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Gram's Garden Little Free Library

Our exchange library was created to share the love of books & reading with the community. LGBQT+ friendly 🌈 LFL 193152

We love sharing diverse, inclusive books for all ages, across multiple genres. 📚 Designated as a Read In Color & Banned Books library.

06/23/2026

Happy Pub Day to A Love Once Lost! 🥳

In 'A Love Once Lost' bestselling historical romance author Jennie Goutet weaves a story of lost love and second chances against the scenic backdrop of Georgian-era Europe.

Perfect for fans of:
✨️ Georgian Era Romances
✨️ Second Chances
✨️ European Grand Tour
✨️ Well Research Historical Fiction
✨️ Family Sagas
✨️ Sister Bonds
✨️ No Spice

Mini Review:

A Love Once Lost is the first book in the Bridwells' Grand Tour series which revolves around the three Bridwell sisters. Book one tells the story of oldest sister Amy and James Fletcher, her first love who she's never forgotten. Set within the historic region of Spa in the Austrian Netherlands (later Belgium), where the Bridwells' have come to take the waters, our protagonists come face to face for the first time in over six years.

I love a well researched historical romance and A Love Once Lost is certainly that. It was obvious the author did her due diligence when it came to the town of Spa, the structures present during the book's timeframe, the social activities of The Quality, and on the healing waters themselves. I appreciate the attention to historical detail the novel has. Nothing is lacking here.
(Full review on Goodreads. 🔗 in bio)

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Thank you to Book Marketers | Uplit Reads and Haven | No-Spice Romance Publisher
for the gifted book!

Publication Day • Historical Romance • Second Chance Romance • Book Review • New Release Fiction

06/22/2026

Did you know Little Free Library has an app you can use to find LFL's wherever you are? I love using it to check in at the libraries I visit and love it when someone checks in at Gram's Garden Little Free Library too!

I popped by these LFL's over the weekend. You can find them on the app by name or Charter number:

Tosche Station Charter 166359

⛸️ Blades of Furry (graphic novel)
🐒 Junie B Jones & a Little Monkey Business (kids)
📚 Blessings and Disasters (non-fiction)
📖 Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl (non-fiction)

LFL of Fun Charter 201519
🐇 Meet Peter Rabbit (board book)
🪎 A Pirate's Pact (middle-grade)

Plus a few extras for Gram's Garden Charter 193152

🎆 Madison Finn Just Visiting (Independence day themed, middle-grade)
🏖 Good Night Beach (board book)
😴 The Going To Bed Book (board book)
Thank you to whoever left this ☝️in the library!

❓️Do you use the Little Free Library app?

Little Free Library App • Take a book Leave a book • Non-fiction • Middle Grade Books • LFL Adventures

06/20/2026

SIMON SPOTLIGHT SATURDAY

Thanks to our friends at Simon & Schuster and Little Free Library brand new copies of Dog Meets Dog: On the Loose in London and The Super Roomies: Lake of Slime are on the kid's shelf of Gram's Garden Little Free Library!

Both these books are part of the Star Chapter Books line. Star Chapter Books are the perfect bridge for kids moving beyond beginning readers but not yet ready for longer chapter books. With short chapters, bold two-color illustrations, and fast-paced, funny stories, these confidence-building books make reading fun and rewarding.

🐕 Dog Meets Dog: On the Loose in London:
In this tip-top tale of chaos and mayhem, dog siblings Betsy and Bones take London by storm—bungling plans, muddling maps, and turning their sightseeing into one hilarious disaster after another!

🧫 🧪 The Super Roomies: Lake of Slime:
Abby Astro, Blix Blaster, Captain Kooky Pants, and Wanda Weather don’t always see eye to eye—in fact, they rarely do. But when slime starts rising and the city is in danger, these unlikely heroes must put aside their squabbles and learn to work as a team to save the day.

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Simon Spotlight • Middle Grade Books • Chapter Books • LFL Book Drop

06/19/2026

Happy Friday! The Little Free Library & Trinket Exchange is fully restocked & ready for weekend visitors.

Thanks to those who swapped books & trinkets this week. I always love discovering what's been taken & what's been left.

New Books added to the Little Free Library today:

PREK-MIDDLE GRADE SHELF

🦄 Uni the Unicorn (oversized board book)
🏳️‍🌈 Julian is a Mermaid (Pride read)
📚 Hello. Mrs Piggle-Wiggle (middle-grade)
🎒 Mia in the Middle (middle-grade)
📚 The Baby Sitter's Club-Stacey's Mistake (graphic novel)

YA-ADULT SHELF

📖 Maggie Finds Her Muse (contemporary romance)

📚 Bookmarks & Stickers are restocked. Bins for those are on the bottom shelf next to the board books bin.

👑 New items were added to the Trinket Exchange. Everything on the door is part of the swap & is a Take one Leave one exchange. Thanks for honoring that!

➡️ I spent the morning poking around a few local spots on the water. Swipe through to see a few photos!

✌️Have a great weekend. Peace out and Share a Book

06/18/2026

When a kangaroo mother turns into a zombie what's the little roo trapped inside her pouch to do?
Find out in Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too?

Ok. So that's not really the story, but I honestly cannot be the only one who thinks Mama Kangaroo looks like a zombie. The crazy eyes, mouth hanging open, and dangling arms scream "Zombie!" to me. 🧟‍♀️

Anyhow, this maybe zombie, maybe not illustrated kids book is lurking inside Gram's Garden Little Free Library.

