Music, Movement, and More at your library By Barbara Scott, Children's Librarian, Bucyrus Public Library, Ohio Thirteen years ago (in 2010! - although it doesn't seem that long ago) I was approached by Lindell Bils, who was working for the local Help Me Grow organization to help with Read More
How to Sustain a Health & Fitness Literacy Program in Your Library By Nicole Miller, Director of the Cannon Falls Library, Minnesota In 2019, I earned my group fitness certification and developed a sustainable library fitness program at the Cannon Falls Library. Since then, I’ve increased my knowledge Read More
Farm to School and Public Libraries By Deborah Dutcher, Library Services Consultant, for the New Hampshire State Library This past summer I had the pleasure of being invited to and attending the Monadnock Farm to School Network for a “Farm to School Day Camp for Teachers” at the Read More
“We all have to work as a team:” Supporting healthy living at Rutherford County Library A simple strategy to get started: Pool your resources Engle Troxler works for the Rutherford County Library, located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The poverty rate in the county is around Read More
A Confluence of Community Health in Western Kentucky Located in Western Kentucky, the city of Paducah anchors a mostly rural region located near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The McCracken County Public Library is also a confluence of different people and organizations. This story shows Read More
Winter Walk Day at the Library Lillie M Evans Library District, Princeville, Illinois, U.S.A. How has this library supported healthy living? We're doing our 2nd annual "Winter Walk Day" on Wednesday, February 2nd. Our library decided to do it based on Shape Alberta's Winter Walk Day. After registering Read More
Learn a New Hobby at the Library RIDGELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, MISSISSIPPI, U.S.A. How has this library supported healthy living? Since January is Learn a New Hobby month, we have started giving out weekly take and make kits to patrons who may want to dabble in a new passion. Read More
Think outside the box for StoryWalk® success! Eagle Mountain Public Library, Utah, U.S.A. A full-size Story Walk may not work for everyone but there might be other options! Our parks department couldn't grant us permission to use the city park, and we unfortunately do not own the land Read More
StoryWalk® Week 2021 at the Library! Needham Free Public Library, Massachusetts, United States of America On November 15th, during Storywalk Week, the Children's Department of the Needham Free Public Library and the community organization, Family ACCESS, held a scavenger hunt at the library's Storywalk at DeFazio Park. Children Read More
StoryWalk® Week 2021 In November 2021, Let's Move in Libraries joined the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services for the first ever week-long event celebrating the inspiring work of librarians who spearhead StoryWalk® programs – promoting literacy, reading, health, exercise, and movement in communities and neighborhoods across the United States and Read More
