by Leah Langby | Mar 13, 2026 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week, someone on the IFLS Youth Services email list asked for suggestions for a 3rd grade student who has dyslexia. IFLS library folks pitched in to share some great ideas, and IFLS staff supplemented. If you are looking for collection development or readers...
by Leah Langby | Feb 13, 2026 | Keeping Up With Kids
We got a question on the youth services list this week about resources to help kids learn more about and process the current events around ICE and to learn more about immigration and immigration. Thanks to those who responded, and to the Northern Waters Library...
by Leah Langby | Jun 5, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Healing Library is a company that creates kits for purchase to help families process a traumatic event or situation. They have made resources (activity sheets, discussion points, booklists, and more) available for free so that libraries can create and customize their...
by Leah Langby | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Image credit: PixabayReaders’ Advisory! What a staple of our work. I am always excited to find a new and interesting resource for providing high quality RA, or for suggesting to patrons.For the past several years, National Public Radio has...
by Leah Langby | Sep 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Maureen Welch for passing on these tips from the NoveList newsletter! They are specific to helping kids and teens find books using NoveList. Did you know? Appeals terms describe the mood or feel of books (think: funny, sad, inspiring), and they are a...
