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The little library, or “book nook” that Andrea Dick set up by her letterbox in Tiri Road, Whangaparaoa, has been a source of new reading material for the whole family.
It is becoming increasingly popular to put a mini-library at the front gate, filled with books that the family no longer needs. Anyone can take the books and replace with some of their own. There are some very colourful examples around Auckland and a Facebook page called Where the Wild Books Are, which has 192 members, inspired Andrea to set one up.
She used a recycled cabinet to make the little library and painted the outside, inviting anyone to use it. Her preschool daughters painted the inside.
The family are all keen readers and prefer their books on paper, to the point where an e-reader in the household goes unused.
Four-year-old Kaia and Danni, aged 2, go through books quickly and since Andrea set up the book nook a few months ago, they have had a ready source of children’s books. Andrea says that she, husband Aaron and 14-year-old daughter Annalise have also found interesting books left there.
“There are quite a few of these little libraries in some areas and it would be cool if more started up around the Coast,” Andrea says.
