Atascocita has two new “little free libraries,” thanks to Girl Scout Gold Award candidate Erica Gonzalez. The libraries, which hold around 30 books at a time, are stationed outside the front entrance of Eagle Springs Elementary School and Groves Elementary School and focus on children’s books.
The little free libraries let students borrow a book, swap a book for a different book, or just browse the unmanned library which operates under the honor system. While public libraries require the return of borrowed books, that’s not a requirement for the little free library. In fact, people who can't afford to leave a book can just take a book. Across the globe, there are more than 75,000 of these honor-system libraries in all different sizes and shapes.