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We Cannot Accept...

  • adult books
  • textbooks
  • dictionaries
  • encyclopedias
  • magazines
  • coloring books
  • outdated, torn, yellowed, or moldy books
  • books with the last copyright earlier than 2000

Thank you for your understanding!

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DID YOU KNOW?

Nearly 50% of the books we distribute come from community donations!

Give Your Gently Used Books a Second Life

We welcome your donation of new or very gently used children’s books! Whether you have a few books or a few boxes, we’ll happily get them to local kids who need them.

Books can be dropped off at our MidTown Cleveland warehouse Tuesday – Friday between 9am and 3pm. Please call us at 216-417-1803 when you arrive. Or donate books at one of the locations below.

Outdoor Collection Bins

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Avon – Board of Education
36600 Detroit Rd. (near playground/soccer field)

Avon Lake – Giant Eagle
31990 Walker Rd. (Learwood Square Shopping Center)

Bay Village – Westerly Elementary
30301 Wolf Rd. (near school entrance)

Beachwood – Beachwood High School
25100 Fairmount Blvd. (across parking lot from pool building; NE corner next to recycling bin)

Brecksville – Hilton Elementary
6812 Mill Rd. (at the end of the parking lot near the recycling bins)

Chagrin Falls – Gurney Elementary
1155 Bell Rd. (near gym)

Cleveland – Kids’ Book Bank
3635 Perkins Ave. (next to Loading Dock B)

Fairview Park – Gilles-Sweet Elementary
4320 W 220th St. (near front entrance)

Hudson – Ellsworth Hill Elementary
7750 Stow Rd. (along drop-off curb at front of building)

Lakewood – Lakewood High School
14100 Franklin Blvd. (outside door 35)

Olmsted Falls — KidsFirst Learning Center
26184 Bagley Rd.

Orange – Pepper Pike Learning Center
32000 Chagrin Blvd. (near tennis courts)

Rocky River – Don Umerley Civic Center
21016 Hilliard Blvd. (to right of entrance to Memorial Hall)

Solon – Solon Middle School
6835 S.O.M. Center Rd. (end of main drive near recycling bins/playground)

Solon – Dorothy Lewis Elementary School
32345 Cannon Rd. (west side of parking lot near recycling bins)

Strongsville – Strongsville Middle School
13200 Pearl Rd. (front of school near bike racks)

Westlake – Westlake Elementary School
27555 Center Ridge Rd. (outside faculty entrance on west side of building)

Cleveland Kids' Book Bank indoor book collection bin

Donate Books at These Local Businesses:

Stop by the following businesses during regular business hours to drop your donation of a box or less of books into the marked bin inside:

J Pistone – Shaker Heights

D-BAT – Solon

About Us

The mission of the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank is to foster literacy and a love of reading by distributing free books to children in need through collaboration with community partners.

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Connect With Us

216-417-1803
info@kidsbookbank.org

3635 Perkins Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9am to 5pm

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