Shelf Check: A Library Comic Collection, 141 pages

 At the public library, staff often find themselves caught between those with nowhere else to turn and those with nowhere they'd rather be. Their goal: to enjoy the chaos, to maintain a semblance of order, and to get someone to read a book once in a while.

Library Mascot Cage Match by Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum, 120 pages

We are just about 8 months away from Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum coming to the Joplin Public Library. I will be rereading all of their collections between now and then in anxious anticipation.

What Would Dewey Do? by Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum, 127 page

It's still a ways off till we get the geniuses behind Unshelved to visit the library, but it's never to early to enjoy one of their comic collections. If you haven't discovered Unshelved yet, you are in for a treat. It's a comic devoted to the craziness that is a public library, not only the patrons but the staff themselves. Pick one up today and enjoy it, it's what Dewey would want you to do.