We have an excellent public library in Hickory, North Carolina, the Patrick Beaver Memorial Library . My four year-old son, Lucas, has enjoyed many aspects of the children's wing of the library for some time. The puppets, touch-screen computers, lego table, puzzles, and bead mazes have kept him entertained and begging to come back. However, until recently, looking for books has been a combination of me pleading and him running around in the aisles playing peek-a-boo. Last month we ( when I say we, I mean I) finally settled on three books to take home, great pictures, and decodable words and sight words. We got the books home, and Lucas didn't care to look at them once.... I was discouraged to say the least. My husband and I both love to read, and I Lucas enjoys being read to, but he didn't care to take a look at the three books we (I) got from the library at all. This week, we returned to the library, with baby brother, Griffin. He too enjoyed the library, and