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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 22h

#ThisBookTheseReasons

With the haters being all hatey all over, I felt our library collection needed even more lovely, accepting, celebratory stories ASAP. Had missed out on this @harrywoodgate.bsky.social one previously. Glad to have it now.

Cover of Grandad’s Pride.
The title is on a Progress Pride flag, carried by sweater vest wearing (whit) grandfather, his famous camper in the background…various parading folks…

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 22h

Some books need/deserve special library barcode treatments!

See also, more creative barcode games…
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Also once did a half a barcode for In The Half Room, by Carson Ellis.

Did eyebrow barcodes on Find Me/Catch me books by Anders Arhoj…

@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 22h

This book, Echo, by Adam Rex, absolutely needed a second barcode…an upside down second barcode…no way around it…the same is true of Simon and the Better Bone too.
(Both will be great #ReadAlouds; already used Simon today—a hit)

**Am I the only one who does weird barcode gags?**

Hope not.

Cover:
Echo, by Adam Rex
A blonde white boy stands looking into a pond at his reflection; the title word is half on the bank and half reflecting below in the water.
I have a library barcode up in the top right and another one upside down and mirroring it in the bottom left.

My barcode gag is right and proper! (My barcode gag is right and proper!)
All should emulate it.
(All should emulate it.)

Cover:
Simon and the better bone.
Shows a pup with a bone in its mouth; it’s in a crouch at the edge of the pond, downward facing dog pose, staring at its reflection.
For my copy at school, I placed mirror image barcodes above/below the waterline.

My barcode gag is right and proper; wise and necessary; emulate and be happy.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 22h

My barcode gag is right and proper!
(My barcode gag is right and proper!)

All should emulate it.
(All should emulate it.)

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 22h

This book, Echo, by Adam Rex, absolutely needed a second barcode…an upside down second barcode…no way around it…the same is true of Simon and the Better Bone too.
(Both will be great #ReadAlouds; already used Simon today—a hit)

**Am I the only one who does weird barcode gags?**

Hope not.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 23h

These books were created out of direct disability experience by James & Lucy Catchpole. They treat the situations with Joe’s understandable mixture of humour, resignation and irritation. Expressive illustrations by Karen George are pitch perfect (kudos for depiction of imagined elements of play too)

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 23h

not relevant to his game; it’s not your business (about his limb difference or injury); you don’t need to know; he doesn’t need/want your awe, sadness, praise, your amazement…he’s not “The Joe Show”…he just wants to have his normal day & play uninterrupted, keep it to yourself, thank you very much!⬇️

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 23h

#ThisBookTheseReasons
Just bought You’re So Amazing for the library & will need to get What Happened To You? ASAP. Thoroughly refreshing #inclusivity & #RepresentationMatters books for #DisabilityRights discussion: Joe doesn’t want to be hassled about what happened to him; it’s not relevant to…

Cover:
You’re So Amazing!
Subtitle:
Being singled out doesn’t always feel amazing.
Light yellow beige background; three kids below the title; Joe, a white-appearing blond boy with only one leg and forearm crutches; to the left is a black haired white or perhaps Asian appearing boy kicking a soccer ball; right, a Black girl with double puffs hairstyle.

Cover:
What happened to you?
Features Joe, and his double puffs friend…as described in previous pic…title and info below their feet.
They are both gripping the chains and standing upright rather than sitting on the wooden boards of their swings.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 1d

Finally bought these two fantastic family comfort picture books after my friend and colleague, @paulvinelli.bsky.social, brought them to my attention for one of our podcast episodes last year…will likely put them into my Storytime rotation this month.
Hear more about why:
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Covers of Together We Ride (shows a Black father teaching his daughter working to ride a bike) and Together We Swim (shows a Black mother teaching her son to swim at a pool).
Both by Valerie Bolling and Kaylani Jaunita.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 1d

(Chances are there were also some of those that-Q-was-so-garbage-and-I-wish-I-didn’t-have-to-waste-time-on-it-so-I-could-instead-speak-about-better-things-that-would-better-highlight-my-value-in-this-role types of questions…?)

(Maybe don’t answer that in case hiring folks are here, lol)

@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 2d

Ah-ha! But institutional heating/cooling often unpredictable, too variable (heat vent at one end of my space; cool fresh air intake above my desk), esp room to room; cardigans are super easy throw on, take off quickly, as needed.

