by Leah Langby | Nov 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Julie Belz from Ellsworth for sending in a few great photos of Halloween celebrations in Ellsworth!Thursday storytime friends trick-or-treating around the library at the end of storytime. The Pumpkin Party in the Park in Ellsworth drew 350 kids...
by Leah Langby | Sep 25, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
World Book Night is on April 23–a super-cool night when people who love books get a bunch of books they love to give away to people who aren’t necessarily big readers. It’s a way to share the book love, and a great outreach opportunity for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 18, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Norma Scott, director of the Somerset Public Library, for this post about the lasting effects of the 2012 Autism grant project in her library and her life! When our library decided to participate in a grant about autism offered through IFLS in 2012, I...
by Leah Langby | Aug 6, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Every year, Wisconsin’s Farm Technology Days draws tens of thousands of people (this year, the estimate was 35-40 thousand people). The event moves around every year, and this year, it was held on a farm near Barron. The Barron Public Library...
by Leah Langby | Oct 30, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Reach Out and Read in action on a military base (part of the program is helping parents understand that it is normal development for babies to interact with books by mouthing them).By now, many of you have heard about the Reach Out and Read initiative, and...
