Little "Free" Library

One on my favorite things that I love about Ogden is that we have tons on these Little "Free" Libraries around our neighborhood and they are kinda walking distance from our homes.  This is one thing that I LOVE supporting.  Yes, I love to help support the WRITTEN WORD in our community!  Especially the old written, I love the smell of old books (don't judge, us book lovers do it all the time.  That smell of the ink, the glue, the paper.  Ah, that's one of my a favorite scents.  I wish they had it bottled as a room freshener... I would certainly buy gallons of it. Anyway, I'm rambling....) Okay, back on subject! I found a few  libraries that are kinda before 2nd Street.  These are F-R-E-E, you can take a book and return a book or give them new books.  Psst... this is a great way of ditching your old books and get new books in return.  My son and I take a few books that we don't read anymore or we have read a gazillion times and then we get new books in return.  Sometimes, we go to Dollar Tree and we find books that we think people might like to read for free to help support the cause (yep, I am a cheap skate.) My son and I love giving books to the libraries and we always find new books.  I really hope I'm turning him into a book nerd like me. :) Okay, enough about my "schpeel".  If you guys don't know where they are, I'll be happy to share these locations with everyone.

1) My favorite location: This is at the St. James The Just Catholic Church. 
https://stjamescatholic.com/ @ 495 N. Harrison Blvd.

2) Theodore's Little Library (Charter #32414) 1022 Southwell Street (this is just north of Rancho Street).

3)Connie Sanchez (Charter #50026) 636 E 650 N. (this is just South of Francis Park, what better way to wear the kids out at the park and pick out a new book after, just down next the street.)

 

 

4) Tracy's Little Library:  947 N. 975 E. Our very own Tracy just put up her own Little "free" Library in her neighborhood.  It's super cute and I encourage everyone to come and check it out.  Take a book and leave a book.

 



 



I think this is an excellent to help the community with books and the joy of reading.   As for me, I spent twelve years of my life in a county that makes you pay $20 a year to renew a library card to the check out a book if you live in the County and not the Town.  Then, wait anxiously for the Book Mobile to come to your town with the books that the library didn't even wany, but it was FREE.  I love our libraries will let anyone who lives in the county to have a library every year to renew for $1, no matter where we live in Weber County.  All my life until I was 16, I had a library card and it broke my heart when I found out the terms of the Tooele County Library, when I moved to  the small town of Stockton, Utah.  Anyway, I LOVE this idea of the my teenage age years and I became a proud Media Center Aide for all four years of High School at Ben Lomond High School. My flowering of a book nerd started earlier than that thanks to my Dad (he's the oldest book nerd I know,)

 

 

If you want to know more about other Little "Free" Libraries and where they are located, please visit https://littlefreelibrary.org/

 

By Jamie West