"You always have books that are too good to put back on your shelf and not share with someone," said Denyce Tober, who has installed a new Little Free Library (LFL) at her business, Hidden Valley Self Storage, 105 Shamrock Lane, Parkesburg. "It's a great way to share books that you enjoy," she stated.

The box, filled with free books for adults, youths and children, includes a sign summarizing the LFL program, "Take a Book. Share a Book."

Tober said she learned about the LFL program while working in the Octorara Area School District along with her friend Nina Thwaites, a district librarian.

Tober first offered a book sharing box five years ago, but it had fallen into disrepair. She recently installed a new blue box that is made of weather-durable plastic that has the appearance of wood. Next to the box is a little flower garden and a chair.

"You can go on the Little Free Library website, and you can order kits of all kinds and all sizes," Tober said. "I try to have all genres in the box. I want to cater to (all readers). I love to read. I love to see what people leave, so I (have new,) interesting books to read."

As the library steward, Tober will rotate the books inside the box on a regular basis so that frequent visitors will always have a different selection of books to choose from. "I think it's a neat idea. Whoever thought of it was brilliant," she said.

According to http://www.littlefreelibrary.org, the goal of the organization is to promote literacy and reading by facilitating the building of free book exchange boxes worldwide. The book box at Hidden Valley Self Storage has been registered as LFL No. 41365 at http://www.littlefreelibrary.org. A listing of other local LFLs can be found on this website. For more information about Tober's box, email hiddenvalleystorage@verizon.net.