S is for storytime!

I love my job.


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So I had this mama come in the library yesterday. She was checking out about 20 of our little beginning reader books - the very easiest ones with huge pictures and about three words to a page. She mentioned they were for her son who had just started reading. I asked how old he was and she said "He'll be four tomorrow."  WHOA!

I said "Your three year ( Read more... )

I know I haven't posted in forever - I am sorry - and so busy that it's all I can do to find time to hop on here and read the

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There’s this book in the teen section of our public library. The cover has a little warning label that says the material is intended for “Older Teens.” It’s about biker babes who catch criminals on the side while wearing leather Daisy Dukes and shredded, metal-studded halters over their heaving double D’s.

It doesn’t leave much to the imagination ( Read more... )

I fall asleep in Peanut's bed about once a week. Usually Wednesday nights. I think it's because I work until nine on Monday and Tuesday and I'm just wiped out by bedtime on Wednesday.

Sure enough, after storytime and snuggles, I conked out. The pink glow of her night lights and the sweet snuggly warmth of her, it's just all too relaxing. I vaguely ( Read more... )

The man who runs the liquor store down the way from the library just brought me some keys that were left behind. He'd be a good detective. They had one of our little key-ring library cards attached so he figured I could look up the owner and contact them. He said he found the keys on the floor by the vodka.

So, I scan the barcode and pull up the ( Read more... )

 Gag!

I am at work but it's not like I can yell "GROSS!!" while sitting at the info desk, so I am posting this here.

There is the semi-creepy man, a "regular,", who comes here daily to use/abuse the internet. He is, I'd guess, around mid-50's, lanky and wrinkly with long, greasy, salt and pepper hair and dirty jeans. He is constantly on MySpace, ( Read more... )

Earlier in the month I heard a report on NPR about the state of reading in America, and I thought that would be the perfect topic for my November newspaper article for the library. I just thought I'd post it here so anyone else interested in literacy could get a peek...

In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts conducted a study on the reading ( Read more... )

It is 1:45 in the morning and I just finished making Sweet Potato Souffle for Peanut's Thanksgiving Feast at her preschool (later) in the morning.

This weekend has been hectic. The last three months have been hectic, but I think this may just be the shape of things to come. I suppose I need to get used to it and give in to a caffiene addiction, ( Read more... )