KarunaNews Story

Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community formed a human chain to help a local bookshop move its 9,100 books — one by one — to a new storefront about a block away. The “book brigade” of around 300 people stood in two lines, passing each title from Serendipity Books’ former location directly to the correct shelves in the new building. “It was a practical way to move the books, but it also was a way for everybody to have a part,” said store owner Michelle Tuplin. “As people passed the books along, they said ‘I have not read this’ and ‘that’s a good one.’” It took just under two hours — much shorter than hiring a moving company to box and unbox the thousands of titles. The brigade even put the books back on the shelves in alphabetical order.