Melissa emailed me from Texas sharing a Vietnamese translation by Thiện Cao, a student worker at the University of Houston-Downtown Library. I cannot even begin to express how blown away I am about how many people have come together to help me create more signs. It’s been amazing.
Thank you Thiện Cao and Melissa!!!
<strong><em><img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-2947″ src=”https://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/deep-thoughts-hafu.jpg” alt=”” width=”584″ height=”389″>Warning: the following post is very wordy and pretty philosophical in nature. In other words it’s really not like most of my other posts ’round here. I won’t feel bad if you skip it. Promise.</em></strong> <strong><em>For those who brave my musings – I’ve sprinkled the post with pictures that…
An Ohio school librarian, a student, and the student’s grandparent all worked to get me this translation. They all wanted to remain anonymous. Thank you so much for working together to help spread the LAFE message! In case you were wondering: Akan and Twi are essentially the same. The grandparent compared their differences to that…
Alicia, a considerate reader, wrote to me to explain what Latinx is, and that I should include it as an important alternate version. I am very grateful that she reached out and made this suggestion. Don’t know what Latinx is? Then start your journey of understanding with this History.com article. Thank you so very much,…
This fall our Children’s Library will be losing it’s large Ash tree that is home to our library dragon. The kids have been relieved that he’s already grown so much that he has to use our entire row of Bradford Pear trees as a home. But everyone’s sad about losing its autumn leaves. For the…
Remember how in my previous post, I ever-so-subtly hinted that I love being emailed? Well, lots of you took the hint! Hooray! One email in particular really caught my attention. It was from the fabulous Ludy Rueda, Bilingual and Multicultural Outreach Services Librarian, from the Poudre River Public Library District. Within her email she shared…
Claudia Depkin from Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library contacted me with a request: might I create a Spanish version of my My Mask Protects My Community designs? Why yes, yes I might. And did. In case you were wondering, I chose the mask colors based on South American countries’ flags. And I’m grateful for my…
