Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There will be books, and there will be readers. Certainly stories to follow with lessons to learn, just waiting to be checked out.

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. One weekend in September, a couple walking their dog passed by ...

Volunteers at a “human library” share their stories through conversations— sort of like a live, human memoir. The event’s organizer, Prairie Markussen, stands with Alejandro Joleanis, a volunteer who ...

With the isolation of the pandemic, I think people are craving meaningful conversations,” says Jennifer Korn, Pleasant Ridge Library Branch Manager. “It’s [also] really easy for people to become ...

When two people on completely different ends of the political spectrum told Mary Farmer-Kaiser that the Human Library was a great idea, she says she knew she needed to do what she could to make one ...

People volunteering as books spoke to readers at the Human Library event held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Photo by Leslie Schipa The lawn area at the ...

At a Human Library event at the Santa Monica Public Library in California, a police detective "book" talks to two "readers." Human Library events and projects, which are held at libraries across the ...

You spend an hour each day working out at the gym to improve your body: Would you spend 25 minutes on Oct. 19 investing in yourself as a person? The Human Library returns to Osterville Village Library ...

The story was updated to correct the headline. When a friend of Tanya Evans told her that she was sure there were Afghan refugees in Northwest Arkansas but she just hadn't met any, it gave her an idea ...