On October 23 the Library of Congress will unveil the The Young Readers Center. It will be the first area devoted exclusively to children in the library’s 200+ year history.
The Center, which is housed in a renovated recording studio, will open with about 800 books. Most will be donated by publishers or culled from the library’s duplicate and exchange department.
The focus is on providing personal and family “reading-aloud” experiences, supplemented by demonstrations of the library’s online educational projects aimed at younger audiences.
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-South Florida) provided the impetus for the Center. After visiting the library Wasserman was “surprised that she couldn’t find any place to sit and read with her children.”
Story at the School Library Journal; Library of Congress to Unveil Young Readers Center.
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