On Saturday, Mary and I went nuts getting lots of our Summer Reading Program displays up since it’s a new month and this Friday is the kick-off for summer programming. Before we opened, I laid out the large picture find on the floor once more to re-attach any fallen images, as well as add all…
<p style=”text-align:center”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-592″ title=”Making a large-scale "Seek and Find" poster for our Summer Reading Program @ Hafuboti.com with free downloadables.” src=”http://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/closeupcutoutcollage2.jpg?w=584″ alt=”” width=”584″ height=”438″></p> This summer I’m taking on the exciting (and sometimes daunting) task of helping on both the Children’s and the Adult Summer Reading Program. I’m also there for our Young Adult…
<p style=”text-align:center”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-563″ title=”"May Flower" display at the library – using discarded books, paint, and a few more things we made a fun Eric Carle-esque flower wonderland.” src=”http://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/3flowers.jpg” alt=”” width=”584″ height=”243″></p> This is one of those projects where I can only take a tiny-bit-o-credit for anything but putting two other peoples’ ideas together, and…
I know that I wasn’t being super-original at all when it came to deciding how to decorate the Children’s Library for April. I was mostly excited to try out paper mache on a much larger scale than I ever have before in my life. I’d also seen several cool things on Pinterest that I wanted…
<p style=”text-align:center”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-508″ src=”http://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rainbowcolorcanvas.jpg” alt=”April 3rd is National Find a Rainbow Day! Hafuboti has two rainbow scavenger hunt ideas along with free printables. Because rainbows should be free range! | http://wp.me/p2N1aX-89″ width=”584″ height=”422″></p> April 3rd is National Find a Rainbow Day so it’s time for a simple scavenger hunt at the Children’s Library! Several…
This year at the Children’s Library we decided to have a bit of fun on April Fool’s Day. One of my team members did some internet browsing to find some simple things for us to do that wouldn’t cause too much distress for our patrons. She came up with two great ideas (and unfortunately I…
At the Children’s Library, directly across from the circulation desk hangs our events bulletin board. It was very dark and utilitarian, but it got the job done of sharing both community and library events. But I think that when most people think “children’s library” they don’t imagine utilitarian and gray things. <p style=”text-align:center”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-459″…
<p style=”text-align:center”><img class=”aligncenter wp-image-420″ title=”Outside view at dusk – you can see the can light’s reflection in the upper-left window.” src=”http://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/marchtwo.jpg” alt=”” width=”584″ height=”806″></p> One of the things that most excited me about the Children’s Library before it opened was realizing how many windows we would have – especially at the front of the building….
Because I had lapsed into a blog-funk (a <em>blunk</em>, perhaps? Nope, just looked it up and it’s Urbandictionaried – dagnabbit), I decided that I should try and keep my posts to once-a-week. That decision took pressure off of me in terms of getting something posted that someone out there might find of use or at…
<span style=”font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625″>Last month our Children’s Library had its One Year Anniversary. Instead of calling it an anniversary, we re-branded it as a Birthday – and we were going to have a Birthday Party! We would read a special story I wrote about how we discovered a “library dragon” living on our property (which has lead…
<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…
For over a year I’ve been kicking around the idea of starting a blog. Back then the amazing Aunt Peaches put the idea in my head that I should give blogging a try. 9-17-2020 The rest of this post I rattle on a bit about my hopes for the blog, which were, essentially, getting people…
Hafuboti will be up and running by November 1, 2012. I look forward to sharing my love of books, crafts, and creativity with everyone. Until then, have a happy fun book time! 9-8-2020 Looking back on this first post is quite an emotional experience. If the Rebecca of now was to go back in time…
