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Jan. 8th, 2011 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darchildreA library story from yesterday.
So, I'm shelving during one of the periods when a class from the school across the street has descended upon us. A little six-year-old girl walks up to me - I know she was six because she told me several times - and asks a question.
"I'm looking for books on animals."
I start walking her over to the 590's in the nonfiction picture books and ask her if she has a particular animal she's looking for. After a few minutes of thought, she tells me that she's looking for foxes.
Easy enough. I pull out a couple books on foxes and ask if they look like something she'd like.
"Wait, no. Not foxes. It's another word. I know I know the word!" I wait patiently for a moment. Finally, she comes out with it.
"Werewolves!"
That is a little girl after my own heart.
(Alas, we were unable to find her any books on werewolves that she didn't think looked too scary. And I only thought of it after she left, but if she comes in next times still wanting similar things, I'll try to find her some Japanese fairytales about kitsune.)
So, I'm shelving during one of the periods when a class from the school across the street has descended upon us. A little six-year-old girl walks up to me - I know she was six because she told me several times - and asks a question.
"I'm looking for books on animals."
I start walking her over to the 590's in the nonfiction picture books and ask her if she has a particular animal she's looking for. After a few minutes of thought, she tells me that she's looking for foxes.
Easy enough. I pull out a couple books on foxes and ask if they look like something she'd like.
"Wait, no. Not foxes. It's another word. I know I know the word!" I wait patiently for a moment. Finally, she comes out with it.
"Werewolves!"
That is a little girl after my own heart.
(Alas, we were unable to find her any books on werewolves that she didn't think looked too scary. And I only thought of it after she left, but if she comes in next times still wanting similar things, I'll try to find her some Japanese fairytales about kitsune.)
