there are certain questions that library school teaches you how to answer. "i need articles about the pros and cons of our social security program," for example. or "i need books about bears."
on the other hand, there are some questions for which they did not prepare me.
a couple of girls held out a book on reproduction, pointed to a photograph of a doctor holding a bloody placenta and said "what's that?" (who PUTS a picture like that in a kids' book anyway??)
and then there are more difficult ones.
"is there a hidden code in the mona lisa?"
"are ghosts real?"
"how many curses are there in the world? if i die and someone puts a curse on me would that be real?"
"why are ducks so fascinating?"
and then there's the most unanswerable of all: the four year old who came up to the desk with his father behind him.
"say excuse me," the father prompted.
"excuse me!" he said.
"ask her what book you want," the father said.
he turned back to me and said "what book do i want?"
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