Meet Miranda Paul and John Parra, the award-winning author and illustrator behind Little Libraries, Big Heroes, a children’s book that tells the origin story of the Little Free Library movement and the ordinary heroes who bring it to life. We asked Miranda...
What’s the one thing better than reading an amazing story? Sharing it with others! That’s why we’re working with Goodreads (the world’s largest community of readers, with 95 million members) to create a global week of book sharing. Give A Good Read Week runs...
We’re excited to announce the debut of Little Libraries, Big Heroes, a new picture book from award-winning duo Miranda Paul and John Parra! The book tells the inspirational story of how our late founder, Todd H. Bol, started the Little Free Library movement....
JUST ANNOUNCED! Our Action Book Club, which combines reading and community service, is launching a new theme: We Are Family, celebrating families of all kinds and how they shape us. In honor of the new theme, we’re hosting an exciting giveaway for Action Book...
The Little Free Library team is excited to welcome M. Greig Metzger as our new executive director. Read a personal letter from Greig about where he comes from and why he’s here: Greetings from Hudson, Wisconsin! I want to take a quick moment of your time to...
Summertime is full of sun, fun, and friends, but for many kids it’s missing one thing: books. According to a new Scholastic study, 53 percent of kids say the school library is the place where they go to get books. But when school’s out and this resource...
When a father reads to his child, the benefits are powerful. Studies show that dads are vital to their children’s literacy development, and reading together can help form unique, lifelong bonds. That’s why Kenneth Braswell, a national board member of the...
This spring we launched an epic contest with two-time Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo and Candlewick Press. The Challenge: Tell us something you’ve done to strengthen your community and inspire hope. The Reward: For five grand-prize winners, a...
As we celebrate 10 years of Little Free Library book exchanges, we’re reminiscing about a decade of surprising, inspiring, and sometimes-bizarre bits of Little Free Library lore. Here are 10 facts you might not know about the Little Free Library movement. 1....
It’s never too early to read about being kind! In honor of our 10th Anniversary and global event The Big Share, as well as the 100th Anniversary of Children’s Book Week, we put together a list of 100 children’s books about kindness and sharing....
Congratulations to this month’s Impact Library recipients, and welcome to the Little Free Library family! Little Free Library’s Impact Library Program provides no-cost Little Free Library book exchanges to underserved communities where they can make a...
Five-year-old Logan Brinson loves to read. So when the preschooler and his parents moved to Alpha, Illinois—population 700—and discovered the town didn’t have a public library, they decided to bring books to their neighborhood another way. Logan and his family...
Exciting news: Two-time Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo is collaborating with our nonprofit organization and Candlewick Press to give away five Little Free Libraries inspired by Kate’s work, along with autographed copies of her books! “Hope matters so...
If you’ve ever wanted to create a Little Free Library book exchange for your front yard, public park, or school playground, the book Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds: 12 Miniature Structures You Can Build will show you how! Published by Cool Springs Press in...
Unless you’ve been living under a stack of books, you’re probably aware of organizer-extraordinaire Marie Kondo and her mission to declutter the planet. To achieve that mission, Kondo—author of the bestselling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and...
Raise your hand if you’ve ever stayed up late finishing a John Grisham novel because you had to know how it ends. (Hand raised!) Because we love can’t-put-them-down books and our Little Free Library community, we were thrilled to partner with superstar...
Are you stuck in winter’s polar vortex, dreaming of flip flops instead of snow boots? If you’re like us, you’re also dreaming of Little Free Libraries in steamy climates and tropical settings. Here are ten warm-weather Little Free Libraries that...
Calling all readers ready to make a difference! Little Free Library’s Action Book Club, which combines reading and community engagement, is launching a new theme: Moving Forward, celebrating growth, resilience, and well-being for all. In honor of the new theme, the...
Talk about a “giving tree”! When a 110-year-old cottonwood tree in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, needed to be removed, Sharalee Armitage Howard—a librarian, artist, and bookbinder—transformed it into an amazing Little Free Library. Now, instead of providing...
As we near the end of 2018, we’re looking back at our biggest stories of the year. Here are our top five: 5. Today Show Launches a Little Free Library This summer, the Today show unveiled their very own Little Free Library book-sharing box at 30 Rockerfeller...
We’re proud to announce that the New York Times is now a partner of the Action Book Club! The New York Times’ Learning Network is providing a curated list of uplifting and thought-provoking articles relating to our Action Book Club theme “Come...
Today Little Free Library placed its 75,000th book exchange at Jenks East Elementary in Jenks, Oklahoma, a diverse school where 32 languages are spoken. This milestone Library joins LFL’s worldwide network of book exchanges. Since the Little Free Library nonprofit was...
We believe that books can bring people together and inspire change. That’s why we’re inviting you to join the latest session of Little Free Library’s Action Book Club—the book club that combines good reads with good deeds! We’re excited to...
Hey, Winnie-the-Pooh fans! (And you Eeyore fans, too!) On Monday, July 23, in celebration of the upcoming movie release for Disney’s Christopher Robin, select Little Free Libraries in twenty-one U.S. cities will be filled with Christopher Robin books, bookmarks,...
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