THEY HAVE BEEN POPPING UP
FOR A FEW YEARS NOW MANY THE
TWIN CITIES NEIGHBORHOODS AND
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO WATCH
THE GROWTH OF LITTLE FREE LIBRARY.
A MEMORIAL TO HIS MOM, THE JD
SIMPLE, YOU TAKE A BOOK, YOU
RETURN A BOOK TO THE LITTLE
WOODEN LIBRARIESS, IT'S FREE,
IT'S USUALLY IN SOMEBODY'S FRONT
YARD.
THIS SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE A
SPECIAL IS FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE
THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES.
JOINING EVENT IS EVENT COORDINATOR.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STROLLING
POETS, TONY, LET'S START WITH
YOU, HOW DID YOU BROTHER COME UP
WITH THIS IDEA?
HE HAD IT THIS HIS HOUSE, AND
HE HAD A LEFT OVER GARAGE DOOR
AND HE WATCHED THE NEIGHBORHOODS
FOR A YEAR AND IT WORKED.
THE NEXT YEAR HE GAVE 30 AWAY.
TOMORROW WILL BE THE FOURTH
ANNIVERSARY.
FOUR YEARS.
TELL ME ABOUT THE CONNECTION TO
YOUR MOM.
SO MY MOM WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER
AND SO MY BROTHER MADE A LITTLE
-- A SCHOOLHOUSE, THAT MADE IT
IN HER NAME, SHE WOULD READ
BOOKS TO US ALL THE TIME.
READ AGO LOUD WAS A BIG DEAL FOR HER.
YOU CAN DONATE BOOKS IF YOU
WANT TO HELP OUT A NEIGHBOR,
RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT, WELL, PEOPLE,
THAT FIRST COME UP TO THIS WITH
SURPRISE, WHAT IS IT?
IT'S LARGE.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEE IT IN
SOMEONE'S FRONT YARD.
FROM CURIOSITY COPS SURPRISE
BECAUSE YOU OPEN IT UP AND
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SAYS TAKE
THE BOOK.
AFTER A WHILE, IT BECOMES THEIRS
AND THEY CUR RATE IT.
PEOPLE WHO DO THE SECOND SHELF.
THEY PUT IT OUT AND ONE SHORTER
ONE FOR THE KIDS.
KIDS ARE A BIG PART OF THIS.
LITERACY IS A READING MOTIVATION
ENVIRONMENT THAT HELPS WITH LITERACY.
PART OF CELEBRATING IT, AND
CELEBRATING WHAT THE LITTLE FREE
LIBRARY IS ABOUT.
SHARING, MAKING COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THERE FOR MINNEAPOLIS.
AS WELL AS A LOT OF THE
VOLUNTEER GIRL SCOUTS THAT WILL
BE PUTTING A 100 OF THESE FREE
LIBRARIES TOGETHER.
PEOPLE CAN APPLY THIS.
WE E HAVE SOMEONE SPECIAL HERE.
LET'S GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION
FOR THE FESTIVAL, THIS SATURDAY
FROM 10:00 A.M.
TO 4:00 P.M.,
MINNEHAHA, IN MINNEAPOLIS, WE
PUT THAT INFORMATION ONLINE AS
WELL.
BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING
VERY SPECIAL IN THE STUDIO.
OUR STROLLING POETS, KIRSTIN
AND AUTHOR, AND -- THANK YOU
GUYS FOR COMING IN.
YOU'RE ALL 9TH GRADERS AT HUDSON
HIGH AND YOU HAVE I A LITTLE
POEM THAT YOU'LL SHARE WITH US
RIGHT NOW.
GO FOR IT.
THE COUNSELORS THAT NEVER
CHANGE, THE FRIENDS THAT NEVER
GROW, THE OLD BOOKS, THE DEAR
BOOKS THAT UNDERSTAND AND KNOW.
I CAN NEVER HAVE DREMED THERE
WAS SUCH GOINGED ON IN THE WORLD
BETWEEN COVERS OF BOOKS.
THIS TRI VERSE MADE THE POET
TAKE WITHOUT OPPRESSIVE GOAL.
THAT WAS VERY COOL.
VERY NICE.
I LOVE IT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE TU TU.
WHAT'S THE TU TU.
WELL, WE'VE STARTED WITH
SAYING WE WANT EVERYBODY TO
BRING TWO BOOKS AND WE SAID,
WELL, WHAT IF THEY WORE A TU TU,
AND THEN WHAT -- ON A TWO WHEELER.
2, 2, 2.
THE ONE FUNDRAISER.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CREATING A
DARE AND SHARE, WE DARE THE
COMMUNITY THE TO PUT A TU TU ON
AND GO ON WHEELS AND BE THERE AT
2:00, AND PEOPLE WHO PLEDGE,
WHERE YOU PUT A QUARTER IN, AND
IF YOU SAY, HEY, AND A 100 TU
TUS APPEAR, THAT WOULD BE $25.
SO IS IT'S LIKE, IT'S OPTIONAL
BUT A GREAT FIN THING TO DO.
WE HIT THE WILL BE GREAT.
AND EVERYTHING IS ONLINE.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE THERE.
WE LOVE IT.
WE LOVE THE LITTLE FREE
LIBRARIES, SUCH A WONDERFUL
MOVEMENT THAT STARTED.