Books to Borrow and Books to Buy: Library is Packed with Free Information

Several years ago the American Library Association had a clever poster to encourage reading and patronage of libraries. The poster read “Free Information: Bring Your Own Container.” The container, of course, would be your brain. Your public library has mountains of free information to offer - books on just about every subject, both fiction and nonfiction, magazines, videos and often computers. What a great place to feed the mind, have fun and grow. Children grow quickly, and their tastes and interests change just as rapidly. The public library can accommodate their changing interests and expand on that by offering information on new subjects and ideas.

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