Last summer in Kansas, a 9-year-old was loving his Little Free Library until at least two residents proved that some people will complain about anything no matter how harmless and city officials pushed the boundaries of literal-mindedness:
And so they have power, despite their small-mindedness, inflexibility, and lack of common sense so extreme that they've taken to cracking down on Little Free Libraries, of all things. Due to selection bias, they are overrepresented among local politicians and bureaucrats. Alas, a subset of Americans are determined to regulate every last aspect of community life. I wish that I was writing merely to extol this trend. In Venice, where I live, I know of at least three Little Free Libraries, and have witnessed chance encounters where folks in the neighborhood chat about a book. Since 2009, when a Wisconsin man built a little, free library to honor his late mother, who loved books, copycats inspired by his example have put thousands of Little Free Libraries all over the U.S. The man knew he was onto something "when a 9-year-old boy knocked on his door one morning to say how much he liked the little library." He went on to explain, "I met more neighbors in the first three weeks than in the previous 30 years." We've constructed communities where one must obtain permission from the state before freely sharing books with one's neighbors! A 76-year-old in Sherman Oaks, California, felt that his little library, roughly the size of a dollhouse, "turned strangers into friends and a sometimes-impersonal neighborhood into a community," the reporter observed. Neighbors browse, take one, and return later with a replacement. The idea is simple: A book lover puts a box or shelf or crate of books in their front yard. Want to read more about the movement? Visit This initiative is made possible by the Community Fund for Canada’s 150 th, a collaboration between Interlake Community Foundation, the Government of Canada, and extraordinary leaders from coast to coast to coast.Three years ago, The Los Angeles Times published a feel-good story on the Little Free Library movement. We also have a limited number of Charter signs available. If you do, SIRL would be more than happy to provide support by supplying books! The ideal location for a Little Free Library is one that gets some traffic, is easy to find, easy to see from the street or sidewalk and easy to reach. We are hoping that the community embraces these remote book shelves and individuals or groups will be inspired to design, build and host their own Little Free Libraries. We anticipate a Stonewall location will be identified soon and the location of a fifth Little Free Library has yet to be determined. Currently we have Little Free Libraries in the Town of Rosser (at the RM office), Town of Grosse Isle (at the mail boxes) and Town of Teulon (at the Green Acres Art Centre). South Interlake Regional Library, as part of their 50 th Anniversary celebration and a Canada 150 legacy project, is introducing 5 Little Free Libraries in to its service area which includes: the Town of Stonewall, Town of Teulon, RM of Rockwood and the RM of Rosser. The love of reading by encouraging free book exchanges.īegun in 2009 in Wisconsin, USA, the premise of “take a book, return a book” with small book shelters has grown to well over 50,000 book exchanges worldwide.
The Little Free Library movement seeks to build community and promote NNELS: accessible books for people with print disabilities Login to renew, place holds & check fines Books, movies, magazines, music at the libraryĮLibraries Manitoba: eBooks and audioBooksĪccessible Books: talking books for people with print disabilities
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