One of my favorite things about the beginning of summer is having seemingly endless time to read books I’ve had my eye on but haven’t had time for.
Maxine and I seized on the break in the rain and walked to the library to pick up her hold, one of the three books she has chosen to read for AP Lit. I walked over to the “grab and go” shelves and plucked off a copy of Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry.
Maxine hasn’t actually been in the library since before COVID (what kind of mother/reading teacher am I?), so she automatically wandered toward the kids section.
“Hold on,” she said. “Where’s the young adult section?” I led her over there and we both perused the shelves, each of us finding something of interest. She opted for a hard copy, and I checked out the ebook and had it sent to my Kindle so I can read it while we’re in Africa without having to pack the actual book.
The librarian at the front desk was very helpful and handed us the log sheet for the summer program. All you have to do is read for any time span for 30 days during the summer and you’ll be awarded two Nats tickets.
Summer reading and baseball. It feels so right.
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