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I should have known that Betty, the librarian at the Musser Public Library in Muscatine, was up to something. There was a twinkle in her eye and she was wringing her hands suspiciously!

She surprised me with an unexpected smooch on the cheek!

Next, the whole audience was blowing me kisses. What was going on?

It turns out she had secretly enrolled me in the Smooch-a-Frog Challenge. All the earlier kisses were just practice for the real thing!

There were no kisses, smooches, or [...]

There are lots of inspirational signs at the Washington Free Public Library. Here’s a great example: “Reading Takes You in All Directions!”

And don’t forget, “One World, Many Stories!”

Interesting. I’ve never seen a “One World, One Wardell” sign before.

A world with more than one of me would definitely make some people scream in terror!

On the other hand, think of all the crowds of kids I could entertain with an army of duplicates!

Speaking of duplicates, I encountered these two “I Love Reading” [...]

You’re never too young to enjoy a good book.

In fact, you don’t even need to be human to enjoy a good book. Dogs, even the young puppies, are always welcome at the Mediapolis Public Library.

The conspiracy theorists are allowed in too, even if they are wearing their tin foil or beach ball hats.

I borrowed one of their summer reading prize bikes to zip on up to my next stop: Muscatine. Do you think I took pink or green?

To [...]

It’s official.  Here are the 63 cities I will be visiting during the 2010 Reading Road Trip!

Council Bluffs - June 7 at 9 and 10 a.m
Hamburg - June 8 at 10 a.m.
Essex - June 8 at 1 p.m.
Lenox - June 9 at 10 a.m.
Lamoni - June 9 at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
Murray - June 10 at 10 a.m.
Moulton - June 10 at 2 p.m.
Schleswig - June 14 at 10 a.m.
Kimballton - June 14 at 1:30 p.m.
Storm Lake - June 15 [...]

Yesterday morning’s story times featured “make yourown bug” headgear at the Davenport Public Library!

Luckily, there were lots of kids tohelp me figure out how the headgear worked!

Some of the creations were pretty praying mantis-eriffic!

Fun was had by people of all ages!

That afternoon, we shared story time at theMuscatine Public Library where all the kids were “BIG” readers!

In Muscatine the reading bugs were crawling all over the place!

Luckily, reading bugs help pollinate the flowers!

Week three of the Reading Road Trip is [...]