No books at home? Anaheim library’s ‘permanent loan’ program aims to fix that for kids

Studies have shown a connection between how many books a family has at home and the level of education the children reach, so Anaheim library officials are trying to fill local students’ bookshelves.
The library’s “permanent loan” program, which began as a few individual events and became a year-round offering last July, has distributed more than 6,800 books for children to keep.
Library officials choose popular titles for a range of age groups and buy them with money fro