A parade of Little Free Libraries

Peter Cook’s curbside library in West L.A. led to anonymous complaint and city crackdown. (Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times)

By Carolyn Kellogg

Feb. 5, 2015 12:32 PM PT

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Neighbors all over the country are sharing books with one another through Little Free Libraries, even as municipalities increasingly crack down on them. Here is a look at a some of our favorites. If you like, send us a photo of yours.

A Little Free Library on a walkway in Venice being visited by a cat. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

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Carolyn Kellogg

Carolyn Kellogg is a prize-winning writer who served as Books editor of the Los Angeles Times for three years. She joined the L.A. Times in 2010 as staff writer in Books and left in 2018. In 2019, she was a judge of the National Book Award in Nonfiction. Prior to coming to The Times, Kellogg was editor of LAist.com and the web editor of the public radio show Marketplace. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in English from the University of Southern California.

A parade of Little Free Libraries

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