Creative Chronicles

Adventures in Youth Librarian Programming

Your go-to resource for innovative programming ideas and inspiration tailored specifically for youth librarians. Dive into a treasure trove of creative initiatives, engaging activities, and successful events designed to captivate young minds and foster a lifelong love of reading, learning, and the library! Join me on a journey where imagination knows no bounds and every program is a new adventure waiting to unfold.

Hungry Kids, Full Shelves: How an After School Snack Program Built Community

As any youth services librarian knows (or honestly, any librarian at all), food gets people’s attention.At my library, that truth showed up every single afternoon. We were located on the same block as the town’s only public elementary, middle, and high school. Between 20 and 50 kids poured through our doors every day after school—and without exception, they were hungry . That need sparked my very first initiative as a newly hired Youth Services Librarian: the After School S

10 hours ago2 min read

Among Us IRL!!

*post includes affiliate links to help support this blog Hey there, beautiful programming people!! This is a program that I have been wanting to do for a long time and FINALLY got around to doing it not once, but TWICE! I've fine tuned it enough to be comfortable sharing it with you all. This is a long post, but bear with me. I've tried to cram ALLLL of the details in so your program goes well, too! *image from https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/among-us Program Description

Oct 13, 20248 min read

How to Bring Home Economics into the Modern Day: Library Edition!

An updated Home Ec class for your library!

May 30, 20242 min read

About Me

My name is Adrienne, and I am a Youth Services Librarian for a single-branch public library that serves just under 5,000 people. I have an undergraduate degree in art and an MLIS from Indiana University Indianapolis. I live for programming!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennedeluna/

Contact