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This Isn’t Your Grandma’s Krampusnacht
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…

LAFE: Mennonite Representation
Around six months ago, a librarian in Ontario named Laurel wrote me a lovely email. In it, she requested that I design two new figures in my LAFE designs: two Mennonite women. One woman would be a more traditional Amish/Mennonite woman, and the other would be what is called Low German. After doing some research,…

LOL @ the Library
I don’t really have a lot to say about this particular display. I wanted bold and fun, and I think I achieved it. It was mainly an excuse to keep my silly picture book covers up for the entire month of April (and not just on the first). I’ve also wanted to do an interactive…
Decemberley!!!
<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…

Libraries Are For Everyone: Albanian
Several months ago I received this Albanian translation, and the sender was incredibly gracious when I told her that I was overwhelmed with work. So a HUGE thank you to the librarian who waited (which makes me want Doctor Who to have a librarian companion), and to her library page who provided the translation!!!

Libraries Are For Everyone: Kikuyu
This Kikuyu translation comes from a librarian named Joan in Massachusetts. She had reached out to a group of librarians to see if anyone could help translate LAFE into Kikuyu. Through them she was put in contact with an African languages specialist who asked a native speaker of Kikuyu for a translation. Whew! Thank you…