by Leah Langby | Jun 20, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Do you have a terrific and innovative program at your library you are proud of? Is your whole darn library incredible and amazing? Do you work with someone who you think is inspiring, smart, and effective? Maybe it is time to consider nominating...
by Leah Langby | Jun 14, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Authors will speak on topics including immigration, gender, and reluctant readers. Click here to register for the 6th annual SLJTeen Live! Join us on August 9, 2017, from 10 AM – 5 PM ET, for the 6th annual SLJTeen Live! This free, entirely virtual conference...
by Leah Langby | Jun 12, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Building off a successful program from years’ past, the library in Cumberland is sponsoring a scavenger hunt for Pete the Cat, who is hiding in the windows of different downtown businesses each week this summer. When kids find Pete, they let the library...
by Leah Langby | Jun 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
When my daughter was a toddler, she discovered the wonders of Popsicles, and entertained her older cousins to no end by declaring regularly, “I want a need a pop-the-weasel!”Lucky for the kids in Phillips, the librarians there understand the experience of...
by Leah Langby | Jun 8, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Over the past year, a group of tween girls have been spending Wednesday afternoons at the library in Ogema. To engage these kids in some projects, the library put together a series for them this spring. Activities included:Making May Baskets to give to...
by Leah Langby | Jun 6, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
From Baby Animals, illustrated by Garth Williams, used by permission, copyright 1952 Penguin Random HouseThis summer, the River Falls Public Library Gallery will feature an extensive collection of original illustration art from one of American publishing’s best-loved...