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Week 14 Post

This week had me leading my own library program!  IPPL had partnered with a local police department for a passive program - Book Bingo - and as that program was concluding we invited a uniformed officer into the library to read to kids in grades 1 through 6 as they made their own super cute bookmarks.  Amy, the head and Programming and Operations, and I sat together and ordered supplies, picked titles, and came up with book-talk scripts that could be available if the officer needed them. It was really gratifying to have her appreciate my craft and book selections.   Apparently in past times when they had done this event (it's a drop-in, not a program that needs to be signed up for) there had been maybe 1 or 2 kids wandering in to make a bookmark and grab some swag that the officers brought. I'm happy to say that this time we had a whole 8 kids and their grown-ups.  I know that it doesn't sound like a lot, but when you look at the percentage of growth, that's act...