by Leah Langby | Jul 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had a great talk with Mary Davis from the Hudson Area Joint Library yesterday. Last year, they had a disappointing turnout for the expensive performers they hired, and this year she decided to hire fewer performers and look to volunteers to provide special...
by Leah Langby | Jul 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I was recently asked to contribute a list of names of folks who might be a good fit for the Youth Services Section board of the Wisconsin Library Association. Well–you all know that this region boasts an unusually large number of fabulous librarians who...
by Leah Langby | Jul 11, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Cathy Lefevre is the library director at Sand Creek. The transformation she has managed to bring about in Sand Creek in the past 5 years, with the support and help of her community and her talented husband, has been astonishing! Read on, and get...
by Leah Langby | Jul 10, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
YA Novel Bluefish by Pat Schmatz Wins 2012 Burr/Worzalla Award Young Adult novel, Bluefish, written by Wisconsin native Pat Schmatz and published by Candlewick Press, has won the 2012 Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award. The Children’s Book Award Committee of the...
by Leah Langby | Jul 9, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kris Farley had barely taken the reigns as youth services librarian in Ladysmith before her first big program–a special family storytime during Money Smart Week. The library received free copies of The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Commercials from...
by Leah Langby | Jul 6, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Free Webjunction Webinar:Grant funding is one way to find resources to support innovative programming and services for children. In this webinar, learn about finding, writing, and submitting grant opportunities. Presenters Dr. Sue C. Kimmel, Assistant Professor, and...
