Steward Spotlight: Tara Choate
This post is part of Little Free Library’s steward spotlight series! Being a Little Free Library steward can yield some surprising insights. On her Little Free Library’s first anniversary, steward Tara Choate reflected on what she’d learned over the...
Steward Spotlight: Katie Larson
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! For Katie Larson, starting a Little Free Library was a natural extension of her job as a seventh grade language arts teacher. Katie said, “I’m crazy obsessed with this Library and...
Librarian Transforms 110-Year-Old Tree into Jaw-Dropping Little Free Library
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...
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...
Steward Spotlight: Cynthia Taylor
The small island community of Grenada, located off the northeast coast of Venezuela, now has a Little Free Library #80239 in the capital city of St. George’s! The Library was built by a local Grenadian using recycled materials. Steward Cynthia Taylor registered...
Steward Spotlight: Raissa Martins of Livres Livros in Brazil
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! This series delves into the diversity of steward experience and uncovers the challenges, surprises, and best practices of Little Free Library volunteer stewards around the world. Raissa Martin has...
Steward Spotlight: Savannah Lewis
Savannah Lewis knew that many rural neighborhoods and small towns in Texas did not have public libraries or easy access to books. So for her Girl Scout Gold Award, she focused on ways that she could provide easy access to affordable books in rural neighborhoods near La Vernia, Texas. She ultimately built two Little Free Library book-sharing boxes…
Steward Spotlight: Debbie Teague
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! This series delves into the diversity of steward experience and uncovers the challenges, surprises, and best practices of Little Free Library volunteer stewards around the world. In October 2017,...
Steward Spotlight: Laura Webb
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! This series delves into the diversity of steward experience and uncovers the challenges, surprises, and best practices of Little Free Library volunteer stewards around the world. Laura Webb is the...
Steward Spotlight: St. Andrews Church Community Literacy Project
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Killarnock, Virginia launched their Community Literacy Project in 2013. The original goal was to put up four Little Free Library book-sharing boxes in nearby counties, but they decided to expand the project when they saw how many readers (especially young ones!) were gaining access to books because of the Little Libraries.
Steward Spotlight: Yea Community House
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! This series delves into the diversity of steward experience and uncovers the challenges, surprises, and best practices of Little Free Library volunteer stewards around the world. Carlie Underhill is...
Steward Spotlight: Talena Lachelle Queen
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! This series delves into the diversity of steward experience and uncovers the challenges, surprises, and best practices of Little Free Library volunteer stewards around the world. Talena Lachelle...