Dec 22, 2019
If you’re a serious book lover, you’d love The Book Thing of Baltimore, Maryland, b/c the books are free. Even if you offer to pay something, it won’t be accepted.
There are half a million books in this warehouse and you can take as many as you like.
There’s a map of the building.
There tons of periodicals, too.
The founder, Russell Wattenberg, who has since stepped down due to health issues, overheard teachers talking that they were unable to get books into the hands of impoverished students.The operation’s new director is longtime volunteer Bonnie Hoppa.
The beloved community space has only one rule- do not resell the books, and each one is stamped as such.
bookthing.org
