This lovely collection of books has been sitting on my office counter for two weeks, waiting to be read by college students desperate for a break from studying for finals. The semester ends today, so I thought I would give you a recap of how this little experiment went.
In a word, poorly.
Not poorly exactly, just very few people even glanced at these books. Maybe it has something to do with the basket full of candy placed right next to it. I guess candy trumps books any day.
A couple of students did come it to drop off homework one day and delightedly flipped through my collection, and we have a 15 minute conversation about their favorite children's books. That was a great time. Another student will have his first child later this summer and was saying that he needed to read up on these books so he'd be ready for his baby. Yes, babies enjoy Mo Willems much more than Richard Feynman.
I've caught a couple other students or faculty browsing, but not taking a book off the shelf to read it. But maybe it triggers a happy memory for a moment.
I guess my original statement is rather false. While this experiment wasn't a resounding success, it did make me happier just looking at these books for the past two weeks. And who wouldn't be happy when lovable, furry old Grover is waving at you all day long!
Happy Reading!
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