Meet the Staff - Lacey Q.

Lacey, or Miss Q, is the Senior Library Technician in charge of the McNaughton Book Program as well as the Children's Program Director. If you are not familiar with our awesome McNaughton section, they can be found on the first shelving stack on the right hand side of the main reading room and are recognizable by their green labels. McNaughton is a book rental program that allows the Library to access the newest releases and best sellers so that we can make them available to our patrons as soon as possible. The Children's Program consists of various activities ranging from Story Time three mornings a week - Baby Time Tuesdays at 930AM, Toddler Tales Wednesdays at 930AM and PreSchool Story Time Thursdays at 930AM - to TV Turn Off Week every April and even includes a yearly Summer Reading Program. TV Turn Off Week is a great program that offers incentives for teens and kids 17 & under to find fun alternatives to sitting in front of the television. Adults can also participate in a similar program. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Lacey by calling either (623) 856-7191 or (623) 856-9949.

Reading to Children

" Reading to your child provides a valuable educational advantage; there's no better way to achieve it. Children who are read to do fr better in school than those who are not..."
Read to Me: Raising kids who love to Read
by Bernice e. Cullinan

OK, so many of us lead very busy lives but there a lots of ways to sneak a little reading time in with our children.

• place books where they play
• keep a book in your purse/bag
• let them write the grocery list (even if that means they are drawing it)
• read a book that you may both enjoy (even if it doesn't have pictures... they won't care if you use cool voices)
• try to get the whole family to participate (read a story at the dinner table or while someone is cooking)
• make it special... have a special chair or blanket to snuggle with.