Little Free Library Unveiling @ OIC

Please join us in the unveiling of the New Britain Public Library’s very first Little Free Library, in partnership with OIC! The celebration will take place at 4 pm on Thursday, November 20 at OIC, (114 North St, New Britain, CT 06051) 

Leisure reading behavior is a key predictor of educational success, and the elimination of “book deserts”, has been cited as a way to address the structural inequalities that compromise children’s reading development.

In light of this, the New Britain Public Library is launching an innovative movement involving literacy advocates across the city, working together to ensure that books are readily available to children in New Britain. Alongside our valuable partners and through funding from the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, the Library will install at least 10 Little Free Libraries in strategic locations across the city. Through the Little Free Libraries, free books will reach children that are geographically disadvantaged in that they may not currently have easy access to books or our public libraries.

Books will be supplied on an ongoing basis by the Friends of the New Britain Public Library through donations from community members, as well as through community members directly sharing books in the Little Free Libraries. We hope that you will join us in creating a movement of readers across New Britain!