How to Create a Neighborhood Treasure Hunt
“I decided to try something new … and it has been incrediby popular. Everyone has been loving having an activity to do while social distancing,” says Alexandra MacDonald, steward of Little Free Library #20834 in Toronto, Ontario. (Find her library...
Sharing Homemade Face Masks in Little Free Libraries
During the coronavirus outbreak, Little Free Library stewards are finding creative ways to help their neighbors, transforming their libraries to share everything from ramen noodles and canned goods to toilet paper and jigsaw puzzles. In an ingenious twist, homemade...
Action Book Club Spotlight: Global Book Club Meets Virtually
Action Book Clubs across the country are combining reading with community service—and having fun along the way! In this series, we’re highlighting some of our favorite reading groups. To find out how you can start an Action Book Club of your own visit the program’s...
In Uncertain Times, Little Free Library Stewards Lend a Hand
Community engagement and sharing with others are at the heart of the Little Free Library movement. In just a few days, the spirit of sharing in Little Free Libraries has shifted to accommodate different and increased needs in communities all over the world. By now you...
Announcing Impact Library Recipients, March 2020
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 meaningful...
Announcing Our Partnership with Love Your Melon!
Love Your Melon began with the simple idea of putting a hat on every child battling cancer in America. In 2012, they started with a goal of giving 45,000 hats, but have since given over 190,000 hats to children battling cancer. Additionally, they have donated over 6.2...
Staff Picks: Recommended Reads for Black History Month
At Little Free Library HQ, it comes as no surprise that the staff is full of readers. Whether we’re swapping copies of our most beloved titles or sharing recommendations and reviews at the lunch table, books are central to what we do and who we are. This month...
Our Favorite #LFLMoments of 2019
2019 was a great year for Little Free Library! We celebrated our 10-year Anniversary, eclipsed 100 countries worldwide, and are quickly approaching 100,000 book-sharing boxes around the world! And as more book-sharing boxes spring up, more “moments” are created. These...
Sharing More than Books: Handwritten Notes from Little Free Library Visitors to Stewards
With a new year upon us, many folks are taking a moment to note what they’re grateful for and the positive changes they’d like to work toward in the months to come. One simple gesture of gratitude has been a staple for centuries across the world: the thank...
Celebrating Little Free Libraries Around the World
As we wrap up our 10 Years of Little Free Libraries celebration, we want to take some time to honor our international stewards, who are often the first folks in their regions to start a Little Free Library! In the United States and Canada, finding a Little Free...
7 Fabulously Fall-Inspired Little Free Libraries
Every season, Little Free Library stewards blow us away with their creative decor and holiday celebrations, and this year is no exception! Decorating your Little Free Library to celebrate different holidays and seasons, as well as offering seasonal reads, is a great...Author Q&A: Regina Porter
Meet Regina Porter, author of critically acclaimed The Travelers, described as “a sweeping and devastating debut novel following two American families, one white and one black, from the 1950s through Barack Obama’s first year as president, and grappling...
#LFLMoments: Back-to-School Season, Book-Sharing Besties, and more!
This post is part of our Little Free Library moments series! This series highlights touching moments that are created by stewards and their Little Free Libraries. Little Free Library #75078 in Westborough, Massachusetts, set out school supplies and fresh books to...It’s Give a Good Read Week!
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...
9 Bookish Library Designs to Celebrate National Read a Book Day
Happy National Read a Book Day! Little Free Library volunteer stewards and book-lovers all over the country are finding unique ways to celebrate, including baking treats to share with visitors, making fun bookmarks to hand out, and carving out some quality time to...
7 Cheap and Creative Ways to Expand your Little Free Library Book-Sharing Box
You figured out how to start a Little Free Library book exchange, and things are going well, but you’ve got a problem: too many books! Many Little Free Library volunteer stewards quickly realize that their neighbors are sharing more books than their library can...
Creative and Complementary: The Benefits Little Free Library Book Exchanges Bring to Public Libraries
The relationship between Little Free Library book-sharing boxes and public or school libraries is a frequent and often contentious discussion among readers. It’s easy to forget that the end goal of all libraries big and small is the same: getting books into peoples’...
Introducing New Children’s Book ‘Little Libraries, Big Heroes’
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....
Ojai Public Library Comes up with Ingenious Way to Get Kids Excited about Books
The public library in Ojai Valley, California, and the Ojai Valley Library Friends & Foundation (OVLFF) came up with an ingenious way to get kids excited about books and encourage them to read more. They encouraged kids to visit at least 10 of the Little Free...
5 Ways Your Little Free Library Can Help Kids Read All Summer Long
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...
Sweet Video of a New Steward Realizing People are Sharing Books in His Little Free Library Goes Viral
When Sophie shared an adorable video of her dad delightedly counting the number of books that had been taken from his Little Free Library book-sharing box, she probably didn’t expect it to go viral. But since she posted the video to Twitter a few days ago,...
3 Creative Ways to Get More Little Library Visitors
If you’re lucky, lots of people will use your Little Free Library right from the start. Sometimes, though, it takes weeks or months for people to discover a new Little Library. This is especially true for Libraries in secluded locations or those tucked away on...
Read and Grow: Little Free Libraries and Gardens
With Spring on the way, it’s time to start preparing your Little Free Library for more foot traffic and book circulation. For some stewards with green thumbs, they are also gearing up to share seeds, scents, and floral scenery at their Library!