Promotion of Reading

Where else can children learn to read outside of school?

For children with nowhere else to go, libraries are the first and last place where they can find a book for no cost to their family.

http://ojs.cunylibraries.org/index.php/ulj/article/view/15/html_7

Librares are safe spaces.

(see above, continued)

Many people cannot read or lack proper reading skills.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States