Not all librarians are Book People. But a lot of us are. A lot of us are A LOT. Myself included.
My favorite part of my job is sharing books with people. Especially with kids. I love the individual reader’s advisory I get to do on the regular at the library, but there is something special about getting to visit a school to booktalk. This week I was invited to do just that at an elementary school in my library community, and it was magical. No exaggeration.
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I admit, I probably overthought my selection of titles. I wanted to include something for everyone. Realistically I know that isn’t really possible, but I gave it my best effort by hitting on as many genres as I could in the time I had. Highlights included Ghost Book by Remy Lai, which I read because one of my regular library kids recommended to me so enthusiastically that I had to read it even though I don’t usually read scary books (not even scary children’s books. Because wimp.), The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by Sarah Kapit, which was a last minute inclusion because I loved it that much, and not one but TWO books where kids go to magic school (Rise of the Green Flame and The Marvellers) because everyone loves magic school.
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As much fun as it was to share those books (and it was really fun in and of itself), the real reward was that today, a kid came to my library, greeted me by name, and asked for one of the books I had talked about yesterday. I excitedly handed it to him with the advice, “It ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, you might want to place a hold on book two now.”
What I’m really saying is… it’s been a great week.