Canada’s biggest community of little free libraries has only grown stronger through COVID-19
Some of the book exchanges have pivoted to hand sanitizer and puzzles, but books are still circulating


Photos supplied by Teale Phelps Bondaroff. Illustration by Jimmy Thomson / Capital Daily
On the edges of Victoria’s streets sit tiny, whimsically painted boxes full of stories. Some are made from old end tables, telephone booths, or newspaper boxes. Others were built to resemble the house of their owners; a few are powered by solar panels.
One Fernwood box takes a simpler approach to drawing in readers, with big, cartoonish lettering on its doors imploring passersby to “Read!”
In total, Greater Victoria has 394 recorded little free libraries—a number that has skyrocketed by more than 100 since the start of the pandemic. While not all of these are members of the trademarked Little Free Library international organization, they all carry similar distinguishing traits, and of course, books.
“The rate of growth is bonkers,” said Teale Phelps Bondaroff, a board member of the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network who founded Victoria’s robust mapping system for little libraries.
Since 2017, he’s seen both new and established book boxes join the map at a rate of about 100 a year. But this year, the growth has been unprecedented. The 300th little library opened this May, and the total is fast approaching 400 by the day.
“I can say with confidence that Victoria has the highest density of documented little libraries in Canada, possibly further afield,” said Phelps Bondaroff.
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This map, a project of the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network, marks the locations of little library boxes around Greater Victoria. If you know of one that is not on this map, please let us know using the form on this page:
http://victoriaplacemaking.ca/projects/.
Find out more about little libraries and their impact on communities here:
http://victoriaplacemaking.ca/2015/placemaking/mapping-greater-victorias-little-library-boxes/
Key:
Blue = Confirmed LFL with photo.
Purple = Confirmed LFL, needs photo to be uploaded or taken.
Yellow = Unconfirmed LFL (i.e. it's somewhere on the labeled street, but we are not sure where).
Green = Little Seed or Plant Library.
Pink = Puzzle and Game Exchange.
Brown = Little Art Galleries and Art Supplies Boxes
Map expanded to include seed, plant, puzzle, and game LFLs, Spring 2022, and expanded to include Little Art Galleries and Art Supplies Boxes December 2024.
Additional LFL offerings are indicated using an emoji:
🧶 = Yarn and knitting supplies
🍞 = Little free pantry or fridge
🍽 = Household items
🐶= Sticks and dog treats
This map, a project of the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network, marks the locations of little library boxes around Greater Victoria. If you know of one that is not on this map, please let us know using the form on this page:
http://victoriaplacemaking.ca/projects/.
Find out more about little libraries and their impact on communities here:
http://victoriaplacemaking.ca/2015/placemaking/mapping-greater-victorias-little-library-boxes/
Key:
Blue = Confirmed LFL with photo.
Purple = Confirmed LFL, needs photo to be uploaded or taken.
Yellow = Unconfirmed LFL (i.e. it's somewhere on the labeled street, but we are not sure where).
Green = Little Seed or Plant Library.
Pink = Puzzle and Game Exchange.
Brown = Little Art Galleries and Art Supplies Boxes
Map expanded to include seed, plant, puzzle, and game LFLs, Spring 2022, and expanded to include Little Art Galleries and Art Supplies Boxes December 2024.
Additional LFL offerings are indicated using an emoji:
🧶 = Yarn and knitting supplies
🍞 = Little free pantry or fridge
🍽 = Household items
🐶= Sticks and dog treats
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Little Free Libraries

221B Baker St.

