Emma Huett, 11, is sharing her love of reading to others in a different sort of way - by starting her own library.
On Sunday, the 11-year-old Eugene girl opened Emma's Little Free Library at her grandmother's house at 2706 Twin Hills Road, not far from Gerbes West.
"I saw one like it in Russellville. I just thought it was cool and I thought it was a smart idea," Emma said at the opening, which drew more than a dozen people.
Emma said she enjoys reading. Some of her favorites are the sci-fi novel "Divergent" that was turned into a movie in 2014, and "Wonderstruck," a historical fiction novel containing more than 600 pages.
After seeing that other little free library last fall, she decided to pool money she got for Christmas and other donations to come up with the $30 in supplies to build it. Her uncle, Steven Nix, built it for her.
She plans to spend her remaining funds to register her library with the Library of Congress, which costs about $40.
On opening day, the library was stuffed with 50-some books, ranging from classics such as H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" to modern-day bestsellers like "The Hunger Games."
It also featured plenty of kids' books, including "What Does the Cow Say?"
Emma said she hopes to continue to stock the library, and may take book requests through the library's Facebook page, Emma's Little Free Library JCMO. The page had 147 members on Sunday.
The public can stop by the library, located in the front yard near the street, to take or borrow a book, or leave a book for someone else.
"I think it's pretty cool," mom Jenny Reinkemeyer said. "Hopefully it will encourage kids to read."