(I’m selling these damn things like I’ve got stock in the company)

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, well then, resistance is futile.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s #LibrarianFashion:

Lot of black background, clothing, some w/ brighter, more animated patterns.
Simple, basic black cardigan over top of a chimps & bananas patterned shirt, w/ a tie featuring trees, the leaf sections in shades of light blue-gray, bronze, gold; tie bar, wood & yellow resin.

Close up of the shirt with chimps and bananas and the tie with funky trees and the tie bar, all as described.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 2d

Nice work, if you can get it…

Doing #OutdoorLearning / #PlaceBasedLearning series with a K class—started today w/ a walk to the local municipal park, impromptu Storytime carpet = a tarp, read Me And My Sit Spot as an intro, we gave them a scavenger hunt for #LooseParts play to form their names—Fun!

A picture from above looking down on some kids sitting on a tarp with scavenger hunt baskets, full of leaves, twigs, acorns and so on, using tape dispensers to attach those found items to card stock posters spelling out the letters of their names.

Cover of the book mentioned, written by Lauren McLean and illustrated by Anna Panchuk.

The features a bunch of shrubbery in the front left and right corners with trees on either side of the cover, reaching out toward the sky, and the canopy creating some shade below, where a white-appearing child with long, red brown hair sits peacefully on a rock, eyes closed, taking in nature sounds and smells, just being at peace on her “sit spot.”

A close-up view of a couple of the student name posters in the process of being covered in naturey loose parts. The centre is a mini clipboard with a mini page of fall scavenger hunt items to search for, which includes grass, leaves, rocks, sticks, etc.

One more shot of kids in the process of adding some natural loose parts from their specimen collection baskets to their name posters.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, you’re definitely still a card carrying member of an elite team—librarians embrace all—but, if you try a cardigan for a few days,they’re hard to resist,given versatility & endless style choices.
I used to resist, said they were for middle-aged men…one day realized I was of that age…tried, hooked

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The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 2d

"Mom. I am a library scientist. Trust me. I don't leave home without a cardigan."

The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 2d

Mom just told *ME* that I should never leave home without a sweater or cardigan.

ME! I own like 90 cardigans!!

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 2d

Cardigans = #LibrarianFashion standard issue garb.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 3d

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 3d

WAIT! Silly me. I did take Fri #LibrarianFashion photos—just saw them, totally forgot (been a bit out of it with distractions)…fresh haircut too.

Enjoy!

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your go-to (or occasional extra spiffy) library look, your librarian fit check??

(Gotta get back to @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social soon!)

Selfie: Tall guy me with trim l’il beard, faux hawk fade haircut, bright blue framed square lens glasses, royal-ish blue collared shirt with white not-quite-paisley-but-similar(ish) pattern, grey (machine made 😢) cardigan with black trim, bright two-toned pink tie with floral print and metallic tinged blue/black and silver/white accent lines and branches/leaves.

Snazzerific!

Photo looking down at bottoms of black Jean clad legs and wild zebra-esque print socks in bright pink, black, light blue and (not visible) yellow stripes.

Black Converse were not yet on my feet…

Close-up selfie, outfit/appearance as described previously, thumbs-up gesture prominent in foreground.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 3d

WAIT! Silly me. I did take Fri #LibrarianFashion photos—just saw them, totally forgot (been a bit out of it with distractions)…fresh haircut too.

Enjoy!

SHARE
your go-to (or occasional extra spiffy) library look, your librarian fit check??

(Gotta get back to @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social soon!)

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 3d

Fri #LibraryLife:

School email accnt BERSERK for 3 days; t’was resolved?NOPE; now fixed; soooo many piled up emails.
I WILL NOT look at them till Mon! Eep!

Was back to snazzy form, wore *very* funky tie/cardigan/socks #LibrarianFashion… 😩Took no pics😢

Gr3s worked on #LandForms #LEGOwall.

#TLsky

Some LEGO platforms on tables in various states of building representations of three or more landforms (mountains, rivers, plateaus, deserts…etc, etc) to eventually be mounted on our library LEGOwall display.

This is an enhancement activity to approach their Social Studies curriculum content in an engaging way.

More of…

Some LEGO platforms on tables in various states of building representations of three or more landforms (mountains, rivers, plateaus, deserts…etc, etc) to eventually be mounted on our library LEGOwall display.

This is an enhancement activity to approach their Social Studies curriculum content in an engaging way.

