I love seeing patrons leave the library with stacks of reading material, but what I love more is when they have positive life-changing experiences while they’re here.
When Aryana came into the library last week with her little sister (both of them homeschoolers) I was excited to help them pick out some titles from TeenHQ. As we browsed the collection, she found a brochure of books for music lovers, and ended up with a huge pile of books to take home – so awesome!
But even better, while here Aryana checked out the Rainbow Loom kit from our game cabinet, and the tiny neon rubber bands got the attention of some other private and public school girls. Immediately Aryana had three new best friends to make bracelets with. Before she left they had exchanged names, Snapchat accounts, and Spotify playlists – and already had plans to meet up again the next week.
With the increasing…