A Kinder Cup LFL

A La Mode LFL

A Novel Idea LFL

Admiral's LFL

Admirals Road LFL

Agate Little Free Library

AHVS LFL

Albert Ave. Book Nook

Alder Street Little Free Library

Aldersmith Pages

Allbay Books

Allendale Books

Alley Books

Alpine Crescent LFL

Alquimia Farmstand and Books

Amah's Library

Ambassador Ave

Amelia Little Library

Amherst LFL

Anchorage Books

Anne's Little Library

A Novel Idea

Aquarius Books

Arbutus Books

Arcand Library

Arlene Place LFL

Arnold LFL

Arthur Drive Library

Art n' Zine Library

Ascot Books

Asquith LFL - Lower

Asquith LFL - Upper

Astoria LFL and Free Shop 🍽🍞

Athlone Books

BaaBaa Books

B&W Books

Baba Yaga Books

Baily Cool Memorial Bookmobile

Balmacarra Books

Balmoral Books

Balmoral Reads

Barbara Books

Barkley Books

Barrett Drive

Basil Avenue Books

Baxter Book Borrow

Baynes Book Exchange on Baynes Road

Bay Street Little Library

Beach Books

Beach Books on Estavan

Beach House Little Library

Beachcombers Library on Oliver Street

Beaver Books

Beaver Lake Books

Beaver Lake Park LFL

Becher Books

Beckley Cottage Book Box

Beddis Book Exchange

Beechwood Ave

Beechwood Books

Beehive Books

Bella Street

Bella's Books on Redwood Ave

Belmont Books - Blue

Belmont Books

Belmont Reads

Belmont LFL and Gallery

Bel Nor Books

Berlin's Book Box

Betty's Book Boutique on Balsam Road

Bevliotèque

Bewdley Books

Bittancourt Neighbourhood LFL

Bird Books

Black Cat Books - Off Clawthrope Park

Black Cat Library

Black Cat Library

Blackwood Take a Book - Leave a Book

Blair Ave. Take a Book, Leave a Book

Blue Bird Book Box

Bluebird Books

Blue Book Box on Wilson

BlueKayak LFL

Boats on the Roof

Books at Spring and Denman

Book Bin at Cook and Fairfield

Book Exchange on Falkland Road

Book Hive

Book House on Hutchinson Ave

Book House on the Gorge

Book Smarts

Books in a Bush

Books on Bay

Books on Beach Drive

Books on Chapman St.

Books on Caleb Pike Rd.

Books on Calumet

Books on Dean

Books on Forbes

Books on Fraser

Books on Graham St. 🍽

Books on Mann

Books on Nicholson

Books on Selkirk

Book Stop on Metchosin Road

Books on Pembroke

Boulevard Books on Orillia Street

Bowerbank Book Nook

Bowker Books

Bowker Creek Books

Brentwood Blooms Library

Broadmead Books

Broadmead Farm LFL

Brooke Street

Browning St. LFL

Bryophyte Books

Bosun Books

Bucky's Library/Bibliothèque

Burgoyne Valley LFL

Burnett Books

Burnside Road at Granville Road

Bus Stop Books - Birch and W. Saanich

Bus Stop Books - Highway 17A and 17

Bus Stop Books - W. Saanich Rd.

Bus Stop Books - W. Saanich Rd. and Ardmore

Bus Stop Books - W. Saanich and Totem Lane

Byng Street

Byron Road Community Library

Cadboro Bay Beach Book Box

Cadboro Bay Books

Cadboro Bay LFL

Caleb Pike LFL

Cambridge Street

Camp Barnard Books

Campus Crescent Little Book House

Carnsew Take a Book - Leave a Book

Carrick Street Book Nook

Casa Linda Caixa de Livros

Casa Linda Reads

Casa Marcia Little Library

Cast Iron Farm LFL

Castleview Child Care Centre

Cathedral Books

Catherine St. LFL

CCRR LFL

Cecelia Cove LFL

Cedar Hill Free Little Gallery and Library

Cedar Hill LFL

Cedar Hill Rec Centre Little Free Poetry Library

Cedar Hill Take a Book Leave a Book

Cedar Ridge Books

Cedarcrest Little Free Library

Central Saanich Estates LFL

Central Saanich United Church Little Book Exchange

Chamberlain Books

Charles Place LFL

Charmar Free Library

Cheltenham Street LFL

Cheri’s Little Free Library in Sooke

Child Care Resource and Referral LFL

Children's Books on Drake

Children's Free Library on Pearl St.

Chill Books

Chown Books

Christmas Hill Estates LFL

Chuck's Book Nook

Church Hill Books

Churchmouse Books

Church of the Advent LFL

Centennial United Church LFL

Chapman Book Box

Chateau Rainbow Unicorn Variety Box

Chester LFL

Chicken Coop Books on Denman St.

