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News rack becomes lending library

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News rack becomes lending library

Eight-year-old Augie Bidwell is gracing his neighbors with a new Little Free Library, crafted from a retired Taylor Press newspaper rack.The Taylor Press is a sister paper of the Elgin Courier, both owned by Granite Media Partners Inc.For the past few years, Elgin resident Augie has had a fascination with bookcases promoted by the nonprofit Little Free Library, an organization that encourages youth literacy and communal book exchanges through small, public neighborhood shelves.The bookcases range in size, color and decoration, but all operate through an honor system of “take a book, leave a book.”With the help of his parents, Elisha ...

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