Dedham Little Free Library Project

o be the stewards of the Dedham Little Free Libraries Project. Here are our current installation locations across Dedham:

1) Dedham Town Hall, 26 Bryant Street – “Little Red Schoolhouse” built and painted by DHS students. Little Free Library Charter #10,741.

2) Dedham Square Keystone Lot, Corner of Eastern Ave. & High Street – “Head In The Clouds, Feet In The Trees” painted by Marietta Apollonio

3) Endicott MBTA Commuter Rail Station, Corner of Grant and Elmwood Avenues – “Poppies” painted by Susan Hoy

4) Veteran’s Road Housing Complex/East Dedham – "Our Little Library" painted by NY Times best-selling Author/Illustrator Peter H. Reynolds

5) Maryanne Lewis Playground at Barnes Memorial Park on Eastern Avenue, “Pattern Recognition” painted by Lisa Houck

6) Oakdale Square, Church of the Good Shepherd, 62 Cedar Street, “Stars & Stripes” painted by Luke Barry

7) 40 Fairview, created by a very creative community member:
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8) DHA Housing Complex @ Parker Staples Road, "A, B, Cs of Literacy" painted by Dedham High School, Class of 2016 alum Leah Badessa, Hannah Romanish, and Rachel Strykowski.

9) DHA Housing Complex @ High Street/O'Brien Way, "Dedham's Norfolk Tavern" painted by Dedham High School, Class of 2016 alum Leah Badessa, Hannah Romanish, and Rachel Strykowski.

10) Dedham Corporate MBTA Commuter Rail Station, Rustcraft Road Across Jefferson Place Apartments, “Celebrating Dedham Pottery” painted by Clarissa Robyn

11) Manor Neighborhood, the corner of Sherman and Louise Road at Terri’s Market, “Under The Stars” painted by Cindy Mootz

12) East Dedham Triangle Park, Intersection of Colburn & Hyde Park Streets, “Victorian Roses” painted by Sarah Edson.

13) Trenton Street Playground - created Joan & Dan Conners.

14) Legacy Place, LP-branded metal box version

15) Tahiliani Book Nook, 14 Waldo Street, Dedham, MA - Charter #106035

16) LFL on Etna, 52 Etna Road, Dedham, MA - Charter #154342

17) Beni's Little Library, Dedham, MA - Charter #133454

18) 30 Woodleigh Road, Built by the Staton Family, Charter #52109. The mission of the Little Free Library Movement is to:

• Promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide.

• Foster a sense of community and connection as we share skills, creativity and wisdom across generations. The initiative was founded by Todd Bol who designed the first “little library” on a post as a tribute to his mother, who was a book lover and school teacher. The original goal was the creation of 2,150 Little Libraries, which would surpass the number of libraries founded by Andrew Carnegie. As of June 2016, there are over 90,000 registered Little Free Library book exchanges in all 50 U.S. Little Free Library was honored to receive the 2020 World Literacy Award from the World Literacy Foundation. We are a Top-Rated Nonprofit by the Great Nonprofits organization and received Guidestar’s Platinum Seal of Transparency. Little Free Library is a recipient of the Library of Congress Literacy Award, the National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize, Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers Award, the Women’s National Book Association’s Second Century Prize, and the Force for Positive Change Award. Discover more of our milestones and awards. Dedham's Little Free Library initiative was originally spearheaded by Emily Gibbons and Paul Reynolds.