| It’s nice to think of others having a chance to read the books that you’ve enjoyed. If you’d like to share the books you’ve outgrown, you could call your public library, or shelters for homeless families, or children’s hospitals in your community and ask if they accept donations of children’s books.
Here are some organizations that accept both children’s book donations and requests from institutions in need of books:
Sends donated books throughout the U.S. and around the world. Located in Connecticut.
http://dba.darien.org/
darienbookaid@yahoo.com
203-655-2777
Donates books to schools and libraries in need. Based at Amherst College in MA. Offers information about book drives.
http://www.readertoreader.org
info@readertoreader.org
413-256-8595
Sends books to schools around the world. Based in Lexington, KY. Accepts textbook donations.
http://www.intlbookproject.org
Director@intlbookproject.org
859-254-6771
Donates books both nationally and internationally. Based in Annapolis, MD. Primarily for donors in the MD area.
www.big-books.org
Thanks to illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba for referring to UK librarian Zoe Toft’s post on Book Charities, where we discover more donor organizations:
(formerly known as Hands Across the Water)
Donates to schools and libraries. Currently has drop slots or walk-in sites in MA, CT, RI, MO, WA, GA and are expanding nationwide.
www.readingtree.org
info@readingtree.org
888-402-2665
Donates books to school and classroom libraries in under-resourced New York City public schools.
www.projectcicero.org
info@projectcicero.org
212-288-6900 x511
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