For information on the book club program, click here. Download a .pdf here: Swimmy by Leo Lionni
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Program: Family Book Club – Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
About a year ago, my co-worker and I had the opportunity to facilitate a parent/child book club. Our library had been awarded a generous grant from Target (yay Target) to fund the program. The book club was designed for children 5- to 7-years-old and their parents. Registration was required; our budget limited us to 10 [...]
Teen Read Week 2010
Back in March, I experimented with passive activities to celebrate Teen Tech Week. It was very successful, so I decided to try a similar approach for Teen Read Week this year. Three is the magic number, so I came up with three things the teens could do for a chance to win prizes: reading or [...]
50+ Ideas for Library Teen Advisory Groups
TAG has been on my mind a lot lately. My Library’s group does not meet during the summer, so the start of a new school year means it’s time for me heavily promote the group’s first meeting of the academic year, recruit new members and remind current members how much they enjoy coming to meetings. [...]
Craft: Rock Candy Player
A few weeks ago, the teens at my library made Rock Candy Players as part of the Summer Reading Program. They were easy to make and came out super cute. The original idea came from the Texas Teens Read manual (directions for the craft here), but I changed it up a tiny bit and made [...]
Dogs in the Library: Part 2
[source] Tips for The Big Day * Send out reminder e-mails. My library doesn’t generally require pre-registration for anything, so I’m not sure how obvious this tip is. I would usually send out a reminder e-mail on the Wednesday or Thursday before the program. That way, if something had come up for a family and [...]
Dogs in the Library: Part 1
[source] Pet therapy programs in libraries aren’t exactly innovative, but they aren’t nearly as ubiquitous as story time, either. They may be gaining ground, though; a session called Sit, Paws, Read was presented at ALA in Washington, DC. I’ve been coordinating a pet therapy program at my library for about 3 years now, and it [...]
