No free books

From the State Journal-Register Online: "Santa Claus may bring books to your kids this holiday season, but Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't. His administration quietly dropped plans to partner with a Tennessee foundation to offer free, age-appropriate books to Illinois children younger than 5."

I know a lot of librarians who were upset with the plan or thought it threatened libraries, but I think anything that brings books into a child's home is positive (although I did think some of the proposed book titles weren't "age-appropriate" and suggested some alternatives).

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