Wendy, a delightful librarian in Munich, Germany reached out to me to see if she could help contribute even more languages for my images! One of her first contributions comes from a Japanese parent volunteer. She gave me two options: one for public libraries, and one for school libraries.
Thank you, anonymous parent!!!
Public/City Library
School Library Signs
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…
HAPPY KRAMPUSNACHT EVERYBODY! Over the past few years, Krampusnacht has become more acknowledged and celebrated in the United States. This celebration takes place on December 5, the day before Saint Nicholas (who approves of the Krampus’ work) rewards the good children on Nikolaustag. Read more about it here since I’d rather get to the storytime…
I think that it would be safe to say that for most nerdy youth services librarians, the announcement of 2015’s CSLP theme sent shivers down our spines: Every Hero Has a Story.™ I also think that it’d be safe to say that it was a bit of a letdown when the official artwork arrived. Ummmm…I…
I can hardly believe that the last time I wrote about our Summer Reading Program booklets was five summers ago. That’s utterly unreal to me. Since then I’ve heard from librarians across the country who have been interested in our program – and some who actually have done it with great success! Yay!!! Over the…
Well, I finally had a quasi-epic fail in terms of putting together a crafty prop for a display. I had <a href=”http://rachelmoani.com/?p=193″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>this</a>, by the amazing <a href=”http://rachelmoani.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Rachel Moani</a>, as my inspiration. For awhile I’ve wanted to try my hand at making a big book like Moani’s, and the perfect excuse was <a href=”http://nanowrimo.org/”…
<img class=” size-large wp-image-2447 aligncenter” src=”https://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ex1.jpg?w=584″ alt=”” width=”584″ height=”488″>The moment that <em>Decemberley </em>was created was one of my most favorite inspirational moments of the year. It was back in October, and our Children’s Librarian was using an Ed Emberley book to draw a skeleton on an activity table. I commented to her as I walked by that…
