We all know that school libraries can be amazing places. And when the school library can be deliberate in providing good experiences to students, it can do so much good work. Check out this article excerpt, and you can read the whole thing here!

“Globally, as many as one in five young people may experience mental-health problems. These can be exacerbated, or even brought on by, stressful life events including economic pressures related to the pandemic.

We know teacher librarians and school libraries play an important role in supporting young people’s reading and broader academic achievement. But school libraries play a more diverse role in students’ lives, among which is to support their well-being.

Here are five ways they do this.”

• They can be safe spaces
• They provide resources for well-being
• They help build digital health-literacy skills
• They support reading for pleasure
• They encourage healing through reading