We are all about helping authors find more readers but this past week we saw a segment on the news that just broke my heart. Anna started a free little library and someone stole it. As I was watching the news I knew we had to do something.
She eventually got her library back after someone saw it on Craigslist but by that time she already had another one donated. That library is being given to someone else and will help kids in another neighborhood.
Last Saturday they had a grand reopening so I went and with the help of Debbie from BookGoodies we donated a bunch of books, bookmarks and even some tote bags so they have a way of carrying the books. When I went and saw kids going through the books as if it was Christmas morning it left a great feeling.
Here is a little video I took when it was almost over. There were hundreds of people there during the day and this was taken as it was winding down.
I encourage you to find a Little Free Library near you and go donate a book or two.
You can see more on Anna’s library here. https://www.facebook.com/annaslittlefreelibrary/
We love our little free library (in San Francisco) it’s been AMAZING to watch neighbors interact and faces light up when they see it. As the library steward, I’m always super excited to see books return again and again and new books pop up. I wish we had more kids books, we’re between two schools and they fly right out as soon as they’re in 🙂