Grande Prairie boasts a shiny, new public library but I haven’t noticed it during my visit.
Instead, it’s this street library that’s charmed me. Within a few blocks of my brother’s home in OBrien Lake neighborhood, is The Book Barn. Like the street libraries I admire so much in Victoria, this one reads:
‘Take a book,
Leave a book’.
Grande Prairie is an industry town surrounded by expansive farmland. Perhaps this library’s host-family grew up on a dairy farm?
Do they miss getting up at the crack of dawn to do chores & milk cows?
Just around the corner & down the street is another gem!
Small town friendliness must be catching. I also figure this has gotta be a kid-oriented neighborhood.
This particular street library has a sign that reads:
This library trend is so big there’s a website dedicated to it 🙂 It even boasts maps of street libraries all over the world!
Who knew there were so many?
Is your neighborhood represented?
I’m sure this is a sure sign that there’s hope for humanity.
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P.S. check these other street libraries out:
Garden Variety Life 
There’s also one on Dysart, the next street over from mine in Gorge Tillicum. I’ll have to take a picture of it for you. I haven’t visited it in a while. Thanks for the reminder!
I’d love to see a photo of it – – post it here if you have the chance 🙂