The Home Library


“A house without books is like a room without windows.” - Horace Mann

Even if people choose to invest 1% of the spiralling home-ownership cost, they can easily build a home library that can help them recover 100% cost of their home. By investing in your home library, you'll learn more, earn more, gain more knowledge, as reading and learning can open up new possibilities and opportunities in your life. The best part is everyone in the family can benefit from reading. 

Did you know that in Finland, when a baby is born, the government - maternity and child health clinics give the family a bag of books. It's called the "Book Bag to Every Baby Born in Finland" program enabling parents and children to read together at the earliest opportunity, bond, and encourage the child to read for an empowering future.

Government programs need to have a vision for at least a century. Programs like this can help in advancing intellectual capabilities of citizens, advancing the nation's economic growth, and aid in  building a better world and future for ourselves.

If you want to bring change in your life, you need start with yourself, your home, and then the society and growth will naturally progress. It all begins with you and your outlook in life. Invest in books. Make your home a library and the library your home. 

Set aside 1% of your home investment for your library.

Build a family of readers, thinkers, leaders, and nation builders. 

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