Annual Take Your Child to the Library Day

On Saturday, February 4^th, 2017, Tolland Public Library hosted more than 35 parents and children who came to the library as part of the international event, Take Your Child to the Library Day.

Take Your Child to the Library Day was launched in 2011 as a grassroots literacy project in Connecticut. Created by Connecticut librarians Nadine Lipman and Caitlin Augusta with Connecticut children’s book illustrator/author Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, it has become an international celebration encouraging families everywhere to take their children to their local libraries. This year almost 900 libraries participated in the sixth anniversary of the event, with Connecticut libraries having the greatest participation nationally.

Here in Tolland, special programs were planned for children in our community, including Hearts & Crafts (a valentine cardmaking workshop, with some creations shown above), a reading therapy dog, and a Harold-ebration, a celebration of Crockett Johnson’s Harold and the Purple Crayon (below).  Families also came in just to browse, read a book or make a bookmark, do a puzzle, play in the puppet theater, or use the children's AWE computers.  

According to Children’s librarian Ginny Brousseau, “Take Your Child to the Library Day is a wonderful way for people in our community to learn about the early literacy programs, educational resources and fun events that our librarians provide for free to the community every day of the year."