How to Winterize your Little Free Library
Can your Little Free Library withstand the winter? If you’ve been wondering how to winterize your Library, or whether you should take it down until the weather warms up, read on! We’ll answer common questions about Library maintenance during the snowy...
Steward Spotlight: Adam Seelig
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! Adam Seelig, a technology education teacher at John G. Borden Middle School in Wallkill, New York, found a creative way to bring five Little Free Libraries to his small community: make it a summer...
How a Safe Became a Little Library
With a little imagination, creating a Little Free Library book-sharing box doesn’t have to require building skills and lots of tools. You can turn most any object that already has a door and space inside into a Little Library! That’s exactly what steward...
57 Jaw-Dropping Little Free Libraries
Little Free Library book-sharing boxes come in all shapes and sizes, and we really do mean that! If you’re like us, you love seeing the latest crazy, cool, and thoughtful Little Free Library designs from all around the world. We’ve put together some of our...
10 Objects You Didn’t Know Could Be a Little Free Library
Using repurposed materials to build a Little Free Library book-sharing box is not only eco-friendly, but it can result in some pretty wild Little Free Library designs! When it comes down to it, you just need a structure that can hold books, and the designs below show...
How to Install a Solar Light on a Little Free Library
You might not suspect it, but your book-sharing box probably gets late-night visitors. It’s more common than you think! But keeping your Little Free Library lit up for those night-owl browsers can be a challenge. Solar lights to the rescue! Adding a solar light...
10 Amazing Harry Potter-Themed Little Free Libraries
Attention all Harry Potter fans: In celebration of Harry Potter Book Night and the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in the U.S., we’re sharing some of the most awesome Little Free Libraries featuring a Harry Potter theme. (We think Hermione, especially, would...
Spreading Art through Little Free Libraries
Little Free Libraries are more than just quaint little boxes that people put up in their front yards. Cities and organizations around the country are putting them up 5, 10 or 20 at a time to serve a variety of purposes. The city of Brantford, Ontario put their own creative spin on the 10 Little Free Libraries they placed around town.
The Literacy Club Created an Epic Airplane Little Free Library
Douglas and Jean Chadwick, co-founders of the Literacy Club, together with the Redlands Police Department, came up with a brilliant idea: could we build a trailer that could be transformed into a mobile library that the police could take to community events and hand out free books?
How to Turn a Newspaper Vending Box into a Little Free Library
One of the most creative and cost-effective ways to start a Little Free Library is convert an old newspaper dispenser into a Library. With the internet delivering news to millions of people these days, a lot of news companies have stopped selling their newspapers...
Fidelity Team Library Build Nearly Doubles the Library Footprint in Raleigh
When you think of building a Little Free Library, you probably think of your partner or husband spending the weekend in the garage, tinkering with the design until it’s just right. But individuals aren’t the only ones starting Little Libraries; businesses, service groups and corporations are getting in on the action by organizing Team Library Builds…
Library Build Case Study: Eagle Scout Project
If you’re a Boy Scout or Girl Scout looking to build a Little Free Library (perhaps for your Gold Award or Eagle Scout Project?), then this post is for you! In 2014, Patrick Hester, a Boy Scout in northern Indianapolis, decided to build and install four Little...
Got Little Free Library Envy? Start Here.
Does this sound familiar? “I remember the exact day I found out about Little Free Libraries. I fell in love; I knew I wanted one right away. The trouble is, I didn’t know where to start.” This post will show you some easy ways to start plus some resources you probably didn’t know about.
Re-Energize Your Little Library–Repair & Maintenance
Now that some Little Free Libraries have been out in the weather for several years of hard winters, hot summers and storms of all kinds, many of them are ready for some repair and updating. Here are some tips to help renew your Library.
Little Free Libraries on a Shoestring Budget
Worried about the skills or money needed to start a Little Free Library? This post will show you how to easily start a Little Free Library, no matter your budget or skill set.
Two Libraries A World Apart
One of these Little Free Libraries is in Thessaloniki, Greece and the other is in New York. So why are they nearly identical? In 2013 we collaborated with The PEN World Voices Festival and the Architectural League of New York to run a Little Free Library design...
3 Easy Library Designs We Love
Little Free Libraries come in all shapes and sizes, with the designs getting more creative and fun every day! We love getting the warm-and-fuzzies from sharing books and meeting new friends, but it’s just as fun to see the surprising new designs you’re all...
How 70 Students Built 10 Little Libraries In 3 Days
You love Little Free Libraries and you want to see them pop up in your community…but you’re not sure where to start. You could find someone to build one for you or buy one through littlefreelibrary.org, but you want to have a bigger impact than that. You...
Create Your Own Door Counter – And Let The Fun Begin
How do you know if your Little Free Library is being used? Maybe you notice different titles appearing and disappearing, or you see excited kids, families and neighbors taking a peek inside. If you want to get a bit more in-depth and figure out how often your Library...
How To Deal With Zoning Regulations – Spencer’s Story
You likely have heard the controversy surrounding 9-year-old Spencer Collins’s Little Free Library. In case you haven’t, you can get the full story here, but the short version is that the City Council of Leawood, Kansas (where Spencer lives) ordered him to...