A parade of books lined the streets of McBride, B.C., on Friday as the local library — and all its contents — began the move into a new space this weekend.

Volunteers plan to cart 16,000 books from 241 Dominion Street, the McBride and District Public Library’s home since 1967, to its new location a few blocks away to 521 Main Street. 

“It was community impetus to move… the old [library] is very small and it’s an old building, it needs a lot of upkeep,” said Amber Ford, who organized the book parade.

She’s asked people in the community to bring bicycles, wagons, baskets and backpacks to help haul