New Little Free Library Pops Up In Old Ellicott City

ELLICOTT CITY, MD — A new mobile Little Free Library has been set up along Main Street in Old Ellicott City's Tiber Park.

The mission of the Little Free Library is be a catalyst for building community, inspiring readers and expanding book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led Little Free Library book-exchange boxes. Across the world, there are more than 150,000 registered Little Free Libraries in 70 countries and it is estimated that 70 million books are shared annually through these book-sharing boxes.

In Howard County, there are nearly 50 Little Free Libraries.

“A Little Free Library is built on a simple idea, 'take a book, leave a book.' But in that exchange, something pretty cool can happen – a child can discover a favorite story, a neighbor shares a book that once inspired them, someone walking by maybe pauses for a moment of quiet curiosity,” said Julia Sanger, president of the Ellicott City Partnership. “To all of the county officials and staff who helped make this happen, thank you. This is yet another example of what can happen when government and community work together to bring a space to its full potential.”

The mobile Little Free Library that first popped up in Old Ellicott City debuted this month in National Family Literacy month.

"Across the world, more than 70 million books have been shared through more than 200,000 Little Free Libraries. They are portals of imagination. They are a way for ideas to travel through time, carried not by starships, but by stories. Now, we have one shaped like the TARDIS, the most famous book-delivery system in all of time and space," said Howard County Executive Calvin Ball.

Other Little Free Libraries can be found at the following locations in Howard County:

Clarksville

• 6542 Ballymore Lane
• 12330 Clarksville Pike

Columbia

• 5430 Vantage Point Road
• 6700 Freetown Road
• 10320 Quarterstaff Road
• 6175 Sunny Spring
• 10962 Hilltop Lane
• 10710 Charter Drive
• Playground near the Wilde Lake Village Green, between 10400 Cross Fox Lane and the Family Life Center
• 5450 Blue Heron Drive
• Midsummer Lane
• 10563 Rivulet Row
• 5399 Mad River Lane
• 5081 Cedar Lane
• 10899 Beech Creek Drive
• 5430 Vantage Point Road
• 5851 Robert Oliver Place
• 8995 Lambskin Lane
• 5355 Phelps Luck Drive
• 5459 Watercress Place
• 8909 McGaw Court
• 6700 Cradlerock Way
• 6315 Hillside Court, Suite D
• 9989 Cape Ann Drive
• 5370 Old Stone Court

Dayton

• 14701 Betula Way

Elkridge

• 6145 Montgomery Road
• 7878 Mayfield Avenue
• 6424 Sedgwick Street

Ellicott City

• 5409 Autumn Field Court
• Brightwood Court
• 3560 Church Road
• 3020 Southview Road
• 13400 Triadelphia Road
• 11575 Frederick Road
• 3073 Katherine Place
• Cross Bow Court
• 3639 Grosvenor Drive
• 9722 Gwynn Park Drive
• 4005 Wildwood Way
• 4045 Crescent Road
• 4054 High Point Road
• 9014 Sybert Drive
• 3560 Church Road
• 3105 Edgewood Road
• 8506 Pine Run Court
• 4910 Alice Avenue