We believe that stories do more than merely divert children's minds. They allow children to learn about themselves and their problems in a way which enables them to feel comforted, supported, strengthened, and understood. Located on the third floor of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, the Family Resource Library offers patients and families the opportunity to explore and learn about health, illness, feelings, and many other topics of interest. It is a place to seek comfort through reading or being read to, or to find refuge from the demands of hospital life. To understand and cope with illness and hospitalization To learn more about my child's health To help family members learn how to help the patient and themselves To learn more about the human body To find recreational reading for children, adolescents and adults.
Volunteers take videos and books to patient rooms, read stories or just visit with families.