This Michif translation comes from a student at St. Joseph High School, Ottawa. Thank you so much for helping to spread the LAFE message!!!
Michif is the beautifully complex language Métis people. The student explained that the first half “Baachiss poor lii liivr” essentially means “building for books.”
This LAFE Translation come from Westerville South (Ohio) student Mani. Thank you so very much, Mani!!!
This year we decided to kick our monthly theme off with special “cameo appearances” of famous people. As per usual, Natasia slayed our décor. Natasia also came up with our coloring activity. It was both simple and popular: Click on the above image to get a downloadable version of one of the three different frames…
I received a great email from Rahat, who sent me the Turkmen translation of Libraries Are For Everyone. I cannot even begin to express how excited I still become when someone reaches out and shares a part of themselves. It’s the best. Thank you so very much Rahat!!!!!
There are times where inspiration hits like an anvil – and May 2021’s theme was like that. Basically, we did not change the theme, but instead, adjusted the décor just a bit for a very easy-yet-effective transition. The last time something like this happened was back when we went from a Mondrian theme to LEGOs….
Ludy Rueda’s friend Tatiana Samokhina provided me with a Russian translation. Thank you, Tatiana!!! Eirini sent me a suggestion for a different Russian word choice that I made an error on, and Alex pointed out the error. Teamwork. Thank you, Eirini and Alex!!!
Over the past several days we have had several parents ask us where our Halloween books are. I think that we were all a little taken aback, but as our newest team member Julia said, “the stores have the Halloween stuff out, so it’s on parents’ and kids’ minds.” Plus, it definitely feels like autumn…
