Holy cow, I did NOT expect this to blow up the way it did. Thank you ALL (well all but like 3 grumpy gusses in the comments) for the encouragement and support. I am SO excited 😊 Anyway here's my links: www.instagram.com/lflonhillcrest www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Notice a lot of people are asking for a shipping address for donations. Tried to think of a safe option. Perhaps Care Of a local school’s English department. Followed and can certainly contribute should you decide to do so.

Wonderful idea👍 Excellent initiative. Preserve history, spread knowledge and education. All the things that people like Mao, Moussolini, Hitler and Trump was against.

It’s adorable, I love the pink door!

That's beautiful and very helpful. Let the kids grow

This is great. In an unrelated note I like how in the new episode of king of the Hill Peggy does this but failed to inspect the books she got in a yard sell. Thus making a mayor outbreak of bed bugs in the neighborhood.

I would love to do that someday.

📚 ♥️ 🧢

💓

Shirt print looked like the Wu-Tang logo for a second.

So cool. Fun.

Lovely.

That's so awesome that some asshole will ruin it but you still did good

Love it! Thank you for doing that

It’s adorable!!

Thank you

Bout time. I lived in Pittsburgh for 40 years and never saw one of these anywhere. We have one is Shellsburg, IA where I now live and I've seen them in Indianapolis, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City.

Lovely! 🥰 we have one too! Nice to see big shelf for kid books 📚

I’m following you as a friend of public libraries! Love this!

Great idea

Super cool....more of us should do this.

I love little libraries. We use them too. I mostly do audiobooks now but regularly drop off books for a family member on walks. And always go check out a new one.

I put mine in a few months ago and gratified to see books getting taken and new ones left by my neighbors

We've run a street library for a while. I know a lot of people use it which is so good. It's a fairly quiet street but there's quite a lot of foot traffic. I quickly realised we needed an extension...

Nice…. Good for you.

Thank you!

You rule. Pittsburgh thanks you.

Fantastic idea!!!! Best wishes!!!

Thanks for doing that 😀

Do you need book donation?

Ghh

Thank you, I wish one of these was on every city block in America, especially along routes to school.

Love it! My neighbour just built me one so just have to finish painting it!

👏👏👏👏

🎉

😍👌

Put all the banned books in it, rotate.

Good job! I'm going to build one for dogs

Just had the little library pixies restock ours over here in Edgewood!

Great!

Kudos. Good for you!

That's beautiful.

Fuck yeah

Well done 👍

I love this. We are part of the "Burning Man" community here in Oz. We attend our regional burn known as Blazing Swan. Every year we bring a library to the community where we provide not only a quiet place for reading and relaxing, but we also gift books and stories. Books are knowledge 🤗

There’s one across the street with puzzles.

Beautiful. I've seen a few book exchanges along the Perkiomen hiking & bike trail in PA. Good people don't get the attention they deserve.

🥰

Love that I love seeing them around the city.

Books is life… and life is better with books. ❤️📚

Cool initiative! Set up a wish list if you need copies of "The Diary of Anne Frank" or other banned books. I would be happy to donate a few copies.

Very good idea! Would Like to do the Same!!

Groovy

Oh, how about a Banned Book Little Free Library? Gotta work on that.

So happy for you! I love the little libraries and almost always carry some trades in case I find one

I will be starting to do that!

Those are the most wonderful things. You rock!

Welcome to the family! Sending ♥️ from Portland OR.

I have always wanted to make one from my front yard as well here in Northern California and you have inspired me.

Nice. We have one here. It does work. People do like it, and believe it or not, read

What do you have to do to become a former asshole?

Don’t pick your nose

huh?

I answered your question

Awesome!🥰

That’s awesome!!!!! So proud of you, and happy for all the people who will enjoy it!!! 📚

My neighbor installed one!!! My daughter keeps it well stocked!!!

Hey! Good for you! 😍

I’ve been meaning to do that.. good job!!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Good for you! Great to see!✨💫

It matches the shoes.

