Volunteers create Little Free Library to promote reading, community (USA)

The new library in the small crossroads village of Sergeantsville doesn't have heat, electricity or a librarian. It's part of an international movement to promote literacy and a love of reading, and increase a sense of community. Modeled after the carriage shed that formerly stood next to the Municipal Building, this "Little Free Library" was built by a local craftsman with mostly reclaimed cedar and cypress lumber. It's weatherproof and small, just large enough to hold a few dozen books. Sergeantsville's could be Central Jersey's first official "Little Free Library." and the second in the state after one in Montclair. They are two of thousands of little free libraries created under a grass-roots movement that has spread nationwide and to more than 20 countries over the past three years