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GargantuanWitch t1_jeg5pep wrote

I don't know for sure about this particular program, but I wouldn't be super worried about it. There are TONS of ways for kids to get free books from the local library system, and they actually do a very good job promoting it and distributing items.

If the city chose to eliminate it, I'd be fine with it, considering it's something that the libraries are inherently better-equipped to do.

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juliepde OP t1_jeg6mis wrote

The Pittsburgh library system is great! However it is not the same. The excitement of a preschooler getting their own mail and it being a book is really magical. As a parent borrowing a book from the library requires the time to take kids there to select it and the mental load of remembering and having the time to return it. This program was different and a loss for Pittsburgh kids.

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