On Thursday, July 19, 2012, a bunch of stuffed animals came to storytime at the Park Hill Branch Library to hear some stories and sing some songs. We had great fun and our kids did too. Then our children left and we stayed the day and night to learn more about how the library works. Check out what we learned!
1. Stuffed Animal
Training Camp
at the
Park Hill Branch Library
July 2012
Denver , Colorado
2. On Thursday, July 19, 2012, Miss Dawn invited our
stuffed animals to come to storytime. We had great fun
and our stuffed animals did too!
3. Then the children left and the stuffed animals stayed the
day and the night to learn more about how the library works.
4. We broke up into groups. Some of us helped the
librarians at the reference desk find books and
movies for the customers.
We helped these girls
find a good book!
10. Another group of stuffed animals helped the circulation
clerks. We signed up people for new library cards.
We learned that our children can have a library card,
but not stuffed animals.
13. We put books and DVD’s people had requested
from other branches on the hold shelf. There sure
are a lot of holds!
After all the hard work getting
these books on the hold
shelves; we now
understand why we should
not pull the white pieces of
paper out of the books!
14. The book return bin was full so we took it to the
basement. Riding in the bin down the elevator is fun!
15. We helped Monica check in all types of library items:
books, DVD’s, CD’s, magazines, and comic books.
These black pads use radio frequencies to check in the
books - it seems like magic!
16. If we stay in these crates we will get taken to other
branches during the night...
17. But Park Hill Branch
Library is the best, so
let’s go help put
everything away in the
right spot so everyone
can find them easily.
18. The library has lots of fun things to do…
we played with the wall magnet games.
23. Now it’s almost time for bed. We picked out a book
for Miss Dawn to read for our bedtime story.
24. We made a sign reminding the night delivery
workers, who take items from this library to others, to
please be quiet and not wake us up.
25. We set our alarm clock to wake us up before the library
staff gets here in the morning….
…and snuggled down to sleep.
26. The staff arrives at 9:00 a.m. There is a lot of work to
do before the library opens in just one hour.
27. These crates have all the books from other
libraries that people want to pick up at Park
Hill Branch Library. Soon they will go on the
hold shelves.
28. More library items have
been dropped off in the
book drop during the night.
Now we know how to return
them and get them back on
the shelf quickly so they can
be checked out again.
29. Every morning our staff find the items that will go to
other branches because someone wants them.
There are 156 items that will go out in
tonight’s delivery if we find everything on the list!
