Just like you buy the essentials to stock up when impending weather hits, so I stock up on long weekends and breaks when libraries are likely to be closed. I want to make sure I have enough reading material at the ready. Yes, I know that the digital world remains available, but it’s often so much better to hold a book in your hands.

Luckily in our high school library, we got a big shipment of books in, so we’ve created a few displays to highlight these books to stock up. Last Friday two girls came up to the desk to check out and asked how many they’re allowed to borrow at a time. I told them that four is usually a pretty good number but around long weekends and holidays we’ll let them take as many as they can carry. They chuckled and shouted loudly about how happy that made them. Adults do it, teens do it, and the adults for little children do it too.

Here in upstate New York, wintery weather is starting to arrive, so I’ll be sure to make sure my shelves are stocked.