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How can I let you know of children who need books?
- New books are valued at the cover price.
- Used books are valued at a flat rate of $2.00 per book.
- Cash is valued in the amount given.
- A fair market value will be determined.
- General Literacy Information:
National Institute for Literacy
A Child Becomes A Reader: Birth to Preschool - Adult Literacy:
Literacy.org - Reading Facts:
Fact Sheet on the Importance of Reading to Infants and Young Children
Home Literacy Activities and Signs of Children's Emerging Literacy, 1993 and 1999 from the National Center for Education Statistics - Reading Ideas:
Reading Is Fundamental - Reading Resources:
Reading Rockets - Launching Your Readers - Libraries:
Adopt A Library
Here you will find resources to promote world literacy, to help and encourage donations of used books and computer equipment to libraries in the U.S. and around the world, and to keep books out of landfills! No donations for AdoptALibrary.org are solicited, no ads appear on this website, no "cookies" are left on your computer. - The International Loving Touch Foundation, Inc.
This foundation teaches Infant Massage and offers courses to certify parents our how to massage their newborns and children. For more information, please see their website.
How can I donate books?
Are my donations tax-deductible?
What types of books should I donate?
What other sites can I visit to learn more about reading and literacy?
Q: How can I let you know of children who need books?
A: Just let us know!
You can contact us through email, phone or fax and we will make sure that any child who needs/wants a book, receives one.
Q: How can I donate books?
A: Just let us know!
You can drop them off at our permanent collection container at 2nd Look Books located in the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center at 2928 E. 29th Ave. or you can contact us through email, phone or fax and we will make arrangements to pick them up.
Q: Are my donations tax-deductible?
A: As a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization, any donations to Books Forever Yours may be tax deductible. Please contact your tax advisor to be certain.
Our primary donation is books but other donations are always welcome. If donations are given directly to a Books Forever Yours employee or volunteer, a handwritten receipt for your items will be given immediately, followed by a formal receipt in the mail. If donations are made at our drop off sites (see Events link), and a name, address and number of items is taped to the donation, a formal receipt will be sent to your mailing address.
Books
Cash Donations
Other non-cash donations (bookcases, sign, office supplies, etc.)
Q: What types of books should I donate?
A: We are looking for books that children aged 0-17 would enjoy reading or can use to further their education.
We have listed our favorites along with other wonderful books. If you don't see your favorite amoung them, please email us at: books@booksforeveryours.org
| Books Forever Yours Favorites | ||
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| Title of Book | Appropriate Age | ISBN number |
| You are Special | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN: 0891079319 |
| Love You Forever | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN: 0920668372 |
| Goodnight Moon | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN: 0060207051 |
| Time for Bed | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN: 0152010661 |
| The Princess and The Pea | 4-8 yrs. old | ISBN: 0789205157 |
| The Cat and the Hat | 4-8 yrs. old | ISBN: 039480001X |
| The Night I Followed the Dog | 6+ yrs. old | ISBN: 0811806472 |
| Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 9-12 yrs. old | ISBN: 0064471071 |
| Watership Down | 9-12 yrs. old | ISBN: 0380002930 |
| The Wreckers | 9-12 yrs. old | ISBN: 0440415454 |
| Wolf Tower | 9-12 yrs. old | ISBN: 0142300306 |
| Hardy Boys: Tower Treasure | 9-14 yrs. old | ISBN: 0448089017 |
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 10+ yrs. old | ISBN: 006092988X |
| Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | 12+ yrs. old | ISBN: 0553296981 |
| In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN: 0141001828 |
| Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN: 0060005424 |
| Other Wonderful Books | ||
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| Title of Book | Appropriate Age | ISBN Number |
| Shiny Fire Engine | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-8431-7847-7 |
| Little Toot | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-448-40585-7 |
| The Gingerbread Boy | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-448-10217-X |
| My Love for You | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-8037-2352-0 |
| Max's Birthday | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-8037-2268-0 |
| Kitty Says Meow | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-448-42608-0 |
| Where Is My Nose? | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-448-42504-1 |
| Bedtime | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-525-44207-3 |
| Little Duck | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-448-40056-1 |
| Mother Goose | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-448-10212-9 |
| Look, Look | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-525-42028-2 |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit: A Story Board Book | 0-3 yrs. old | ISBN: 0723244324 |
| Little Cloud | 4-6 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-399-23191-9 |
| Alphabite | 4-6 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-8431-7819-1 |
| Owl Moon | 4-6 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-399-23851-3 |
| Snowy Day | 4-6 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-670-86733-0 |
| Whistle for Willie | 4-6 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-670-88046-9 |
| Fix it! | 4-6 yrs. old | ISBN# 0-525-46849-8 |
| Captain Underpants and the Perilous plot of Professor Poopypants | 6-9 yrs. old | ISBN# 0439049989 |
| Little House in the Big Woods | 7-12 yrs. old | ISBN# 0064400018 |
| Maid Mary Anne (The Babysitter's Club, No 66) | 7-12 yrs. old | ISBN# 0590470043 |
| Hank the Cow Dog: The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog | 7-12 yrs. old | ISBN# 0877191999 |
| Magic Tree House: Vacation of the Volcanos | 7-12 yrs. old | ISBN# 0679890505 |
| The Golden Compass | 10+ yrs. old | ISBN# 0345413350 |
| The Ruby in the Smoke | 10+ yrs. old | ISBN# 0394895894 |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN# 0385729332 |
| The Land | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN# 0803719507 |
| David Copperfield | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN# 0140434941 |
| Sense and Sensibility | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN# 0192833588 |
| Les Miserable | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN# 0849916879 |
| The Three Musketeers | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN# 1853260401 |
| Wuthering Heights | 13+ yrs. old | ISBN# 0553212583 |
Q: What other sites can I visit to learn more about reading and literacy?
A: There are many online web sites that will provide information about reading and literacy.
Here are some suggestions:
Other sites for children and their parents:
Last updated 2/3/03