I grew up in a world where reading was a normal pastime. I didn't have access to many books at home but I was an avid library fan. I went every Saturday to borrow two books (we were only allowed two, I hid as many as I could for the following week behind the encyclopedia). I also got two books for my grandmother, usually something by Georgette Heyer or Jean Plaidy.
When I became a mother, I continued the same pattern and we regularly attended the local library at the end of our road. Sadly, this is now a private school. I won't talk about the importance of saving our libraries here because that is the subject of a number of blogs and I remain a trustee of my local library and the Booktrust.
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