Moray Council baby book boom
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MORAY’S libraries are demonstrating that when it comes to enjoying books, you are never too young.
The council’s libraries and registrar’s services have teamed up to issue a library card to every child when their birth is registered, automatically making the child a library member from their very earliest days.
It entitles them to borrow books, talking books, CDs and DVDs virtually from the moment they enter the world – admittedly with a little help from mum or dad at first.
Moray Council’s principal librarian, Sheila Campbell, said the initiative would help encourage children to read from an early age and grow up enjoying all that books have to offer.
She said: “As far as I am aware we are the first local authority to automatically issue library membership to ones so young and it is a good example of collaborative working within the council.
“I am sure the initiative will be popular with parents who, I hope, will see it as part of giving their new baby the best possible start in life.”
The initiative is also being supported by Scholastic Books from whose title, The Loon On The Moon by Chae Strathie and Emily Golden, the illustrations for the new library cards are taken.
