Get out the canoe — it’s time for a trip to the library. Starting on Saturday, a “Floating Library” will be anchored offshore on Lake Phalen near Phalen Park Beach with volunteer librarians on board ...

It makes sense that the idea for the Floating Library came to artist Sarah Peters while she was drifting away in a boat, aching to do something more than stare at the reflection of the sun. "Beach ...

This month, Silverwood Park in St. Anthony, Minn., is playing host to a library unlike any other. It's filled with one-of-a-kind books crafted by artists from all over the world. You can browse the ...

You’ve heard of good beach reads. How about good drifting-in-the-middle-of-the-lake reads? And what better place to get a book for your boat than at a floating library? Move over bookmobile, it’s the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Floating Library will be adrift on a St. Paul lake for only one more weekend this summer. The raft on Lake Phalen is stocked with handmade, one-of-a-kind books, ranging from a ...

Earlier this month, the Star Tribune reported that a Minnesota artist created an 8x8 floating library in Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake, lending books to readers on canoes, kayaks, and paddleboards.

Get out your reading glasses because a new floating library is coming to NYC next month! From September 6th to October 3rd, the Lilac Museum Steamship at Pier 25 will be transformed into a pop-up ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) -- St. Paul's Floating Library is heading into its last weekend on Lake Phalen. The library invites people to kayak, canoe, paddle board or rowboat out to its custom raft where ...

It isn't often you're given the luxury of unwinding in a library aboard an old vessel, unless you're Charles Darwin or Steve Zissou. The library emerged as a pop-up “antidote to the disappearance of ...