Today was Toddler story time at the West Seattle Library. I love this place. I love everything about libraries. Why I didn't become a librarian is a mystery now that I think about it. Now the big, bad budget crisis is affecting this place too. Leslie says in a week or so they will know who is staying, who is being reassigned to another location, who loses a job. And just before Christmas ..
Reading to the 18mos to 3year olds she used her froggy voice, her bear voice and her cricket voice to keep this perpetual motion group tuned in to the winter time story. Bianca was held in rapt attention which bodes well for her school days.
The librarian offers a special stamp for your hand at the end of story time. A nice little reminder of the special occasion.
Hope we can keep our priorities straight. This library and its librarians offer an inviting space for children to explore, run their little hands over the books and allow reading to become a fun and ongoing interest that will serve them well. And we need these little ones to take over someday so lets teach them well.
Bianca was so engrossed by the puzzles on the table that I couldn't get her to look up for my picture taking. Curious George didn't mind posing though.
1 comment:
It does bode well - Bianca's attention, I mean. That is a very cozy looking library.
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