The North Battleford Library and Lakeland Library Region are launching a new program, Booking Better Futures.
According to a press release, the goal of the program is to increase literacy, reduce crime and build stronger communities through providing children’s books to low-income homes and developing positive relationships with the library and the RCMP.
Lakeland Library Region says the program was developed in partnership with the local RCMP and with consultation from KidsFirst.
Booking Better Futures is officially launching April 13, when library staff members will visit the toddler activity group run by KidsFirst and the Battlefords Early Childhood Intervention Program to hand out books and information about library services.
The books, donated by library book vendors United Library Services and Library Services Canada, are new and are a mixture of board books and picture books for little ones, with some easy chapter books for older siblings.
More events, such as story times with RCMP officers and other officials, and more book giveaways will be planned for the summer.