Clare Street

Claremont Ave LFL

Claremont Books

Claremont FLL

Clarence St. Library

Claude Rd. LFL

Clive Drive

Clovelly Terrace LFL

Cloverdale Traditional LFL

Cloverhurst LFL

Clover Point Books

Cold Shoulder Cafe LFL

Colin Place Little Free Library

Collinson Books

Collinson Street Book Exchange

Colquitz Little Free Library

Columbia Drive Book Box

Colville Road

Colwood Creek Park Libraries 🍽

Colwood Crescent LFL

Community Blessing Box

Community Book Exchange on Hillside Ave

Community of Christ Little Free Library - Burnside and Jutland

Connie Rd. Reads

Community Pantry and Exchange Box on Hillside Ave. 🍞🍽

Connie's Cookie Jar - LFL

Connorton Books

Constance Comment

Cornerstone LFL

Cornwall LFL

Cotlow Road

Country Gardens LFL

Country Road Reads

Cowichan Reads

Cowichan St. LFL

Craigflower Rd. LFL

Craigflower School LFL

Crestview Corner LFL

Crossroads LFL

Crystalview Books

Culduthel Books

Cumberland Road at Palmer Road

Cumberland Road LFL

Currie Road

Daisy's Book Den

Dalhousie Book Exchange

Dallas Rd. Community Book Exchange

Damelart Books

Danish Mustard Reads

Darwin Ave

Davie Street

Dean Park LFL

Dean Park Road

DeCosta Nada Little Library

Deep Cove Books

Deep Cove Books 4 Kids!

