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Morning Buzz: How often do you check out a book from your local library?

NYPL names top 10 checkouts in its history
Posted at 5:44 AM, Jan 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-01-14 08:49:28-05

(WKBW) — To celebrate its 125th anniversary this year, the New York Public Library is releasing a list of the most checked-out books in its history.

Topping the list is the children’s book The Snowy Day by Brooklyn-native Ezra Jack Keats, which has been checked out more than 485,000 times since it was originally published in 1962.

Rounding out the top 5: The Cat in the Hat, 1984, Where the Wild Things Are and To Kill a Mockingbird.

That got us thinking: how often do you check out a book from your local library? Weigh in on our Twitter poll: