Microlibraries and children as a unique audience of readers

These Indonesian microlibraries for children are remarkable; what a wonderful recent article in The Guardian. If only every street corner had one!

Discussions on digital versus analog reading continue on. When children are a unique audience of readers, making space for contemplative introspection is something that sets emerging readers up for success. Reminds me of Maryann Wolf’s oldie but goldie 2008 book Proust and the squid: The story and science of the reading brain.

Author: Pia Russell

Pia Russell is a librarian and historian at UVic. Pia works in Special Collections and University Archives, the Department of History, and the Faculty of Education.