10/18/2024
“I really believe in a Little Free Library on every block and a book in every hand. I believe people can fix their neighborhoods, fix their communities, develop systems of sharing, learn from each other, and see that they have a better place on this planet to live.” Todd Bol
“In 2009, Todd Bol was renovating his garage in Wisconsin when he ripped off its old wooden door. He liked the wood, though, and didn’t want to throw it out. So after staring at it for a while, he decided to use it to build a small monument to his mother, who had been a schoolteacher.
He fashioned it into a replica of a schoolhouse, two feet high and two feet wide, put his mother’s books in it, and planted it on his front yard, hoping to start a little book exchange for his neighbors.
“It was a spiritual gesture,” he said.
That gesture spawned what might be called the tiny library movement, leading to his founding of a nonprofit organization called Little Free Library a year later.
Since then more than 75,000 Little Free Library boxes, which blend the form of folk art with the function of a community water cooler, have popped up in all 50 states and in 88 countries.” - The New York Times, Oct 23, 2018
Todd H Bol: Jan 2, 1956 - Oct 18, 2018; testament that one person can make a difference.
Wellby’s Den has finished construction and expanded the locations with an additional room specifically for children and early readers. Come check us out.
Stories are an important part of life. Over the summer we went to Alaska. While in Alaska we saw lots of totem poles. Did you know that totem poles tell a story. The carver would carve the pole to illustrate an historical event, legend or personal experience. The whole time he was carving, he would keep secret the story he was depicting. Then at the ceremony where the pole was stood up, the carver would tell the story.
There are a few books about Alaska or set in Alaska in the libraries so you can experience a piece of this beautiful state.
