The unmistakable "shhh" that's echoed through libraries for generations is being phased out at a Bay Area library, and it is seeing positive results.

For 4-year-old Luna and her little brother Jude, the most exciting story at a Morgan Hill library isn't bound in hardback. It's at the bottom of a slide.

"Here, they can just be themselves. I don't have to remind them to be quiet, and they actually love coming to the library because of that," said Tiffani Negron, their nanny.

Negron added that this is the first library where her job isn't whispering "inside voices." Instead, she said, the only thing hushed here is her stress.

Once upon a time, silence was golden in libraries. Now, noise is part of the environment. And Morgan Hill isn't alone. Libraries across the country are checking out

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