When you see this small body, it s easy to disbelieve that they have such amazing minds, but they do, and librarians are sometimes the best people to tune into that. Librarians are naturally curious, so they can be a great inspiration to these kids here, too. It s being receptive to gifted young people who may have unusual interests. I bet every public librarian could tell you stories about really, really smart kids who spend a lot of time in their libraries looking up very unusual information. That s because gifted kids often times have hobbies that are pretty unusual.
Librarians are interested in all kinds of things.
They can be a great supporter of people whose interest takes them beyond the ordinary baseball card collection. They can do interest surveys with people. They can facilitate book discussion groups. I was blessed by having a mother who was an avid reader, and she took us to the library every Saturday. My siblings and I have many happy memories of getting our first library cards, of checking out books, and of just being in libraries.