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The Collinsville Public Library recently revealed its newly completed childrenâs area.
Collinsville Library Director Jennifer Wilkins said the childrenâs building project began with a donor who wanted to inspire children to read.
What started as an idea, grew to a vision of a space designed specifically for children to enjoy and be able to nurture their reading skills.
âThis exciting project took shape when library board members suggested a switch with the service desk location and the small space designated to children at Collinsville Library,â said Wilkins.
Findings by Donna Celano and Susan B. Neuman, authors and researchers, reveal libraries play a major role in fostering literacy in our nation, particularly among those segments of the populations that need assistance in developing literary skills, such as preschool and elementary school children.
The 21st Century Community Learning Center of Collinsville recently held a Read and Roast for students and family members. Collinsville Public Library Director Jennifer Wilkins said the Learning Center is an after-school program held each afternoon during the school year and in the summer. Collinsville Fire Chief David Bowen and his wife Teresa joined the evening activities bringing local fire trucks to the event. In addition, Chief David built a fire for everyone to roast marshmallows while Wilkins read a story to the children. The Collinsville Library also supplied 75 books to be shared by each family while they read together on the school lawn.