We need new and gently used books!

Thank you for considering a book donation to us. We are currently accepting 

book donations in our lobby. Books must be IN GREAT CONDITION, with no 

yellowing pages, broken spine, musty smell, underlining, etc. We send your 

books to underserved communities around the world, and appreciate books 

that are relevant and ready to be used by many different people.

IMPORTANT:  If you are donating 5 or more boxes of books, please email several days ahead to ensure we can accommodate a large book drop off.  Make sure all books are left INSIDE the lobby.  The lobby is open 24 hours a day.  Books are sometimes damaged when left outside.  Please leave ONLY BOOKS in our lobby.  We cannot use other items.

Books we accept:

*Children's Books for all ages, both fiction and nonfiction        

*Classics and simplified, illustrated classics         

*Children’s Dictionaries and Thesauruses; Picture Dictionaries            

*Short Story Collections     

*Grammar books for all ages       

*Teaching methods and materials       

*English as a Second Language (ESL) books and materials

*Children’s books in Spanish or French for native speakers 

*Construction/Industrial Arts

*Medical and Nursing textbooks – no more than 10 years old

*Law books suitable for the developing world

*High School and College Textbooks, excluding American History, no more than 5 years old 

*Computer and IT training latest titles only

*Business, banking, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship

*International Relations, conflict resolution, globalization

*Agriculture, vegetable gardening, beekeeping, animal husbandry

*Ecology, environment and climate change

*Atlases -- no more than 10 years old

*World Maps

*National Geographic, Nature, Smithsonian Magazines, no more than 5 years old

* Health and Hygiene 

Books We Do Not Accept:

        Books that are not in great condition

        Large format coffee table books 

        Gourmet cookbooks and diet books

        Flower gardening

        Hardcover popular fiction like James Patterson, Nelson DeMille etc. 

        Textbooks for learning a foreign language (French, Spanish, German etc.)

         American History textbooks

         Calculus and Algebra 2 textbooks

         EMT Training books

Local organizations that are currently accepting books are the Pequot Library in Southport and the Westport Library during library hours.  Darien residents may also take books to the Darien Swap Shop at the transfer station.

Pequot Library

720 Pequot Avenue

Southport

(203) 259-0346

http://www.pequotlibrary.org/index.php/donations

Westport Public Library
20 Jesup Road
Westport
(203) 291-4840
http://www.westportlibrary.org/support-wpl/book-sales

Donate a New Book: We have partnered with our local independent book seller, Barrett Bookstore, to create a Wishlist of our most needed books. Please click here to purchase a book for us to donate to students in need around the world!

Parking:  When dropping off book donations please park in the one space in front of our building at 1926 Post Road.  Please, do not park in our immediate neighbors' lots.