by Leah Langby | Dec 9, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s a smattering of cool stuff people have sent me in the past month: Marcia Dressel from the Osceola Public Schools sent a reminder about the Federal Trade Commission’s website, which provides brochures on a variety of topics. Some youth-related ones...
by Leah Langby | Nov 23, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are several libraries in our system that have teen book discussion groups. In Park Falls, youth services librarian Matthew White has an active discussion group. Last month, they read The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. After looking high and low for...
by Leah Langby | Nov 2, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
From Becky Arenivar at Prescott, a how-to-do-it success story!Fifteen teens attend the Prescott Public Library’s Duct Tape Unrolled event. Teens could choose 3 items from a possible six to make, starting with easy items like bookmarks and jewelry and moving to...
by Leah Langby | Sep 30, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
I got a great question from Jenny in Colfax, looking for books related to Teen Read Week’s theme: Books with a Beat. There wasn’t much in terms of booklists on the YALSA website, so I made my own. I thought Jenny maybe isn’t the only one looking for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 28, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Deadline: November 19, 2010 (From the Library Grants blog)The Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens, and Books) is a book club program designed to reach underserved, troubled teen populations through books that are relevant to their lives. All...
