Of course, all libraries like it when our books are returned. We are the custodians of the books, and although it’s great they take vacations and have adventures out in the world we do like it when they come back home. We want to hear all about the things they have done, and everything they did outside. I admit, it’s a little lonely when they are gone, and we can have small celebrations when they return.

Check out this article excerpt, and you can read the whole thing here.

Man returns overdue library book checked out by his grandfather 84 years ago

“The Earlsdon Carnegie Community Library in Coventry, England, said a man named Paddy Riordan recently visited the library to return a copy of Red Deer by Richard Jefferies.

The book had been checked out 84 years earlier by Riordan’s grandfather, William Harrison. Riordan told library officials he found the book among the belongings of his recently deceased mother.

The library said Riordan made a donation to the facility totaling $21.14 — the amount of late fees the book would have accumulated at the rate used in 1938.”

It’s a small story, but always nice to read a happy library story.