How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library
11 Mini Structures You Can Build
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- ¥1,500
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- ¥1,500
Publisher Description
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 mounted on posts in front yards and other green spaces, as well as supported in large pots and other vessels outside homes and businesses on busy urban streets. They are evidence of the growing trend toward neighborhood organization, community outreach, and in some cases, a quiet protest against book bans.
This movement has been popularized by Minnesota-based Little Free Library (LFL), whose members currently include 200,000 library stewards around the world who seek to build community togetherness and promote reading by sharing books among neighbors. LFL has inspired builders to use similar structures to share things like CDs, 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 structureAn overview of building materials and tools11 complete plans for structures of varying sizes and aestheticsStep-by-step color photography and instructionsA gallery of tiny structures, along with uplifting words from stewards, for further inspirationInformation on proper installation of the small structuresCommon repairs and maintenance for down the roadTimely information on how LFL has become part of the growing movement against book bans
How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library even includes information on how to become an official library steward, getting the word out about your little structure once it’s up and running, and tips for building a lively collection. Also included are QR codes for additional building videos as well as interactive maps for locating other LFLs near you—or wherever you may travel!
Community togetherness has never been so much at the fore of our consciousness—or so important. How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library is one tool on the road to helping you build community in your neighborhood.
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Project designer Schmidt (The Complete Guide to Treehouses) provides an endearing guide to building Little Free Libraries, small public bookcases where people can leave and take books. There are 200,000 registered Little Free Libraries around the world, according to the nonprofit that promotes them, and some communities are adapting the cases to share more than just books, like food, clothes, and board games. The guide offers step-by-step instructions for building 11 free-standing structures, ranging from simple single-shelf boxes to multi-story cabinets. Schmidt covers the practical aspects of creating a mini library, like keeping in mind the sizes of the books that will be shared (children's picture books, for instance, will need more space) as well as accessibility (some may want a short box kids can reach). The author goes into building basics, including the tools, wood, and paint crafters will need, and provides attractive variations on the traditional Little Free Library bookshelf, including a cobalt blue shed with a flower box on top and an adaptable "Give Box" where "anyone can put in anything they want (provided it fits in the box)." An enlightening final section explores how these libraries can combat book bans. This is a beneficial resource for book lovers and neighborhood organizers alike. Photos.