Deep Cove Neighbourhood Book Exchange

Deja Vu Library

Delmonte Reads

Denman Book House

Derby Commons Library

Desmond and Park LFL

Desmond Drive LFL

Despard LFL

Devonshire Reads

Dino Books

Dive Inn

Dockeside Books

Dog Library of Saxe Point 🐶

Donald St. LFL and Puzzle Library

Doric LFL

Dornier Books

Dougall Ave. Neighbourhood Book Exchange

Dowler LFL

Dragon Alley

Dragon's Lair

Dragon's Lair Books

Driftwood LFL on Estevan

Duck Bay Books

Duke Street Books

Dunlevy Books

Dumsmuir Book House

Dunsmuir Little Library

Dunsmuir Road Little Library and Pantry 🍞

Dunsmuir Tree LFL

Duke Road - Bring - A Book - Take

Durban Library

Dysart Road

Eagle Ridge Reads

Eagle View LFL

Earl Gray Xchg

Earlston Books

Easter Rd. Book Elevator

East of the Sun, West of the Moon LFL

East Sooke Ang's Book Nook

East Point Books

Eberts St. Little Library

Edgemont Reads

Edith Point Little Library

Edward St. LFL

Elaine Way LFL

Elk Road

Ella's Little Library

Emergency Book Box

Emerson Mini Free Art Gallery and LFL

Emma's Free Book Library

Empress and Chambers LFL

Emily's Little Library

Enchanted Forest LFL

Ernhill Little Library

Esquimalt Branch LFL

Esquimalt Bread Box 🍞

Esquimalt Kids Books LFL

Esquimalt Neighbourhood House LFL

Esquimalt Rec Centre Book Exchange

Esquimalt Rec Senior's Centre

Esquimalt Road Reads

Esquimalt United Church on Admiral's Road

Farhill Book Exchange

Fairburn Dr. LFL

Fairfield Community Centre

Fairfield Purple Book Box

Fairfield Rd. Yarn Barn 🧶

Fair St. Books

Falaise Lending Library

Fall Some Book Exchange

Fantasy Library

Felix Jack Books

Feltham Book Cabin

Fern Street Park LFL

Fernwood and Gladstone LFL

Fernwood Community Centre

Fernwood Community Pantry

Fernwood Rd. Books

Fernwood Re-Public Library

Fernwood Square LFL

Fernwood Yarn Library 🧶

Festival of Trees LFL

First St. LFL

Fifth St. Poetry Hut

Fleetwood LFL

Florence Street Book Exchange

Flowers & Friends

Flower's and Such LFL

Forbes St. LFL

Forbes St. Books

Forest View LFL

Forward Books

Foul Bay Books

Foul Bay Road

Foul Bay Road at Leighton Road

Fourth St. LFL

Fox in Socks Book Box

Francis Rd. LFL

Free Library on Duchess

Fulford Harbour Terminal LFL

Fulford Seniors Free Books

Fulton Rd. LFL with a View

Gabriola Lil' Library

Galaxy Library

Galiano Island Little Library

Gallifrey LFL

Ganner Reads

Garden Street

Garden View LFL

Garnet Place Object Box

Gear Into Reading

Gladstone LFL

Glanford Share Shack

Glasgow St. Free Library

Glenairlie Dr LFL

Glendenning Farm Library

Glen Lake LFL

Glenlyon Norfolk LFL

Glentana Community Library

George Jay Book Box

Goldie Ave

Gonzales Ave

Gorge Park Community Garden

Gorgeous Books

Gorge Rd. Take a Book - Leave a Book

Gordon Point LFL

Gosper Crescent Library

Government Street

Goyette Trading Library, Goyette Road

Grafton St. LFL

Graham St. Book Box

Grange Road

Grant Rd. Reads

Grant St. LFL

Great Scott LFL

Greenlea Books

Greenridge LFL

Greentree LFL

Greenway Co-op LFL

Grenville Ave. LFL

Grey Dragon Library

Guernsey Little Lending Library

Hagan Rd. LFL

Hallsor Books

Hallway Books

Hamiota Reads

Hampshire Book Cabin

Hampshire Book Box

Hampshire Rd. LFL

Hampshire Terrace Library

Hampshire House LFL

Happy Rock LFL

Harris Green Reads

Happy Valley Neighbourhood Library

Harrison Ave. LFL

Harrop Reads

Harvest A Book

Haslam and Glenn Lake LFL

Hastily Constructed Books

Haultain LFL

Hawthorne Tales

Hazelwood LFL

Heading West

Heart Pharmacy LFL

Hearts on Highfield

Heaslip Books

Hedgerow Books

Hedwig's Little Library

Hen & Hound Books

Henderson Book Nook

Hen House

Henry Ave. Books

Henry LFL

Herald Food Pantry 🍞

Hereward Library

Hidden Valley LFL

Highlands Community Garden LFL

Highland Road Lil' Library

Hillside and Cook Books

Hillview Library

Holly's Corner

Honeysuckle Studio

Hope LFL

Hopkins Book Nook

Hopwood LFL

Horel Reads

Houlihan Court LFL

Hovey Road Book Nook

Hovey Road Little Free Library

I'm Listening LFL

Inspired by Words LFL

Isabella Books

Isabelle Point LFL

J & D Book Barn

J & S's Little Library

Jadel Books

Jahn Place Book Exchange

James Bay Boat Ramp Books

James Heights LFL

Jill's Book Exchange

Jill's Little Free Library

Joanna's Book Exchange

Joffre Books and Seeds

Joffre St. LFL

Jubilee Park LFL

Judge Place Books

Juno St. Lending Box

Kathryn's Library Box

Keira and Amelia Memorial LFL

Kelly Dawn Book Hut

Kemp Lake Rd. LFL

Kids and Cats LFL

Kids Free Little Library

Kindersley Road

Kingham LFL

Kingham Place LFL

Kings & Dean Books

Kingsmill Books

Kings Road

Kingsley Book House

Kingsley LFL

Kingswood Books

Kipling Street

Kit's Little Library

Knockan Place LFL

Kootenay Place LFL

Ladysmith Street at St Lawrence Street

Lake End LFL

Lakehurst Dr. LFL

Lakeside Little Library

Lambie Library

Lambrick Park Trail LFL

Lampson Street LFL (upper)

