Palmerston North city councillor Lorna Johnson says literacy and life-long learning enable people to change their stories. Photo / Kevin Bills Media
OPINION:
A friend recently shared a beautiful photo of her young daughter at Central Library. You could feel the joy in her heart as she skipped out of the children’s section with a pile of books and a huge smile on her face. It has stayed in my mind.
I thought back to my own library experience as a child, and then to that of my children and grandchildren. I can still clearly remember my favourite books in my childhood library: The Ant and Bee stories by Angela Banner. My children loved Mog the Forgetful Cat, and my grandchildren are fans of the Lego books.
As migrants to New Zealand, softball was new to us, but my husband was able to borrow a book from the library to learn the rules, and eventually become a volunteer coach for a school…
