Hoag Library

I’m sad that it’s taken this long for us to visit this new facility.
My in-​laws moved back to Albion a little more than 4 years ago, so we’d watched this facility be built on our biannual trips. We’d heard great things from my mother-​in-​law, but never really thought more about it until she mentioned that they now have a collection of birds eggs and nests (Jimmy’s family hobby is birdwatching).
We stopped in on the Friday after Thanksgiving, needing to get out of the house. The space is clean and new, bright, and well-​lit. The collection seems pretty impressive to me for a small town library. There’s a whole children’s room, with picture books, juvenile fiction, YA fiction, DVD’s and more. They’ve got crayons and craft tables. They’ve got a couple of bins full of costumes. They have either white boards or lego boards on the side of each set of shelves, providing additional creative space. They’ve got a rug with teepee and stools for story time. There are fliers advertising several community activities — craft nights, bedtime stories (come in your pajamas), and even a visit from Santa.
We will definitely be back on our future visits!