A Singapore mall library opened with nearly 10,000 children's books
The National Library Board's Plaza Singapura room runs daily until September 2027. Readers get in with a library card, an identity card, or a free day pass.
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Singapore's National Library Board opened a children's library on the third floor of Plaza Singapura, a downtown mall, with close to 10,000 books. The Straits Times reported on October 28, 2026, that the self-service room started on October 27 and runs every day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through September 19, 2027.
The collection mixes physical and digital children's books, including Peanuts titles, and the room is dressed as that comic world: Charlie Brown's classroom, a school-bus nook, and a Snoopy garden. A booth asks a few questions and prints a bookmark with a suggestion. Chief executive Melissa Tam said the point is to make reading easy to rediscover at any age, as part of the board's ReadSG effort. Entry is an NLB eCard, a library-compatible identity card, or a free QR day pass. Borrowing goes through the library app.
The count is the books in this one pop-up, and the dates it is open. It is not a claim about reading habits across the city.
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Singapore opened a temporary children's library inside a shopping mall. The Straits Times reported on October 28, 2026, that the room at Plaza Singapura opened on October 27. It is open every day from 10 in the morning until 10 at night, through September 19, 2027. It holds close to 10,000 children's books. The room is decorated with the Peanuts comics. A small booth can print a bookmark that suggests a book. You can enter with a library card, an identity card, or a free day pass. It is one room in one mall.
- Where did Singapore put this children's library, and why might a mall be an easy place to find it?
- How can someone get in if they do not have a library card yet?
- What kind of book would you hope to find there?
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