Families with preschool children may request individual story times and receive free children's picture books.
Story times can be in homes or at the library.
Contact Linda Nelson, Family Literacy Coordinator, at 360.577.3380. Expectant and new parents receive a free gift bag. Expecting the Best gift bags are distributed by local public agencies to their expectant clients. Bags are available from Cowlitz County Health Department, Longview Public Schools, Project READ at the Longview Library, and Parents Place. Recipients of gift bags may contact the family literacy staff at the library to receive additional family literacy help and free baby care books.