One of the first things the kids & I did upon arriving in Jonesboro was to find our public library. As luck would have it, it's only 3 minutes down the road from our house. And we were completely in love the minute we walked through the doors.
First of all, it's huge. When you walk in you pass the check out desk and an information desk. The adult section is right there and well lit so I don't feel like I'm walking into the abyss to find a book (like our old library where you wonder through the darkish, dusty no-mans-land to find what you want).
Then there is the movie section. It's like being at a movie store
remember those?! Sammy and I love wandering the aisles and picking out fun movies for rainy days.
There's a back section with public computers, comics, newspapers and an indoor bookstore. We
love the bookstore. We recently visited and scored children's books for 5 cents each. We got eleven books for 55 cents!
They offer fun free programs as well. So far we've enjoyed Art-O-Rama (Hannah loved this, she learned about a different artist each week tried to replicate their work) and PiYo (I LOVED this class and was sad when it wasn't continued in the new year). Hannah is currently learning to Knit and on Wednesday's she & Samuel are having a blast with Mad Science. Last week they learned how to make gummy worms and they actually tasted good.
But best of all is the children's library. It's an entire room. The kids were amazed the minute we walked through the doors. There are computers for the little kids to use, computers for parents & older kids to use, books galore, a train table and basically a small playground for littles. There are fish tanks throughout entire library and one contains "Find Nemo" fish. Amos loves this one and always looks for Dory when we visit. The check out desk is the perfect level for kids to walk up and check out their books and every child is given a library card no matter what their age.
