Thornville resident planning a new mobile bookstore – The Newark Advocate

At some point in the next few weekends, you might see a big school bus filled with books driving around Licking County. The Book Bus, a new mobile bookstore, will be driven by Barbary Sanderson, an IT technician at Licking Memorial Health Systems with a passion for reading and literacy.
Based in Thornville, Sanderson is in the process of using book drives and donations, in addition to acquiring new books, to stock the shelves of the bus. Once ready, Sanderson plans to make appearances at events and a variety of locations in order to provide accessible book services to people. 
“I think it’s a nice way to get out there and provide books,” Sanderson said. “We want to be a little closer to folks within their community … You can go on Amazon and sift through hundreds and thousands of books, but when you have somebody to talk to you, and you can say ‘I read this book and I want something like that,’ that’s what your local librarian and bookstore folks are there for.”
This curated selection will include a variety of options. Sanderson plans to stock the bus with books for all ages and tastes. 
“I really hope to have something for everybody,” she said. “A lot of the new stuff that I’ve bought has been across all ages and genres.”
In the future, Sanderson hopes to expand the bus to include literacy services. She mentioned giving away books to kids or setting up activities like story time in the park. The flexibility that the bus provides allows her to restock it depending on where she is set up — so she can fill it with new fiction novels at a brewery or a winery, and replace those with children’s books for a trip to the park.
The bus might find itself all over the neighboring counties, like Fairfield and Muskingum, as Sanderson organizes vendor events and literacy promotions. 
With a background in education and a history of working at a library, Sanderson has been around books and had a desire to provide something valuable for the community. 
“Books and literacy and programming around reading has always been something that I really enjoyed, so I decided to dive in and start figuring things out as I go.”

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