THE little girl said proudly, holding up the latest edition in the Lonely Bunny series. This one—Lonely Bunny Goes to the Beach—showed the now-famous rabbit in a sun hat, on a towel with the ocean in the background. “You’re going to love the story,” Annabelle told the girl. “It’s one of my favorites.” “I can’t wait!” The girl ran off to show her mother. Summer mornings were crazy busy in the library. The summer reading program coordinated between the schools and the library brought in plenty of kids and many of their parents. For the librarians, the hours were shorter, but the time spent at work was more frantic. Getting the usual amount of work done in less hours with more people milling around. Annabelle loved when the library was crammed, most of the seats taken and the computers hummed with activity. Normally she didn’t work in the children’s section, but the regular librarian was on vacation and Annabelle was happy to fill in.
