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November is Family Literacy Month

Libraries are not just places to borrow books – they are places for play and learning for all ages, even babies. With winter just around the corner come in and explore what the Springfield City Library has to offer to help those long days become short and full of fun, including activities that support creative-free play for preK kids.

Category: Community Based Education, Hampden County Tags: collaborative consumption, Community Based Education, Creative Free Play, Family Literacy Month, Literacy, Third Place, Third Space

Hatfield Library Issues Patrons a Reading Challenge for Family Literacy Month!

Hatfield Public Library Ups the Ante on Reading Challenge Cheri Hardy, Children’s Librarian at the Hatfield Public Library writes: From January to May of 2012, the Hatfield Public Library challenged the citizens of Hatfield to read 100,000 pages. By the middle of March (only half-way through the challenge) Hatfield’s prolific readers had exceeded the goal! The final count was 163,600 pages. This Fall, the library is raising the stakes. In honor of… Read More