FRIENDS OF HAYWARD LIBRARY

Growing up, books or other reading material were always around our house: everyone in my family was an avid reader and some of my earliest memories involve holding story books. Children’s summer library reading challenge lists were completed long before the break was over as my siblings and I devoured all types of books from our local library. How many children hear from their mothers “Put down that book and go out and play!”? As an adult, a local library card was a priority every place I’ve lived as the military moved me around, and while visiting Washington DC the first time, I even made time to get a Library of Congress card!