May 15, 2012

Summer reading



Summer makes me think of public libraries. I can still remember going to the small Gilbert library in Arizona growing up. It was in an old house that was converted for the city's use. Sometimes I will have dreams that take place in this building. I remember the drinking fountain upstairs and that when you entered it smelled like air conditioning. I took a class in magic tricks from a clown in one of the classrooms. The basement had the children's section. Someone had painted an enormous tree on the wall. The library used to make up summer reading lists for kids. My mom would take us to get books and then we would get points at home for every book we read. At the end of the summer, we took a family vacation because of all the points we earned.

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