Our annual grassroots meeting will be held on Thursday, September 18th from 1 - 4 pm. The location is still to be determined. We will be covering teen and tween program ideas for part of the meeting.
More information to come!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
PSA for Summer Reading
The Public Service Announcement for this year's theme, Fizz, Boom, Read!, is available and ready for use. You have to download it from the CSLP website, http://www.cslpreads.org/, and go to "Proprietary Downloads."
I have forwarded a download to our local stations. You can view it here.
I have forwarded a download to our local stations. You can view it here.
"Leap Into Reading" Program Deadline Approaching
The Edvest College Savings Plan and Green Bay
Packers are excited to announce our continuing partnership with
Wisconsin Public Libraries to promote your summer reading activities
through free promotional materials, advertising, and an Edvest
scholarship drawing with great Packers prizes! Leap into Reading is
summarized briefly below and please also review the attached program
summary for full details.
How it works:
2.
Your library branch will receive a Leap into Reading promotional kit of bookmarks, entry cards, and signage.
3.
On or before June 6th, place your signage in an entry area
or near your children’s area. Include bookmarks and entry forms in
summer library program materials and keep available at checkout desk.
4.
Enjoy the program – your library could be a winner of Green Bay Packers prizes and/or $500!
Libraries Can Win:
First 200 library branches that sign up receive
“Return to Titletown” a hard cover book commemorating the Green Bay
Packers 2010 season and Superbowl Championship. Add it to your
collection, use it as a fundraiser, or reward a hard-working
employee – it’s up to you. For shipping details, please see the
attached program summary. Book description available here:
goodreads.com/book/show/10550969-return-to-titletown
Library branches that sign up will also be placed in a drawing the week of June 9th
to receive Green Bay Packers Family Night Tickets and autographed
footballs. Winners will be selected from each of the 17 public library
systems.
Last year, 53 libraries received tickets and/or footballs and held
raffles, contests, or rewarded team members.
Libraries who participate also are eligible to win a
$500 cash prize if one of the Leap into Reading youth winners is a
patron your library. Last year, 16 libraries who registered had Leap
into Reading winners and each received the $500
cash prize. Four libraries with Leap into Reading winners had not
registered so were ineligible for the prize.
Register by May 17
Register your library branch location and select
your promotional kit size by May 17. Also, if you are interested in
hosting the Green Bay Packer Player reading event, please notify me by
May 17 (see attached summary for details). Registration
will close on June 6. We are offering small, medium and large
promotional kit sizes – see promotion summary attached to this email for
details. Materials are free of charge and you may re-order first come,
first served until supplies are gone.
Use this link to register:
www.Edvest.com/reading
Leap into Reading Promotional Kits (see attached program summary for more details)
Small – 1 table-top sign, 200 bookmarks, 100 entry cards
Medium – 2 table-top signs, 350 bookmarks, 200 entry cards
Large – 2 floor signs, 1 table-top sign, 500 bookmarks, 300 entry cards
Leap into Reading drawing for Parents/Grandparents
Parents, grandparents, and legal guardians have the
opportunity to enter their children or grandchildren (ages 0-13) in a
drawing to win $1,000 Edvest College Savings Plan accounts and four
tickets to the Packers Family Night game in early
August (or a $30 Packer Pro Shop gift card if they prefer) – up to 20
individual winners will be selected from the 17 library systems. Each
winner’s branch library will receive $500 – available only if your
branch registered.
To learn more, please review the attached summary for full details.
Follow up questions may be directed to the Edvest College Savings Plan and program manager Catherine Burdick at
cburdick@tiaa-cref.org. For questions about summer library programs, contact Tessa Michaelson Schmidt at
tessa.schmidt@dpi.wi.gov.
Children's Lit Webinar
Presenter: Penny Peck
Start Time: 2PM Central
- Do you feel like you always recommend the same old books when a child asks for a “good book to read?”
- Tired of recommending the same books because you can’t think of anything new to recommend to a child visiting the library?
- Looking for suggestion to augment the Common Core?
Discover
the new books that you can offer to children who use your library! Hear
about books published in Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 that will be popular
with children ages 0-12. These include board books, picture books, easy
readers, transitional fiction, genre fiction for middle grades, graphic
novels, poetry, nonfiction, and more!
At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:
- Know
about new children’s and tween books for various age ranges and reading
levels, including very simple new books for those just learning to read
- Learn about new multicultural books to meet the needs of all children
- Be
able to name some new books relating to the Common Core, including
informational picture books perfect for Preschool through grade 3
- Be able to identify “read-alikes” – other books you can recommend to children after you find out their favorite book
- Know
books that will grab the attention of reluctant readers, including the
newest graphic novels for kids, nonfiction, and pop culture titles, and a
list of very short novels for tweens
- Take
away a list of helpful websites to use when doing readers’ advisory,
and sites that will help you keep up-to-date on the latest children’s
books
This
webinar will be of interest to all library staff or volunteer who
serves children ages 0-12, in either public or school libraries.
For more information and to participate in the Wednesday, May 21, 2014 webinar, go to https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=404 .
Read On! Titles for May
Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Mommy,
Where Are You? by Mack. U.S. edition: Clavis, 2012
What’s
Special about Me, Mama? by
Kristina Evans. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Jump at the Sun
Books / Disney, 2011
Poem:
“Something about Me” by Anonymous, p. 10
from Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of
Poetry edited by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters.
Illustrated by Polly Dunbar. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press
2007.
Primary (Grades K-2)
Happy Like
Soccer by Maribeth Boelts. Illustrated by Lauren
Castillo. Candlewick Press, 2012
Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
The Beetle
Book by Steve Jenkins. Houghton Mifflin, 2012
Middle School
See You at
Harry’s by Jo Knowles. Candlewick Press, 2012
High School
Ask
the Passengers by A. S. King.
Little, Brown, 2012
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the
Universe by Benjamine Alire
Sáenz. Simon & Schuster, 2012
Emily Townsend, Librarian
Cooperative Children's Book Center
Diverse Books Campaign
You may already be aware of the "We Need Diverse Books" campaign that
officially began yesterday. Let's add a wealth of Wisconsin voices to
this important effort to document that books for children, teens, and
adults reflecting diverse experiences and perspectives within and
across racial and cultural identities matter!
http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/post/83943947418/we-need-diverse-books-campaign
http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/post/83943947418/we-need-diverse-books-campaign
Megan Schliesman, Librarian
Cooperative Children's Book Center
Cooperative Children's Book Center
Future Themes
2015 slogans (general theme: heroes)
Children: Every Hero Has a Story
Teen: Unmask!
Adult: Escape the Ordinary
2016 slogans (general theme: fitness/sports):
Children: On Your Mark, Get Set, Read
Teen: Get in the Game - Read
Adult: Exercise Your Mind - Read
The general theme for 2017 is: Build a Better World (construction, architecture, sustainability, DIY)
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