Lands End Bus Stop Books

Laneway Books near Stoba

Langford Free Book Exchange

Langford St. LFL

Langham Court LFL

Langley Rd. Reads

Langs Rd. LFL

Lannon Creek Free Library & Lennon Creek Free Movie Exchange 🎬

Larkdowne Free Library

Lark St. LFL

Lavender Avenue

Layritz LFL

LDM Memorial Library

Leeds Place Book Exchange

Leonard's Book Exchange

Leonard St. Book Exchange

Lewis Park LFL

Lexington Books

Lexington LFL

LFL on Jenner

Library Chest - Salt Spring

Library on Sarah

Library Lane LFL

Lie Beary

Lil' Lake Library

Lily Ave. LFL

Linden Free Library

Linden Lending Library

Linnet Lane

Little Acorn LFL 🧶🍞

Little Blue Library

Little Brookhaven Library

Little Broom Hill LFL

Little Butter's Library

Little Debbie's Free Library

Little Dragon LFL

Little Duchess Library

Little Eldon LFL

Little Free Children's Library

Little Free Children's Library on Clarke

Little Free Food Pantry

Little Free Library

Little Free Library, Est. 2020

Little Free Library on Linklease

Little Free Pantry on Leigh

Little Happy Duck LFL

Little House Books on Rockland

Little House of Books

Little Library on Ayton

Little House on Graham

Little Library on Cornwall

Little Lincoln Library

Little Loretta Library

Little Maple Library

Little Mountain Book Barn

Little Owl LFL

Little Pink Book House

Little Pink Library on Stamboul

Lizard Library

Local Pup Snack Shop 🐶

Lochside Book House

Lochside Trail

Lockehaven Books

Lockley Free Library

Logan Library

Lone Oak Library

Long Harbour Terminal LFL

Longview Books

Longview LFL

Lookout's LFL

Lorne Kelsey Memorial Library

Lorra's Little Free Library

Ludlow Road Free Library

Lucas Ave. LFL

Luna and Soleil's Library

Luranah's Library

Lurline Books

Lynnfield LFL

Macaulay St LFL

MacDonald Dr. LFL

MacKinnon Books

Maddock Ave E

Maddison Reads

Madrona Book and Toy Box

Madrona Free Box 🍽

Madrona LFL

Magic Dragon Book Stop

Mainwaring Books and Things

Malaview Book Exchange

Malaview Free Library

Maliview Books

Malton Books

Mama's Book Exchange

Mamich LFL

Manchester Rd. Blvd. Park Books

Mann Ave. LFL

Maplewood Green LFL

Marie Meadows LFL

Margot Place Yarn Barn 🧶

Margate LFL

Marigold Books

Marifield Ave

Marler Park Books

Marley and Me LFL

Mars St. LFL

Mary Baker Eddy LFL

Maryland Reads 🐶

Mason St. LFL

Maynard and Cadboro Bay Road

Maynard Park LFL

Maywood LFL

McLaren LFL

McTavish LFL

Meadow Dr LFL

Meadow Farm Stand

Meadow Library

Meadow Park Books

Menzies St. LFL

Merry Reads

Metchosin Schoolhouse Museum LFL

Michele's Little Library

Miller Lending Library🪁

Mills Rd. LFL

Mini Myrtle Book Nook

Mister Calvin

Monarch Community Library

Montague Rd. LFL

Monkey Puzzle Books

Moodyville Book Exchange on Stellys Cross Road

Moon Library

Moorpark and Lodi LFL

Mosher Books

Moss Rock's Little Library

Mossy Books

Moss Point Books

Moss St. Books

Most Majestic LFL

Mount Stephen LFL

Mount Tolmie Neighbourhood Library

Mountjoy LFL

Moxon Terrace Lil' Library

My Library on Central Saanich Rd.

Munro Street

Musgrave LFL

Mutti Bird on Chambers Street

Nancy's Little Library

Neighbourhood Book Box on Austin Ave

Neighbourhood Book Nook and Kids Stop 🍽

Neptune's LFL

NerdYurt Library

Newton Place Novels

Niagara Grocery Book and Fibre Library 🧶

Niagara St. Book House

Nicholson Free Little Library

Nik-Nak-Nook

Nook's Cranny

Norris Road Little Library

Northlawn LFL

North Park Book Shelf

North Ridge LFL

Oak Bay Ave LFL

Oakcrest Library

Oakdowne Books

Oak Grove Library

Oaklands Community Centre LFL

Oaklands Rise LFL

Oakmount Books

Oakmount Road

Oakridge Exchange 🍽

Obed Ave at Qu'Appelle Street

Ocean Blvd Little Free Pantry 🍞

Ocean Dreams LFL

Oceanspray Books

OceanView LFL - St. Catherine St.

