Kim Falconer, makes her weekly visit to East Lansing Public Library with her two children. She said her two kids participate each summer in ELPL's children's summer reading program.
"It's a good encouragement for the kids, it's a good incentive for them to read together," Falconer said.
She really admires the way that ELPL puts on the program each year, she said they do a really good job of encouraging the kids and providing good incentive prizes for them to keep reading.
Falconer said that the library doesn't just provide books for the kids to read, but there are various activities throughout the week that children and parents can attend. She said that one of the days the kids go to MSU's children's garden, where they have local local high school students read to them and with them.
The reading program helps "get people in the community to participate," Falconer said.
Falconer would suggest to other parents that they read to their kids while they are young, read picture books, imaginative story books and even audio books are a good option. She said her kids were really entertained and engaged listening to the Charley and the Chocolate Factory audio book. "They laughed and laughed," said Falconer.
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