Thanks to Georgia Jones for helping to create this list of booklist sites! These will help with readers’ advisory!
Kent District Library has a tool: https://ww2.kdl.org/
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center has subject bibliographies about a variety of topics, divided by age group. Some of the topics include: family, grief and loss, science and scientists, wordless books, beginning readers, fantasy for 9-12-year-olds, picture books for older children and teens, the natural world, bullying…
It's the middle of the summer, a time when many libraires are in the thick of increased programming, larger numbers of kids and teens in the building, and when general mayhem and chaos is high! In case you are re-thinking things, as many people do in the middle of...
Happy summer! I hope it is mostly happy to have your libraries bustling with activity and excitement about programs and more! I know it can also be an overwhelming time, and sometimes behavior from teens (and others) can be one of the tricky parts to manage. I got...
Thanks to Nikki Witt, the Youth Services Coordinator from the D.R. Moon Memorial Library in Stanley for sharing insights and take-aways from the UW Madison iSchool Course: Playing Around: The Library's Role in Playful Learning for Young Children. Nikki was able to...