Welcome to Family Place Libraries™

Family Place Libraries™ is a network of children's librarians nationwide who believe that literacy begins at birth, and that libraries can help build healthy communities by nourishing healthy families. A joint initiative of Middle Country Public Library and Libraries for the Future, the Family Place Libraries network currently includes more than 220 sites in 24 states and continues to grow.

 
Spotlight: Family Place
at Birmingham Public Library

Less than two years after opening its doors
to displaced families from the hurricanes of 2005,
two branches of Alabama’s Birmingham Public Library
opened new doors for families by joining the network
of Family Place Libraries. Read More...
 

 

     
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At a time when supports are in short supply, Family Place Libraries are a focal point to which children and families can turn for comprehensive help. Librarians are working with parents and social service providers to assure the children are given every opportunity to flourish. It's a new and very important alliance.

— Ben Carson, MD, Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital and ALC Board Member

 

 

 

The Power of Play: Its Impact on Early Learning and Literacy

The 4th Annual National Family Place Symposium was held on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at the Minneapolis Public Library. Click here to view video from the event.

 

Family Place Library Receives Literacy Leadership Award

The Norfolk Public Library was awarded the 2007 RADM Ben Hacker Literacy Leadership Award at the Literacy Partnership Annual Meeting on September 20, 2007.