Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

One of our 7 year olds created this masterpiece! Day 2 of gingerbread houses and we had even more people yesterday then we did on Thursday!  74 people came to our program--we had toddlers up to senior citizens making houses and EVERYONE had a great time. Are we going to do it again next year. Yep!

Our mural is nearly complete FOR NOW. The wonderful art professors from Sticks College who've done all of this free of charge will be finishing soon, and then will be taking a break for a while, hoping to return to the rest of the mural after Summer Reading. They are both working, and also juggling the homeschooling of their wonderful kids. I had asked that nothing happen until Summer Reading is over because I expect this place will be a madhouse...or should I say, I HOPE it's a madhouse! Here is the nearly completed wall up to now; our flying books were inspired by The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. I've ordered a copy for Sticks Library and am eager to hear what people think after seeing both.

The marble of the Main Branch, Cleveland Public Library Main Branch, Cleveland Public Library (on R) These cute little statues are all over the place outside the Main Branch, Cleveland Public Library The sign says it all Inside, Main Branch, Cleveland Public Library Just inside the entrance, Main Branch, Cleveland Public Library Thursday night found me heading to the Main Branch of the Cleveland Public Library to attend the 7th Annual Lockwood Thompson Dialogue entitled, " A Conversation about Food " with food photographer Penny De Los Santos , chef and co-owner of Blue Hill at Stone Barns Dan Barber and mediator (and Cleveland Heights native) Michael Ruhlman . De Los Santos shared a couple of stories about some assignments she's photographed (one in particular is a spread on Ramadan she did for Saveur mag), but the meat and potatoes of the dialogue was Barber, who could have lectured for hours. It was fascinating. Somehow I went in expecting a...

These were made of sugar cubes and paint. I will provide details later. Just wanted to post the pics!