Pass.)Īnd, the teen room is very, very loud, despite the 17 shelves of books that fill the space between where I sit and the closed, glass door of that room. And, I overheard what they were having for dinner. After they finished, I knew where the girl was going after she left the library. Not long ago, a preteen in the library had an entire 20 minute conversation with her mom on speaker phone. You can now use your phone - IN THE LIBRARY - which people do often, not considering that others really don’t want (nor need) to hear their conversations while sharing a confined space. There is also an entire Teen Room (labeled across the top as such) with couches and overstuffed chairs and many, many outlets to ensure that dying phones never miss the OMGsoimportant text. There’s a reading corner with toys where you can do things other than read. There are small tables with Lego bricks and crafts and coloring sheets.

The area has a puppet theater and (what seems like) hundreds of matted animal puppets so you can put on an imaginary show. Elmo loudly (and annoyingly) echoes into the void when the games have been abandoned midway through.

In that one children’s area, there are small cubicles of computers for playing learning games. The small local library near me has a children’s section large enough to fit my high school’s entire library into it.Īnd, there aren’t just rows and rows of books for kids. I’ll admit, the libraries of today do seem like much more fun for kids than when I was growing up. I miss the days of the library where you weren’t even allowed to chew gum, let alone drink or eat. I miss the days where there was no funny business and if you were in the library at a table it was because you had some serious studying or reading to do.Īnd, I miss the days where you didn’t have to put headphones on if you wanted some peace and quiet in the library. Read more in our DISCLOSURE.Īnd, I miss the days in the library where you could hear a pin drop when you entered a library and the only sounds were the rustling pages of books or the occasional squeaking of an un-oiled metal library book cart wheel. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

I miss my library