The North Shore News has a great article about a new emphasis on early literacy by Vancouver Public Libraries. It focuses on the role of public librarians going beyond that of doing storytimes and more into teaching parents how to expose thier babies to books and language. Sounds wonderful to me!
Here is my favorite paragraph from the article:
“The interest and enthusiasm expressed both by the librarians I interviewed, and others that I have spoken to while visiting libraries, is a testament to the excellent resource we have in our community libraries. In an age where so much information comes at us electronically, it is remarkable that the connection our new babies and preschool aged children are hungry for – talking, rhyming, reading – is being offered to us by highly skilled professionals who are more than eager to help our children succeed in life.”