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I really enjoy working at the children reference desks. At
the children’s desk, I get to help out so many smart kids, and sometimes I’m
amazed by how much they remember the little things. Kids are very visual. There
was this one young girl with her even younger sister, and they both came up to
me after perusing the paperbacks.
The jumpy older sister asked, “Aren’t you the librarian at
another library?”
She was right! I do sometimes work at different libraries. I
smiled, and really couldn’t remember these two girls.
I told her, “Yes! I also work at the two-story* library.”
Then the girl was thinking hard, “No. I saw you at the big
cabin-looking* library. You got me Princess Fairies.”
Wow. That was amazing because she remembered me from a
specific library where I haven’t worked at in awhile, and getting her specific
books. Princess Fairies are apart of the popular Rainbow Magic series for young
girls in 1st and 2nd grade and up. She was very observant
for someone so young.
Her younger sister confirmed it, “Uh huh. The big library.”
Well, they are both big, but I knew what she meant.
So what I learned about the two girls was how amazing kids
can remember, from what you looked like, to what you said to them, and what you
did to help them. My first impressions with kids are important because those
interactions will stick with them, and so I have to make sure it is always a
positive one. Lately, a few patrons have been starting to recognize me at the
two-story* building, and while I don’t remember their names all the time, I
won’t forget our conversations.
*names changed!
