Jessica, The sugar and moisture mixes with the paper and creates a kind of glue and the fat in the chocolate is almost impossible to remove. I would charge the patron for the cost of the book. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessica Holman" <jdholman@uwmalumni.com> To: michlib-l@mail.mcls.org Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:49:54 PM Subject: [Michlib-l] Chocolate on book edges Good afternoon, Does anyone know how to get chocolate smooshed and smeared off the edges of the pages of a book? -- Jessica Holman Library Director Forsyth Township Public Library 184 W Flint St Gwinn, MI 49841 (906) 346-3433 _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@lists.mcls.org http://lists.mlcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l -- Jaema Berman Director Addison Twp. Public Library 1400 Rochester Rd. Leonard, MI 48367 Phone: 248-628-7180 Fax: 248-628-6109 http://www.addisontwp.michlibrary.org “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” Margaret Fuller 1810-1850 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ~ Francis Bacon