Another in an occasional series of Little Free Libraries in southeast Portland

I don’t often do much up close to I-205, but I had occasion to wander around a bit on the east side of it recently. While looking for my destination, I ran across this LFL.

This is LFL #46163 at about SE Lincoln & SE 97th, near Cherry Blossom Park.

When I visited, there were several children’s books, from early readers to early chapter books, with some in English and some in Spanish. There was a good assortment of adult books as well. So much room inside! The yard is rather pretty and the neighborhood seems nice. They had a lovely “how to use this LFL” flyer on the door as well.

Part of an occasional series – Little Free Libraries in SE Portland!

Today’s SE PDX LFL is #73051 at 4299 SE Evergreen. It’s across the street from Lewis Elementary School – which has its own LFL!  While today’s LFL has an official Little Free Library plaque and registration number, as of today I could not find it on the LFL map. I don’t know if this library is new and the stewards haven’t put it on the map yet or if it’s been there forever and the current homeowners don’t really have anything to do with it, and it’s maintained by sheer momentum. The latter seems unlikely as this library was in great shape when I saw it. Anyone know the story on this library?

Argh – I just realized I totally forgot to look through the LFL at Lewis Elementary when I was out there! Maybe next time…

Another in an occasional series of Little Free Libraries in Southeast Portland.

Today’s LFL is one I’ve visited a handful of times now, but only just recently remembered to take pictures of. And of course, the sun was directly behind the LFL, so the photos aren’t great, but dadgumit, I remembered to take photos this time!

LFL #36705 is at 7814 SE Grant St, right behind Portland Community College’s Southeast Campus. I was signing up for a non-credit class and it occurred to me to walk over and snap a picture. I also left a couple of books and took a copy of Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth. I also spotted three large hardbacks from the Harry Potter series. I love that the folks who manage the LFL also have a small water bowl at the bottom of the post, for critters who come by. Though even at noon, there was a bit of ice on the surface. Woo, winter weather!

I stopped by LFL # 14661 today, at 4109 SE 66th, to drop off some books. It’s got a lovely little yard that was full of birds when I was there. The library itself was packed full of books and a handful of CDs too. This one is near enough one of my work commutes that I’ll have to remember to stop by sometimes!

I went a little different route than usual after work recently and used the Little Library Locator app to see if anything was near. I found #7288 – which is listed on the locator app and the Official LFL Map as being on Cesar Chavez (39th), but is actually just around the corner on Kelly. This one was packed!  Among other titles, I saw “The Poems of Dr. Zhivago” (I really need to see that movie sometime!), an old Reader’s Digest gigantic book about gardening, “Do Bananas Chew Gum?”, and “Snow Falling on Cedars”. It’s got some diversity in there!