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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…

Minecraft IRL
Eep! I’ve had to let the blogging slide a bit since things in my life and at work have been…interesting. Yes. We’ll say interesting. But we’ve had some great themes that I’ve been dying to share with y’all, so let’s get back to it. Back in September we had a big crossover celebration of Minecraft…

Libraries Are For Everyone: Lithuanian
Janice Marsh from Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee, Illinois reached out to me with a Lithuanian translation after I sent out a call for help. The wonderful Ron Kilik, an adult services associate at WNPL and a native of Lithuania, offered this translation. It translates to Libraries for All. Thank you both, Janice and Ron!!!…
Table Top Time
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-5928″ src=”https://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/table-top-time-feature.jpg” alt=”Using simple kraft paper to cover the kids’ activity tables at our library. It saves space while encouraging creativity | hafuboti.com” width=”1224″ height=”835″> Another one of my “projects I’ve been waiting to do” was putting butcher paper down on our kids’ tables. After reading about <a href=”http://mowillemsdoodles.blogspot.com/2013/07/dining-room-dinner-doodles-news.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>how…
Junior Book Tournament
<p style=”text-align:center”><img class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-400″ title=”Simple but fun online event! Set-up is the only time-consuming aspect.” src=”http://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/logo-capture.jpg” alt=”” width=”447″ height=”184″></p> I thought I’d share with y’all what I’ve been working on at the Children’s Library since I’m guessing that other youth librarians out there would enjoy seeing/using this. I’ve generally kept this blog free of…

Blown Away
I am in oodles of awe at what Meggie did for April 2021. She had asked if it would be okay to do a Dandy-inspired theme, and I was like “oh heck yeah!” Next thing I know, I’m walking into the office and these dandelions are stashed all around it. I mean, I was blown…