Sherwood Academy first-graders create Little Free Library at Webb Park
Terry Lewis
ALBANY — It’s not very often that a group of elementary school students can help start their own little free library, but that’s exactly what 38 Sherwood Christian Academy first graders did Tuesday at Webb Park.
Originally started as Sherwood’s Christmas project, the 38 students donated $6 each and a book to the service project. The money was used the construct a weather-resistant box located at the park’s pavilion, where people can take, or donate, a book.
The seed of the idea is to promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges world-wide. There are more than 200 “Little Free Library” locations in the state of Georgia with an organizational goal of creating more than 2,000 across the globe.
The Webb Park project is the first in Dougherty County.
“The idea to build one here came from (Dougherty County School Board member) Melissa Strother,” SCA teacher Elyse Loudenbarger said. “She talked about the little libraries in an article in the paper. When I read the article I though that it would be the perfect thing to do for our Christmas Project. So we were trying to think of a location and grew up in this neighborhood and I know a lot of kids and families come to this park.”
Ann Hobbs’ class also participated in the project.
Tod Bol of Husdon, Wisc., came up with the idea of “Free Little Library” in 2009 when he built a model of a one room schoolhouse as a tribute to his mother, a former school teacher who loved reading. He filled it with books and put it on a post in his front yard. His neighbors and friends loved it. He built several more and gave them away. Each one had a sign that said “Free Books.”
They don’t require library cards or late fines, don’t insist that patrons whisper or stay quiet, and don’t mind if you do not return a book.
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