I received my first library card when I was 4 years old, signing my name in big, shaky letters. My mom still has that card, tucked away in her cedar chest. To her, it was a milestone in her daughter’s ...

U.S. Rep. John Joyce reads Watty Piper’s book, “The Little Engine that Could,” to a group of Altoona Area School District children from the Learning Express Preschool Thursday morning at the Altoona ...

The library introduced the card to encourage an early love of reading.

MARION - Marion Public Library will continue its My First Library Card program this summer in an effort to encourage literacy in the community. It’s never too early to get kids reading, according to ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The San Diego Public Library officially launched their 'My First Library Card' for children ages 5 and under. Starting Tuesday, Jan. 18, kids can receive their very own ...

PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE FORMED AT AN EARLY AGE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. FOR ME, THAT COMMUNITY WAS MY CHILDHOOD HOME OF WINTHROP MASS AND THE FROST LIBRARY HERE IN METCALFE SQUARE BUILT IN 1899, IT HAD A ...