Governor Martinez does Storytime! (Dean Hanson/Albuquerque Journal)

Gov. Susana Martinez kicked of the 2015 Summer Reading Program in New Mexico’s libraries with a storytime at Albuquerque’s new Central & Unser Library. 

“I’ve never been in a library that is this awesome,” Martinez told the children. “And it belongs to you!”

“During the summer break, sometime some kids don’t pick up a book,” she explained to reporters. “We’re trying to encourage them: ‘pick up a book everyday, read at least half an hour, enjoy it, get books that you like…”

Read the full story and watch the Governor speak at ABQJournal.com.