How to Turn a Filing Cabinet into a Little Free Library
There are lots of cool Little Free Library plans out there, but if you want to build a book exchange box, you don’t have to start from scratch. An easy way to save money and time is to modify an existing piece of furniture or appliance so that it’s ready...
Steward Spotlight: Olivia and Sophia Thornburg
“We think it is important that everyone has access to books and not everyone in our community has easy access to books,” say Olivia and Sophia Thornburg. For their Girl Scout Silver Award, they wanted to do something that would not only increase book...
Neighbor to Neighbor Literacy Project Builds 20 Little Libraries in Chicago Block Box Project
Things have changed a lot since Nancy Wulkan first put up two Little Free Library book boxes in her Chicago, Illinois, neighborhood in 2018. After seeing the big impact those little libraries had, she started the Neighbor to Neighbor Literacy Project (N2N), a...
Starting a Little Free Library: Boy Scout Success Stories
Attention all Scouts! Building one or several Little Free Library book-sharing boxes is a great way to make a lasting impact on your community. Keep reading to see how Boy Scouts, ranging from Cub Scouts to Eagle Scouts, have increased book access in their communities...
Young Builders Create Little Free Libraries on Disney’s ‘Shop Class’
Today Disney Plus launched Shop Class, a new competition series featuring teams of young builders, tasked with designing, building, and testing unique creations. In their first episode, teams are challenged with putting their own unique take on Little Free Library...
Little Free Library and Foresters Financial Build 77 Community Libraries
Talk about team building! We recently worked with Foresters Financial™ to create 77 Little Free Library book-sharing boxes, which were donated to communities in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Toronto.Foresters employees and member leaders created the Little Free...
United Way and Vertical Bridge Team Up For A Little Free Library Build
On July 27th in Orlando, 200 individuals from Vertical Bridge, a communications company, built 75 Little Free Library kits for a company-wide philanthropic event. See a bit of the elbow-grease being put to work below:...
Build Your Own Little Free Library with New How-To Book
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...
38 Must-See TARDIS Little Free Libraries
Attention Dr. Who fans! Did you know there are dozens of TARDIS Little Free Libraries around the world? Could there be a more appropriate theme for a Little Free Library book-sharing box? After all, the TARDIS is bigger on the inside…just like books. From...
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: We’re sharing some of the most awesome Little Free Libraries featuring a Harry Potter theme. (We think Hermione, especially, would love these book-sharing boxes.) 1. Quidditch, Anyone? A middle-school librarian in Stoughton,...
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.