Little Free Library: What is a Little Free Library Book Box? How does it work? How can you start one?
Introduction:-
TheLittle Free Library is a Non-Profit Organizationthat promotes the exchange of neighborhood books worldwide, building community and motivating the community to read.
Through the Little Free Library book exchanges, millions of books are exchanged each year, increasing the in-depth access to books for readers of all ages and backgrounds.
The First Little Free Library was built in 2009 by Todd Bol in Hudson, Wisconsin. Bol mounted a wooden container, designed to look like a one-room schoolhouse on a lawn, and for books, on a post on his lawn and filled it with books as a tribute to his late mother, a book lover and school teacher who recently died.
Bol's original goal was to build 2,510 Little Libraries. That goal was met in 2012.
The movement was also adopted internationally.
As of November 2016, there were 50,000 registered Little Free Libraries in 85 countriesaround the world.
Margret Aldrich wrote the book The Little Free Library to chronicle the movement.
As of August 2019, the number of Little Free Library has crossed 90,000 in 91 countries around the world.
Bol died from pancreatic cancer in October 2018. After his death M. Greig Metzger IIjoined the organization as executive director in July 2019.
Why the need for a Little Free Library?
Academically, children who grow up in homes without books lag behind children of three years on average. One of the most successful ways to improve children's reading achievement is to reach books to them, especially at home. But two out of three children living in poverty have no books to read.
The Little Free Library book-sharing box plays an essential role in providing 24/7 access to books (and encouraging the love of reading) in areas where books are scarce.
At the Little Free Library Non-Profit, are working to fill book deserts and place libraries where they can make impressions through out Impact Library Program.
The Little Free Library is to provide free assistance to volunteer stewards of Little Free Library, an online store with free library-building instructions, pre-made library models and kits, access to free or discounted books and an e-newsletter full of ideas and advice Provides.
The Little Free Library Action Book Club, which combines reading with community service, is a library open to all.
What is a Little Free Library book box?
How does it work?
How can you start one?
In below 30-second video, learn how the Little Free Library nonprofit organization got started and how you can join the world's largest grassroots book-sharing movement!
Statistics of The Little Free Library:-
Statistics are based on an informal survey of over 3,000 Little Free Library stewards and fans conducted by Little Free Library staff in October 2017.
Milestones of the Little Free Library:-
The Little Free Library recently named a Top-Rated Nonprofit by the Great Nonprofits Organizations.
Little Free Library is also the recipient of the National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize, Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers Award, the Women’s National Book Association’s Second Century Prize, the Force for Positive Change Award, and the Library of Congress Literacy Award.
The Little Free Library organization has used funds raised to donate book exchanges through their Impact Library Program and create a reading program called the Action Book Club. It combines reading with community service.
Function of Little Free Library:-
Like other public book exchanges, a passerby can take a book to read or leave one for someone else to find. The organization relies on volunteer "stewards" to construct, install, and maintain book exchange boxes. For a book exchange box to be registered and legally use the Little Free Library brand name, stewards must purchase a finished book exchange, a kit or, for a DIY project, a charter sign, which contains the "Little Free Library" text and official charter number.
Registered Little Free Libraries can appear on the Little Free Library World Map, which lists locations with GPS coordinates and other information. Little Free Libraries are located around the world; the majority are located in the United States.
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