Somewhere, somehow you’ve been introduced to the idea of a “living books lending library,” a private library operated by a librarian who wants to give the gift of living books to her community. Perhaps you were once a patron of a living books library, but now you are in a new place where there is no…

From Michelle Howard of Children’s Preservation Library in Michigan and Living Learning Libraries in Florida: Let me just respond to a question I’ve often been asked. Why not just informally lend out books?  Wouldn’t that be more generous? Why make an official library out of them? What are the benefits of an actual library scenario? 1) The books…