“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...
“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...
We are honored to receive the 2020 World Literacy Award for Little Free Library’s significant contribution to global literacy. The award was presented to our nonprofit organization by the World Literacy Foundation at the online World Literacy Summit. Andrew Kay,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Little Free Library box in Skokie, IL, stocked with toilet paper. Image credit: steward Carrie Z. Prior to becoming Little Free Library’s executive director, Greig Metzger spent several years as the executive director of a food shelf in the Minneapolis, MN,...
Have you ever walked by a Little Free Library book box and felt like you were seeing double? We love a good eye-catching library design! We’ve noticed a growing trend among little libraries where they’re designed to match the buildings behind them....
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...
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