Flat Stanley came to visit the Langdon Library in Newington, NH so that he could learn all about being a librarian. He helped us check books in and out, process new materials, and got into a little bit of trouble with our candy jar!

1. Our fantastic mail carrier Carl delivering Flat Stanley to the library.
He had a Flat Stanley, too!

2. Mr. Scott gave Flat Stanley the key to the library! Stan opened the door, flipped
on the lights, turned on the computers, and got ready to help the people who
come to the library. Langdon Library serves people an average of 33 times every
day! In a town with only about 800 people in it, more than half have library
cards! That's really busy for such a small town, but Newington loves its library!

3. Stanley, can you give us a hand with the book drop? When people come
by with library books to return, but the library isn't open, they put them
in this special box. Since the library is closed on Sunday and Monday, it
can get pretty full by Tuesday! We need a bucket to carry all the books
and movies back in!

4. Ever wonder what the inside of the book drop looks like? So did Stan, so he took a
peek! The springy shelf inside keeps the books and DVDs from getting damaged
when they are dropped in.

5. Flat Stanley spent some time at the
library front desk greeting people as
they came in.
Everybody loved his big smile! Seeing a
happy face smiling at you makes a nice
welcome to the library, doesn't it?


6. Mr. Scott showed Flat Stanley how to look up his own book in the
catalog on the computer. If you look carefully at the screen you can see a
little picture of the book! There are about 18,000 books and movies in
the computer, but he just typed F-L-A-T S-T-A-N-L-E-Y and it came right
up!

7. Flat Stanley knows this little guy is too young to read, but
he's not too young to be read to! He will look at the bright
colors in these sturdy "board books" with extra thick
pages, and he'll soon develop a love of books and reading!

8. Checking out a DVD for a patron. The scanner reads the barcode, enters
it into the computer, and beeps! Now the computer knows who has
borrowed Monsters Inc. and when it's due back to the library!

9. This is Brian, one of Mr. Scott's friends
at Bull Moose in Portsmouth. He helps
him find the movies he wants to buy for
the library, then he sells them to him.
Mr. Scott goes every Tuesday so he can
buy the movies that just came out!

10. Here Stan and Scott are at RiverRun
Bookstore in downtown Portsmouth.
The librarian buys books from a lot of
different places, but going to RiverRun
is special because it's small, like
Langdon Library! It's fun to shop here.
On this day, Flat Stanley helped Mr.
Scott pick out a book called "My Dad
Thinks He's Funny." Now, you can find it
at the library and read it for yourself, for
free!

11. Stan is stamping this new book.
He finds a nice blank spot on the
first page and presses the stamp
down. The ink appears
underneath.
It says "Langdon Public Library" --
that way if the book ever gets
lost, whomever finds it will know
to bring it back to us!

12. Stan is putting a sticker on this
new book. It has an "E" which
stand for "easy" -- that means its
easy to read.
The sticker also has the first 3
letters of the author's last name --
that tells us where to put the book
alphabetically on the shelf.
When we put books away,
librarians usually sing the alphabet
to themselves all the time, but
quietly, so nobody can hear us.

13. Stan helps Miss Melanie, one of the librarians, type on the computer. We tell the
computer this a new book, what the title is, who wrote it, who illustrated it, what
year it was made. Even how many centimeters tall it is! That way when we loan it
out, we still know all about it, including who is reading it and when it's coming
back to our shelves.

14. Flat Stanley didn't know that libraries could borrow books fromother libraries!
How cool is that? There are special vans that pick up and deliver them. It's
called Inter-library loan, and librarians make it happen hundreds of times a
week! This book came from Nashua, which is over an hour’s drive away!

15. After all this work at the
library, it’s time for a candy
break.
But, oh no!
Flat Stanley fell into the candy
jar!
He’s upside down!
Someone help him!

16. After two weeks at the Langdon
Public Library, Flat Stanley has
learned a lot about being a
librarian.
Plus, he’s made all kinds of new
friends, like Morgan here. He
even grew a mustache!
Now he’s ready to head home to
visit Chloe.
Thanks for visiting… We had so
much fun together!