Join the fun on February 2nd by celebrating Take Your Child to the Library Day!  It's a great way to welcome and encourage families to become regular library users by celebrating and showing what you have to offer.

Download the free Take Your Child to the Library Day Program Guide authored by Patti Sinclair — the Wisconsinite who's also the editor of the Collaborative Summer Library Program manual — to get these programming freebies:

• events & activities examples
• trivia & game templates
• shelf talkers
• storytime ideas & book lists

Connecticut librarians Nadine Lipman and Caitlin Augusta initiated the first Take Your Child to the Library Day on February 4, 2012. This annual celebration is set to take place on the first Saturday in February.

Resources:

• Take Your Child to the Library Day website
• Take Your Child to the Library Day Program Guide provided by Upstart
• Take Your Child to the Library Day Facebook page
• Take Your Child to the Library Day Launches, School Library Journal, 24 Jan 2012