June 16, 2010
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Summer Reading 2010 – Make Waves
The dynamic and demographics of my corner of the unverse changes during the summer. During the school year I spend my time with the tortured, existential souls and spirits of adolescents. During the summer my work world is filled with toddlers and babies and elementary school kids and the middle schoolers (who don’t know they are supposed to be tortured existential souls yet.) Our number rise daily and the children enjoy each activity no matter how simple. Calendars, photographs and such are here http://www.fairport.lib.oh.us/ if you’re interested. But honestly – may favorite part is the story telling. Our story hour numbers climb in the summer and I have an entirely new audience to entertain. It’s awesome! One of my favorite little dudes came in today with this: “Miss Caffy, do you have any more Melvin books?” Hmmm. I dunno, Jack. Let me look. And low and behold there was one on the shelf and there is nothing, nothing in the world like the face of a child that changes from apprehension (Will my new favorite book be there? Will she be able to find it? ) to pure delight and a glorious exclamation of “Mom! She finded it!” I have to tell you that after 15 years it still isn’t old and my eyes fill at the delight of a child and a new treasure.
PS If you’re interested the book was http://www.simonandschuster.com/specials/kids/behindthepulse/trucktown/
And so it goes
Comments (4)
A thousand miles away, I am filled with joy at the thought of a child being so delighted that he can get his hands on the book he wants. I imagine that feeling is amplified a thousand times for you.
Awesome!
i’ve already ’feed your mind’ or whatever the slogan is – got the magnet, pen/pencil set and the note cube…still working on the ‘classics’ interspersed with, well, not so classic… I’ve helped kids when the librarians have been busy – quite often lately. They should really give me a job!!!
Does your library take suggestions? (thinking of ‘suggesting’ to mine – same state system) Can we have a Nobel winner week/month? Pulitzer winner… I understand cutbacks and am willing to volunteer…Caldecott/Newberry…Booker…ok bye…
My 10-year-old daughter still lights up when her book is on the shelf. My 17-year-old son’s face lights up too when he is assigned a book to read at school … with terror.
Thanks for your comment. *big ol’ hug* I’m really glad somebody took the time to read at least most of my ridiculously long post today. I thought about breaking it up into several smaller blogs and letting that sustain me for a few days, but I had to get it all down.
I can always edit later.
I am feeling more focused and more passionate of late. And, as I said, I’m both angrier and happier. I guess that means I’m more alive?
I see the same thing happening in you. It is (and has always been) a delight to read you. I feel comfort in knowing that we are sisters at least in how our relationships have gone recently.