One Small Town, Over 100 Little Libraries
How did a town of just 30,000 people wind up with over 100 Little Libraries? Little Free Library steward Mary Lindsey shares how she accomplished so much in so little time.
DIY Little Free Library (Adorable AND Affordable!)
Every day we see cute, thoughtful Little Library designs that didn’t break the bank and required little-to-no assembly. Take Little Free Library steward Iliana Morton, for example. Her Library is a transformed IKEA metal cabinet cube that cost her $25, and the result is a bright, cute, cost-effective Library!
How to Create a Little Free Library “Sandwich” Sign
Julie Bush has made more than a few beautiful, eye-catching “sandwich” signs to promote Little Libraries in her town of Lafayette, Louisiana. We’re sharing her photos and process so that you can create one, too!
Litchfield Hills Little Free Libraries Share More Than Books
Rose Buckens and Jo Ann Jaacks are on a mission to bring Little Free Libraries to Litchfield, Connecticut and the surrounding towns. But some of their Little Free Library book exchanges don’t only share books. Jaacks and Buckens expanded on the traditional “Take a Book, Return a Book” idea…
Meet the Winners of the Little Free Library Design Contest
How would you design your dream Little Free Library? Last fall Chronicle Books challenged architects around the world to design outside-the-box Little Free Libraries. Now, the Little Free Library Design Competition winners have been announced!
Thanks, Officers! Bike Cops Deliver Books to Little Free Libraries
In Minneapolis, police officers don’t always ride in squad cars—some ride three-wheeled bikes around the city, filling up Little Free Libraries with books! Bike Cops for Kids, a popular Minneapolis Police Department program established in 2009, has delivered hundreds of free books…
How to Host a Little Free Library Crawl
Chances are, you’ve heard of a pub crawl. But what about a Little Free Library Crawl? This tour is a fun way to visit multiple Little Free Libraries in your neighborhood by foot, bike, or car. In this post, learn how a steward group hosted a well-attended Little Free Library Crawl in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Steward Rhonda Adams Got 150 People to Attend her Library’s Grand Opening (and She Shares Exactly How She Did It!)
Rhonda managed to get around 150 people to attend her Little Free Library’s Grand Opening and just about the whole town knew about it, which is one of the most wildly successful events we’ve heard of! She didn’t do anything crazy or exceptional, either. In fact, she followed a simple series of steps that just about anyone can take.
Hooray for West Hollywood: City Offers $600 Grants to Little Free Library Stewards
Have you ever dreamed of getting paid to start a Little Free Library? If you live in West Hollywood, California, you’re in luck. There, the city is offering eight $600 grants to build and maintain Little Free Libraries. How does it work? …
Project Empathy: Connecting Youth without Internet around the World
Over 80% of the people on Earth do not have access to the Internet. Imagine if you or your kids didn’t have access to the incredible amount of knowledge online – the photos, the videos, the stories, the chance to connect and learn from billions of other...
Evan’s Helpful Hints: Protecting and Advertising your Library
The creative family of stewards behind Little Free Library #21461 will share three helpful hints that they have used to advertise their Library (it can be tricky to get people to actually use a Little Library!), make it more visible and protect their guest book from, er…over-enthusiastic visitors.
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.
Library Takeover Tips Part 2: Getting Books From Publishers
Hey guys, If you haven’t seen them yet, check out our original post on Little Library Takeovers with tips from book blogger and LFL steward Swapna Krishna. You also don’t want to miss the first post in the Library Takeover Tips series, which shows you how...
Library Takeover Tips Part 1: What, When, How
Several months ago we wrote this blog post on how to host a Little Free Library Takeover. What is a Library Takeover? It’s when a particular Little Library removes all of its usual books and is stocked exclusively with either: Books from a specific publisher A...
Join The Worldwide Little Free Library Book Drive
With more than 25,000 locations worldwide all hungry for books, we’re celebrating our 3rd anniversary as a non-profit on May 16th with the Little Free Library Worldwide Book Drive for children’s, teen and young adult books. It’s Easy To Participate...
How to Start a Book Group – from Reading Group Choices
Book groups form for a variety of reasons, and in a variety of locations. A group may be made up of friends, co-workers, parents, neighbors, or people who were once strangers. A group may meet at a bookstore, home, café, church, or park. But, no matter the reason for...
Our Best Advice Yet – Plus Some Mind-Blowing Statistics
There are now over 20,000 registered Little Free Libraries worldwide…a feat that we have accomplished together in about 2 1/2 years. That’s crazy. Holy cow do we feel honored to take part in the creation of such an awesome network of book lovers around the...
Host a Little Free Library Takeover
One question we hear often is how do I keep people interested in my Library after the initial excitement wears off? Some neighborhoods just naturally adopt Libraries and a steady ebb and flow of books comes naturally. For others, it takes a little more work,...
Books Across Generations and Cultures
We all have or had grandparents. And chances are they have memories and insights that can be of real interest to young children . But fewer and fewer families these days have grandparents living with them. So what children learn about older people often comes from TV...
Help Research Little Free Libraries!
Neighborhood book exchanges come in all shapes and sizes. Here are the six that were studied in Vancouver. Starting in 2012 Tenny Webster and Kathleen Gollner , graduate students at the University of British Columbia, began asking some interesting questions. Their...
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...
You Want Weapons? We’re In A Library!
Jen Look loves her town of Macon, GA. She describes it as an amazing place going through economic revitalization, with lots of people working to create stronger communities. She read about Little Free Libraries and thought that they would be a great way to bring...