Warwick has a new library, but it may not be what you expect.

The Penguin Little Free Library, being opened by Connie Palagi, is a small, enclosed structure where people can take and give books “without rules or fees.”

Little Free Library is a worldwide movement that began in Wisconsin in 2009 to promote literature and literacy around the globe by creating an easy and accessible source. Little Free Libraries has over 20,000 libraries in seven different countries with more than 10 in Rhode Island, but Palagi’s will be the first in Warwick.

Palagi, a self-titled bookworm and lover, first heard of the Little Free Library on an airplane ride to Cuba, where the girl sitting next to her, who had her own Little Free Library, asked if the book she was reading was from one. Palagi had no idea but, once she began researching, “loved the idea of a grassroots library movement both adults and children could benefit from.” She contacted the organization and got the rights to open her own Little Free Library, naming it after the street she lives on. The free little library is on her property at 109 Penguin Avenue, Warwick.

Her boyfriend built the small library in about five days, and already Palagi has over 50 books in the collection.

There was some initial concern about someone vandalizing the little library, but Palagi said that wasn’t going to stop her.

“I’ve never let possible bad things stop me from doing something good. I don’t operate like that,” she said.

She is holding a ribbon cutting today, June 4, in front of her home at 6 p.m. Palagi is asking everyone who attends to bring at least one book to donate to the library.

With Little Free Libraries growing in popularity around the globe, Palagi hopes the community embraces the one she is opening.

She said each individual library “has its own personality,” and it’s actually a trend to find the libraries not only in your community but also on your travels as well to see the designs and to help out by donating books.

For more information on the Little Free Library Movement or to begin your own chapter visit www.littlefreelibrary.org.