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“Perfect Christmas Gift for your Child,” reprinted from Scottsdale Ariz. Progress.
If you were to conjure up the perfect gift for your child, it would probably be noiseless, come assembled, need no batteries, no feeding and would last beyond their childhood years.
Furthermore, just like Aladdin’s lamp, the gift would continue to delight and satisfy the more it was used. Of course, it would also be free.
A nice pipedream? . . . Such a rertiarkable gift is available for any youngster in your home simply by visiting the public library and applying for a library card.
Although we’re a great card-carrying country, it’s safe to say that nothing in our wallets offers quite so much promise as a library card. It is like an education and entertainment card that pays dividends every time you or your children use it.
U.S. Secretary of Education Wil"liam Bennett has urged that every child obtain and use a library card.
Educators long have known that
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