num_pages: 264
description: The Little Free Library is a terrific example of placing bookspoetry includedwithin reach of people in the course of their everyday lives. Free is always a good thing and the project has a nice give-and-take feel to it. Here's hoping we bump into literature when we turn the next cornerbefore we have time to resist!Billy CollinsTake a book. Return a book. In 2009 Todd Bol built the first Little Free Library as a memorial to his mom. Five years later this simple idea to promote literacy and encourage community has become a movement. Little Free Librariesfreestanding front-yard book exchangesnow number twenty thousand in seventy countries. The Little Free Library Book tells the history of these charming libraries gathers quirky and poignant firsthand stories from owners provides a resource guide for how to best use your Little Free Library and delights readers with color images of the most creative and inspired LFLs around.Margret Aldrich is a freelance writer and editor. Her articles have appeared in the Utne Reader Experience Life! and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis Minnesota with her family.
language: English
title: The Little Free Library Book
publisher: Coffee House Press