Our LittleFreeLibrary is catching on, at least a half dozen of the books we put in it are gone, and three or four new books have replaced them. The children’s books (mine and others) are gone, and two novels have been. We saw three or four books in the library today that were not ours, and haven’t read.
It took a few weeks, as other little library owners have suggested, but once people figure out what this is, they seem to enjoy it and are happy to use it. I’ll put some more books in tomorrow. This is a community grass roots project that has caught fire, there are 40,000 little free libraries in the United States now.
The idea is to put good books in the little library, and people can take a book (free) and replace it if they can and are able. Books deserve nine lives. The Internet is about much more than nasty messages.
I really like this way of recycling and getting books out to people. Until recently, I’ve wondered what libraries thought of it and if it was diminishing their services any at all. Then, I saw in our local paper that the library in town had set up a little library in a nearby park, so now I’m reassured that it’s all good!
this is just wonderful Jon, we have one in our neighbourhood too and I use it a lot