Hypatia's Library Tales

Over the years, those of us at the Circulation Desk have found quite an assortment of unusual items left in books that readers used to mark their spots. These vary from the mundane to the totally weird. Other things we found are suspected to have been put there accidentally--you'll see what I mean.

• date due slips
• other slips of paper
• homework assignments
• sheets of toilet paper (clean, thank goodness)
• Kleenex (clean and used)
• library cards (we scan these into the computer to check out materials and the patrons are supposed to keep them!)
• actual bookmarks
• a surgical clamp
• HAIR!
• a bobby pin
• a notification that someone had received a raise
• an assortment of bills and letters
• a season pass to Worlds and Oceans of Fun in Kansas City
• a band-aid
• a leaf
• wedding pictures
• other photos
• the receipt from a visit for psychoanalysis
• thank you cards
• drivers licenses
• a packet of tropical punch flavored Kool-Aid
• a yellow 3-inch rubber snake
• bird poop
• raisins
• creepy crawlies

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