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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Fairfield carrel was designed to help caregivers with young kids in tow better access their local library. Photo: Chris Cunningham Wrangling small children on daily errands is a uniquely difficult ...

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, ...