Little Free LIBRARY
By Cindy R. Williams
B
ook lovers around the of the driver’s seat. Even with my world are hosting small window closed, I could hear crybook stands, placed in ing children in back of his car. The front yards! man quickly grabbed an armful Known as Little Free Librarof children’s books, opened the ies, these neighborhood book back door, handed the books to repositories allow anyone to take the children, who stopped crying a book to keep, give away, trade, immediately. He jumped back into or donate, or to simply read and his car and drove off. I figured it return to the rack. Books are free. was probably “Girls Night Out” No library card is needed. for his wife, and my Little Free 2021 was the grand opening Library saved his sanity. of my own Little Free Library. I keep a small basket with free It’s in a position where I’m able items for children in my Little to see it through the window Free Library. One item I usually from my office desk. stock is colored chalk. Often, Photo by Cindy R. Williams One of my favorite things that A registered neighborhood Little Free when children take books, they’ll happened with the Library: one leave a message on the sidewalk, Library. rainy evening, while I sat at my thanking me, or creating beautiful, desk working, a car pulled up. A man hopped out simple artwork. Last week I drew lion paws walk-
Photo by Cindy R. Williams
Little Free Library.org: Take a Book – Share a Book.
ing toward the Little Free Library. The Little Free Library is a great community maker. To set up your own Little Free Library, contact Continued on pg. 14
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