My five year old son is hobby mad. He currently goes to football twice a week, street dance and swimming (and is anxious to start Beavers, but I'm not sure if we've the time, or quite frankly, the money!) But this afternoon, as a rare treat, we had no after school plans. So I asked him what he wanted to do most of all. His reply? Visit the library.
The thing that I think most people forget is that the library is not just about books. Our local one, for example, has the daily local newspapers/ masses of subscribed magazines to read for free; DVD's and audio CD's which are free if they're on a child's ticket; lots of free information about things to do in your local area; and computers with free internet use. My son particularly loves that they have designated computers for children to play interative games [for free].
So whilst Kindles and e-books might be the latest all-singing all-dancing gadget trying to lure us away from good ol' fashioned paper books, let us not forget about the amazing service of our free local library. I read an interesting article from collegeonline.org which said "Radio lives on despite TV, film is still in high demand despite video, people still talk on the telephone despite email. [Therefore] people who like paper books will continue to read paper books" but I thought y'all could do with a gentle reminder about your lovely local library!
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