Contests to Challenge Teen Creativity

by | Mar 9, 2011 | Uncategorized

YALSA and Figment have teamed up for an awesome contest in celebration of Teen Tech Week! Teens can write a 750-word essay on how to use a made-up steampunk apparatus on Figment and win an e-reader.  Sourcebooks Inc. and Ty Drago, author and publisher of the new The...

SLP Ideas

by | Feb 15, 2011 | Uncategorized

Thanks to the nearly 50 folks who braved the cold last week to attend the always-fabulous Summer Library Program Workshop with the creative genius Terry Ehle. If you missed the workshop, take a look at the handouts and PowerPoints on our website!If you attended the...

Performer Roundup

by | Jan 17, 2011 | Uncategorized

At the last Youth Services Idea Swap, talk turned to Performers. Since our next Performer Showcase is not scheduled till next fall, let’s help each other out! If you had a performer in the past who you thought was absolutely outstanding, send in a rave review....

Book Trailers

by | Jun 29, 2010 | Uncategorized

A recent list-serv post directed me to this book trailer about a new collection of funny stories, edited by Jon Scieszka. It reminded me of some of the cool things Colleen, the teen librarian at the Menomonie Public Library, is doing with book trailers…She uses...

Amazing Author Resources

by | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized

Ooops. I just spent longer than I meant to exploring the author programs on TeachingBooks.net. I didn’t mean to, but I devoured an interview with Lois Lowry and then gobbled up an author’s readers theatre of Love That Dog (by Sharon Creech), read by Sharon...