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Nerd Chi
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Libraries Are For Everyone: Haitian Creole
One of @rachel_nk‘s library assistants was able to provide me with the Haitian Creole translation! And then Hallie, an awesome library teen mentor from Boston, sent me a second version. Mèsi tou de!!! Version One: Version Two:
Bookworm Love
In January we had one very upset little girl at the library who couldn’t understand why we didn’t have a library scavenger hunt that month. We had done <em><a href=”http://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/2014/01/16/build-a-band/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Build a Band</a> </em>instead – which did alright in terms of participants, but nowhere as good as our scavenger hunts. She loudly bemoaned this fact…
Literary Agents
<span style=”font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625″>This past summer I took over the 3rd-5th grade book club at our library. I was very excited to take over this group since I hadn’t worked with them for almost two years and the last time it was in a craft-centered storytime. Since then, the poor 3rd-5th grader storytimes had gone through so…

Painting Masterpieces
After Gretna Has Heart was over, it was time for Heba and Meggie’s first library décor creations – and I’m very happy with what they did! One of my favorite things about my job title “Creative Director” is that I get to see others’ creativity grow and delight everyone more and more. The theme was…

Big Summer Reveal
Finally the last of the paper lanterns arrived and we were able to finish the “centerpiece” of our decor! Several different team members had helped remove the book pages that made up both the Picture Find and the “tree bark.” Mary and I then used painter’s tape and did a “shingling” technique that I learned…