This is adorable! If there is interest in doing this around the CMLE area, we can help to make it happen!

‘Pop-Up Librarians’ let you devour some literature with your lunch

“A couple of times each month, lunchtime crowds at the Pop-Up Urban Park in downtown Wichita can get their food-truck cuisine with a side of literature.

The Wichita Public Library, as part of a new outreach effort, occasionally sends “Pop-Up Librarians” to the park at 121 E. Douglas to give away books and tell urban professionals about all the resources the library offers.

“It’s about surprising people with what a library is,” said Stephanie Huff, spokeswoman for the Wichita library.

“We give away books for free on a regular basis with loaning. So this is a little different, but it’s in that same vein of just celebrating the joy of reading for fun and pleasure.”

At least twice a month during the summer – the next event is Tuesday from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. – a staff member from the library’s Central branch packs a few dozen books into a vintage trunk and hauls them the block and a half to the Pop-Up Urban Park.

The books, which have been donated to the Friends of the Wichita Public Library, are free for the taking. And you don’t even have to return them.

Visitors are encouraged to take selfies with the librarian or their chosen book and spread the word on social media with the hashtag #PopUpLibrarian.”

(Read the rest of this article here, and check out all the great photos!)