When Jodeen Percey of Concord first started her little library, it was never meant to be a big deal. "It started with just the little library and over time we needed to add more shelves," she said.

When Lakesite resident Christina Davenport approached City Manager Kirsten Ert Acuff last summer with her idea to install a “free little library” at City Hall, she had no idea how well her proposal ...