This is where it gets cool. One family in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, decided to go a step further than most when opting to set up a pocket-sized library.
It began when Sharalee Armitage Howard, a librarian, artist and former bookbinder, decided that the stump of a 110-year-old tree close to her home would make the perfect ‘Little Tree Library’.
Magical tree
The cottonwood tree stump was thoroughly hollowed out, given a charming roof, and kitted out so that it looks like something from Harry Potter.
I don’t know about you, but this tree is one of the coziest little libraries I’ve ever seen!
She wrote on Facebook: “OK, this project isn’t quite finished… but I can’t wait to share it. We had to remove a hufe tree that was over 110 years old, so I decided to turn it into a little free library (which I’ve always wanted). Here it is (minus some cleanup, vegetation, and trim work)!”
Does this library look magnificent or what?!
Facebook / Sharalee Armitage Howard
Keeping books alive is something that must be done. With libraries like this, we can continue to inspire future generations to pick up books and lose themselves in the stories we all know and love.
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