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Carol Perkins: The Library During National Library Week, April 14-20, 2013, Carol Perkins had warm memories that the library had always been her favorite place to be, in her youth The next earlier Carol Perkins column: Carol Perkins: Kentucky politics. Mitch v. Ashley By Carol Perkins As I walked by our library this week, I noticed a sign out front announcing this to be National Library Week. Let's celebrate by checking out a stack of books, reading them, and returning them on time! If you haven't used your library card in a long time, dig it out of your purse or wallet and go to your nearest library. When I was young, our school library was one of my favorite places to be. We had "library" as part of our curriculum and the librarian taught us the Dewey Decimal System and how to take that information and find the book we wanted. There is power in being able to find your own book without having to ask for help. Always a place to be quiet, the library was one of the few places where my friends and I didn't talk but were afraid of bursting into giggles because of the tension this quiet room created. We were scared not to be quiet, however, because the librarian never smiled and often raised her eyebrow without lifting her head as a signal she had her eye on us. Even removing a book could make enough noise for us to be "shished" in the library. School libraries were never overstocked. Most of the editions had been around since the year the school opened. When the librarian stamped the new books with the glossy covers, my friends and I wanted to read those rather than the musty smelling ones on the shelves. I still like new books. Now I like new books with large print. Biographies were favorite reading material For some reason, I never read type of books that my friends did. They always chose fiction while I went straight to the biographies. My first memory of a biography was that of Ben Franklin. There are two reasons for this memory. The first reason was because I submerged myself into this book in the sixth grade because I had to write a book report about it. The second reason I remember it so well is because I waited until the night before it was due to finish the book and start the report. This was during the days of writing on paper. Not only did I have to write the report, I also had to make a construction paper cover. Not one to summarize well (I think all details are important), I ended up telling the entire story, which took pages and pages into the wee morning hours. Parents didn't do homework back then I remember exactly where I was sitting in my house when I admitted to my mother than I had this report due and couldn't go to bed until it was finished. She didn't say a word, but left me to my task and went to bed. Parents did not do their children's homework back then; or at least mine didn't. With the report finally finished, I began the cover. Not an artist, I knew I was in trouble with the cover. However, I traced his face to a piece of paper, cut out it out, and pasted it on my gray/blue construction paper. Then I wrote "Ben Franklin" across the top with crayons (long before markers). Prettiest book jackets attracted the most attention After the reports were graded, true to form the teacher thumbtacked each book over the bulletin board, each one dangling in hopes of other children reaching up and taking one to read. Naturally, the prettiest book jackets would attract the most attention (they still do) and mine was sure not the prettiest. Ben dangled above that board for months and every time I looked at it, I thought of that horrible night I barely could stay awake to finish a project I should have done weeks earlier. I never really put the pieces together until now as to why I have always had a special interest with anything about Ben Franklin. I taught units on him and his writings; visited his home and toured his print shop. It was that book report that started it all! By the way, did you know that Ben Franklin created the first circulating library in America? - Carol Perkins This story was posted on 2013-04-21 09:10:34
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