Sunday, March 11, 2012

Little Free Library Idea Catches On

Worldwide locations

Excerpt: I ran into Rick Brooks recently and, not surprisingly, talk soon turned to Little Free Library -- the project he co-founded that places small boxes offering free books in places where people will find them. 

You’ve probably seen the cunning little book depositories that have sprung up on the Madison landscape like daffodils in spring: on the bike path, in the coffee shop, and maybe on your neighbor’s lawn. 

You may have read this story about them that was posted on madison.com last summer. 

But you probably didn’t realize what an international sensation the libraries have become. 

Brooks has told me a movement was spreading, but it wasn’t until a friend gave me a nudge this week and I checked out littlefreelibrary.org, that I realized just how far and wide the seeds of Little Free Library have gone.

U.S. locations

Related posts:
Born in Wisconsin, Little Free Library pops up in Syracuse. (2/28/2012)
Little libraries pop up Waunakee.  (10/27/2011)
"Take a book leave a book" at the little library. (8/13/2011)

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