by Leah Langby | Jul 29, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
National Gaming Day registration is open. Libraries can now register for National Gaming Day 2010, which will take place on November 13. This year, North Star Games is donating a free copy of Wits & Wagers Family to the first 1,000 U.S. libraries that register....
by Leah Langby | Jul 27, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Prescott Programming Librarian, Becky Arenivar, shared some great ideas for a Grossology Program she held. By far the grossest thing they did was bobbing for Spam (yecccchh!):Our Grossology event included 3 food challenges, 3 touching challenges and the kids got to...
by Leah Langby | Jul 15, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
In Balsam Lake, Tricia Olson has been working with a small but dedicated group of teens. They helped her weed the collection, leaving room for face-out shelving, and they splatter-painted the section of the wall that houses the teen area. They even got to paint a few...
by Leah Langby | Jul 12, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
In Fall Creek, children’s librarian Jenna Gilles had an absolutely fabulous idea! Wow! What better way to celebrate the Summer Library Program’s theme of water than to help protect it?? Check out this news release, and contact Jenna if you want some ideas...
by Leah Langby | 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...
