Little Free Library

  What is a Little Free Library? The website www.littlefreelibrary.org says, "It's a take a book, return a book gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In it's most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book or two and bring back another book to share! You can too!"

     The Little Free Library movement began in 2009, when Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin built a replica of a one room schoolhouse as a tribute to his mother who was a teacher. He put it in his front yard and filled it with books. His friends and neighbors loved it. He built several more and gave them away. Each one had a sign FREE BOOKS. Thus began the Little Free Library Movement. Now with a mission of spreading literacy and a love a reading worldwide this movement is well on its way of reaching their goal of 2,510 libraries, the number of libraries, as many of Andrew Carnegie...

    

There is actually one right here in Waverly that you can visit. It is located along the sidewalk at Eichhorn Haus. Go check it out! Maybe take a book and leave one for the next person...Maybe be inspired to make your own?