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Kids & Education
NEILSON HAYS
LIBRARY
Receiving Historic Landmark sta-
tus in 1986, Neilson Hays Library
is home to a 20,000-book collec-
tion, a beautiful wooden interior,
and a spacious Garden Gallery.
For younger ones, there’s the
cozy Children’s Corner complete
with beanbags and small tables,
as well as a Saturday Storytime,
held every weekend from
10:30 a.m. One day’s entrance
costs 50 THB and a full year’s
membership at 3,000 THB allows
you to check out books.
195 Surawong Rd.,
BTS Surasak
Open Tuesday to Sunday,
9:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
www.neilsonhayslibrary.com
ART LIBRARY
Tucked away on the Bangkok
Art and Culture Center’s ground
floor, the Art Library is a spot to
enjoy some quiet reading time.
Though not particularly artsy,
this free-to-enter space does of-
fer public computers, contempo-
rary books on art and design, and
a kid’s corner.
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If your quest for the “right book” has
so far been fruitless, take solace in
the notion that your child’s school is
often doing all it can to help.
Harrow International School, for ex-
ample, has recently opened a brand-
new lower-school library, part of the
school’s push to nurture a love of read-
ing among its students from a young
age. The library is in a central location
on the campus and gives pupils direct
access to a well-stocked resource.
According to Alex Costa, deputy
head of the lower school, reading is
fundamental to everything Harrow
does. The school has emphasized its
relationship with reading in recent
years, and staff are are also making
efforts to engage parents in the pro-
cess by holding workshops on the
technical aspects of reading and the
importance of making time for it.
At the American School of Bangkok
near Thong Lo, the school year i