What role have libraries played in your life? Do you have any favorite memories?
Have you ever attended children’s programming or other events at a library? Taken a class? Gone to check out books or other materials? Spent time studying, reading or working in the quiet?
Do you still visit the library? If not, where do you go now to read or discover books?
Tell us in the comments, then read the related article — to look at archival photos of children’s reading rooms at the New York Public Library over the years.
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