Old Esquimalt Neighbourhood Book Box

Old Scott LFL

Old West Saanich Road Books

Olive Street Library

Once Upon A Library

On The Edgelow LFL

Orca LFL

Orchard Little Library

Orillia St. Pollinator Box

Ormond Reads

Otter Point LFL

Otter Point Rd. Books

Our Little Free Library

Over Booked LFL

Paddon Ave. Books

Paddon Book Box

Pages and Petals

Page Turners on S. Turner

Panorama Recreation Centre

Park Book Exchange - Central Saanich Rd.

Parker Ave. LFL

Parker Island LFL

Parkside Books on Tillicum

Park Ridge Books

Park Terrace Books

Patagonia Victoria's LFL

Peak-A-Book

Pearce Crescent LFL

Pearl St. LFL

Pearls of Wisdom LFL

Paul's Terrace LFL

Pembooks

Pembroke Street Book Exchange

Pembroke Street Little Library

Penshurst Books

Pequod LFL

Petite Bibliothèque Gratuite Français

Persimmon Library

Pet's Book Cabinet

Phoenix Books

Phoenix Library

Pickford Books

Pine St. LFL

Pink Geranium LFL

Pioneer Housing Co-Op LFL

Pioneer Park Children's and Youth LFL

Play On LFL

Pocket Books

Poet District Book Nook

Poetree

Porlier Pass Books

Prima Strada LFL on Cook

Prima Strada LFL on Fort

Princess Books

Princess Avenue LFL

Prior Street LFL

Promenade Books

Promontory LFL

Prospect Lake Community LFL

Proudfoot Place

Public Library Camosun Street Branch

Purple Book Box on Grenville

Put A Bird On It

Quebec Dr LFL

Queen Anne Heights LFL

Queens Ave. Book Box

Queensbury Little Library

Quimper St LFL

Quincy's Library

Rainbow Orca Books

Rainbow Roads Reads

Rambler Reads

Ramsay Reads

Ravens Crossing Cohousing Books

Raven Roost LFL

Raven Sisters LFL

Raynor Ave. LFL

Read It Again

Reads and Seeds

Reads on Reed

Redfern Park Reads

Renart Reads

Reno Dog Box 🐶

Reynolds Rd. LFL

Rhubarbs Book House

Richardson Street Little Free Library

Richardson Reads

Richmond Ave

Ridge Pond Little Library

Ridgeway Community Library

Ridgewood Reads

Rithet St. LFL

Rithetwood Books

Rivers Crossing

Riverstone Book Nook

Robert St. LFL

Roberlack Reads

Robin's Branch Library

Robinson Rd. Books Etc.

