June 15th was the National Day of Free Books. We decided to create a small space for Bookcrossing in our school. In order to do that, we installed a bookshelf in the hall by the main entrance.
Bookcrossing is an unconventional way of popularizing books and reading by giving them away for free through the “pass it on” method. Bookcrossing consists in leaving read books in public areas, as well as on specially designated shelves (tables, bookcases, display cases, open-air bookcases) so that the person who finds them can read them and return them into circulation. These activities are aimed primarily to create a kind of global library by the readers, without any institutional framework, fees or library cards.
On June 21 we officially launched the campaign. Our readers came with books and turned them in themselves on the bookshelf that is to serve this endeavor. Our aim is to teach children and youth that books should travel, circulate from hand to hand, so that they can live and fulfill their task. What is important in this journey is that they simply be read. They are not decorations on the shelves, they become available to the public. So – they live because they teach entertain and surprise us.
We would like to thank everyone for their involvement in the dissemination of literature using this unconventional method. We hope that bookcrossing will become an inseparable element of the activities of the Nobel Prize winners’ Library and our school.
