A few interesting experiences at the LOC this week. Monday I had my meeting with IPO (interpretive programs office) to prepare my items for the Junior Fellow exhibit day display. These are the people who prepare exhibits and displays in the LOC. It was fascinating! They had shelves and shelves of pieces of all kinds of material. I just showed them a book and in about 10 seconds they grabbed pieces and a drill and had a perfectly sized display piece done. It's like they play with blocks and erector sets as their job. So cool! They were also all very entertained by one of the books I brought, What the Presidents are Made Of. A fun book which has little known facts about several of the presidents and what they like. Each president is illustrated by the artist using found objects, many relating to the facts. For example, George W Bush used to own part of the Texas Rangers, so they used a baseball, hot dog, mitt, etc. to create his picture. It's amazing how much they really look like them!
Finding more and more amazing picture books in the donation collection I'm working on. I'm worrying now if I'll be able to finish this project. Things keep getting added to take care which take me away from the project itself. I was asked by the outreach department to conduct a storytime with a group of zoo campers, since they said I did a good job at the Princess reading. I've also been asked to write an article about my experience at the YRC for the Center for the Book newsletter. Not to mention getting my media presentation ready for my display. All great things that are fun to work on, but eating into my rapidly shrinking time left. We'll see how it goes!
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