Robin Way LFL

Rockheights Ave

Rockland Reads

Rockwell Reads

Rocky Point LFL

Rocky Point Rd LFL

Rogers Ave

Rolston Trail Reads

Romney Road

Rosario Reads

Rose Garden Children's Book Exchange

Roseberry Ave and Kings Road

Roslyn Reads on Roslyn Road

Rothesay Reads

Roundabout Reads

Rowan Street Reads

Royal Bay Books & Puzzles & Games

Royal Links LFL

Royal Oak Avenue - Community Book Case

Royal Oak Reads

Roy Reads

Roy Road Reads

Ruby's Cute Little Library

Ruby's Little Free Pantry 🍞

Runnymede Reads

Rupert Terrace LFL

Russell St. Books

Russell St. Reads

Russell in the Bush Reads

Rutledge Park Lending Library

Ryan Street Reads

Ryder Reads

Saanich Commonwealth Place LFL

Saanich Heritage Artifacts Society Book Box

S & C Little Free Library

Sabrina's Book Nook on Regina Ave

Salton Book Box

Salt Spring Rustics Reads

Salt Spring Vineyards LFL

Sandgate Library

San Lorenzo Books

Santa Fe Books

Saunders LFL

Schooner's Books

Scott St. LFL

School House Reads on Epsom

Scott St Books

Sea Ridge LFL

Sea View Books

Seawalk Co-op LFL

Secret Quiver Library

Sedum Read'um

Seedlings Forest Education LFL

Selkirk LFL

Setting Sun LFL on Glenelg

Shady Corner Books

Shakespear Books

Sharky & George's LFL

Sharp Rd. LFL

Shelagh Rogers Lending Library

Shelagh Rogers Lending Library II

Shelage Rogers Lending Library III

Sheryl's Little Library

Shine Craft LFL

Shirley Delicious - Little Free Book Lighthouse

Shirley's Book Nook

Shore Way Books

Sidney Guide & Scout Hall Little Free Library

Sigmar Book Exchange

Silverstone Way LFL

Simcoe LFL

Sinclair LFL

Six Mile Pub LFL

Skedans Take A Book - Leave A Book

Slater St. LFL

Sloan Reads

Slow the Folk Down and Read

Sluggett Books

Smokey LFL

Snoopy LFL

Snowdrop Ave

Snowy's Books

So Long Mary Anne Books

Somerset LFL

Songhee's Wellness Centre LFL

Sooke Children's LFL

Sooke Reads LFL - Seaparc Leisure Complex - Adult Books

Sooke Reads LFL - Seaparc Leisure Complex - Children's Books

Songhees Retirement Park LFL

Southpoint-Island Life LFL

Spring Bay Book Beacon

Spirit Garden Library

Southpark School LFL

Stand Out of the Way

Stark's LFL

Starry Night Books

St. Andrews Street LFL

St. Barnabas Book Box

St. Charles St. LFL

St. Christopher’s Montessori LFL

Stelly St. Reads

St. Lawrence St. LFL

St. Matthias LFL

Stoba Books

St Patrick Street

Stitch Up Reads

Stockton LFL

Stonington Place LFL

Stormont Books

Styles St. Libretto

Sunkist LFLs

Superior Books

Surf the Free Library

Sutherland Books

Swartz Bay LFL

Tall Tree Books

Tatlow Free Library

Tat Tvam Asi LFL

Telle's Tales

Terrace Books

Texada Terrace LFL

That Little Blue Library

The Art of Reading

The Bird Box

The Birdhouse Library

The Bookaneer

The Book Box at Mt View Park

The Book Case - on Eaton Ave.

