Philadelphia is home to all sorts of little free libraries — while many of them are filled with books, there are also ones that focus on movies, yarn, and even kits to naturally dye fiber. As of this ...

Six months after Robyn Bonavita and her husband, Rocco, moved into their home in North Bellmore in 2024, she found a way to combine her love of reading with meeting her new neighbors. Bonavita set up ...

A community, by definition, shares. Whether bound by a common space, interest, culture or values, communities are places where gifts are exchanged and everyone is made better in the sharing. Across ...

There's a new (and easy) way to share banned books in your community. Here's what to know, according to someone who fights book bans across the country. It started as a random act of kindness: ...

"It is an honor to be working with such global children's literature brands as Scholastic and Dav Pilkey's Dog Man," said Greig Metzger, Little Free Library executive director, in a news release. "At ...

In October 2020, Tina Musich erected a small wooden box with a slanted roof on a post in her front yard in Oradell, New Jersey. The box's glass-faced door revealed a pile of books that people were ...

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- Last year, People's Church United Universalist had the idea to open a free little library, focusing on books that are commonly banned. Bryan Davis, a church member, ...

You may have seen one in your neighborhood, a cheerful little box with books in it. Some look like big birdhouses. Some resemble fantasy homes, or ramshackle huts, or even the house they're in front ...

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SPOONING BUTTERCREAM INTO a pastry bag, Kim Holloway is close to opening time. She pipes rosettes of frosting on trays of vanilla cupcakes — some plain vanilla frosting, some cookies and cream. With ...