What can you borrow?

Robin Koch sits in The Kitchen Share Library, which she started in Portland, Oregon. (AP)
People only need photo identification and proof of their address to become borrowers. (AP)
The Kitchen Share Library is housed in a church in Portland, Oregon. It has a supply of kitchen tools that can be shared among local residents. (AP)
People in Akron, Ohio, can borrow these baking supplies at the city’s public library. (AP)
A painting on loan from the Minneapolis Art Lending Library hangs on the wall of a home in Minnesota. (AP)

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Do you need an ice cream maker or a pressure cooker? Go to the library! Does that sound funny? You can borrow things like that from The Kitchen Library.

Many public libraries also lend more than books. Some let you borrow paintings. Some lend tools. What would you like to borrow?

READ MORE: Many libraries are beginning to lend more than books! The Kitchen Library in Portland, Oregon, lends kitchen tools. Some people don’t have much storage space. It’s helpful for them to borrow things. They can use something and then return it. Other people want to try things before they buy them. It’s free to borrow from a library! Psalm 37:21 says, “The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives.”