Our partner can take all new or used children’s books in good condition: clean, unmarked, and free of stickers.
Spanish language kids' books
Board books
Picture books
Beginning chapter books
Kids' fiction and nonfiction
New activity books or coloring books
Braille books
Damaged, marked, or soiled books
Check with your local hauler to see if these can go in your curbside recycle bin!
Books for adults or high school students
Used activity or coloring books
Ex-school or ex-library books
Encyclopedias or textbooks
Dictionaries
Magazines and newspapers
Check with your local hauler to see if these can go in your curbside recycle bin!
Digital media
CDs, DVDs, cassettes, VHS tapes
Books missing pages
Check with your local hauler to see if these can go in your curbside recycle bin!
Books transport and transform us. Even if kids grow out of their favorite stories, their old books still have plenty of magic inside of them.
Our partners help get books off of your shelf and into a new home where they will be treasured. Now that's what we call a happy ending!
Jorge Luis Borges
Unlike other categories, books retain almost all of their original value! They can still be read, they can still bring joy.
BookSpring is the leading Central Texas organization focusing on building literacy skills and the motivation to read through increasing home libraries and reading aloud activities for children.
With over 45 years of experience, BookSpring has taken the best practices of their founding programs and adapted them to the special needs of Central Texas low-income families. BookSpring provides a continuum of early literacy interventions through a theory of change that supports brain development, family interaction, skill-building, and the motivation to read in children from birth through age 12.
BookSpring’s programs increase awareness of the importance of reading and provide the tools to do so. The organization provides books directly to homes. Additionally, to maximize impact, BookSpring partners with medical clinics, schools, and other nonprofits with book distributions, supplemental activities, and events designed to educate, inspire and build intrinsic motivation to read.