Open the door to a Little Library and find a story.
Every Northwoods town has at least one.
It might stand beside an old cedar fence, near a patch of black-eyed Susans, or beneath a towering white pine tree.
It doesn’t ask for much. Just a curious hand willing to open a tiny wooden door.
It’s a place where books can be found and placed.
It’s a Little Free Library.
You can find one of these literary treasures at White Arrows Home. This cozy library, lovingly tended by local Dee Dee Lund, offers fresh reads for every community member.
Open the door.
Inside, you may find a cookbook with butter stains marking the best pie recipe. A mystery that has traveled through several cabins before finding its way here. A children’s picture book waiting for another bedtime story.
Take a Book. Share a Book.
Little Free Libraries give well-loved books a chance to become someone else’s favorite story.
One person leaves behind a novel they couldn’t put down. A visitor discovers it on a rainy afternoon. Weeks later, someone else returns with a favorite from their own bookshelf. Before long, stories travel throughout the community as naturally as canoes drift across a quiet lake.
That’s the beauty of a Little Free Library. There are no checkout cards and no due dates. It’s simply “take a book, share a book.” If something catches your eye, take it home. When you can, leave another story behind for the next reader.
Worldwide Readers
What began as a simple idea has grown into a worldwide movement with over 200,000 Little Free Libraries globally.
While many libraries are classic wooden boxes on posts, others resemble tiny log cabins, cottages, barns or schoolhouses that reflect the creativity of the people who made them.
The Northwoods is home to many of these literary landmarks. Find Little Free Libraries anywhere using their map feature online or on the app.
If you find a library not on the map, ask its steward to join Little Free Library so more people can discover it.
Northwoods Nostalgia
Little Free Libraries feel perfectly at home in the Northwoods where stories are part of the landscape.
We share stories around campfires, curl up with them in cozy cabins, and tuck them into our beach bags for lazy days by the water.
Perhaps the story that stays with someone for a lifetime is already sitting on your bookshelf. Maybe it’s time to share it. Or maybe it’s time to build a Little Free Library yourself and give some of your books a new chapter.
