What is a "small" library?

Today, the Jr. Friends talked to another library in Maryland. "A small library" they called themselves. If that's the case, what makes a library small? This public library has 6 branches. They have "people checking out books every few minutes". They estimated that they had 91,000 checkouts or so a year.If this library is small, our library must be tiny!

Now, moving on to what the Jr. Friends learned. First off, we learned that this library loves animals. They have had chickens and cows visit their library before, and their mascot is a tarantula! We told them of the horse we once had in our backyard, the chicken coop we used to have, how Chaucer, our gerbil, was one mascot, and Rosy, Jasmin's dog, is our other mascot. They completely adored Rosy, and were surprised by the fact that we had a library dog for a pet.

The Jr. Friends also learned a little bit about the library itself. They, like us, have summer programs for kids. They also have their kids volunteer. The sell books to raise money, and they are located right on Main Street. Some of the other fundraisers they had were a concert and an art contest!

Now, of course, we have to talk about their location. Close to Boston, Gettysburg, and Annapolis, this library had a lot of history around it. Being in Maryland, they also have some good seafood in the area. When the library was asked what other kinds of foods they ate, they surprised the Jr. Friends when they told them that they actually had a lot of different restaurants around town. Seafood, Thai food, Chinese food, even Mexican food! A common sport in the area (relatively unheard of here in Texas) is lacrosse. Lacrosse is a major sport in the area, and, like Texas, the weather there in the summer is H-O-T!!


Post by Jodi Davis