Four Books Are Fun regional representatives pose together at an award ceremony in 2013, celebrating their recognition as Regional Reps of the Year. Everyone is smiling, with one rep wearing a tropical shirt that totally stole the show.

The Story Behind the Shirts | Delivery Days and Shipping Tape

Hey there,

If you've ever bought something from me — whether it was a book event display, a holiday gift, a last-minute school backorder, or one of these sarcastic EDUHaHa shirts — this one’s for you.

I just wanted you to know what’s behind it all.

Not the pixels. Not the product shots. Not the hashtags or Shopify checkouts.

But the real story.
The one built on delivery days and shipping tape.

I’ve been doing this a while.

Long before EDUHaHa had a name, I was hauling pallets into storage units with my kids, sorting inventory into color-coded bins, and unpacking pallets in the Georgia heat while R&L drivers waved at me by name.

Some of you remember me from our schools here, others maybe JPIN Supply.
Others might not know me, but from the Books Are Fun or Collective Goods name.
And a few of you? You’ve literally handed me handwritten checks across a break room table and told me you were my best customer. (You weren’t wrong.)

My office was a warehouse.
My showroom? Your break room.

And yet you kept showing up — trusting me to deliver something that mattered.

And that’s what EDUHaHa really is.

It’s not a “teacher brand.”

The founder? Not a teacher. Never played one on TV. And — to our knowledge — hasn’t even stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

What he has done is spend over a decade in direct conversation with thousands of teachers — in offices, libraries, book events, and breakrooms — learning how they think, what they laugh at, and what they really need from the people who serve them.

So EDUHaHa? It’s a thank-you note disguised as a T-shirt.
A way to say: I see you.
To laugh with you.
To remind you that you’re not crazy — the system is.

Every shirt on this site was built from everything I learned the hard way.

  • How to connect with real people.
  • How to make them laugh when they need it most.
  • And how to show up — whether it’s for order delivery day, a classroom swipe of the last-minute payment, or one more round of “Do you have any of those 'shock things' left?”
    (For the record, it's called a tens machine — and I knew why you needed it.)

I’ve run this business out of bins, out of vans, and out of love.

So yeah — EDUHaHa is funny.
But it's also personal.
And it was built on years worth of delivery days and shipping tape.

Thanks for being part of it — past, present, or future.
Your trust means everything.

Now go laugh at something.
You’ve earned it.

— Douglas Bauknight
Founder, EDUHaHa™
Recovering Book Man, Forever Teacher Fan

P.S. Got a favorite memory from “the old days”?
A closet pick? A Books Are Fun drop?
Shoot me a message. I’m collecting stories — and you’re part of this one.

P.P.S. Still curious who’s behind the sarcasm? Spoiler alert: it’s not a social media intern. Meet the founders here — real humans, real sweat, and real Georgia humidity.

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