Monday, August 5, 2013

Almost 2 years

Okay I'm a little behind. Life happened somewhere in there I guess. I will try and do a book release this year for Halloween, it might prove to me interesting as I will have my newborn son helping me, or he'll be helping daddy with something inside. I think another reason it got postponed last year if I remember right, I had to work and we have the dog now. I have to go back through my books to see what we have, I know some got damaged when the power went out and the sub-pump stopped working. I'm going to see what I can do this year. with set up, maybe it'll be different then in the past, the porch isn't as cluttered. I'm also hoping my husband will let me make the Little Free Library (http://www.littlefreelibrary.org) for in the yard. About. A sense of community, reading for children, literacy for adults and libraries around the world Description We're building and promoting "Take a book, leave a book" structures that fit in a front yard, by a sidewalk, coffee shop or park and are just big enough to hold 20-30 books that kids and adults can give and take. Built with recycled materials, designed and decorated by neighborhood groups and watched over by volunteer stewards, each little "habitat for the humanities" turns over its collection several times a month. People seem to love the idea. They can't steal the books because the books are "free"--freely given by neighbors from their own collections, used bookstores, authors and others who love the sense of community that the Little Libraries create. Each LFLibrary will be located on a Google map with GPS coordinates. Many will have a theme--anything from heroes and geography to weather, children around the world, adventure, food, the environment, gardening...you name it. This nonprofit program is also generating support for libraries in villages in Asia, Latin America and Africa as well as the U.S. But it all starts small. As the Little Free Library network expands, local and national sponsors see the value as much as the children and adults who share their books and build "their own." We want to break Andrew Carnegie's record of 2,509 community free libraries. We recognize that people support what they help create. Partners are welcome!