Little Free Library book highlights the growing project
You may have seen a Little Free Library in your neighborhood 鈥� a small structure where passersby can take a book or leave a book.
Now a book titled, appropriately enough, 鈥淭he Little Free Library Book,鈥� has been released. The book by Margret Aldrich was published last April and includes photos of the LFLs as well as interviews with 鈥渟tewards,鈥� the LFL name for those who create and watch over the structures.
As we previously reported, the LFL idea started in 2009 with Todd Bol, who told the Monitor he was inspired by his mother, a teacher. According to the Little Free Library , almost 25,000 were in existence by January of this year.
Aldrich鈥檚 book has gotten some positive reviews. editor Marilyn Dahl called it 鈥渘ot just a nice book to peruse; it's an inspiration and invitation to share books and conversation and joy.鈥� writer Emily H. Freeman wrote that after reading the book, 鈥渋f you weren鈥檛 already a devotee of this homegrown project, prepare to become one鈥�. [There are] heartwarming vignettes, interviews and colorful photos that bring the projects to life on the page鈥�. both an entertaining read and an inspiring one. Aldrich writes with a clear, journalistic ease.鈥�
