I was raised in a household that valued education.  But, being a blue-collar household in a largely blue-collar community, luxuries were in short supply.  Sure, we had some books around the house – my big sister’s complete set of the Nancy Drew mystery series comes to mind – but not many, and certainly not the latest hot literary fiction or New York Times bestsellers.  (Or the New York Times, for that matter.)

Fortunately, however, our community had a public library. Continue reading →