFLS-land will remember Dawn Wacek as the library director (and before that, the youth services manager) at the Rice Lake Public Library. She left our system, but thankfully didn’t leave the state, she is currently the youth services...