The Book House on Northcott Ave

The Book Nook

The Book Shack & More

The Clawthrope Lending Library

The Charming Dandelion LFL

The Doctor's Little Library

The Garlock Library

The Hamster House Kids LFL

The Hawthorne LFL

The Heights of Reading LFL

Theh Le Lum LFL

The Kid's Book Nook🪁

The Kingsberry LFL

The Lake Library

The Lane Library

The Library of 1812

The Lighthouse Library

The Little Blue Library

The Little Italian Library

The Little Monterey Trading Library

The Little Pantry

The Little QBIPOC Library

The Little Unlearning LFL YYJ

The Little Yellow House LFL

The Little Yellow Book Box

The Maison d'Être Little Library

The Mayer Zoo LFL

The Most Majestic LFL

The Oakridge Oracle

The Owl Perch LFL

The Piper's Books

The Poetree

The Red Book Box and Friends

The Sentinel Box

The Stand on Tern

The Street Library on Sutlej

The Toadstool

The Tree of Knowledge

The Village Exchange

The Yarn Shed 🧶

Thought Spot

Threshold Housing Society LFL

Thurlow Rd. LFL

Thurlow Reads

Tiedemann Place

Tillicum Book Exchange

Tiny Tree House Library

Tony's Book Nook

Top of the Hill LFL

Topaz Free Library

Toronto and Government LFL

Toronto St. Book House

Torquay Dr. LFL

Torquay School LFL

Tory Place Book Exchange

Totoro's Little Library

Townley St. Little Library

Township Coffee LFL

Transit Road Books

Transit Road LFL

Treehouse Little Free Library

Tree of Life Library🪁

Trentelmann Books

Trestle Place Reads

Tribe Rentals LFL

Troll Library

Tsaykum Rd. Little Lending Library

T's Lil Library

Tucker's Little Book Exchange

Tudor Ave

Tyndall Books

Twin View LFL

Uplands Book House

UVic Campus Community Garden

Vallis Books

Vancouver St. Books

Vesuvius Beach Books

Veterans Memorial Little Library

Vic West Books on McCaskill Street

Vic West Community Centre

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‘Coral reefs for community’
Although some little libraries temporarily shut their doors at the start of the pandemic, many have now expanded to play host not just to books, but canned goods, puzzles, hand sanitizer, and other goods to meet community needs. Several have become dedicated “giving boxes,” or little free pantries, full of free toiletries, food, and other goods donated by the community.
For longtime Victorians like John Threlfall, it took the pandemic—and widespread closure of public libraries—to finally take the leap and build his own little free library. For Threlfall, this became an appealing alternative to fill his need for access to free books. He hasn’t looked back since.
“I got totally hooked,” he said. “I’ve been using them for a few years around the city, but I never thought about putting one in until COVID-19 hit.”
Some little free libraries, left unattended, can grow crowded with unsolicited religious literature, outdated textbooks and damaged books. But Threlfall became a self-appointed amateur librarian, obsessively curating and documenting each book that landed in his book box. He keeps a backup shelf in his garage to ensure the collection remains diverse and alluring. Threlfall built a second little library soon after, and is now working on a third.
More Victorians have taken to the streets since the start of the pandemic, Threlfall said—including himself. He estimates he’s visited over 150 little libraries on walks through the neighborhood.
“Little libraries are coral reefs for the community; you meet the most amazing people there,” said Phelps Bondaroff.
In his weekly bike trips around the city to restock little libraries, Phelps Bondaroff said he regularly engages with strangers in conversations that he has come to value for their often unexpected depth. These book boxes are a meeting point for anyone who seeks a good book—regardless of age or housing situation.
“Even though we’re not gathering, there’s interactions between neighbors that I wouldn’t have had otherwise if we didn’t have a little library,” said Michelle Mulder, a longtime little library owner. “That’s been really cool.”
A standout from such interactions this year for Mulder came when she greeted a woman at her little free library who was taking measurements and photographs of the structure.
More than a book exchange
The woman was Dulma Karunarathna, a senior lecturer in archaeology from Sri Lanka working as a visiting research fellow for the University of Victoria’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. In the short time since her family moved to Victoria, Karunarathna fell in love with the city’s expansive network of little libraries.
She discovered her first book box by chance on a walk with her family in February.
“I thought it was a small birdhouse,” Karunarathna said. “By the time I reached it, I couldn’t believe my eyes.”
Accessibility to free books in neighborhoods across the city hit home for her, she said, as she considered the opportunities a little library could bring to those in her home town of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. Since, Karunarathna has made it her mission once a week to walk to, thoroughly examine, and document as many little free libraries as she can to share with an online Sri Lankan community.
“I have now walked more than 655 kilometres in Victoria,” she said, now with 217 little libraries under her belt. “I know most of the streets and neighbourhoods.”
Karunarathna used her findings to coordinate the construction of three little free libraries in Sri Lanka, which she says have been received with overwhelming support by the local community.
The first of the Sri Lankan little free libraries was opened in September, when many schools in the area were closed due to COVID-19 and access to books was scarce. Children lined up to bring books to the little library the first day it opened, and enjoyed their new reads in nearby chairs brought by Karunarathna’s students in a makeshift, open-air school.
Karunarathna received messages of gratitude from local mothers, overjoyed to see their children reading instead of watching television that day.
Children gather around the little library Karunarathna helped build in her community in Talawa, Sri Lanka. Photo: Submitted
“My dream came true,” she said. “I thank all the Victorian little library builders [for that].”
On December 7, she opened up her first Victorian little free library outside of her apartment, with the help of her two children.
The community of little free “librarians” and readers is undeniably strong in Victoria. After six months, Phelps Bondaroff often notices the community begins to maintain the book box organically. But for many of the librarians, it’s a hands-on hobby: both Threlfall and Phelps Bondaroff curate their collections and library decor for holidays.
Mulder, a children’s author, credits Victorian’s love of books and the city’s walkability to the success of little free libraries.
“I find it fascinating what each neighborhood offers up,” she said. “They wind up having personalities of their own, whether they mean to or not.”
As more Victorians than ever build and submit their book boxes to the map during the pandemic, Phelps Bondaroff sees the connections made through the little libraries as one of their most crucial community services.
“That’s the magic of little libraries, I think,” he said. “It’s more than just a book exchange.”
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