Birds-eye shot looking down over heads of two students rummaging through bins of LEGO that are sorted by type of bricks (sorted between thin vs thick building bricks categories and number of studs categories; plus large vs small flat plates, triangle(ish), round/curved, tiny pieces, wheels/vehicles, and architectural brick categories—all of which makes building quicker/easier).

More of…

Birds-eye shot looking down over bins of LEGO that are sorted by type of bricks (sorted between thin vs thick building bricks categories and number of studs categories; plus large vs small flat plates, triangle(ish), round/curved, tiny pieces, wheels/vehicles, and architectural brick categories—all of which makes building quicker/easier.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone have these?
Thoughts?

Trying out some small-sized books for this series for my #Makerspace section…the first to arrive in my new orders trickling in.

I expect this Show-How Guides: Hair Braiding to be quite popular…we’ll see.
📚👍
Great simple instructions/ illustrations.

#TLsky #Skybrarians

Book:
Show-How Guides: Hair Braiding

Splayed open so both front and back covers are visible.

Front: Title in centred circle over bright red backgrounds/frames with white comics style boxes with black/white/red drawings showing some of the steps to doing several braid types.

Back: Blurb about how the book gives step-by-step tutorials…then a list of other books in the series (Knots, Hand Lettering, Sand and Slime…etc).

A sample of the Cornrows how-to, first two-page spread (frames format as described in my cover “review”).

A sample of the Fishtail how-to, first two-page spread (frames format as described in my cover “review”).

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 4d

Physio has been a great help!

Sorry to hear about your situation—harsh. Wishing you freedom from pain and longevity before needing surgery.

@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 6d

Ha! Ongoing sleeplessness and pain effects on display:
I meant to say Monday I was still waking up in the middle of the night and the morning with major arm pain; but, last night, Tuesday, was the first night I slept straight through. Today was Wed; physio tomorrow; hoping for more improvement!
⬇️

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 7d

My current life. For the last three weeks. Literally, this was still me Tues night (and every previous night for weeks). Pinched nerve pain radiating through my whole left arm. Last night was my first full night of sleep. Physiotherapy tomorrow—YAY!

Nathan Pyle 4-frame comic, with 2 alien humanoid creatures (light blue-grey with large eyes) having a conversation.

Frame 1:
Alien A: [waking up in bed] I gained consciousness in a state of dysfunction.
Alien B: Oh no.

Frame 2:
A: In my torsolimbjoint.
B: You probably rested on it incorrectly.

3:
A: Rested incorrectly?

4:
A: [still holding sore arm] The one skill I had mastered.
B: [with sympathetic closed eyes and a hand on A’s other shoulder] I know.

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 7d

Small unexplained noises really irk me.
Just now, alone for a bit eating lunch in the library, could hear a dripping water sound, like a leak. Didn’t think it could possibly be the sink way over in my office, went searching for the source, was actually my sink.
Better than buzz/hum…
Reminded me of ⬇️

@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · Feb 6

After school, we had a District Staff Meeting. So, SD staff presenting info to multiple school staff sites all at once—so we gather in our gym to watch a zoom presentation on screen, to hear presenters via terrible computer audio magnified by terrible gym speakers in an echoing space,
which
is…

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with the words nosen dahom sna written below him

Alt: Mr Bean in a suit and tie is making distressed faces while attempting, then succeeding, to shove the tail and main pieces of his tie into his ears to block his hearing…which is a move I wish I had thought of because I was wearing a tie and I HATE audio system buzz/whine/hum/crackle…and I was using my fingers to mute my ear holes somewhat.

media.tenor.com

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 8d

What lost gem is this…?

(Seen as an ad thingy for some FB group in my feed)

Who knew?
Such “hang a spoon” splendour & incredible variety?

“This might be the one thing you could do better than anyone else in the world!”

(I’ll not be trying it; “normal” spoon hanging has always given me The Ick).

Appears to be a late 1970s/early 1980s book—based on fashion and haircuts visible—called How To Hang A Spoon, by Joe Martin. Blue background with 3x3 rows/columns of portraits, headshots of white folks, appearing to be male and female adults, a toddler and a child…all of them with spoons attached to their faces. Some are doing more “standard” “spoon hanging” like off the nose or off the chin (apparently that style is known as The Drool). One wild and zany guy has at least ten spoons attached and hanging downward from his forehead, eyebrows and nose in a style dubbed The Upper Facial Blot. The Sphinx and The Crown are also quite notable.

Other text on the cover says things like It’s Fun! It’s Easy! Also the rather enticing message, This might be the one thing you could do better than anyone else in the world!

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