Season's Readings!

Season's Readings!

Here's a poem I have to share with you ... it is The Librarian's Night Before Christmas.  Enjoy and keep reading!

Mrs. Gridley

‘Twas the night before Christmas, the lights were all out.

The library was closed; no one was about.

Or so Santa thought as he snuck in the door,

Just one quiet moment, just one book more,

Before he continued his rounds for the night.

It would help him stay focused ‘til dawn’s early light.

He read about George and his friend with the hat.

He read about Stellaluna the bat.

He read Rainbow Fish and Time for Bed

And everything Jessie the bear ever said.

He read about Trixie and her lost knuffle bunny

And Shel Silverstein who he thought was quite funny.

Just as he finished The Polar Express

He glanced at the clock and gasped in distress.

How would he ever finish his flight

And deliver the toys before daylight?

Meanwhile, across the small, quiet town

The librarian stomped through the snow with a frown.

Someone is hiding this Christmas Eve night

Inside the library though it’s locked up tight.

She jingled her keys and threw open the door

And found Santa sitting so sad on the floor.

‘“What are you doing?” she cried in alarm.

“I’m sorry, my dear. I mean you no harm.

I’d decided to read just a story or two

And then couldn’t stop, so I’ve read quite a few.

I’ll never deliver this sleigh full of toys

In time to the world’s good girls and boys.”

The librarian stopped for a moment to think

And came up with a plan as quick as a wink.

She quickly put Santa’s books in a pile

And used the computer to pull up his file.

She scanned all the books and checked them all out

So Santa could go on his Christmas Eve route.

She put them in bags and into the sleigh

So he could read them the very next day.

He gratefully smiled with a twist of his head

He turned to her and quietly said,

“I’ll make sure they’re back before they’re all due

Or I’ll call ahead and have them renewed.”

“Thank-you!” he cried and with one last look,

“Merry Christmas to all and to all a good book!”

~ Tricia Cox, Children’s Librarian,

Waterford, Wisconsin