I love books. If I go to a library or bookstore searching for a particular title, I invariably leave with three or four tucked under my arm. But I keep busy and am perennially overscheduled, so I ...

Easy readers, Beginning Reader books, I Can Read books: These are all ways to describe the first books that our youngest patrons can read on their own (or with some help). When you have a patron at ...

I admit that I wasn't always a local library lover in my adulthood. Of course, the library was a haven for me as a kid. They always had the new book in my favorite series, I knew tons of kids from the ...

Learning to read starts well before a child starts school. Early literacy development begins in infancy and provides a backbone for everything children do as they start their reading journey. That’s ...

Promoting literacy is fundamental to the mission of public and school libraries. Whether it’s through summer reading initiatives, story hours, book clubs for children and teens, or other programs, ...

The Building Team responsible for Des Moines Central Library embraced the notion of designing a simple library in the park. London architect David Chipperfield took that idea and ran with it, ...