San Diego County Library was among this year’s winners of the Little Free Library nonprofit organization Todd H. Bol Awards for Outstanding Achievement.
The award announcement came during the celebration of Little Free Library Week, which ran from May 14-20.
Little libraries are mailbox-like structures put up in communities to create neighborhood book exchanges where people can freely borrow or leave books for others to read. They can be found all around San Diego County.
In 2021, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to create a “little libraries” initiative to boost literacy in low-income and communities of color by giving the people and children living in them more opportunities to have books to read in their homes. San Diego County Library (SDCL) currently has 45 Little Free Libraries installed across the region and 56 more on their way.
SDCL is working in partnership with the San Diego Council on Literacy, other public library jurisdictions in the region, collective Friends of the Library groups, and local non-profits and volunteer groups to implement Little Free Libraries throughout the county.
SDCL Little Free Libraries are now open at the following locations: (view map)
Sweetwater Community Garden
5354 Sweetwater Road, Bonita, CA 91902
Sweetwater Summit Regional Park
3218 Summit Meadow Road, Bonita, CA 91902
Christmas Circle Community Park
700 Christmas Circle Drive, Borrego Springs, CA 92004
Lake Morena County Park
2550 Lake Morena Drive, Campo, CA 91906
Heritage Park
1381 E. Palomar Street, Chula Vista, CA 91913
Lauderbach Park
333 Oxford Street, Chula Vista, CA 91911
SBCS – Ken Lee Building
430 F Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910
Tiffany Park
1713 Elmhurst Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91913
Flinn Springs County Park
14787 Old Highway 80, El Cajon, CA 92021
Felicita County Park
742 Clarence Lane, Escondido, CA 92029
Live Oak County Park
2746 Reche Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028
Vallecito County Park
37349 Great Southern Overland Stage Route of 1849, Julian, CA 92036
William Heise County Park
4945 Heise Park Road, Julian, CA 92036
Louis A. Stelzer County Park
11470 Wildcat Canyon Road, Lakeside, CA 92040
Guajome Regional Park
3000 Guajome Lake Road, Oceanside, CA 92057
Pauma Valley Community Center
16650 Highway 76, Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Pine Valley Clubhouse
28890 Old Highway 80, Pine Valley, CA 91962
Pine Valley County Park
28810 Old Highway 80, Pine Valley, CA 91962
Rainbow County Park
5157 5th Street, Rainbow, CA 92028
Dos Picos County Park
17953 Dos Picos Park Road, Ramona, CA 92065
Chollas Lake Park
6350 College Grove Drive, San Diego, CA 92115
Clark Middle School
4388 Thorn Street, San Diego, CA 92105
Hamilton Elementary School
2807 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105
Heritage County Park
2454 Heritage Park Row, San Diego, CA 92110
Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
12020 Black Mountain Road, San Diego, CA 92129
Tijuana River Valley Community Garden
2100 Hollister Street, San Diego, CA 92154
Tijuana River Valley Regional Park
2721 Monument Road, San Diego, CA 92154
Waterfront Park
1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101
Smythe Elementary School
1880 Smythe Avenue, San Ysidro, CA 92173
San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians Education Department
16152 Kumeyaay Way, Valley Center, CA 92082
Luz Duran Park
340 Townsite Drive, Vista, CA 92084
Rancho Guajome Adobe
2210 N. Santa Fe Ave., Vista, CA 92083
For more Little Free Library locations, please visit www.littlefreelibrary.org.
