{"id":16413,"date":"2016-09-02T08:21:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T12:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/?p=16413"},"modified":"2016-09-02T08:21:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T12:21:43","slug":"give-a-book-take-a-book-at-deal-little-free-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/2016\/09\/02\/give-a-book-take-a-book-at-deal-little-free-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Give a Book, Take a Book at Deal Little Free Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Little Free Library stations have been set up in Deal. Pictured with one of them are (from left) Taylor Sniffen, Deal Casino staffer; retired Boround Administrator James Rogers; Deal Casino Manager Carrie Sniffen, Borough Administrator Stephen Carasia, Mayor Sam Cohen, Amy Brenner, Deal Casino Aquatics Director and John Anastasia, beach superintendent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By DON STINE<\/strong><\/p>\n

People going to the beach or park in Deal should not have any problem finding reading material thanks to three Little Free Library stations recently installed there.
\n\u201cWe are excited for beach and park patrons to start using them, borrowing books that they love, and donating those that they would like to pass on,\u201d said Amy Brenner, the Deal Casino\u2019s Aquatics Director who began the new program in the borough.
\nLast month Deal officially opened its three Little Free Libraries located on beaches outside of the Conover Pavilion and the Deal Casino and at Harry Franco Park in memory of the late mayor.
\nBrenner decided to start the libraries because she saw them at other communities in the area and thought the families of Deal would love them. Little Libraries are usually strategically placed and contain a variety of books that people can borrow or take. People are also urged to put books into the stations.
\n\u201cIt is such a great idea and I thought we can definitely do that in Deal. And I hope people make use of it,\u201d she said.
\nBooks currently in the Little Libraries are from the beginner reading level to high school.
\n\u201cBut anybody can put different books in them,\u201d Brenner said.
\nBrenner is a middle school math teacher in Clinton and her husband Gary, who is the Deal Casino\u2019s Recreation Supervisor, is a high school physical education teacher in Middlesex.
\nWhen Brenner decided to start the libraries, she and her husband e-mailed the staff at their schools asking for book donations. The couple was astounded when they received hundreds of books donated by all of the teachers.
\nAnd is the program working?
\n\u201cIt is too early to tell because we just put them out but I have seen a few kids on the beach reading the books,\u201d Brenner said.
\nIn 2009, Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin, built a model of a one room schoolhouse as a tribute to his mother- a teacher who loved to read. He filled it with books and put it on a post in his front yard with a sign that said \u201cFree Books.\u201d The idea caught on and Little Libraries can now be found throughout the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  By DON STINE People going to the beach or park in Deal should not have any problem finding reading material thanks to three Little Free Library stations recently installed there. \u201cWe are excited for beach and park patrons to start using them, borrowing books that they love, and donating those that they would like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}