The topic of reference services for children
and young adults is one that naturally follows along with the last 18 or so years of my life, the time I have spent living with three children. Focusing on young adult materials in college prepared me slightly for the onslaught of the homework needs of my boys. I sold World Book products to earn my free set, bought a World Book Dictionary as well as a Merriam Webster’s Collegiate, hung a huge map of the United States up in
the kitchen, and crossed my fingers.