{"id":7634,"date":"2016-03-14T18:46:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T01:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2016-03-14T19:10:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T02:10:02","slug":"here-are-23-inspiring-little-free-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-projects\/here-are-23-inspiring-little-free-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Inspiring Little Free Libraries! (Woodworking Contest Results)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that one out of six children who do not read at age level by the end of third grade will not graduate from high school?\u00a0In fact, in middle income\u00a0neighborhoods, there’s a ratio of 13 books for every child. Regretfully, in low-income neighborhoods the ratio is alarmingly backwards: 300 children<\/em> for every one book<\/em>. It’s no secret that access to books and exposure to reading are vital keystones\u00a0of an education.<\/p>\n

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There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.
\n– Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, one way woodworkers in our area have pitched in to help out is by building neighborhood book sharing stations called Little Free Libraries – basically small outdoor bookcases with a lot of personality.<\/p>\n

Local nonprofit Southwest Human Development<\/a> runs a number of early childhood programs to promote literacy, and one of them is to install Little Free Libraries in neighborhoods around metropolitan Phoenix. While the organization has a plan to install these Libraries, they needed some people to build the projects. We at Woodworkers Source figured that we have a pretty enthusiastic base of customers who:<\/p>\n

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  1. have the knowledge to build things out of wood<\/li>\n
  2. would probably be thrilled to use their shop & skills to benefit their community<\/li>\n
  3. could build some really creative and inspiring projects that might motivate others to do the same<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So here we are! We wrapped the idea of building Little Free Libraries around a woodworking contest, but the chance to win a prize or two wasn’t even the point. In fact, what Woodworkers Source did wasn’t anything special. Instead, the magic is in these people who decided to dedicate a lot of time, energy and money to build a Little Free Library<\/p>\n

    Over the years, thanks to the folks who built these Libraries, thousands of children and adults will have better access to books. And, as you can see in this gallery of projects, they built some wonderful, creative, and beautiful book boxes.<\/p>\n

    \"ribbon-blue\"“Little Free Library” by Oscar Witham<\/h3>\n

    (First Place)<\/h4>\n

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