FTA: The Little Free Library movement started with a Hudson man who built one in the shape of a one-room schoolhouse in honor of his mother, a retired teacher, and now more than 400 have sprung up like mushrooms around the country and overseas. Wisconsin, though, is the hotbed of Little Free Libraries with more than 100, including many in Madison though only a couple in the Milwaukee area.
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“Our experience is when we get two, we get four and then we get eight,” said Todd Bol, co-founder of littlefreelibrary.org. “We haven’t put that much effort in Milwaukee, but it’s our next stomping ground.”
For more information on Little Free Libraries, go to www.littlefreelibrary.org.