A Little Free Library in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Courtesy of Little Free Libraries In recent years, little libraries of all shapes and sizes have popped up on street corners and sidewalks across the ...
On the last day he could speak, Little Free Library founder Todd Bol had a message for the world: “I really believe in a Little Free Library on every block and a book in every hand,” he said from ...
Kristen Berthiaume remembers when George Floyd was murdered, with body cam footage revealing his struggles to breathe and cries for his mother as a police officer knelt on his neck. Berthiaume ...
They're on street corners and front yards in 91 countries, Laundromats and police stations, hospital waiting rooms and subway stations. They're in parks, farm fields and refugee settlements. A woman ...
In 2010, Todd Bol’s neighbors gathered at his home in Hudson, Wisconsin, for what was intended to be an ordinary garage sale. But the most memorable piece among the offerings wasn’t a priceless ...
When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S., people who share books on a small-scale, the stewards of little free libraries, saw a new need. Adding food and other supplies suddenly transformed many of ...
When Jodeen Percey of Concord first started her little library, it was never meant to be a big deal. "It started with just the little library and over time we needed to add more shelves," she said.
Do you have a little free library – a box filled with free books that neighbors can donate to or take from – in your town? If you do, the next time you go, consider the makeup of the authors and ...
Next to the Jackson Heights community fridge on 80th Street and Northern Boulevard, there’s a small wooden box anchored in a flower pot. It’s painted blue and yellow and says “Black, Indigenous & POC ...
SAN ANTONIO – Literacy and access to books is a known problem in rural communities south of Loop 410, where wireless internet is limited and no public libraries or community centers are available.
Brown Brothers Limited was a bookbinder and stationery store with multiple locations across the city. One location, at 51-53 Wellington Street West, opened in 1900. The building was among more than a ...