

At first glance, they might be mistaken for old-fashioned mailboxes.

But these small structures seen in residential front yards and at public locations invite visitors to make literary deposits and withdrawals.

As signs posted on the boxes read: “Take a book. Leave a book.”

The Little Free Library concept began in 2009 when a man in Wisconsin crafted a wooden cabinet resembling a one-room schoolhouse and installed it in his front yard. There are now more than 50,000 registered Little Free Libraries in every state and more than 70 countries.

The book repositories can be found throughout Polk County, in the front yards of private homes, in parks and at schools.

A map of registered locations can be found at www.littlefreelibrary.org.

Here are a few examples of Little Free Libraries in Polk County:
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