Do your children love it when you read them stories or look at picture books with them? But you don’t always want to read the same books or buy new books every week? Then the solution is very simple! Visit a library, alone or with your children, and borrow the books.

Children’s libraries

Many libraries offer a large selection of good children’s and youth books but also picture books for the little ones. Borrowing has many advantages: You can always offer your children new reading material that is tailored to their interests (which can change quickly with children). Especially with small children, it is often not worthwhile to buy many books yourself, since the enthusiasm for a book usually does not last that long. Once you’ve bought the book, it quickly sits on the shelf unnoticed.

Benefits of borrowing books

Your child can also learn to take care of someone else’s property because after all, other children also want to read the books from the library. Last but not least, you save a lot of money, since borrowing is usually free of charge and usually only an annual fee has to be paid to the library – and even this is low for small children, in some libraries children can even borrow books for free.

Children’s media in libraries

By the way: most libraries not only lend out books but also DVDs, CDs, and computer games – which should be interesting for older children.