Like the header says, today is Take Your Child to the Library Day, celebrating its 11th anniversary. Founded in 2011 by librarians Nadine Lipman and Caitlin Augusta, the event is held the first Saturday in February and encourages librarians to reach out to their communities and show folks just how wonderful reading can be.
Before the Internet, libraries were the source for information and reading, and can always use our support. So now that the world is in some form of pandemic-related normalcy (not counting the actions of ignorant US school boards that are currently caught up in banning books to “protect” children), head out today, introduce your child to that big building with all the free books to borrow, update the library card that’s been stuck in the back of your wallet for all these years, and renew your acquaintance with a vital partner in the ongoing literacy campaign—vital even more so these days.
For more information, including the list of participating libraries, visit the TYCLD website.
(Header image from the movie Something Wicked This Way Comes.)
