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Members of the Denver Go-Getters 4-H Club spend late Friday afternoon painting the town’s first Little Free Library and talking about books.
By Sunday the Little Free Library was in place and readied for use.
“We really wanted to encourage reading in Hardwick as all the kids are home for the summer,” said club leader Theresa Raak. “And we get a lot of visitors at the campground.”
Members painted the two-shelf wooden box (that would become the library once a door was added) a bright red in part due to its location near the Hardwick Fire Hall and its resemblance to a livestock barn.
The library will be registered online with the Little Free Library network.
Little Free Libraries are book-sharing boxes that are open 24/7/365. Visitors can borrow a book and/or leave a book for another visitor to read.
There are thousands of Little Free Libraries located across the U.S., including nine in Rock County.
Working with the local Friends of the Library members, Hardwick’s free library will be regularly stocked with adult and children’s books.