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take a book able to share my love for reading as well," hildred says leave a book olay tips on starting your own little free library ever books they want from the library," community building the little free library organiza- tion has created the read in color program to promote diverse books by trying to amplify voices that sometimes the organization's impact library program grants libraries at no cost to underserved communities the libraries brought communities garden seeds and toilet paper to food one another neighbourhood right before covid hit and her husband built her a little free library for her birthday “it's been a nice way to get involved with the community more," labelle people browsing the library stewards appreciate the community spirit along with sharing their love of morning and i see that there are books book," hildred says personal touch enjoys involving her neighbourhood lives on the corner of roads named couch reading bench she collects book donations from colouring pages and bookmarks to new books along with a sign announc- ing the library has been replenished use little free library's resources "little freelibrary.org has that are wanting to become stewards," says costco member arlene includes everything from design blueprints to tips on building support have reasonable expectations realize maintenance will eventually be required vandalism can occur and you can't always cultivate the perfect collection spread the word "market it somehow on social media so people know about it," costco member shobana thangavadivel says noting she initially posted explaining how it works and emphasizing it was free.-kp kristen pope is a freelance writer and editor who loves to read and is always on the lookout for little free libraries