“Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.”

—  Laura Bush

As quoted in The 21st Century Elementary Library Media Program (2009) by Carl A. Harvey, p. 3

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