Announcing Impact Library Recipients, June 2020
Congratulations to this month’s Impact Library recipients, and welcome to the Little Free Library family! After a brief hiatus, we are thrilled to get back to granting little libraries to communities all over the country. Little Free Library’s Impact Library...
Little Free Library Grants 100 Book-Sharing Boxes: Announcing the Recipients!
The Little Free Library nonprofit organization is granting 100 Little Free Library book-sharing boxes to sites that serve children in an effort to improve book access for kids across the country. We’re thrilled to announce the first 50 grantees! Recipients...
Announcing Impact Library Recipients, May 2020
Congratulations to this month’s Impact Library recipients, and welcome to the Little Free Library family! After a brief hiatus, we are thrilled to get back to granting little libraries to communities all over the country. Little Free Library’s Impact Library...
Impact Library Story: Chris Lawton
“In recent standardized testing, the number of kids reading at a third-grade level once they reach third grade was only 7% at Orchard Place. As a result, the Housing Authority, in conjunction with a local nonprofit, has recently launched a kids club literacy...
Impact Library Story: Anna Kelly
Anna Kelly works in an Indianapolis, Indiana, school where about 85% of the students are on free or reduced-lunch. “Our kids come to school each day because it is a safe haven to provide for their basic needs as well as learn,” says Anna. She wanted to get...
Little Free Library Celebrates Milestone 100,000th Library
The 100,000th Little Free Library is here! We are thrilled to announce that the world’s 100,000th Little Free Library book-sharing box now stands at the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) in Houston. To celebrate this milestone, we are...
Impact Library Story: Julien Zeitouni
“Earlier this year, I visited Washington DC, and stumbled upon these cute little houses filled with books. Some streets even had several of them. I liked the idea right away, and thought it would be a great addition to my neighborhood of Ocean Hill, in Brooklyn,...
Little Free Library Honoring Native Americans Unveiled at Smithsonian
The Smithsonian recently installed a birchbark Little Free Library book-sharing box at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C., donated by the Little Free Library (LFL) nonprofit organization. The “take a book, share a book” library seeks...
Impact Library Story: Myaamia Heritage Museum & Archive
There is a growing literacy crisis in the United States. Access to books is a critical factor in whether a child learns to love reading and goes on to succeed academically. That’s why we’re working to increase access to books where they’re needed...
Steward Spotlight: Neighbor to Neighbor Literacy Project
“We were blown away by the positive response. We believe that a citywide network of Little Free Library [book boxes] can help to create positive interactions and engagement across all our diverse neighborhoods and can help break down barriers between...
Announcing Impact Library Recipients, May 2019
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...
Big Milestone for Little Free Library: 50,000 Libraries Worldwide
Today we’re celebrating a major landmark: the 50,000th Little Free Library! Little Free Library No. 50,000 has been placed at the Illumination Foundation, a homeless shelter in Santa Ana, California, where there is only one public library for more than 335,000 residents.
Impact Library Program Makes Little Free Libraries Possible for All
Little Free Libraries welcome people of all ages and backgrounds to take a book and share a book. Just as we want everyone to have access to free books, we want everyone who wants one to have a Little Free Library, regardless of their ability to pay for it. That’s where Little Free Library’s Impact Library Program—and you—come in!
Steward Stories: Something to Bring You Joy
“When I found out that Little Free Library was going to donate a Library to me, I was overwhelmed! It was just so kind, which is unusual, sometimes, for people to reach out and help you like that. When it arrived in the mail, I sat down on the floor, and I was literally in tears of happiness.” Read the rest of this sweet steward story…
A Little Free Library in a Zoo!
See how a Little Free Library in a Rhode Island Zoo impacts hundreds of children and adults each day. Plus, some tips from the audacious steward on how to get a Library started in your own organization.
Increasing Book Access: The Barber of Iowa and The Mailman of Utah
We’ve been busy ending book deserts across the nation thanks to your support. We wanted to tell you about a few of them that you might have seen in the news recently, including the story of a barber in Iowa who asks kids to read books aloud in exchange for a haircut.
Helping Cobb Recover From Disaster
After a fire destroyed nearly 2,000 homes in the small town of Cobb, California, one teacher reached out and we were thrilled to donate a Little Free Library to help the town get back on its feet.
Promoting Kindness Through Little Free Libraries
“This project, putting up a Little Free Library, will promote the act of kindness through community service. It’s important to demonstrate community involvement to the students at Euchee Creek Elementary.” Trina Finley is a media specialist in the...
Sharing Books From My Front Yard
“Just hours after we put the library up, a little girl stopped and shouted to her father, who was down the street, ‘Daddy! I want to get a book!’ and my heart melted.” Amy Viets knew that her neighborhood full of young kids, over 70% of whom...
Helping Kids With Incarcerated Parents
“They don’t have any possessions. By giving kids books, they have something to call their own, wherever they end up living. The books offer a reprieve from their situation and a means to strengthen their academic skills.” Denise Ray is the founder of...
Plant a Little Free Library, Watch Readers Grow
What’s one way to encourage students to read, even when school’s out? Plant a Little Free Library in the schoolyard, where kids will have access to it all summer long. This spring, parent volunteers at Kenny Community School—a K-5 public school in Minneapolis—did just...
Giddyap with Little Free Library
The horses of Jeremiah’s Crossing, a therapeutic horseback-riding ranch in central Wisconsin, are a diverse bunch. There’s Rocky, a Palomino quarter horse; Allee, the Bay Tobiano Paint; Sugar, an Appaloosa mare; and Chief, the resident Mustang, to name a few. All play...