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In reply to the discussion: how many of you have heard of the little free library movement? [View all]sandensea
(21,704 posts)28. Thrift stores, to some degree, function the same way.
You buy a book for anywhere from 50 cents to $3 (there's usually plenty to choose from), and when you're done you can just donate it right back.
Doing this really helps keep down clutter at your house, and of course it allows someone else the chance to share what you enjoyed reading.
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We have one at a local park. It's a small area w/ a bench, the book-nook, and flowers.
Solly Mack
Oct 2017
#4
I understand that; I just don't want them seen as individuals solving a problem that government does
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2017
#19
The Altrusan club to which I belong donates these libraries to underserved schools in our county.
coolsandy
Oct 2017
#17
Love the idea, and we do have a few in my neighborhood, well not where I live exactly, but
a kennedy
Oct 2017
#24
My community even had a fundraiser to raffle some off done by local artists
Freethinker65
Oct 2017
#31