Get out the canoe — it’s time for a trip to the library. Starting on Saturday, a “Floating Library” will be anchored offshore on Lake Phalen near Phalen Park Beach with volunteer librarians on board ...

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This month, Silverwood Park in St. Anthony, Minn., is playing host to a library unlike any other. It's filled with one-of-a-kind books crafted by artists from all over the world. You can browse the ...

You’ve heard of good beach reads. How about good drifting-in-the-middle-of-the-lake reads? And what better place to get a book for your boat than at a floating library? Move over bookmobile, it’s the ...

We SoCalers, loving transportation as we do, reach our local library branch in myriad ways. We can hop the bus, drive, have a friend drop us off, bike, roller skate, or use a pogo stick or unicycle to ...

It makes sense that the idea for the Floating Library came to artist Sarah Peters while she was drifting away in a boat, aching to do something more than stare at the reflection of the sun. "Beach ...

In order to visit the library, you'll have to get friendly with a pedal boat to check out the new reads. Thursday marks the first day of the floating library's weekend at Echo park lake. The library ...