In December of last year, I planned to use the last two weeks of January to organize and tidy up the school library. The idea was that I’d have some of the kids come in to help, and hopefully at least one of the teachers, and we’d label and shelve all the books, and do some fun stuff too. So last week was when this all came to fruition.

Monday was a bust because I went to the library and waited for the kids, and the kids went to my house and waited for me.

But Tuesday we all met at the library at 8 a.m. Six kids came and a teacher, Ana. We called it a day at 11 a.m., but we got a ton of work done – I was shocked. Wednesday, nine kids came, but Ana couldn’t come. (This was a short day.) Thursday, 14 kids came and Ana made it. And by 11:30, we were done. Done, done.

This isn’t usually how things go around here.

Ana was great to work with, and I’m so glad she was there – this definitely wouldn’t have happened without her. I’d probably still be there. The kids were good too; by the end, the boys and I had quite the little labeling assembly line going. I also have to say I was thrilled that more kids came each day – that means there’s buzz in the village about the library. Awesome.

We don’t have a system for lending books yet, but we can work on that. In the meantime, I’m hoping we can get the kids in there for free reading time at least once a week when school starts. I may actually be working as the librarian/teaching as part of the school reading program in the library. Anyway, I am excited to spend lots of time in the library once school starts.

More pictures here.