Steward Spotlight: Autumn Stephen
“Starting a Little Free Library is an incredibly rewarding and satisfying experience,” says Autumn Stephens. She shares how she and her husband created ‘Library Day’ for their neighborhood in this Steward Spotlight blog post.
Action Book Club Spotlight: Abbotsford, British Columbia
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...
Steward Spotlight: Bob Wanzel
In 2019, Bob Wanzel, his wife Barb, and their Bible study group helped build a pocket park in their College Hill neighborhood in North St. Louis, Missouri. Then they added Little Free Library #84421 to the park, with a focus on sharing children’s books....
Announcing Impact Library Recipients, July 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...
Why Sharing Diverse Books in Little Free Libraries Matters
This summer, readers are flooding Little Free Library book-sharing boxes with diverse books that amplify Black voices. Sarah Kamya, a New York high-school counselor and Little Free Library steward, is a champion of this movement. She began filling her local little...
Impact Library Story: Catherine Gilmore
“Gibsonton Elementary is a public school, located on the main road through town. The neighborhood matches the school in socioeconomic status as a very low-income (95% + at or below poverty) community. The families and community members are in a literacy desert....
Steward Spotlight: Rascona’s Rascals Daycare
Like many of us, Layla Rascona and her husband Anthony felt the toll of social distancing during COVID-19. “We felt super isolated. We spent more time at home and in our yard and I noticed a lot of new faces in other yards that I hadn’t met yet,”...
City of Albuquerque Partners with Little Free Library on Community Volunteerism
We are delighted to team up with the City of Albuquerque on a new initiative that encourages volunteers to establish Little Free Library book-sharing boxes in the community. The partnership is part of the Office of Civic Engagement’s One ABQ Volunteers program, which...