Did you miss going to the library? | God's World News

Did you miss going to the library?

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    Kerri Kaplan stands next to a small library she has in her front yard in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP)
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    Mrs. Kaplan is a fifth grade teacher. She built this in her front yard so people could borrow books while the libraries were closed. (AP)
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    Volunteers choose books for Christine Reynolds to carry in a mobile library she started after the library closed. (AP)
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    A little free library sits in Bend, Oregon. (AP)
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    Across the United States, people report a jump in people using the tiny popups known as little free libraries. (AP)
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Lots of kids and grownups like to read books. Libraries closed when we had to stay at home.

Clever people went to work. They built little free library boxes in their front yards. That made many others happy.

 

READ MORE: Christine Reynolds is a librarian in California. She filled her car with books. People could check out a new book at her car. Janelle Will lives in a small town in Michigan. She has a little free library. She keeps it full and germ-free. Visitors can take a book or leave a book—or both. Some people also put puzzles, games, and toys into their little libraries. The Apostle Paul reminded the elders in Ephesus that Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than receive.” Read Acts 20:35.