Never judge a book by its' cover!

When I was younger I adored the Disney film "Beauty and the Beast", not because of the love story or happy ending like most girls, no, because Belle loved to read, like I did, and she was beautiful and feisty and so clearly that meant that I must be too...............................

A few years ago (mainly due to having children and no money, I had to become inventive in the options I had to occupy two young boys) I have started going back to the library and taking my children with me because it was free and surprisingly we could spend quite a few hours in there.

Both my boys absolutely love the library (so far) this will probably change once they get to their teenage years,

There is so much to do now compared to when I was younger and you could just borrow books.

Now most libraries have a children's corner, where you can sit and read with them, or depending on their age or reading ability they can read themselves, There are often toys for them to play with and also pens and paper to draw, a lot of libraries also do children's clubs, where they can listen to a story from a story teller or do arts and crafts.

 There are computers with Internet access for children, young people and adults.(So while your child is reading you can sit and google your name or something.) You can even borrow Cd's or DVDs for a small fee, and of course there are all different kinds of books for all age ranges.

There's also the added bonus of the possibility of hearing an elderly person ask the librarian if she has that book "about face, which he's been hearing about a lot" !

They are not just there to be used for boring homework or research, if you are trying to think of something cheap and easy to do consider a library and you may be unexpectedly surprised