Little Free Library

By Cindy R. Williams

Book lovers around the world are hosting small book stands, placed in front yards!

Known as Little Free Libraries, these neighborhood book repositories allow anyone to take a book to keep, give away, trade, or donate, or to simply read and return to the rack. Books are free. No library card is needed. 2021 was the grand opening of my own Little Free Library. It’s in a position where I’m able to see it through the window from my office desk.

One of my favorite things that happened with the Library: one rainy evening, while I sat at my desk working, a car pulled up. A man hopped out

of the driver’s seat. Even with my window closed, I could hear crying children in back of his car. The man quickly grabbed an armful of children’s books, opened the back door, handed the books to the children, who stopped crying immediately. He jumped back into his car and drove off. I figured it was probably “Girls Night Out” for his wife, and my Little Free Library saved his sanity. I keep a small basket with free items for children in my Little Free Library. One item I usually Photo by Cindy R. Williams stock is colored chalk. Often, A registered neighborhood Little Free when children take books, they’ll Library. leave a message on the sidewalk, thanking me, or creating beautiful, simple artwork. Last week I drew lion paws walk-

Photo by Cindy R. Williams Little Free Library.org: Take a Book – Share a Book.

ing toward the Little Free Library. The Little Free Library is a great community maker.

To set up your own Little Free Library, contact

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