May Lo

May Lo is the Children’s Librarian in the Rey Children’s room at the Boston Public Library. For the past 20 years she has dedicated herself to helping children find excitement in reading, which tends to be a busy job.

Every week Lo reads and records a children’s book in Cantonese for the weekly Chinese dial-a-story program. The program that was recently created, enables preschool children to dial the direct story hotline number at (617) 859-2262 and hear a story in their native language.

Another service provided for Asian-American children is Children’s story hours that Lo conducts. In addition, Lo works hard overseeing the numerous events that the library hosts. These include movies for children ages three to seven, visits from special guests like magicians and musicians and activities that celebrate Chinese New Year.

“We have a lot of Chinese families that come to the library,” said Lo. “It’s great to see them excited about reading.” Starting in April the library is expecting to host a bilingual story hour that will help incorporate English and non-English speaking children together to learn.

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