If you’re a Little Free Library steward in need of books, you’re in the right place! The Steward Book Directory below showcases opportunities for stewards to receive free books from individuals and organizations worldwide. Use the search bar and/or filters to refine the opportunities listed on the wall to meet your criteria. Please contact us if you need to remove or edit your existing listing on the directory. Please note this is NOT a place for stewards to list their libraries. Individual little libraries will NOT be listed on this directory.
If you are a publisher and would like to participate in a book giveaway of 100+ copies, please contact Margret Aldrich at maldrich@littlefreelibrary.org. View our publisher PDF to learn more about the ways we’d love to work together!
Books from Sound True Foundation!
Who can apply?
How to Request Books:
If interested in requesting, please email soundstruefoundation@soundstrue.com with your name, address, and title of the book you'd like to request. Requesters can request all or select books - up to 5 books of each title. Please put "Little Free Library" on the subject line. Thank you! Visit https://soundstruefoundation.org/ to learn more about us.Queen City Book Bank Provides Free Used Books
Who can apply?
The Queen City Book Bank, located in Cincinnati, OH, is happy to provide gently used books through our Book Giveaway Days and through special requests as needed to stewards and community partners. Books will need to be picked up in the Cincinnati, OH area.
How to Request Books:
Our upcoming Book Giveaway days will be held on: March 26, 2024 and July 9, 2024. If you would like to request books at a different time, please email Shymain at Shymain@queencitybookbank.org.Algonquin Chapter NSDAR
Who can apply?
These are books that I collected for a DAR project and I have more books than I need for my literacy project.
How to Request Books:
Send email to Victoria Hamilton at hamilton5654@att.netFree Books from Greenville Literacy Association
Who can apply?
GLA gets over 160,000 books donated annually for the Really Big Book Sale. Many of these books don’t pass our standards for the book sale but are still great books. We would like to rehome these.
How to Request Books:
The numbers of books to donate will vary week to week. Email ellen.lane@greenvilleliteracy.org to request or get more info.Impact LFL Program Steward Support
Who can apply?
BookSmiles is pleased to offer books for LFL stewards who have been named Impact program recipients or whose library is in a book desert. Books must be picked up in person in New Jersey.
How to Request Books:
You will need to be an Impact program recipient or steward a library in a book desert (see Unite for Literacy's Book Desert Map - linked above - to verify your location) to qualify for this opportunity. Please pick up books at BookSmiles, 7300 North Crescent Blvd. #10, Pennsauken, NJ 08110 during operating hours.Austin Area Free Book Box
Who can apply?
As a LFL Volunteer, we have gathered multiple boxes of books from many libraries and business around the Austin Area. Each box contains 30+ books and for a limited time we can give 1-2 boxes each.
How to Request Books:
Please only be a Steward located in the Austin Area - Williamson / Travis County area. This is available for pickup in Liberty Hill Each steward can receive 1 - 2 boxes of books that are filled with around 30+ books each. Please fill out the survey link to schedule!Reading Is FUNdamental of Northern Virginia
Who can apply?
We provide very gently used books ages baby through sixth grade. We have several pick-up locations in Northern Virginia and do some deliveries. For more information: www.rifnova.org
How to Request Books:
Fill out the form below and a volunteer will contact you to arrange for transfer of the books. We love pictures for our website!Free Children’s books for MN LFL stewards
Who can apply?
The Free Book Buggie is a nonprofit dedicated to providing access to free children’s books throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul MN metro region. Help us share the love of reading with children!
How to Request Books:
LFL stewards are welcome to receive books on the first Saturday of the month between 10-10:30 am. We are located in Burnsville High School, 600 State Highway 13, Burnsville. Please fill out the form on our website, https://www.thefreebookbuggie.org/get-involved-2/book-requests. You can also check out the events calendar: https://www.thefreebookbuggie.org/events-calendarChildren’s Nonfiction and Fiction titles
Who can apply?
ABDO is a leading children’s educational book publisher (PreK-12) We have lots of titles we would like to move out of our Edina office. Come and grab as many books as you would like.
How to Request Books:
Please email Grace Hansen ghansen@abdobooks.com to set up a date and time to browse our titles and choose the books that you would like. https://abdobooks.comBooks, DVDs, and CDs from ListenToYourGut
Who can apply?
Current Stock:
Relax for the fun of it (book and CD) – 103 Utah and 126 Tennessee warehouse
Baby Fart Aerobics ( DVD ) – 327 Utah and 472 Tennessee
Murray the Shark Vol 1 ( CD ) – 287 UT and 390 TN
Murray the Shark Vol 2 ( CD ) – 269 UT and 386 TN
Murray the Shark Vol 3 ( CD ) – 196 UT and 344 TN
Murray The Shark Series: Murray & Friends Poster (12’x12′ Full color) – 325 UT
How to Request Books:
Email service@listentoyourgut.com or call 888-866-7745. Please provide your shipping address, phone number, email address, and titles you are interested in + number of copies you would like. If you would like to pickup materials locally in either Utah or Tennessee, please indicate that in your email. Visit webpage below for more information on titles.Alias Emma by Ava Glass
Who can apply?
In this “high-octane spy thriller in the Ian Fleming mold” (CrimeReads), a British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across London after Russia hacks the city’s security cameras.
How to Request Books:
Email Emma Thomasch at ethomasch@penguinrandomhouse.com, noting your LFL mailing address.Three Keys by Laura Pritchett
Who can apply?
Newly widowed and unemployed, a woman in her mid-fifties sets off on a journey of trespassing and adventure through the American West and beyond in this witty, thought-provoking novel.