Marking a Milestone: Hosting a Kindergarten Library Card Party

Authors

  • Anna Smithberger
  • Ann Wahlstrom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.18.2.24

Abstract

Take one Caldecott Honor winner and add scores of kindergarteners. Throw in an effort to sign up more library users. Toss in a bunch of enthusiastic volunteers. That’s the recipe for Ramsey County (MN) Library’s (RCL) recent Kindergarten Library Card Party.

It’s a program that has been running since 2008, starting humbly as a partnership between the Friends of the Ramsey County Libraries and the Junior League of St. Paul. The latter, a local women’s nonprofit organization focusing on volunteerism, was interested in developing a program where they could put books into the hands of kindergarteners.

Author Biographies

Anna Smithberger

Anna Smithberger has been a children’s librarian for five years. She is currently the Children’s Librarian at Ramsey County (MN) Library’s New Brighton branch.

Ann Wahlstrom

Ann Wahlstrom has been a children’s librarian for more than thirteen years. She is currently Branch Manager at Ramsey County Library and the system’s Children’s Facilitator.

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Published

2020-06-19

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2020): Summer

Section

Features

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