At the start of the school year in 1987, the Department of Education issued a challenge: for every child to obtain a library card – and to use it. With this, Library Card Sign-Up Month was born! Since September typically corresponds with the beginning of the school year, libraries take this time to highlight the many resources and services they provide to combat illiteracy and encourage lifelong learning.

When you think about it, it is pretty remarkable that this slim, lightweight, and free-of-cost card can open up a whole world of information and opportunities! Obviously, you can use it to check out books: picture books to reads to your children or grandchildren, phonics kits to encourage early readers, novels to relax at the end of the day with, and even cost-prohibitive textbooks to su

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