Due to the coronavirus pandemic the Loveland Public Library is temporarily closed, but readers in need of new books can still get their fix at Little Free Libraries around the city.
Addyson Kuzmich, 13, created a Little Free Library with the help of her parents next to their home at 3191 Hudson Court in the Hunter’s Run neighborhood of Loveland. The seventh grader at Lucile Erwin Middle School had to come up with an idea for her National Junior Honor Society service project.
When her family was visiting Grand Junction last year for her sister’s swim meet, the house next door to where they were staying had a Little Free Library. Kuzmich loves reading — her favorite series is the Kingdom Keepers — so creating a library of her own seemed like a great idea.
Kuzmich had to make a presentation to the neighborhood homeowners association to get approval, and contacted the fire department and city planning department as well. The family found an old grandfather clock at Arc, and she and her father Steve renovated it into a bookshelf.
The clock — still ticking, and painted to match the color of the house — is now filled with kids and adult books for the community to enjoy, along with a tin of treats for neighborhood dogs. It was installed in November right before the snowstorm over Thanksgiving week.
Jennifer Kuzmich, Addyson’s mother, said the family has seen an increase in people stopping by in the past couple weeks, but isn’t sure if it’s because the public library is closed or because it was spring break and more kids were outside. The family has been wiping down the library with bleach regularly to keep it clean.
Kuzmich is now working on a friendship garden to go along with the library for her service project this year.
Amy Gebhardt opened a library at her family’s home at 1645 Kennedy Ave. in 2015.
“I love sharing books with people so it seemed like a no-brainer,” she said.
Gebhardt runs a program in the Thompson School District called “Battle of the Books” to get kids excited about reading, and the library has both kids books and adult books.
Currently, she and her daughter are reading “Little Women,” and plan to add it to the library after they’re finished. She also recently read the humorous novel “Nothing to See Here” by Kevin Wilson, which she said helped keep her mind off current events.
Gebhardt stocks the library herself with books she finds at thrift stores and yard sales, but she always leaves a little space in the shelves so that people can donate their own books too.
The Little Free Library organization recently sent out an email to library owners about COVID-19, saying that in light of the virus some owners are choosing to temporarily close their libraries. Gebhardt decided to keep hers open.
“I think people are needing stuff to read during this time,” she said.
You can find more Little Free Libraries in the Loveland area at littlefreelibrary.org/ourmap/.
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