Does your library host an American Girl program? For many years, our library has run American Girl during the summer. It was as close to a core program as our library has ever had hosted and certainly the closest to a core program for school-age. And yet. I watched as year after year it spiraled out of…
Where to begin? Where even to begin with a book this finely crafted, this breathtakingly realized, this clever, this full of love and aches and metaphors and, yes, magic? (but not the magic you’re thinking of – not the easy kind, not the kind that comes without consequences.) The Real Boy is the story of…
Why did I decide to host this event? Oh, if you work in a library and with children and teens you know why. You know that, for them, Minecraft rules their imaginations. At my library, the kids will play Minecraft for hours at a time. They play it together, they watch each other play…
Magic Treehouse was another event I decided to have based on the popularity of the books. These books remain wildly popular at our library and the fans remain as dedicated and intent as ever. We have multiple copies of each title and sometimes they are ALL checked out. I figured with a fanbase this…
This program was a modified repeat of a program we had two years ago. (Yes, you can offer the single-day programs again!) I know lots of libraries that have hosted Fancy Nancy events and I really suggest it. Fancy Nancy remains very popular at our library – often there are simply no Fancy Nancy books even…
I was inspired to have a Ninjago event because it was a word I heard over and over again on the lips of our 6-12 year old patrons. This was my sweet spot of ages this summer, so it was in the back of my mind. Then I read Sara‘s amazing and inspiring blog about…
