Youngster’s Idea To Offer Little Free Library In Berlin Park Approved

BERLIN – Seven-year-old Ellie Zollinger was running around a playground in Salisbury when she screeched to a halt. She was enthralled by what she’d stumbled across — a Little Free Library.

“I ran to my mom to tell her what I found,” she said.

Her mother, Rose Zollinger, said she wasn’t even surprised the Little Free Library, a wooden, house-shaped container housing books, was the highlight of the day for her daughter.

“She was so excited,” Zollinger said. “She’s pretty much the only kid who goes to a playground and finds a library.”

The Little Free Library Ellie Zollinger discovered at Ben’s Red Swings in Salisbury had such an impact on her that she now wants to build her own. On Sept. 14, she received permission from the Berlin Town Council to erect a Little Free Library in Henry Park.

“It’s a great idea,” Councilman Troy Purnell said.

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