Little Free Library Pointless Prize

[Indiana]

@Kbikeva 217680 wrote:

Ugh – did you all see Miss Manners about LFL’s? I wonder if this is happening to some of the perpetually empty ones in our area. People can be such entitled jerks.

Despite this — Have a wonderful last couple of weeks with the game!

Dear Miss Manners: We love having a Little Free Library in our front yard. We enjoy seeing neighbors and passersby look through the books, take one or two, and maybe make a special trip to leave a few that they’re finished with. We’ve received thank-you notes from people who appreciate our little library.

However, a pair of women have started roaming our neighborhood, emptying all the Little Free Libraries into large bags that they carry. It got to the point that our library was being emptied every few days. We saw them this morning, carrying bags stuffed with books, and we confronted them.

They were extremely belligerent. One claims that she takes them to give to her students, meaning she either has several hundred students, or they all read a few dozen books at a time. They also seem to have tastes including beginning-reader books, Stephen King thrillers, romance novels and cookbooks. I’m pretty sure they are all being sold somewhere.

The woman who did most of the talking claims that the word “free” on the library entitles her to take as many books as she wants. I agree that she should take as many books as she wants to read, but she readily admits she is not reading them.

We put a “Closed” sign on our library, but we may try opening it again in the near future with a little sign in the window outlining some rules. But really, I don’t know what to do. It isn’t a police matter, and in the grand scheme of things, it’s not that important, but I can’t stand these two women feeling entitled to take all of the books in the neighborhood.

I’ve seen that once in NE DC. Someone drove right up and emptied a LFL into a bag without looking at the titles. Thankfully it’s much more often that I see the opposite, with people loading bags off books into the libraries.

[Indiana]

Large Little Free Library near 5th and East Capitol #withkidSnowLeopard
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[Sophie CW]

This LFL located at Horizon Hill Park, 1810 S Fallsmead Way in Potomac, MD definitely need more kids books, so I left “Bat 6” by Virginia Euwer Wolff.
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[bikingjenn]

3-5-22 LFL #93191 across the park from one I saw early in the game; best selection of kids books i have seen so far. Lyon Park on N Garfield St between N 4th St & Pershing (& it has a flamingo BBMOB)

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[consularrider]

An unchartered LFL at 5030 N California St in Chicago, a twofer with local pride (Chicago Flag). An almost empty kids box and mostly fiction in the adult box. My brother lived in this neighborhood in the early 70s and worked for the post office.

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[consularrider]

Another unchartered LFL at 309 Harrison St, Oak Park, IL. Mostly kids book with three adult fiction.

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[Nadine]

3/6/22

Jenn found this one in Herndon, right across the w&od from green lizard

[SFrank]

LFL
616 N. Emerson Street in Arlington
Mostly children’s books. Great selection!! Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Man, The Indian in the Cupboard.
Not many books for grownups, but no room either!

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[bikingjenn]

3-6-22 Definitely the largest LFL i have seen so far and very well constructed. Herndon Lat 38.977640 Long -77.384064

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[camiller]

LFL on N. Quaker Lane in Alexandria

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[Sophie CW]

Rad Russell’s LFL on 17608 Buehler Rd in Olney had a gray sign, it’s own plot and lights. This fancy LFL had a nice variety of books but I still left “The Kid Who Ran For President” by Dan Gutman.
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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

Charter #M76846
1461 Kingstream drive
Herndon VA 20170
Lat: 38.98842459999999 Long: -77.3702382

This appears to be a newspaper box repurposed as a LFL. They was quite a mixture of types of books from children’s to adult’s. It was quite a mess but I was on a schedule and didn’t have time to straighten it up. I left “The Snow Child” by Eowyn Ivey and borrowed a book of haiku by Richard Wright.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/6/2022
Left “Goddess of Death” at this LFL at 6003 Welborn Drive, Bethesda.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

Charter #90060
Eagle Scout Project
21660 N Sterling Blvd, Sterling VA 20164
Lat: 39.016414 Long: -77.3886157

Sadly forgot to bring any books with me today as this LFL could use them. It was a mess when I arrived and I straightened it up. All adult books, about half of which were travel relevant. I’m planning to return with a good number of kids books. The LFL is located in Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park which has a large playground. There were dozens pre-schoolers there today since it was so warm.

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[Indiana]

KidSnowLeopard and I found a new Little Free Library today. It could use more books, so we’ll have to return, but at least our bikes matched its color scheme:
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Checking out a Little Free Library while eating gelato from a family owned restaurant on bikes in the rain is a totally normal thing to do, right?
12th Street NE DC between Girard and Hamlin

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