What can I use for a little free library?
10 Objects You Didn’t Know Could Be a Little Free Library
- A wine barrel Library.
- A coffin Little Free Library for spooky books!
- A grandfather clock finds new life as a Library!
- A Library with a ski roof and ski pole doors.
- A newspaper box with vertical planters full of herbs and flowers.
Can you put a little free library anywhere?
Nope. We have no rules about where you may install a little library, but be sure to check with the landowner before installing one wherever you please. Many libraries are outdoors, but yours could be a bookcase in a coffee shop, a wicker basket in an office or a cute wooden box in the lobby of your apartment building.
What are free libraries?
A Little Free Library is a “take a book, return a book” free book exchange. They come in many shapes and sizes, but the most common version is a small wooden box of books. Anyone may take a book or bring a book to share.
How do I get a free little library?
You can build your own Little Free Library following any design you like; find someone locally to build one for you; or purchase a library through Little Free Library’s online store. Libraries purchased through our online store are automatically registered and come with a charter sign included.
How do I build a little free library in my neighborhood?
How to Start a Little Free Library: Five Easy Steps!
- Step One: Identify a Location & Steward. First decide where you can legally and safely install the library.
- Step Two: Get a Library.
- Step Three: Register Your Library.
- Step Four: Build Support.
- Step Five: Add Your Library to the World Map.
What is wrong with a Little Free Library?
“Rather than promote literacy or building communities, Little Free Libraries (LFLs) introduce a host of problems including stealing patronage from existing public library branches, the corporatization of literary circulation, and helping to gentrify urban neighborhoods.”
Where did the Little Free Library start?
Hudson, Wisconsin
The first Little Free Library was built in 2009 by the late Todd Bol in Hudson, Wisconsin. Bol mounted a wooden container, designed to look like a one-room schoolhouse, on a post on his lawn and filled it with books as a tribute to his late mother, a book lover and school teacher who had recently died.
How do you roof a little free library?
Go with exterior-grade plywood, cedar, or (if you don’t care about budget) marine-grade plywood. Leaving the door unprotected. A roof overhang of 3 – 6″ keeps snow and rain away from the door, where it could get inside and damage the books. Putting on a door that doesn’t seal tightly to keep out moisture.