{"id":17586,"date":"2019-09-02T19:44:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T00:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=17586"},"modified":"2019-09-02T19:44:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T00:44:03","slug":"little-free-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=17586","title":{"rendered":"Little Free Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what?!\u00a0 I got a Little Free Library for DBS!\u00a0 :)\u00a0 I&#8217;m super excited.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve wanted one for awhile and last spring I asked the boss if we could put one in front of school.\u00a0 He loved the idea.\u00a0 I was hoping to find a boy scout or someone to do it for free, but ended up asking a neighbor who has a crafty family and a good mid-western work ethic! :)\u00a0 They are a pretty awesome family and like to do family activities.\u00a0 They had a few kids go through DBS and were excited to make a lasting project.\u00a0 I was thrilled!\u00a0 I gave them free range on design and they ran with it.\u00a0 The week before school started they were ready to install.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17570\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0894137895956440820818.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17570\" class=\"wp-image-17570 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0894137895956440820818-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0894137895956440820818-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0894137895956440820818-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0894137895956440820818-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0894137895956440820818-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0894137895956440820818-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0894137895956440820818.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love these people. They are amazing. As is the Little Free Library they created.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17571\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0885986173331249177765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17571\" class=\"wp-image-17571 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0885986173331249177765-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0885986173331249177765-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0885986173331249177765-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0885986173331249177765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190824_195117_0885986173331249177765-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They even brought some books to get it started!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17575\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190826_2002234214451620969008173.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17575\" class=\"wp-image-17575 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190826_2002234214451620969008173-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190826_2002234214451620969008173-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190826_2002234214451620969008173-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190826_2002234214451620969008173-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_20190826_2002234214451620969008173.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It has solar powered lights running along the inside of the roof. A very classy touch.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is a website called <a href=\"https:\/\/littlefreelibrary.org\/\">LittleFreeLibrary.org<\/a> that started the movement (as best I know) and maintains a map of locations. I went to registered our new addition and discovered that it&#8217;s a trademarked name!\u00a0 Of course! In order to use the name (which we obviously and clearly did!) and be listed on the map you have to pay a small fee and get a plaque.\u00a0 Guess what I did ASAP?! :)\u00a0 The plaque should be arriving in the mail any day now.<\/p>\n<p>During the first week of school I was talking to each of the classes about it and I was thrilled that so many kids had already found it and started getting books.\u00a0 I love the expressions when I tell them that although it&#8217;s called a &#8220;library&#8221; they can actually KEEP the books if they want to!\u00a0 And add some of their own that they are done with.\u00a0 The kids love it!\u00a0 I&#8217;ll check on it regularly and keep it stocked with books as well, just in case kiddos take books faster than they leave them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what?!\u00a0 I got a Little Free Library for DBS!\u00a0 :)\u00a0 I&#8217;m super excited.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve wanted one for awhile and last spring I asked the boss if we could put one in front of school.\u00a0 He loved the idea.\u00a0 I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=17586\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66,31],"class_list":["post-17586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-library","tag-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17587,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17586\/revisions\/17587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}