What's a Gingerbread Man doing in a Library?

I've had a lifelong passion for reading and its perhaps no surprise that I've ended up in a library.

What may surprise you is that I get very little reading done there. Instead the thing I enjoy most from it, are the people I deal with from every possible age, situation and circumstance. There's no other job which requires you to be part teacher, scholar, social worker, detective, entertainer, technician, and checkout chick all at any given moment.

And I haven't even said anything about the great bunch of people I get to work with. No really!

And its a real buzz knowing that you're part of an institution that collectively can be traced back to the dawn of civilization and still deals in the three strands of information, recreation and self education. You just never know the positive impact you may have on another person. and if you don't believe here's a little snippet from the Author Gary Paulsen's bio on the web at where it says "Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age. After a librarian gave him a book to read — along with his own library card — he was hooked." You can read even more about it at http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/paulsen.html Its a truly inspiring story for anyone who works in libraries. Told you I was passionate about it.