I am a sucker for little libraries. No matter how many books rest on my bedside table, or stack up on the family room’s coffee table, or wait on hold for me at the public library, I’ll always take a peek inside our neighborhood little libraries when I pass them by. Built like cute little houses, and often filled to the brim with books, I’ve just got to see what gems might be inside. 

Knowing how often the contents of little libraries change, my daughter and I have been known to take ‘Little Library Tours’ during the summer. We fill my bike basket with books to donate and swing by up to a dozen little libraries throughout our extended neighborhood, trading books in and out of libraries all along the route.

Once in awhile, I’m surprised to come across a new release that I wouldn’t get my hands on at the public library for a handful of months. Sometimes I find favorite children’s books, treasures remembered from childhood, that I’m exited to share with my kids. I’ve found several books of poetry that have truly delighted. I have found mysteries, memoirs, cookbooks, new-to-me international authors, and even whole new reading genres in these tiny libraries.

Reading at the Reformed Journal is kind of like keeping an eye out for Little Libraries. You just never know what will pop up here at the Reformed Journal, and you will regularly come across some surprising and delightful gems. There’s an almost magnetic pull to stop by, poke around, find something good, and yes, even great, to read each day.

The thing about Little Libraries is that they are also generally called Little Free Libraries. You don’t have to pay a cent to take one of those books home with you to read. It is true that sometimes those tiny library houses are packed to the rafters with excellent books that you are dying to read. But sometimes they are filled with mildewy, broken-spined, dull reads.

We work really hard at the Reformed Journal to write good, meaningful content; curated content that will inspire, challenge, and delight you. We don’t get paid to do this, and yet we keep it stacked to the rafters.

We want to keep giving you a superior reading experience, far above and beyond that of my beloved Little Free Libraries, and not only by way of content, but because our website, podcast, email distribution, and all the behind the scene efforts that go into our craft, are top notch. 

Please consider the fact that we can offer the best content and reading experiences to you because we pay our bills and work to keep our product and our craft easily accessible by updating and constantly working to improve our website and technology.

You can support us in these efforts by contributing to our Fundraising Campaign this week. And if you, like me, can’t ever find enough to read, you might want to participate in our special “But Wait…There’s More” offer where you’ll receive three books in the coming year, each published by Reformed Journal Press.

Keep reading, friends. Thank you for your daily support shown in comments, and thank you for financial support that helps us be and become ever better at this thing we love so much.

The purple button above or clicking here, will take you to a page with details on this year’s special “But Wait, There’s More” offer–three new books from Reformed Journal Books in 2025!

You can use the same page to give a gift of any amount or find info on giving by check via mail.

Send checks to: PO Box 1282 Holland, MI 49422

Thank you very much!

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