by Leah Langby | Jun 30, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
In the Making Lemons Into Lemonade Category: Hudson Public Library has been closed for the summer so far, getting ready to open in their new location. Not a great situation, especially for those summer readers, right? But Mary and Carol managed to work closely with...
by Leah Langby | Jun 30, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Well, this blog has been tagged in a Pertinent Posts blog post by the inimitable Marge Loch-Wauters in her Tiny Tips for Library Fun. What an honor!Part of the deal is that I’m supposed to name my most pertinent blogs, too. Oh dear. The pressure! I’m not a...
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...
by Leah Langby | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Kids in Boyceville had a lot of fun with their shark hats (directions are on page 120 of your SLP manual), especially once all the tricky cutting and folding was done!And check out the super-cool decorations, created by 14 teen volunteers (wow! 14 teen volunteers in a...
by Leah Langby | Jun 21, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
This just in from Dawn at Rice Lake:”We just had our 2nd annual Readapalooza Summer Reading Kickoff Festival. We had a dunk tank, bounce castle, free hot dogs, cotton candy, snow-cones and games. Brown’s Karate, Barron County Sparks and the Unicycling club all...
by Leah Langby | Jun 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
I got a good reminder from the Young Adult Library Services Association (of ALA) the other day. I know some teens who would love to be encouraged to participate in this!As your Summer Reading Program kicks off, be sure to include YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten....
by Leah Langby | Jun 16, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Summer Library Programs are hard upon us, I hope you are all holding up well! Here’s a new idea, in case your idea box is empty!Nick Glass, the founder of TeachingBooks.net, posted a note to a list serv about the idea of having a read-aloud streak for families,...
by Leah Langby | Jun 4, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Becky Arenivar, the programming librarian at the Prescott Public Library, has come up with a terrific Power Point for introducing the library to groups of 8th graders called Meet Me @ The Library. It’s a great look at all the fun stuff libraries provide, that...
by Leah Langby | Jun 4, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you have any students participating in your summer library program who have low vision or are blind, you might be interested to know that there are some resources available for them that are directly related to the Summer Library Program! The Collaborative Summer...
