Glenroy Library

Since I was a child I’ve loved the sense of comfort public libraries give me; the smell of old leather and worn pages of the rows upon rows of books. The tranquility and peace, and above all the feeling that anything you could ever want to know is, quite literally, right at your fingertips.
Glenroy Library gives me that same effect, but now as an adult I’ve got a greater reason to appreciate this public space; my two young children who are starting to enjoy a love of reading and literature.
Coming across this library only 12 months ago when moving to the area; I am so impressed by the way they cater for everybody. I try to make it a weekly or at least fortnightly visit with my kids, from Nursery Rhyme Time for my baby boy, and Storytime for my five year old daughter. These programs are just sensational and have taught my children that above all, reading is fun and about imagination and creativity. And afterwards my daughter stocks up from the massive selection of kids books.
Private, quiet seating areas, public lounge reading areas and a fantastic, welcoming kids corner for kids to sit and look at the variety of books available to them all add to the appeal.
They’ve got all the categories you’d expect from a library, I love their collection of war stories from WWI and WWII and the great range of biographies and autobiographies available for loan. In fact, the only reason they don’t get five stars is due to the sometimes disorganised referencing system.
Check out the Glenroy Library section of the Moreland website for days and times of the kids programs. Open every day, and on Monday to Thursday until 8pm — there’s no reason not to make it a weekly family date!