The last time I heard the “last call” chimes at a library
was college, but yesterday evening my girls and I shut down the Lakeview
library. We had three minutes to
spare, but we were still the last ones out. We had come to enjoy a story time about trains, but we use
many excuses to make it to this cute, albeit slightly far-for-us library.
Introducing the Lakeview Branch of the Madison Public
Library and the second featured location in our Fifty Free Things to do with Kids in Madison. The geology museum was first, but I have
only now put together this list!
The small children’s area of the Lakeview library is so
inviting and warm, it is worth the bonus driving time. Both kids like their round rug, Aurora
plays games around its alphabet border and Adeline tries to grab up the various
designs with her ever developing finger skills. Aurora plays with their wooden cars, puts on puppet shows
(as seen above), and chooses the wardrobe for their felt board kitty. Their awesome, giant fish tank has
spurred many a thoughtful conversation between the three of us.
But the best part of coming to this or any library is the
mountains of books. Sometimes
Aurora wants us to read a big pile or, as was the case yesterday, we read the
same book over and over again. Adeline
fusses, in so much that Adeline fusses, until we give her a
book of her own.
