Little Free Libraries

Little Free Library
Little Free Library

Recently, I walked with the kids to some of our neighborhood Little Free Libraries. While walking, we started talking about whether we would someday put one in front of our house, even though there is one directly across the street from us.

Andrew's library would be dedicated to science fiction.
Andrew’s library would be dedicated to science fiction.

I suggested that I might make one that was all for science fiction stories, and I would decorate it with space ships and alien planets. Griffin and Maggie loved this idea, and quickly came up with their own versions.

Griffin's library would be all about science.
Griffin’s library would be all about science.

Griffin’s would be all about science and would have pictures of microscopes and tiny (microscopic?) creatures on it. He asked a few questions about the difference between science and science fiction, but once he understood the distinction, he was firmly committed to real science.

Maggie, of course, shouted, “FROZEN!” When I asked her how it should be decorated, she looked at me like I was hopelessly ignorant, and said, “ELSA!” followed by a whooshing sound which I took to be the sound of Elsa’s ice magic.

Maggie's library would be dedicated to Frozen, decorated with pictures of Elsa.
Maggie’s library would contain anything related to Frozen.

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