On April 6, the library world celebrated National Library Outreach Day, previously known as National Bookmobile Day.
Did you know that Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries has several bookmobile routes in Klickitat and Skamania counties? If you want to know more about our bookmobiles and where they stop, visit the library’s website at www.fvrl.org.
Growing up I was lucky enough to always have a library nearby, but I have to admit that I wish I’d had to opportunity to visit a bookmobile. I can’t think of anything quite as special as books on wheels! Transporting books to rural communities hasn’t been limited to wheeled vehicles, however; boats, airplanes, horses, even camels have worked as mobile libraries all over the world.
My tribute to traveling books is centered around kids this week, and I hope you will share this mobile-themed reading list with little readers near and far.
