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NewsNovember 2, 2016

Anyone interested in donating books to Cape Girardeau’s new Little Free Library sites may contact the following people: n For the Cape Girardeau Police Department’s box, call Lt. Brad Smith at (573) 335-6621, ext. 1148. Smith is accepting donations that will be stored at the station to help replenish its Little Free Library drop box as needed...

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A Little Free Library waits to transport users' imaginations through time and space outside the Cape Girardeau Police Department, 40 S. Sprigg St. The library is designed to resemble the TARDIS, the title character's time-traveling spaceship from the popular television show "Doctor Who."
A Little Free Library waits to transport users' imaginations through time and space outside the Cape Girardeau Police Department, 40 S. Sprigg St. The library is designed to resemble the TARDIS, the title character's time-traveling spaceship from the popular television show "Doctor Who."Emily Priddy

Anyone interested in donating books to Cape Girardeau’s new Little Free Library sites may contact the following people:

  • For the Cape Girardeau Police Department’s box, call Lt. Brad Smith at (573) 335-6621, ext. 1148.

Smith is accepting donations that will be stored at the station to help replenish its Little Free Library drop box as needed.

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  • For the recently dedicated box near St. Mary’s School in downtown, interested book donors may contact Melissa Stickel at (417) 793-1935 or stickelm@gibsonrecovery.org.

The Little Free Library movement began in 2009 when a Wisconsin man built a model of a one-room schoolhouse and mounted it on a post in his front yard. He filled it with books. Eventually, Little Free Libraries began popping up all over the country.

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