{"id":3868,"date":"2015-01-26T09:23:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T16:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rrroca.org\/en\/?p=3868"},"modified":"2015-01-27T07:32:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T14:32:48","slug":"little-free-library-books-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rrroca.org\/en\/little-free-library-books-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2015 &#8211; Where Have All the Little Free Library Books Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since our Libraries have been installed in September, I\u2019ve topped up the libraries many times. \u00a0The Rocky Ridge LFL has been nearly empty on several occasions. I\u2019m so glad they\u2019ve been used as a tool to promote literacy in our community and I can imagine the smiles when people have found a great book. I often wonder what happens to our books as I don\u2019t see many of them return to the shelves again. I hope that people are passing them on to their friends or finding a special place for them in their home.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But, the motto of the Little Free Library movement is \u201cTake a book, Leave a book.\u201d Lots of people are taking books but not so many people are leaving books. The longterm sustainability of the libraries depends on books going out and also books coming in. We are asking residents to perhaps return the books they\u2019ve found in the LFLs so that more people can enjoy them, and we\u2019d also like more residents to donate books from their own collections that they don\u2019t want to keep anymore but still would like them to be put to good use. \u00a0I also accept larger donations of books at my house so I can use them as needed to top up the libraries. Many people have done this already and I\u2019m very grateful for it. But the pace of outgoing books is such that my \u201cstash\u201d is almost depleted. Please message me if you are interested in dropping some off (especially if you are the middle of decluttering or moving house!).<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are concerned about donating a special book and it \u201cdisappearing\u201d from our libraries, there are several options. You can write \u201cdonated to the Little Free Library\u201d (or words to that effect) inside the front cover of your book or there are printable book labels you can download at<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/littlefreelibrary.org\/stewards-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/littlefreelibrary.<wbr \/>org\/stewards-friends\/<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I also have an official Little Free Library stamp which I often use.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But our libraries aren\u2019t just for books! I\u2019ve also been pleasantly surprised by finding audio books, family-friendly DVDs, Halloween goodie-bags with stickers and pencils and other little treasures in our libraries. Other Stewards have found foil-wrapped teabags (a cup of tea and an afternoon of reading, how thoughtful!), handcrafted bookmarks, small craft items such as bags of embroidery floss or scrapbook embellishments, postcards, flower seed packets, and lots of other things for people to discover.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thank you for making our LFLs incredibly successful and for keeping them tidy and vandalism free! May they continue to bring joy to people of all ages.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Carla<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Community Little Free Library Steward<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Since our Libraries have been installed in September, I\u2019ve topped up the libraries many times. \u00a0The Rocky Ridge LFL has been nearly empty on several occasions. I\u2019m so glad they\u2019ve been used as a tool to promote literacy in our community and I can imagine the smiles when people have found a great book. 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