Blerd Box/Little Free Library #105330

01/05/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CrppTiNVB/

A vending machine that drops books instead of snacks might sound too good to be true, but in St. Louis, it’s changing the way kids discover reading. With one token, a student gets a book of their own and a spark of possibility.

Created by bookseller and community champion Ymani Wince, this free book machine is turning book deserts into book hubs one joyful “thunk” of a paperback at a time. Read the full story to see how one idea is rewriting access to reading.

Read more: https://magazine.1000libraries.com/meet-the-st-louis-bookstore-owner-who-launched-a-vending-machine-to-give-free-books-to-kids/

12/20/2025

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10/28/2025

One of my favorites growing up...

10/18/2025

10/05/2025

This image features the librarian Augusta Baker, who in 1937 became the first Black woman to hold a permanent position as a children’s librarian at The New York Public Library. Here she shows a young girl a copy of the book Janie Belle, which was written by Ellen Tarry, an African American author, and published in 1940. Tarry was a school teacher and social worker-turned-author who was active in the Harlem Renaissance. Her books broke conventions in children’s literature by depicting Black children in contemporary and realistic urban settings and featuring in*******al relationships. Janie Belle is a fictionalized depiction of a true incident in which a white nurse found a Black baby in a garbage can and proceeded to adopt the child. (Augusta Baker Portrait Collection)

08/30/2025

08/23/2025

I'm this old!