Little Free Libraries in Santa Cruz
Give and take. Borrow, Return. Share.
The history of libraries is a journey through civilization. Not so many centuries ago books were rare and laboriously hand-written by monks in monasteries. With the invention of the printing press, books were printed and circulated more widely, at first among the wealthy and gradually among a greater audience. Next came the growth of great public libraries, at first private and eventually free. A current and most delightful trend is the placement of free, individual Little Libraries in parks, private homes, and public locations like police or fire stations, churches and government buildings.
We had been growing a list from sources here and there when we discovered a national Little Free Library website. There we found many more Santa Cruz County libraries. https://littlefreelibrary.org/ourmap/ We’ve added them all to our list. Some of them are even Little Free Food Pantries, and one homeowner in Aptos offers Little Free Flowers. We suspect there are more unreported libraries and hope you will share their locations with us! info@santacruzparent.com
If you know of an area that could benefit from a free little-free-library, every month Little Free Library grants no-cost little libraries to underserved neighborhoods. See where they donated libraries recently! https://ed.gr/cxsnt
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Little Free Libraries – Santa Cruz County
Aptos
216 Appeton Dr 319 Arthur Ave 545 Bayview Dr Cheryl Way 107 Farley Dr 415 Hillcrest Drive 785 Loma Prieta Rd 220 Mar Vista Dr #30 9310/9320 Monroe Ave 216 Monte Vista Dr Pleasant Valley Rd & Del Valle Poplar & Oakdale Dr 508 Seacliff Dr 401 St Andrews Dr 3795 Vienna Drive Seacliff Village County Park
Ben Lomond 250 Main St
Felton 12519 Coleman
Capitola 1550 45th St 5024 Garnet Street Malibu Dr 603 Oak Dr Opal St & 47th St 204 Saxon Ave |
Pleasure Point
33rd Avenue Nova Ave
Santa Cruz 845 40th Ave 36th & Portola 23 Acacia Way 224 Alta Ave 5420 Bonny Doon Rd 205 Brook Ave Centennial & Nevada 1750 Chanticleer 1975 Chanticleer Ave 905 Daniel Ct Dufour St 421 Escalona Dr Fair & Hardy 114 Fairbanks St 220 Fridley Dr 432 Gladys Ave & Laurel Grover Ln & Walnut Hanover & Soquel Homeless Garden Project 525 Laurent St Katherine Ln 120 King St Laurent & Highland Market & Grant 1558 Merrill St 205Mountain Way
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Santa Cruz – continued
N. Branciforte & Doyle 47 Pasatiempo Dr 111 Princeton St 1001 Rodriguez 3241 Roland Dr 3565 Roland Dr 215 Sheldon Ave 338 San Juan Ave 5200 Soquel Dr. 3241 Roland Dr 3565 Roland Dr 215 Sheldon Ave 338 San Juan Ave 5200 Soquel Dr. 239 S. Branciforte 332 S. Branciforte Ave 908 Sumner St Seaside & Younglove Sumner& Effey 217 Seaview Ave 243 Vista Bella Dr 118 Younger Way
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Scotts Valley
400 Airstream Ct 184 Bobs Lane 1050 Lockhart Gulch Rd N. Navarro 109 Oak Creek Blvd 133 Vine Hill Rd 745 Whispering Pines Dr
Soquel Blanca Ave 3440 Crestline Way 3420 Hardin Way 2119 Old San Jose Rd 109 Serrell Rd Vista Dr
Watsonville 78 Arthur Rd 19 Benito Ave, La Selva Beach Marinovich Park & Community Center 52 Monterey Vista Drive Pinto Lake County Park
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