Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

This week might be one of my favorites this Summer Reading because we have so many fun entertainers/speakers happening. Turtle Lady : whom I already blogged about Our local County Coroner (who also happens to be my doctor) spoke about the Forensic Science clues that dead bodies leave us. INFORMATIVE and FASCINATING. Low turnout, but those who came really enjoyed it. History of Sticks Co. Cemeteries : a program given by our local county genealogical society (I hit them up for this talk when I donated our old microfilm machine to them in the winter) Financial Literacy: Investing   Star Lab : Imagination Station, Toledo, OH is bringing down a portable planetarium . COOLEST THING! We did this at my library when I was a young grasshopper librarian and I loved it!  Inside the Star Lab: kiddos get to see the constellations in the night sky, season by season. Not only do Prairie Dawn and I love it because these programs give us a break from presenting, but it's also grea...

Turtle Lady showing off one of her friends. Earlier this week we were joined by Turtle Lady (Nancy Lockard), who came to us from the Columbus, OH area, and who brought along a slew of animals: toads, a snake (I casually moved to the back of room for this portion of the program), dragons, and turtles galore! Turtle Lady chatted a little bit about the animals, then let the kids walk around the tables and touch them when she was finished. The kids loved the show, especially when those wiley and ENORMOUS toads kept jumping out of their tanks to try and get out! Some of the turtles GINORMOUS toad We received lots of thank-yous and "this was great!" from the parents, the kids were animatedly talking when they left,  and we had 87 people show up, so a good program for sure! We would definitely have Turtle Lady back, and would definitely recommend her. Because we're about an hour and a half from Columbus she cost us $250 for an hour long show, but that inclu...