Thank you. I use them frequently to borrow books and donate books I’ve read.

i love this!

A great distribution mechanism for all those books being banned in the USA!

Nice!!

Love

Bravo!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thank you for sharing and spreading the joy of reading books!!!📚

Good for You! That’s a great Idea!

Did you make your box or find it somewhere?

Not former still an asshole

Good for you! I have donated to many around my town!👍🏻👍🏻

We love ours!

Wonderful!👏🏻👏🏻✨✨💫

This is so pleasing to know.👍

Congratulations 🎉

Awesome! I have one too! We have become our own librarians 👏

In Germany, you would have had to obtain approval from the authorities after the building plans had been drawn up by an architect...

What is everyone reading right now, im always looking for a new read.

Love it!!!

I'm reading this book right nom...

I'm seriously doing this someday, I already have a pretty good collection of books

Collecting books and sharing them with the world sounds like a great thing to do...bonus is you'll get to play with my dog.

Love it AND your flag! ❤️💙

❤️

You ROCK!

That's so cool it exists in other countries than France!!

I've turned into the neighborhood guerrilla librarian in the county next door. I have bags of books in the back of my car and I top off boxes when I come across them.

This is my goal!

Also, board games and puzzles do well. If you find the room. In demand that I've seen: teen and ya books.

👍👍👍😊

Good job 👏👏👏 Love the sign

Love this. Having been thinking about doing the same. Did you buy this or build it?

You're an exceptional human being! 💙✌️

Wow you smile 😃 good there

That is a lovely little library! My neighbors had one just like this until some MAGAt shit it in. I wish yours a long and happy lifetime dispensing many books!

That sounds exactly like magaT behavior, very on par! How disgusting. Apologies to your neighbors.

Amazing!!! Small things like this change the world for our youth.

Wait we can just do this??

littlefreelibrary.org

Great. We have one in Dogwood off leash park. I’m amazed at the books dog people read and share. Good amazed.

One million congratulations!

Well done

You are awesome

Thank you for doing that.

I love it! Well done!

Good for you! I 💙 LFLs. I have half a dozen within a mile of my house (or I'd put one in my own yard).

Just please make sure the BANNED books are included

I’m her wife. You can absolutely bet on it :)

@deluipaard.bsky.social

What a great idea ❤️

👍My daughter is in Pittsburgh and wants to build one next year!!!

I hope is full of banned books

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Beautiful 😍!

Thank you for your great work❣️

Thank you for “Being the Change” 💐

Way to go!

That’s so cutie :)

Good for you.

Very cool ! I love it.

Good idea

We have one on the street outside my house on the walk to the bus stop! Always full of books. But Portland likes books 📚.

AWESOME!

Looks cool

💕🔥

Nice! We should do this nationwide with banned books as well.

Little Free Libraries are worldwide!

Very nice, great idea

I have stocked mine with dystopian lit and On Tyranny. I am now at 20 On Tyranny books so far. I also put it out with my snacks for delivery peeps.

Thank you

Hate to say this but put a camera on it. I did one and it got destroyed. We put a reading nook around our oak tree, hung a water cistern we fill with blocks of ice, and a book swap like yours. All of it got destroyed almost as soon as we set it up. So many people out there are just evil.

I’m sorry. That’s terrible! It sounds like you put in a lot of effort, only to have some punks with no scruples - trash it. My hope is it won’t deter you from trying to establish one again.❤️✨

Good luck! 👍👍

Thats fantastic.

Nice! Former Pgh'er here. Love the inspiration!

That is so thoughtful of you

Any books on the Trump banned-book list?

I love these!

Congrats!

Very cool

I love the Little Free Libraries. Congrats on yours! ❤️

Awesome! Love to see them pop up.

I see you included children's books -- brava!! So many LFL only have adult books. Including kid's books encourages them to read.

Good on you! I used to live right around the corner from one.

