By my final day at this year’s Public Library Association conference, I had somehow not made it over to the how-to stage, so I was grateful when I checked in for its closing session, called “How to infuse musical magic into your storytime: learn an easy ukulele song.” I’m a children’s librarian who offers storytimes but I’ve never really felt comfortable with an instrument, let alone playing one in front of my storytime families. This is where the format of the how-to stage is genius. Imagine a tiny TED talk: a few rows of chairs and some informal standing tables surround a small stage. The presenter only has 20 minutes to introduce a topic and send their audience home with practical skills we can immediately apply. The idea that I could get through all my musical jitters and learn an instrument in two-thirds of my typical lunch break? Sign me…