My street library was just a family project. What happened next,well,you wouldn’t read about it

My street library was just a family project. What happened next,well,you wouldn’t read about it

Some people say books are dead. My family’s sweet little street library,named Dumbledore,brought our community alive.

  • byAmy Adeney

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