For Librarians --
Guardian Angels of the Mind and the Soul.
My earliest childhood memories of books are of those from which my mother read to me every night before I went to sleep. I still have the frayed volumes of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson and A.A. Milne, and the stories of Beatrix Potter and E.B. White. I remember the first time she took me to the public library in our small city, and with what delight I left that day carrying the three books the librarian entrusted to me. Our favorite weekly excursion - an hour of pure happiness with my mother - was the trip downtown to return the small stack I had selected and replace it with another.
Wherever you are, use your libraries and support them. And when you are in New York City, come visit the great New York Public Library and behold its treasures.
My mother was the kindest person I have ever known, with the most enormous heart and a dazzling smile that invited all comers to share in her happiness. Among the very best things she ever did for me - and there are many - was to nurture my love of books and reading.
NYPL Mission:
Making the accumulated knowledge of the world freely accessible to all, without distinction as to income, religion, nationality, or other human condition.
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