Library lady

I was the library lady today, stacking books at G's school. I like to do it when I can, and J seems to enjoy it, or enjoy the box of dinosaurs under the counter. I drifted over to the FAN shelves - did you know that primary school libraries devote an entire wall to Fantasy? Is this a Harry Potter-inspired recent phenomenon? At G's school the fiction department has Wonderland (picture books), Middle (chapter books) and Fantasy, each of about equal heft. I think that's remarkable. Anyway, I made sure to sort the FAN books so I could browse the shelves and borrow a couple of books for myself, thinking the last couple of Sonya Hartnett books looked good... old habits die hard. I note for the record that I have received 4 lovely magazines in the mail this past fortnight, which remain in their shiny plastic bags, quietly tormenting me.