3
Mar
Tournament of Kids’ Books 2013
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Tournament time. March Madness season is upon us, and in a college basketball town that means one thing… Lawrence, Kansas, home of the University of Kansas Jayhawks, goes gaga for brackets and basketball. In the children’s room of the Lawrence Public Library, it also means it’s time […]
20
Feb
Stuffed Animal Storytime & Sleepover
This week, I decided to mix things up a bit with storytime. I’ve seen so many wonderful stuffed animal sleepover programs done at other libraries that I thought it was high time to host one at my library. Why not? So, this week’s storytime theme was “Stuffed Animal Storytime & Sleepover”. At last week’s storytime […]
17
Feb
Adventures as Annie: The Knight at Dawn
Magic Tree House Adventures is BACK! Thank you to everyone that has emailed and/or commented about the previous programs. I loved hearing your feedback. For those of you who are new here, Magic Tree House Adventures is a monthly public library program for ages 5-8. Each session is themed around a book in the Magic […]
15
Oct
Read Across Lawrence for Kids Recap
The crickets were a chirpin’ over here at Sturdy for Common Things over the past month. Not much posting going on, but it was a necessary sacrifice– I promise! I’m back and would like to share with you one of the main reasons blogging took a backseat… For the month of September, I spearheaded the […]
4
Oct
Pages to Projects
I’d like to take a moment to direct your attention over to “Pages to Projects”, a new series I’m honored to be guest blogging for over at Library as Incubator Project. The sole intention of the series is how to incorporate elements of art education and appreciation into the ever-popular, timeless children’s program– storytime! The […]
29
Aug
Read Across Lawrence for Kids
After months and months of preparation, I’m so excited to share with you a community-wide reading event with the goal of getting kids “on the same page”. For 10 years, the Lawrence Public Library has been hosting a city project, Read Across Lawrence, where everyone reads the same book at the same time. This year […]
17
May
Adventurs as Annie in EGYPT
This was the last Magic Tree House Adventures session until the school year picks up again in the fall. I now feel that I have a small understanding of how a teacher feels on their last day of school. Going to miss those kids. We didn’t have a crazy 50+ group like in the past […]
20
Apr
Adventures of Annie Aboard the Titanic
Before starting the Magic Tree House Adventures: Tonight on the Titanic program last Saturday, a parent came up to me and said, “You know this ship is going down, right?” Last weekend, was the third edition of Magic Tree House Adventures. February theme was Hour of the Olympics and March was Leprechaun in Late Winter. […]
18
Apr
Tournament of Kids Books WINNER
It’s all over. Out of 16 titles, one came out victorious. After weeks and weeks of voting throughout March, the Tournament of Kids Books came to a close last Saturday when Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling was announced as the winner. Over 400 kids participated in voting! And good ol’ […]
2
Apr
Poetry is FUN!
Yesterday was the kick-off for National Poetry Month! The Lawrence Public Library teamed with the The Lawrence Arts Center for “Poetry Off the Page“, a month of poetry themed activities of which Sunday Storytime is a part of! Woot!! Which means over that past few weeks I’ve been compiling poetry books, crafts, and activities to […]
