Cathy Hook, age 8, of Gary, Ind., for her question:

Which is the world's largest library?

There are giant sized libraries in many cities and colleges around the world. One of the biggest is in Paris, France, and another is in Rome. The great library of Berlin now is divided in two; one half is in east Berlin and the other half is in West Berlin. Norway and sweden also have great libraries. The Oxford University library in England has 1 million books, and the Cambridge University library them has 2 million books. The British museum Library in London has 5 million books.

In America the Harvard University library has 5 million books. The largest public library in the world is in New York. Our National Library of Congress is in Washington, D.C. It has more than 10 million books, and so far as Andy knows it is the biggest library of any kind in the world.