[Publib] Choosing a specialty: Children's vs. YA librarian... pros and cons?

[yesha naik]

Dear Publib'ers,
I am a newbie librarian and have been lurking on this list for a few weeks
in order to learn from your collective wisdom. Thank you for being a vocal
and generous-with-advice group. I now have a question to add to the mix.

As a new librarian, I have been hired specifically to work with youth and
children, but have been given a choice -- I may choose to work with "young
adults" or with younger children (and I have a month or two to decide.) I
think that the children category is from toddler to about age 10 or 11 or
so, and the young adult category starts at about age 12 through the teenage
years... (though at times the boundaries between the two groups seems to be
a bit blurry.)

So far I am a few weeks into my new position and have been enjoying working
with both groups. Could you share with me your experiences with working with
these two distinct age groups, and your recommendations as to which age
group you would recommend choosing? And what, according to your experience,
are the pros and cons of either specialty?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Best,
Yesha Naik
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