YOU SHOULD KNOW

I am not the Children’s Librarian, I spend at least 15 hours in the children’s room.
During school hours, it’s quiet and there’s no one there. I use the time to familiarize myself with the children’s books, and the sections.

Who am I fooling? I use the time to do homework, and read the weeklyand monthly magazines, library related of course.

On Thursday afternoon, Michael came in. Michael a thirteen year old 8th grader, a tall slender boy with wide brown eyes, asked “Do you believe in Buddha?”
I thought about it for a second, and I said “Well, no. I don’t pray to Buddha, because I am not a Buddhist.”

"Do you have any books about Buddhism," he asked?"
Wow, a kid actually asking for a book I was immediately excited. I then asked if he was doing a report for class.
“No, he said, I’m looking for a religion and my mom told me to go to the library and look it up.”

I ask him, why Buddhism. He said “I don’t know.”

I showed him the DK World Religions book, and directed him to chapter on Buddhism.

Michael asked me, "If I’m a Buddhist, do I have to wear this," as he pointed s to a monk dressed in traditional garb.

“I don’t know, you will have to read the chapter and find out.”

He asked incredulously, “You don’t know, you work in the library.”

I smiled and reminded him “I don’t know everything.”

He thanked me and took the book to the circulation desk .

Currently reading:
Foundations of Library Science, Chapters 8 & 10.