Days of Thanksgiving: Eight

8. I am thankful for libraries. During the semester I don't have a lot of time for fun reading, and getting to the library is basically nonexistent. As I look forward to my Thanksgiving break however, I am super stoked to take Louis for story time at the Cedar Falls Public Library again. We were going at least once a week over the summer but haven't been since then.

Since I was a little kid, the library has always been one of my favorite places to be. I remember going to the Remsen Public Library almost every day during the summer. Not only did I have my own library card number memorized, but most of the librarians did too from the frequent checkouts! It was the place I memorized Roger Hargreaves Mr. Men and Little Miss series, worked my way through the American Girl books, read every one of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps and Fear Street books, checked out the biggest biographies I could find, flipped through my first bridal magazine, and started my young fascination with romance novels (I took Zoya to my fourth grade silent sustained reading time).

I took my younger siblings to the Whittemore Public Library for story time every Saturday when I got a little older and not only did we consume many of their books but their movie rentals also came in very handy.

In college I worked at the UNI Rod Library and I would go back to work there in a second if I had the opportunity. I would probably want to move up from student building monitor and book shelver, but I remember that job fondly!

In my mind, libraries are a magical place!