As Pharrell Once Said....Because I'm Happy!

I'm Kelley and I'm the new Head of Youth Services here at WACL and this is just my 3rd week of work and I'm happy!  I'm really excited to join this amazing library team and community and bring my own flavor to such a dynamic place!

A little bit about me:

I got my library degree from Pitt in 2005 but I have been working in libraries since I was 14 (I was a Page at Dormont Public Library all through high school!)

I live in a big ol' Victorian house built in 1891 in the North Side of Pittsburgh and I'm a closet-interior-designer.

I have 2 cats: a Siamese named Rabbit and a domestic short hair named Jim.

A few of my favorite children's books are: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, Jamberry by Bruce Degen, Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers, Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery and When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.


A few of my favorite grown-up books are: The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler, The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert and Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself by Sabrina Ward Harrison.

I can't wait to get to know all of you and start having fun!