Reading Feast at the Library

By Joan Welch Major

I checked out seven books today.

I really wanted more.

But Grandma said, “Why take all those?

You can’t read more than four.”

I laughed and said, “Why, Grandma,

It’s a banquet, don’t you see?

A taste of this and some of that—

And best of all—it’s free!

“I’ll polish off a mystery

And sample some suspense.

I’ll gobble down some history—

All at no expense.

“I’ll gorge myself on poetry.

The nature books are great!

I like to nibble here and there;

No need to clean my plate.”

My grandma understands now

That my appetite’s increased.

“We’ll go back anytime,” she said,

“For another reading feast!”

Illustration by Michelle Christensen