Little Free Library Project Hopes to ‘Turn the Page’ to a Brighter Literary Future

What happens when you mix an education reporter with a love of books plus a city that needs a reputation reboot? The answer is a project that brings neighbors together, puts the city on the map for literacy and shows off its brainy muscles.

As you travel across the city in the weeks to come, you’re going to see these little boxes full of books starting to pop up across Detroit. It is the work of Detroit Little Free Libraries, a campaign to bring this unique project to Detroit in a big way. Organizers want to make Detroit the “Little Free Library” capital of the world with 313 installations across the city.

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