SUSAN LOESCH
CATS IN THE STACKS
We are back to school today! Alex is wearing his Christmas bandana that lights up when he moves. He does look very handsome. He is having quite a day, too…No wonder he likes coming to work better than staying at home.
The day started with a can of his favorite treat, Fancy Feast Appetizers.
At the end of first period, Brandon, one of my 5th graders, came calling, “Alex, I have something for you!” (more…)
BY SUSAN LOESCH
CATS IN THE STACKS
Here we are again – Registration Day at Arkansas School for the Blind. For the 35th time I am going to be greeting students…and for the first time in many years I do not have our wonderful Library Cat, Big Footsie, here with me on Registration Day. We lost our big fella over the summer to heart disease and renal failure. I am not alone here today; with me is Alex, Big Footsie’s main Assistant Library Cat, but everything feels different. (more…)
Susan Loesch has been the librarian at the Arkansas School for the Blind for 35 years and is on the board of Feline Rescue and Rehome. She started the library cat program about 10 years ago after much animal therapy research.