The people who created this Little Free Library, whose official name is Not by Gaudi, put quite a…read morebit of effort into its design. Normally, this kind of decoration feels cluttered and tacky to me, but for something like a random LFL in Newport Beach, it's perfect. When we came to take and leave a book, we found the collection to be quite extensive, well organized, and clean. This LFL's owners definitely take pride in their neighborhood.

Dare I say one of the prettiest, if not the prettiest, community book boxes. I could not find an…read moreofficial number for it, but it is directly across from an official box on Granada and The Toledo. Books range from Atlas Shrugged to one on Monogamy. Something for all?

I was so excited to find this charming little gem. I thought the address might been botched or that…read morethe person who posted the listing must have somehow been wrong but a close look at the single photo and some snooping around was rewarded with a very generous Little Free Library and the sense that I had discovered a wonderful, little know piece of Claremont. I was so excited after failing and then eventually finding this LFL that I took a few photos that would make it's location more clear. But once I thought about it I realized that the hunt and the eventual success were the most fun elements of the process. So I'll give no more hints than this. The address is correct and the photo is accurate. The selection was a bit thin and there is an unusual amount of room inside this LFL so if your bookshelves are bulging with items you've already enjoyed here's your chance to make someone's day! Go. Explore. Investigate. Discover. And make someone's day.

barrow a book, read a book, drop off a book. great idea. I want to set up one of these in Rancho…read moreCucamonga.

Loacted off of Stage/Alondra. Has a lot of chapter books, I was able to find a hard to find Junie B…read moreJones book for my daughter :-) Some of the books did have some debris on the bottoms but shook off easily. Thank you for this awesome contribution to our community !

So absolutely beautiful…read more This stunningly appealing home with it's fairy garden and it's raised beds and copious flowers is an inspiration for what my own home might one day look like. They could have skipped the Little Free Library and it would still be amazing and wonderful and an asset to the neighborhood. The inviting, well stocked LFL makes it just a little bit better. Awesome.

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This beautiful, bright red Little Free Library was an unexpected discovery in the patio of Copa…read moreVida. It's the first metal LFL I've ever seen and it was awesome. Elegantly simple, rugged and with a beautifully designed latch, I was tickled to find it. It was packed full of so much interesting reading material that I took a couple home. But I realized that I had a book that I'd recently finished in the car with me so I made a deposit too. So....if you wind up here and stumble across a book about a woman who grew up privileged in Liberia before the revolution, TAKE IT! It's a heart breaker but it's an awesome read.

You have to see this to believe it!…read more Fletcher Hills is known for all the sidewalks you can walk on to get your daily steps in. Well, the other day a friend and I went another route and when we turned the corner of Rippey Street there is the sweetest little memorial dedicated to Cheryl. It's called Cheryl's Corner. Cheryl's Corner has a little library built into the theme taken from "The Little Library Organization" This was taken from information I found: Cheryl was an avid reader and a wonderful person. This Corner is dedicated to her. You are welcome to stop by here any time to relax, share conversation, read a book or magazine, exchange a book, or even drink some lemonade from our trees. You are welcome anytime. Lately with our ever changing world it was wonderful to see someone give back so much to a community. If you are ever in Fletcher Hills, stop by and check this little gem out

I saw a Yelp friend check in once upon a time and I was intrigued. I bookmarked it and decided I'd…read morecheck it out sometime . Oliver's Free Little Library is such a sweet and wonderful concept. It's a small library in the shape of a cat, it sits in front of a private home and is well stocked with a diversity of books. I had a brand new book in my trunk so I made my trade. This little library is nestled deep in a Silver Lake neighborhood. I wish my neighborhood had something like this. We lucked out with parking since the street is a narrow residential street. If you do visit, keep in mind you're in a quiet residential area. You can always park your car by the Silver Lake reservoir and take a short walk up .

We came by to make our own trade. This Little Free Library is pretty tucked away and there's a few…read morepot holes going up the hill. Like the pictures show, it's creatively shaped like a black cat, sitting just behind a white, picket fence. It's got little cat quotes from Charles Dickens and Leonardo da Vinci neatly scrawled on it in blue paint and a penatgonal door with two latches. Its two shelves were packed with a pretty diverse selection of books, including a few for children. I left a copy of T.C. Boyle's "Riven Rock" and picked up a curious volume on conspiracy theories. I'm a fan of the whole program, and it takes guts to put your address out there the way these little library owners do.