I love this. Thank you. Ive wondered if little libraries could focus on banned books as part of their mission.

Thank you

How beautiful! Books are a great thing to share with others. 😊

I will definitely have some books to swap in!

Do you need books? I sell books online. I have a lot I donate so if you need any, I’d be happy to send you some.

Well done!

I heard these began in Seattle. One of the most well read cities in the U.S. They are everywhere here!

The neighborhood free library stands are good for communities

Great Initiative 👍

I love this! My son and daughter in law built one for their front yard and it is well used by the neighbors. Good luck! I hope it becomes a busy little spot!

Ban James Patterson books. They'll breed and take over the entire suburb.

Nice one - we have been curating some books from charity shop finds etc for when we can open one too. Looking forward to building it!

You’re a very good person !! 😃

Nice!!!

Very cool 😃

Welcome to the LFL tribe. We’re always excited to welcome new friends. When you’re in Roanoke VA come browse my library. I have books just waiting for a road trip to PA

Cool! Did you build it or buy it? I’d like to get one.

A good friend built it for me!

Git sum! … Margret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates… if there is room among the volumes of Steele.

Ok you’re awesome ☺️

Northside? Where Andrew Carnegie got his books from the Anderson home?

Ross Township!

🙏

Fantastic

I juggle between X and Bluesky reading posts. I immediately knew I was on Bluesky due to how positive this is. Wonderful.

this is a goal of mine!!

This is awesome 👏🏻👏🏻

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👏👏👏❤️

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔'𝚗 𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔.

yay! bienvenue ⭐️📚

LFL owner-operators: DO regularly inspect your box for insects and rotate stock. YA and young readers are my best customers. Curate aggressively, I have a covert ninny who unloads his golf mags 🚮 🙄 Mine is a kitchen cabinet box with a roof and siding, painted to match my 🏡

Congratulations!!! My library no longer takes donations so I use the littlefreelibrary.org/map/ to find little libraries in my area to drop off books.

I have this dream/goal. It is to buy a home on the Oregon coast, work only 3 days a week, volunteer somewhere needed, and have my very own Free Little Library!

Need roommates?! 😂

These bring me so much joy. 🥰 I can't help but stop at every one.

The gas station on the corner here has free air… and a free library!

🙏🏼💙

Thank you 💙

Yay. I love these. The neighborhood around the hospital I work at has a bunch of these so the families stuck at the hospital have something to do. Some have puzzles and little board games. Some are only kids books. A nice gentleman buys old books from the library and drives around stocking them all

Excellent selection!

Welcome to the Free Library club. We added dog treats and now every dog in the neighborhood knows where I live

Excellent! 👏👏

Our neighborhood book club has gotten approval to set up a LFL in our neighborhood. We’re trying to decide on a name for it and the size. Did you use a kit or design it yourself?

Wonderful!!

Very nice!

My daughter requested one for her 40th birthday…..it’s awesome

I have those same pink Crocs! You are obviously a person of taste and refinement

Omg I've had this pair for so long! I love them.

I have two different shades of pink

Me too! Wear them every day

If I'm not wearing these I'm wearing the black ones haha.

.... I need to what bears s- Please tell me.

Nice! So great to see folks invest in their communities! We have a few in my town, they are used heavily! 🙂

Make sure to put in a flea trap. You never know the cleanliness of the house that returns a book.

I’m guessing you don’t use the regular library either?

I didn't mean any insult. My local library does spray something on the returned books.

I have wanted to do that here for years. Just put one at end of our laneway……I love love love these little free libraries! When visiting St. Pierre/Miquelon, France - saw 3 of the most intricate, well thought out, cute as anything free libraries on private properties.

Wonderful. ❤️

I buy storage units and would like to donate the books I already accumulated . Please send a shipping address

HINT :put some desiccant packs in there for winter. I like those eva dry )brand name) things that you can plug in and off-gas the moisture to use again

Well done, young lady!!! Golf clap issued!!