General News
28 January, 2023
Boxes booked for exchange
BOXES of great reading are finding their way to a blue book exchange in Inglewood. Morgan and Flynn Lonza and their mother Simone have transferred books packed in their home to the box designed and made at the town’s men’s shed.“We had boxes of...
BOXES of great reading are finding their way to a blue book exchange in Inglewood.
Morgan and Flynn Lonza and their mother Simone have transferred books packed in their home to the box designed and made at the town’s men’s shed.
“We had boxes of books ... we’re big readers ... and thought they could be shared as a way of connecting the community,” Simone said. “It’s become a place where people leave a book and take a book.”
Simone said there had also been a collection of children’s DVDs put on a shelf at the Tarnagulla Road book exchange.
She hopes users of the exchange will add more adult titles and “may be even puzzles”.
Morgan, a student at East Loddon P12 College, has a reading appetite for fantasy and World War Two history.
He’ll be keeping a keen eye on deposits in those genres for titles to expand his reading list.
Simone said the family came up with a concept for the book exchange nook.
“We gave neighbour Kevin Poyser a rough drawing and the men’s shed turned it into a reality. And the blue really makes it stand out,” she said.
“We’ve already a lot of children’s books and hope neighbours can add more adult titles.”