Come and grab it if you dare!

While you’re there check out all the other fantastic books on the free library shelves. Leave a book or two as well if you can. Take a book, Share a book is more than a motto. It's the lifeblood of all Little Free Libraries.

Community libraries only work with community involvement. ✌️

❓️Would you rather be kicked by a kangaroo or wrestle with a wombat? (Yes that question is ridiculous, but most QOTD are boring)

06/17/2026

Celebrate Pride Month With Great Books 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🏳️‍⚧️

Pick up this great Pride read at Gram's Garden Little Free Library:

Shapes of Love by L.V. Peñalba is a YA contemporary fiction released in 2026 by Wednesday Books

My thoughts:

Shapes of Love is a thoughtfully written novel that explores the multitude of ways love can be expressed and how society limits these expressions through preconceived labels and definitions around relationship types. As Sasha struggles with her PR straight girl image, her authentic aroace self, and the rabid fans who dissect every song she's written and assigned their own meanings to, you truly feel for her.

Preconceived ideas around relationships, worthiness and lack of belonging when we don't fit into those boxes is a reccuring theme throughout. As is the pressure of being forced into maintaining a false public persona mandated by the studio in order to be more marketable.

With themes of found family, sexual identity, being true to oneself, and not allowing others to mandate how you love Penalba has crafted a heartfelt and deeply moving story that begs the reader to create their own Shapes of Love and fearlessly share them with the world. (Full review on Goodreads)

Pride Books • Contemporary Fiction • YA Novels • Little Free Library • Book Recs • LGBQTIA

❓️What Pride Month book do you recommend?

06/17/2026

What are the two most innovative tools every writer needs in order to take their writing to the next level?

A thesaurus and a dictionary.

That's it. Put these two together with the inherent creativity of a human with a willingness to write and you have all the tools necessary.

The greatest literature ever created wasn't assisted by any technology other than imagination and dedication to writing.

Twain, the Bronte's, Shakespeare, Morrison, and so many others were capable of producing great works without generative AI. They didn’t need technology to improve their writing. They simply wrote. Some of them didn't even have the benefit of dictionaries or a thesaurus because they hadn't been compiled yet!

I support real writers. Those who hone their craft through the act of writing. Not those who claim to be writers while having AI do all of or part of the work.

➡️ Shout out to all the amazing authors, publishers, and reviewers who refuse to utilize or support Gen-AI

06/16/2026

A children's book in honor of Juneteenth is in Gram's Garden Little Free Library.

Opal Lee and What It Means To Be Free is a beautifully illustrated children's book about the Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee herself.

About this book:

Every year, Opal looked forward to the Juneteenth picnic—a drumming, dancing, delicious party. She knew from Granddaddy Zak's stories that Juneteenth celebrated the day the freedom news of President Lincoln'' Emancipation Proclamation finally sailed into Texas in 1865—over two years after the president had declared it!

But Opal didn't always see freedom in her Texas town. Then one Juneteenth day when Opal was twelve years old, an angry crowd burned down her brand-new home. This wasn't freedom at all. She had to do something! But could one person's voice make a difference? Could Opal bring about national recognition of Juneteenth?

Follow Opal Lee as she fights to improve the future by honoring the past.

Juneteenth Books • Opal Lee • Children's Books • Little Free Library • Read In Color • Activisim

06/15/2026

Book Mail Monday 🥳

Book Mail is the best mail and I always get excited when a new book lands in my mailbox! These 3 titles are the most recent book mail arrivals & came at the perfect time to do a Book Mail Monday feature. 📚

Thank you to everyone tagged for these wonderful books!

🍋 The Sweetest of Lemons by Daniel Nayeri

- I previously posted about this Iranian kids book as part of the Hear Our Voices book tour. I'd read the e-book and now have a physical copy to add to the LFL! (Check out my review post for more book details)

✌️ The Peace Guidebook-How to cultivate hope, healing, and harmony for the good of humankind

- Watch for my Love Books Tour post on June 24

🌱 Sprout by Massachusetts author Taylor Tyng

- I won this middle grade fantasy from Massachusetts Center for the Book! I'll be adding it to the LFL soon & will post it when I do.

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Middle-grade Fantasy • Iranian Authors • Peace Guidebook • Book Mail • Gifted Books • Little Free Library

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06/14/2026

Little Free Library Book Drop 📖

Gram's Garden Little Free Library is loaded up with books for all ages from board books to adult fiction we've got something for everyone. Swipe through to see the fresh picks this week & the abundance of books on the shelves.

Kids Books (top shelf)
✨️ Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother Too?
✨️ Discovery Atlas OF Animals
✨️ Franklin and His Friend
✨️ Hop On Pop

Teen/YA-Adult Books (middle shelf)
✨️ The Odyssey (graphic novel)
🏳️‍🌈 Shapes of Love (Pride Read) 🏳️‍⚧️
✨️ The Correspondent

‼️The Trinket Exchange was pretty wiped out. Someone took about 20 items & left 0 ignoring the Take one Leave One dynamic. I didn't do a full restock but there are enough items there to swap with.

Little Free Library Book Drop • Pride Reads • Picture Books • Graphic Novel • Early Readers

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