Sharing Books with Little Free Libraries: Phinney Ridge in Seattle

One of the summer camps my kid attends is located in the north part of Seattle, and instead of navigating back and forth across I90, dropping off and picking up during rush hour traffic, we have ourselves a staycation. This time we rented a dog-friendly house, and I came prepared with books for a Little Free Library hunt. Hello, Phinney Ridge!

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Palatine Ave

Most of the houses I find by using the Little Free Library map, which a lot of times shows a picture of the library and/or a brief description if it's in a difficult-to-find spot or off-street, like the inside a hotel lobby or in a filing cabinet in a small town grocery store. Normally, the book houses show their placards proudly, "Take a book. Share a book."

Free Little Library Map

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Evanston Ave

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Dayton Ave

Distance Between

78th Street

Creepy Cute Details

Dealing with Blue

81st Street

Sounds Complicated

83rd Street

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74th Street

Sometimes though, I stumble across a library, like the one on 73rd Street, which seems to be run by a rogue independent...my kind of librarian. Off the beaten path, no placard, not in the system, running their own show.

Sounds Complicated

Independent Library on 73rd Street

Even though my "Share a book" stash of eight ran dry, we were still stumbling across miniature book houses. Phinney Ridgers love to read and each library had some interesting inventory. The adventure continued, until over the past three days, we'd accumulated a pile of books for next month's reading challenge!

Tiny and Cute

Another Independent Free Library

 So first we shared books and then we took books. Our treasures included:

1.) Writer's Inc: A Guide to Writing, Thinking & Learning by Sebranek, Meyer, and Kemper - Writing

2.) The Work-Play Book Dictionary by Gates and Huber - Vintage Childrens

3.) Lunch Money and Other Poems About School by Carol Diggory Shields - Childrens Picture Book

4.) Henry IV Part One by William Shakespeare - Classic

5.) The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen - Young Adult

6.) Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus - Middle Grade

7.) Archie's Campfire Stories by Archie Comics - Middle Grade

Took Books

...with Tilly and Tango

8.) Paper Cut in China by Unknown - Childrens Nonfiction, Art

9.) The World of Richard Stine by Richard Stine - Art

10.) The Emerald Ring by Dorine White - Middle Grade

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"Have your whole heart bent on a single purpose." ~ The Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai