From filmmakers to engineers, professionals of all types often struggle before their creative ideas come to fruition. But for several local children that sense of accomplishment arrives August 30.

Children spent part of their summer becoming mini-moviemakers during Project Littlefoot at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. The children and their families will watch their movies for the first time at 6:30pm, Sunday, Aug. 30 in Marvin Auditorium.

The premiere of "The Sunken City" and "The Green Ball Trilogies" is free and open to the public and will include a short presentation on the story behind Project Littlefoot.

"Working with the library has given us a chance to put all of our design research to use. We hope that our program can serve as a model for a new way of thinking about education," Meredith Tack, University of Kansas alumna, said. "We are proud of all the hard work the children put into their project, and would love for the community to support these kids by attending the event."

Tack and two other recent industrial design graduates, Patrick Guy and Carey Spesard, developed Project Littlefoot. Participants, ranging in age from 5 to 8, learned about story development, teamwork and problem solving during the eight-week program. Then, the design grads took the kids' work and created the two short films.

The library is open from 9am to 9pm Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm Saturday and noon to 9pm Sunday. For information on other movies showing at the library, pick up a copy of connectnow magazine or log on to www.tscpl.org/programs and click the connectnow magazine link.