>> CHARLIE: Wow!
This is a neat place.
>> ELIZABETH: Look at the pretty pictures!
>> SIMPKIN: Look at the fish tank.
[growls]
>> VIOLETTA: Hello everyone, and welcome to the San Jose Public Library.
My name is Miss Violetta, and I am a librarian at the San Jose Public Library.
>> VIOLETTA: Let's begin our library tour by everyone telling me their names.
>> CHARLIE: I'm Charlie C. Cheese.
>> ELIZABETH: I'm Elizabeth Corgi.
>> SIMPKIN: Simpkin Fluffowitz.
>> BARNABY: Barnaby Raven.
>> GWENNY: I'm Gwenny Groundhog.
>> HONEY: Me?
I'm Honey Badger.
>> VIOLETTA: I'm very happy to meet you all.
Now I'm going to tell you about the great things you can find at the library and how
you can take those things home to enjoy -- and much, much more.
>> GWENNY: Excuse me, excuse me, is it snack time, yet?
I'm very hungry.
>> SIMPKIN: That fat fish looks like a snack!
[growls]
>> VIOLETTA: When we have a special program we sometimes have snacks, but not today.
Now, does anyone know what kind of things you find in a library?
>> SIMPKIN: Goldfish!
>> BARNABY: The answer is books!
>> VIOLETTA: Yes, Barnaby, you're very observant.
The library has lots of books, but we do have other things, too.
>> GWENNY: Like what, Miss Violetta?
>> VIOLETTA: We have DVDs, CDs, Books on CD Kits, and magazines.
>> HONEY: Do you have my favorite, Ranger Rick?
>> VIOLETTA: We have Ranger Rick, Ladybug, Stone Soup, Zoobooks and many more magazines.
>> CHARLIE: I want to take home a Mickey Mouse DVD.
He's my hero.
>> BARNABY: I want a book about how smart ravens are.
>> GWENNY: I want to take home CDs of Hip-Hop and Be-Bop music and watch the DVD of “Groundhog
Day” over and over and over!
>> VIOLETTA: I'm glad you all want to borrow things from the library, but you do need something
very special to do that.
>> ELIZABETH: I know, I know!
You need a dog license.
>> CHARLIE: Can I leave a piece of cheddar cheese for every DVD that I want?
>> BARNABY: You don't need a license or cheese.
You need a library card!
>> VIOLETTA: Right again, Barnaby.
You need a library card.
And it's very easy to get and it's FREE!
>> ELIZABETH: Ooh, I want one!
>> CHARLIE: I want one, too!
>> BARNABY: Me, too!
>> GWENNY: And it's free?
>> VIOLETTA: Yes, and it's easy to fill out the application for your free card, but you
do need to make a few promises when you get one.
>> SIMPKIN: Yeah, there's always a catch.
What kind of promises?
Don't eat the library fish?
>> VIOLETTA: These are easy promises, Simpkin.
Now, if you let Elizabeth, here, borrow one of your toys, what would you want her to promise
you?
>> SIMPKIN: I wouldn't let Elizabeth dog borrow anything from me!
>> VIOLETTA: Oh, let's pretend that you are both very good friends and then you lent her
this toy.
>> SIMPKIN: Well, Elizabeth would have to take care of it and not tear it up.
>> VIOLETTA: Good.
What else Simpkin?
>> SIMPKIN: Oh, she'd better not lose it!
>> ELIZABETH: I'm not rough with things that aren't mine, and I don't lose things I borrow.
>> VIOLETTA: That's very good, Elizabeth.
Anything else, Simpkin?
>> SIMPKIN: She has to return my toy when I tell her to.
>> ELIZABETH: Of course, I'll return your toy!
>> VIOLETTA: See, it wasn't hard to make these promises.
>> VIOLETTA: When you get a library card and borrow a book or DVD, you make the same promises;
to take good care of it, to not lose it, and to give it back so someone else can borrow
that book or movie.
>> HONEY: How do I know when to return the Ranger Rick magazine?
>> VIOLETTA: That's easy, too.
When you borrow a book, a magazine, music CD, or a movie, you get a slip of paper with
a list of all the things you borrowed plus the date that you need to bring them back.
>> HONEY: What if my friend wants to use my card?
>> VIOLETTA: You don't want to lend your card, Honey, because you are responsible for whatever
is borrowed with it.
Your friend should come in and get her own card.
>> BARNABY: What if I drop my library card when I'm flying home?
>> VIOLETTA: Oh, that's not a problem, Barnaby.
Just let us know you've lost it, then come in with your mom or dad or legal guardian
and we'll get you a new library card.
>> BARNABY: Okay!
>> GWENNY: Miss Violetta, you said that the library has other things besides books and
movies?
>> VIOLETTA: Once you have a library card, Gwenny, you can come and use our computers.
>> VIOLETTA: We have story times for you and stay-and-play times for your baby brothers
and sisters.
>> CHARLIE: Do you have magic shows where the magician makes a cat disappear?
>> SIMPKIN: Hey, I can make you disappear without waving a magic wand!
>> VIOLETTA: Now, now, now, now, now... we don't have cat and mouse magic fights in the
library.
>> GWENNY: I helped my cousin Phil with his Groundhog Day report.
Can a librarian help us find the facts we need to know?
>> BARNABY: Is it true the library has online books that I can read on my iPad or computer?
>> VIOLETTA: I hope you enjoyed learning about your library.
Come back and visit us often!
>> ELIZABETH: My mom's going to bring me.
>> BARNABY: I'm coming back tomorrow with my dad.
>> SIMPKIN: Except no goldfish snacks.