The social contract is being broken in Oak Cliff.
Over the past few weeks, neighborly Cliff dwellers have woken up to find their Little Free Libraries wiped clean. The whimsical boxes operate on a “take a book, leave a book” honor system, and a tracker app shows that at least 30 boxes are registered in the Oak Cliff neighborhood.
But someone is taking all the books — genre, age group and subject matter notwithstanding — and leaving none, a clear violation of the unspoken understanding we all share when it comes to Little Free Libraries. An army of neighbors have taken to social media to bring attention to this thievery and ask why anyone would target a miniature library, of all things…