Last spring I was asked to be on the Mark Twain Award Committee for the Missouri Association of School Librarians. I was the public library representative. It was our job to read hundreds of books of which one would eventually be chosen to be the Mark Twain Award book of 2014.
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I wish to give thanks for libraries. I know that school and public libraries have enriched my entire life.
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There’s something about us that can’t be measured in dollars and cents. And that’s what you give when you volunteer. When people volunteer, that’s when a community becomes a family.
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What’s in your wallet? We hope it includes a Cass County Public Library card. You must have your card when checking out materials or using the computers.
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While the grownups are all stressed about the upcoming elections, the children here at Drexel just scratch their heads and ask why worry. Voting is fun! That’s because we have elections every year. We vote for books, however, not for people! We let the grownups worry about the ‘people’ stuff.
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I’m excited to announce that the Pleasant Hill library’s Hooks & Needles crochet and knitting group has decided, as a winter project, to make hats for newborns of families in need. Last year we were able to donate over fifty hats to cancer patients and infants in need.
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Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. What a simple little thing are the bubbles taking flight and floating over the tiny heads that are dancing, laughing and prancing below them. Simple, yet magical in the eyes of the toddlers who have come to the storytime that morning.
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September is my favorite month in library land. For the entire month, I await with anticipation the best library event of the year – Banned Books Week. I usually pull some of the best of the banned books off the shelf, make an eye-catching display, and sit back and wait for the questions to start pouring in. Invariably someone will ask, “Why would you want to celebrate dirty books?”
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Did you notice that the library was closed on Monday? Twice a year the library staff takes a day to train.
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