School is ending, which means it’s summer reading club time at the library! Traditionally, an important feature of our library’s club is “the booth,” a little tri-fold hut where kids talk to teen volunteers about the books they’ve been reading.

This summer, it was once again my pleasure to decorate the booth in accordance with our theme, “Make a Splash: Read!” I don’t really draw or paint much (okay, at all) these days, so the prospect of working on the booth was a mixture of thrill and stressor. Once I figured out my design, though, I had a lot of fun following through!

This weekend, the custodians will assemble the booth in time for our first book reports on Monday. In the meantime, here’s my painting in triptych form.

How much do I love it that my job (and especially my boss) give me all sorts of opportunities to use my different skills—even the ones you don’t necessarily associate with books and libraries? Librarianship rocks.

(Here’s a link to my photos of last year’s booth!)