Expand the book-sharing movement to your community with How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library, your photo-illustrated, inspirational source for building tiny sharing libraries.
Around the world, a community movement is underway featuring quaint landscape structures in front yards and other green spaces outside homes, as well as in schoolyards, parks, and in front of businesses on busy urban streets. They reflect a growing trend toward neighborhood organization, community outreach, and for many, are a quiet outpost protesting book bans.
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Minnesota-based Little Free Library (LFL) has popularized this movement, with over 200,000 book boxes worldwide, fostering community and promoting reading through shared books. LFL has inspired builders to use similar structures to share things like CDs, DVDs, food, and seeds in the community.
Produced in cooperation with the Little Free Library nonprofit organization and authored by professional carpenter Phil Schmidt, How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library is the builder’s complete source of inspiration and how-to knowledge. This newly updated, information-packed guide features:
- A how-to for planning and designing your little sharing structure.
- An overview of building materials and tools
- 11 complete plans for structures of varying sizes and aesthetics
- Step-by-step color photography and instructions
- Information on proper installation of the small structures
- An inspiring image gallery of tiny structures
- Common repairs and maintenance information
- Current information on LFL's participation in the campaign against book bans
There’s also information on how to become an official library steward, getting the word out about your little structure, and tips for building a lively collection. Also included are QR codes for additional building videos as well as interactive maps for locating other Little Free Libraries near you—or wherever you may travel!
With no other books like it on the market, How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library is the complete source of inspiration and how-to knowledge, devoted to showing readers how to build these small sharing libraries, making it an essential resource for families (and neighbors!) looking to share the gift of books.
ABOUT LITTLE FREE LIBRARY Little Free Library® (LFL) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that builds community, inspires readers and expands book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led Little Free Library book-sharing boxes. There are more than 200,000 registered Little Free Libraries worldwide in all 50 states, in 128 countries and on all seven continents. LFL received the 2020 World Literacy Award as well as honors from the Library of Congress, National Book Foundation and others. The organization grants Little Free Libraries full of books to underserved areas through its Impact Library and Indigenous Library programs and champions diverse books through its Read in Color initiative. littlefreelibrary.org
ABOUT PHIL SCHMIDT Philip Schmidt is a writer, editor, and project designer specializing in houses and everything we do with them. A former carpenter, he is the author of more than two dozen books covering subjects from solar power to backyard treehouses to DIY plywood furniture, including How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library, The Complete Guide to Treehouses, PlyDesign, The Complete Guide to Patios, and Install Your Own Solar Panels. He lives in Colorado.
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