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Little Library Boom in JP is Part of World-Wide TrendScreenshot of world map showing "Little Free Libraries." And that's just one provider. The map doesn't include DIY efforts and other commercially-produced little libraries.

Little Library Boom in JP is Part of World-Wide Trend

By Chris Helms on July 29, 2014

The proliferation of “Little Libraries” is being seen from South Korea to Qatar. There are at least five in Jamaica Plain.

The ‘Batman of Carpenters’ Promises New Little Library SoonA temporary replacement for the Little Library, as of Wednesday, June 4, 2104.

The ‘Batman of Carpenters’ Promises New Little Library Soon

By Chris Helms on June 6, 2014
A temporary replacement for the Little Library, as of Wednesday, June 4, 2104.
A temporary replacement for the Little Library, as of Wednesday, June 4, 2104.

The mystery carpenter who is building a new Little Library atop the electrical box at Bardwell and South streets pleads for patience. Meanwhile, readers have taken the situation into their own hands by putting up a series of soon-to-get-soggy cardboard boxes at the give-a-book, take-a-book spot.