Community Bookshelves
Teen readers pose with their books in front of the Zelma George NRRC Community Bookshelf
Free books at neighborhood recreation and wellness centers
Our community bookshelves initiative puts free books in public spaces, so children and families have access to free books in the neighborhoods where they live, work, and go to school. We have 21 bookshelves in Neighborhood Resource and Recreation Centers (NRRC), wellness centers, and food sites in the City of Cleveland.
The Kids’ Book Bank provides a combination of age-appropriate gently used books and brand-new diverse Books Like Me books to fill the shelves—all free to the host sites and the kids taking the books home.
Center staff (we like to call them our “Book Champions”) maintain the Community Bookshelves by keeping them tidy and requesting books from us as needed.
For questions or for more information, contact jessica@kidsbookbank.org.
Community Bookshelf Locations
Woodland NRRC manager Elijah Johnson with the Community Bookshelf at his center
CMHA Outhwaite
2452 E. 46th St.
Collinwood NRRC
16300 Lakeshore Blvd.
Cudell Recreation Center
1910 West Blvd.
Earle B. Turner NRRC
11300 Miles Ave.
EJ Kovacic NRRC
6250 St. Clair Ave.
Estabrook NRRC
4125 Fulton Rd.
Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s Community Resource Center
15500 S. Waterloo Rd.
Fairfax NRRC
2335 E 82 St.
Frederick Douglass NRRC
15401 Miles Ave.
Glenville NRRC
680 E 113th St.
Gunning Park NRRC
16700 Puritas Ave.
Halloran NRRC
3550 W. 117th St.
Hamilton NRRC
13200 Kinsman Rd.
Lonnie Burten NRRC
2511 E. 46th St.
MetroHealth Buckeye
Community Resource Center
2816 E. 116th St.
Stella Walsh NRRC
7345 Broadway Ave.
The Pivot Center for Art, Dance,
and Expression
2937 W. 25th St.
West Side Market
1979 W 25th St.
Woodland NRRC
9206 Woodland Ave.
Zelma George NRRC
3155 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Zone NRRC
6301 Lorain Ave.