Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Teen "Brown Bags" Coming Soon!
Stay tuned for more information on Teen Brown Bag Meetings for 2008! Linda Jerome of the La Crosse Public Library will be speaking at our Teen Summer Swap on March 12th, and more opportunities for swapping and sharing for teens will be coming along!
Catch the Reading Bug Sites
Young Entomologists Society
Origami Butterfly
Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across
~ from Rhonda Puntney, CEO, Youth Services Update, Issue 296, Nov. 7, 2007
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Do Teens Refuse To Read?
Katy Neville, youth services librarian with North Carolina's Wake County Public Libraries, does a "Q and A" with the Kansas City Star on teen reading. Some of the questions asked of her include:
What proof do you have that teens read?
What can schools do to encourage reading?
Who is the most popular teen author?
Click here to read the article.
What proof do you have that teens read?
What can schools do to encourage reading?
Who is the most popular teen author?
Click here to read the article.
Bits from Barb
State Park Passes for 2007
The Wisconsin State Parks Department has agreed to offer daily park passes in the summer of 2008 in conjunction with the Summer Reading Program. They are using their own variation of the national theme for state parks in 2008, "No Child Left Inside." It should be a wonderful collaboration. If we work with county fairs in 2008, I anticipate assisting libraries at the county level to work out agreements with their own county fairs. The
arrangements are likely to be more effective than what I am able to negotiate with individual fairs. Libraries in many counties already do this.
Beginning in 2008 Children's Book Week Will Move to May
While Children's Book Week has traditionally been celebrated in November, next year the celebration will move to May 12-18, 2008. This decision was made by the Children's Book Council, Inc. (CBC), after much discussion with teachers, librarians, and booksellers from around the country. While the CBC recognized that moving the dates might inconvenience those people who have celebrated CBW in November for years, they had also received complaints about the November dates for many years, with teachers and librarians finding the timing impossible due to Thanksgiving and other holiday interruptions.
According to Michelle F. Bayuk, Marketing Director of the CBC, there really was no perfect time when looking for alternative dates, and early May provided the best opportunities for promotion and activities within all constituencies. Also, many of the teachers and librarians contacted by the CBC noted that this will be a great way to culminate the school year and to link Children's Book Week to local summer reading programs, perhaps even making Children's Book Week the launch of summer reading. The 2007 Children's Book Week will be celebrated November 12-18, 2007. Visit http://www.cbcbooks.org for more information.
Free Nursery Rhyme Mini-Coloring Book from Louisiana
The State Library of Louisiana has produced a series of 24 one-page printable nursery rhyme mini books for children to color and keep. Each mini book requires one sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper and just 2 folds. Librarians are encouraged to print them out and give them to children, parents, and teachers after programs, tours, presentations, as part of preschool outreach book delivery services, etc. All 24 mini books can be found as a PDF on the State Library's web site at:
www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/ALL%2024%20NRNS%20Mini%20Books.pdf
From the SYSTEM YOUTH LIAISON POSTING, Barbara Huntington, DLTCL
October/November 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Happy Halloween!
Have a safe and Happy Halloween!
Click here for Northeast WI trick-or-treat times, courtesy of NBC-26!
Get Metamorpho-sized in March!
Teen Programmers - Mark your calendars for the afternoon of March 12th!
Join us on Wednesday, March 12th at NFLS for a "Teen Summer Swap." More and more of you are starting to focus on teen programs for summer, so this will be your chance to swap stories, brainstorm and receive a presentation from Linda Jerome, who does Youth Services at LaCrosse Public Library! Linda gave a presentation at the Wildlife Sanctuary a few weeks ago, and she has great ideas!
More info coming soon!
Young Writers Program at the Lena Library
Attention all of you young writers out there!The Lena library will be working in collaboration with Nanowrimo in the month of November to help you create a novel in 30 days! What is Nanowrimo you ask? They are a non-profit organization that sponsors libraries and schools during national novel writing month in November of every year. This is the library's first year participating, so come help make this program a success. Our "novel writing kits" are on their way, and preliminary materials can be picked up right now. So come by and sign up!
For you computer savvy independent sorts, you can even bypass the library and sign up independently online at http://ywp.nanowrimo.org. Make sure to enter Lena Public Library as your host agency, and you will be ready to roll. In the last few years, participants who completed a novel got one published copy for free. Everything starts November 1st, so don't lose any precious writing time. Stop by the library to sign up and pick up your materials or call Jennifer Thiele at 920-829-5335 to find out more about this program.
And for you writers of every age group, please remember that the library has a writers club that meets the third Monday of every month at 5:30pm. There is one in November, and is a perfect time for you to discuss your work in progress. We hope to see you at the library!
~ Submitted by Jennifer Thiele, LPL
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