SUSAN LOESCH
CATS IN THE STACKS

High school graduation, alumni gathering, and Hexie’s last work day, all on the same day!

Hexie is on duty one last time for the year. As she was roaming the library first period, all decked out in her pink bandana, she was doing what has become her own “Hexie thing.”

She goes from student to student rubbing against their legs to greet them. As one student said this morning, “She reminds me of my dog, she always comes and rubs against me!” (more…)

SUSAN LOESCH

CATS IN THE STACKS

We are such an uptown library! Not only do we have resident artist Monsieur Shadeaux on the staff, now we also have Monsieur Bar-nay, artiste extraordinaire.

Barney got his chance to create Shadow Art on Monday; I guess we would call it Barney Art, though!

With a little help from his friends, he paw-painted a picture using food colors, orange, purple, pink and green, with which Mary helped him create what we think will be his specialty – starbursts. (more…)

SUSAN LOESCH

CATS IN THE STACKS

The Christmas trees are up and we’ve finally answered the question, “To party or not to party?”

Every year I decorate trees in the library with my collection of cat ornaments. The students especially love seeing the ornaments for our library cats. Each one over the years has accumulated several personalized ones, with their names or pictures on them.

As my fourth graders were standing on chairs inspecting a tree, one noticed, “There aren’t any black cats here. Where are they?” (more…)