I love my local libraries because they provide me with a building of wonder, imagination, discovery, and peacefulness. My introduction to a public library was as a young child; my mother took my sister and I every week. I would leave the library with about a dozen chapter books, only to return them (all read) the following week and switch them out for new ones. As I got older, my pleasure reading in the library also included access to resources for my academic growth. This is a growth that I am still fostering, as I visit between two local libraries in pursuit of my MBA. My children, while they are not as avid readers as I am, also love our local library for their children's activities, movie and games borrowing, and a safe social place to visit.