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Reading to young babies and toddlers is a wonderful way to stimulate language development, imagination, logic, and bonding! at a young age has so many benefits and provides a great alternative to screen-time. April 2nd is Children's Book Day, and what better way to celebrate than to add a few new books to your child's library? While children often grow out of their baby books quite quickly, it might seem daunting to constantly have to be restocking age-appropriate literature. If you're looking for an inexpensive way to revamp your child's collection, the following resources can provide for kids!

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5 Check Out Your Local Library First

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If you are looking for physical books for your children, going to your is a good starting place. A library allows you to borrow books, and many libraries also have discarded books available to browse through. Most of these are free, especially when they are children's books! The benefit of borrowing from a library is that you don't have to find an additional place for the books, and your children can go as often as they like.

as a starting place, especially if your child is going through different phases of interest at the same time (or quickly changing interests). For preschool-aged children, visiting the library offers a great introduction to their future experiences in school libraries. You can always let the librarian know that you are eager to pick up some , and when they have some discards, they can contact you.

4 Free Kids E-Books On Amazon

If your child is using an e-book reader to view books, . There are often promotional free Kindle copies of new releases offered during various periods, so you can sign up for their newsletter to get the most up-to-date information about what is releasing. The benefit of Kindle books is that you get to keep them on your tablet or e-reader, and can delete them when they are no longer of interest to your child. Various reference books and dictionaries are also available, which can be great resources for kids who are in elementary school.

3 Free Kids E-Books Open Library

is a fantastic resource for adults and children alike. This online hub is a great starting place if you are looking for e-books to borrow. Their Student Library caters to kids from kindergarten to Grade 6 and is very well organized so that you can search books by age group. The kids' section currently contains close to 40,000 titles, and the website aims to eventually have all published titles uploaded and available to borrow.

The non-profit is located in San Francisco and relies primarily on volunteers to keep the archives updated and current. Volunteers from 8 different countries are currently part of the team that keeps this great reading resource running for free. A members-only chat group is also available for older kids and adults, who want to speak to a volunteer librarian to get !

2 Library Of Congress

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The Library of Congress has a huge database of books that can be borrowed online, at their website,  The Young Readers Center offers many titles to young children, and also gets ambassadors on board to help spread the word about the library. Ambassadors visit to connect educational centers with the library and to promote more reading and literacy among young people. The official Young Readers Center has its home in Washington, D.C., but the online resources are available to all Americans.

1 Host A Book Trade With Friends

If you're looking to revamp your child's book collection, a great idea is to host a trade with friends that have children in the same age range. You might need to get creative and host this outside to respect pandemic restrictions –check your local guidelines before proceeding– but since the weather is getting warmer, it's a perfect opportunity.

First, sort through your child's current book collection, and put aside any books that they have outgrown, or those that they rarely read. Next, invite some friends to meet for a book trade and outdoor play date for the kids (backyard picnic, anyone?). By trading with friends, you can offer your children a whole new collection of books, that you didn't have to pay for! This is such a great way to recycle and reuse books, too!

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