Years ago I had the ugliest mural in the world above my desk. I hated it. I desperately wanted to blackboard paint the entire thing and use it to advertise programs at the branch, cool facts from nonfiction titles, silly jokes - whatever interested me about our library at the time. Sadly, that was not mean to be and the mural survived, haunting (and disgusting) children's librarians for years to come.
Thankfully, I have a much more up-to-date supervisor now! And I also have a blackboard desk! It's been up for about a week. I. Love. It. The first day it got a little smeary because the kids are used to learning against the desk. They're getting the hang of it now. Here are some of the first round of pictures:
