by Leah Langby | Jan 31, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jerissa Koenig for this guest post!The Amery Area Public Library installed two new learning spaces in the children’s room in January, 2017. The first is the Baby/Toddler Zone, which includes a playful area rug, seating for adults, and a shelving unit that...
by Leah Langby | Jan 20, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center announced the Charlotte Zolotow Book Awards today, recognizing picture books with distinguished writing:Carole Boston Weatherford is the winner of the 2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award for Freedom in Congo Square (illustrated by...
by Leah Langby | Jan 19, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Samantha Carpenter for this guest post:Mr. Potato Head has been a very popular magnet board activity at LEPMPL the past two months! Every time I walk by, he looks different. There’s something about this particular configuration . . . that accurately reflects...
by Leah Langby | Jan 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Don’t forget to check out the following sessions at the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! There are many others that would be of use to a general audience, but these Wednesday sessions may be of particular interest to librarians serving youth!Wednesday...
by Leah Langby | Jan 6, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
At our Summer Library Program workshop, one of the groups that librarians felt they had a hard time reaching is tweens (3rd-7th graders or so). I found a few good resources for people who are feeling like this is a gap for them:Five Lessons in Tween...
by Leah Langby | Jan 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Sam Carpenter at LEPMPL for this guest post! Those of you who came to the Sure-fire Teen Programs presentation at the SLP workshop in November might remember Ashley Bieber, the teen coordinator at LEPMPL, talking about an upcoming Escape the Room program....