Is it too much to expect a 16 months old to sit down and browse through books quietly in the library? First time Mommy here:) whenever I bring my LO to library , he will flip through a few pages then walk from shelf to shelf , explore the tables and chairs etc. Hardly can sit through reading a book to him :(

For young children, they have very short attention span - I'm not even talking about 15 minutes but probably half of that! You can get books with only one word or single sentences per page, but they're more intrigued by the pictures and colours in the book more than the stories and words at this point. They aren't ready to sit down and listen to stories until probably 2-3 years old, and even then it probably won't be a full story either! What you can do is to pick books with pictures and drawings, and fewer words so he can be excited about the cars, animals, things inside the book rather than focusing on stories :)