Today is the inaugural National Little Free Library Day, marking the beginning of Little Free Library Week, May 17–23. This day also commemorates my 10th anniversary of being a steward of my own "Little Bird Feeder for Humans". This is a day worth celebrating!
Observed on the anniversary of Little Free Library becoming a nonprofit in 2012, May 17 highlights the organization’s mission to build community, inspire readers, and expand book access via their global network of more than 200,000 book-sharing boxes. Through this nonprofit program, thousands of Little Free Libraries and books are provided to individuals and organizations in “book deserts”—areas with limited or no access to reading materials.
I actually hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony when my library was installed. The attendees were all literary and all very amazing (L to R) Dr. Peter Mires, Karen Cutter, me, Gary Noy, Stephen Robison, Joanne & Gene Abshier and Steve.
The most powerful indicator of my Library's worth came during COVID. Our public library was closed for quite some time. Everyday, I'd look out my kitchen window and see customers. Some would socially distance themselves while waiting patiently.Others would arrive cutely dressed with matching face coverings. I took great joy watching readers depart with a literary distraction.I have seen Little Free Libraries all over during our travels. This one, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has to be my favorite. Talk about a giving tree! When this 110-year-old cottonwood tree needed to be removed, Sharalee Armitage Howard—a librarian, artist, and bookbinder—transformed it into an amazing Little Free Library. Now, instead of providing shade, the tree shares books. How incredible!“I really believe in a Little Free Library on every block
and a book in every hand.
I believe people can fix their neighborhoods,
fix their communities, develop systems of sharing,
learn from each other,
and see that they have a better place on this planet to live.”
-Todd H. Bol, LFL Founder
(and Denise Haerr)
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