The Little Free Library Movement

There's an interesting article in the Wisconsin Badger Herald about the Little Free Library movement that seems to be picking up steam in and around Wisconsin.

One-room schoolhouses, log cabins, barns or anything else people think up. These are examples of the many creative Little Free Libraries people have made around the world, and many students have probably seen them around Madison.

According to the article, the project originated in co-founder Todd Bol’s front yard.

"Bol built the first little library as “a model of a one-room schoolhouse that he could fill with books,” (co-founder Rick) Brooks said. “He built it as a memorial to his mother, who had just passed away. She was a teacher, and she just loved reading and books. So he put it up in his front yard, and it was so popular that many of his friends and neighbors asked if he would build one for them. There was no way that he could build enough of them because it was of so much interest.”

Without internet service or a librarian to keep the books in order and up to date (not to mention a collection of movies), I don't see these as competition for "offical" public libraries in the near future. But anything that brings people and books together has to be a good thing!