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Little Free Library #200,000 is here! This landmark library has been donated to Benjamin E. Mays IB World School, an elementary school in St. Paul’s historic Rondo neighborhood. It marks the first of 200 Little Free Libraries being granted to Title I schools across the US, in an effort to expand children’s access to books. Designed to resemble a red one-room schoolhouse, it pays homage to the original Little Free Library built by founder Todd H. Bol in 2009. To celebrate, the school hosted a dedication ceremony attended by 50 students who excelled in a school-wide reading challenge. All 340 students, kindergarten through fifth grade, received books donated by Penguin Random House and took part in a reading session. The worldwide LFL network spans all 50 states, 128 countries, and all seven continents.