S.L.J., Brooklyn

At three-and-a-half years old, my mother took me to Story Hour at the then-newly-refurbished Ardmore Library. I was one of the "enchanted faces" that participated in the pre-school storytime, although I was also "one listener at story hour [who] would rather read to herself," as the Main Line Times noticed, in their June 17, 1971 photo essay. Now at 42, I have a 6-year daughter and a two-and-a-half year old son who also delight in storytime at our local library. Their grandmother, my mother, also serves as a librarian in Merion and together we share a love of reading...and libraries.