Boy, 9, creates library in his front yard. City, stupid, shuts it down. – Boing Boing

Boy, 9, creates library in his front yard. City, stupid, shuts it down. – Boing Boing

In Kansas, 9-year-old Spencer Collins has been told by authorities that he must stop sharing books with his neighbors, and close the little free library–honestly, it’s just a bookshelf–in his yard. Its slogan was "take a book, leave a book," but city government is mostly about the taking.

Speaking of Little Free Libraries, here’s a heartbreaking story about a little boy that loves to read, loves to share that joy, and that a city in Kansas is making him shut it down.