Politics & Government

Little Free Library Sprouts in Avondale Estates

It looks like a birdhouse but it's really a place where children's books can be exchanged.

Avondale Estates has its first Little Free Library.

The Avondale Estates Garden Club sponsored the Little Free Library, which poppped up recently on Dartmouth near the tennis courts. It looks like a big bird house and holds children's books for exchange.

A number of Little Free Libraries can be found in Decatur.

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According to a story on Decatur Patch about Decatur's first one, two men in Wisconsin came up with idea of Little Free Libraries.Β 

They wanted to encourage reading and create spots where people in a community could gather.

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