Hooray! I’m not sure if we’re getting any more readers from this but we’re definitely getting more book donations. Right now, we’re getting an average of 5 new books donated each day – faster than I can keep up with stamping and adding BookCrossing bookplates. I have started reading up …
Category: Little Free Library
Apr 04
Beverly Cleary on turning 100: Kids today ‘don’t have the freedom’ I had – The Washington Post
The Greenbriar Little Free Library currently has a few Beverly Cleary books – but they don’t stick around long! Beverly Cleary doesn’t really want to talk about turning 100. “Go ahead and fuss,” she says of the big day, April 12. “Everyone else is.” Across the country, people are delving into Cleary nostalgia, with …
Apr 03
The New Shelf is IN!
Apr 02
Adding a New Shelf
Mar 12
Little by little, one for the books
Scarborough (Maine) Public Library has been offering a central place for residents to get books of all genres for more than 100 years. Now, there is a push to get literature into residents’ hands in a much different way. This spring, the library will launch two Little Free Libraries, small privately operated libraries in …
Mar 03
Travellers Staying At This Place In Scotland Take Turns Running The Bookshop Downstairs
At The Open Book, in Wigtown, Scotland, you can fulfill your dream of running a bookstore. The unique Airbnb flat costs just 57 USD a night, but it comes with a stipulation: renters also work at the bookshop on the first floor, doing everything that a regular bookshop owner might do in a regular, 40-hour …
Mar 02
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
My Little Free Library isn’t quite ready for the Grand Opening so we can’t have a Dr. Seuss party this year. Meanwhile, though… Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where I also grew up and went to High School. The Springfield Library Quadrangle has been home to the Dr. …