Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
-Kahlil Gibran
Kirsten Haugen shared this article that includes photos of some of the most playful library spaces you can imagine. Maybe with this sort of creativity out there in the library world, young children won't totally give up on the habit of reading print books.
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Displaying All 3 CommentsBuk Bilong Pikinini
Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Good to participate through this venue.
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Thanks, Kirsten! These are some great spaces.
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These are beautiful and fun, but don't forget that kids need modeling, too! If caregivers are reading print books that goes a long way toward encouraging kids to "not give up" on print books. (In the end, of course, reading is reading regardless of the format, but "curling up with a good e-reader" just doesn't have the same ring to it...)
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