Old Books
I love books (and maybe even should have been a librarian or bookstore owner). I also understand that sometimes we have too many, so I collated a list of ways to donate, recycle or sell them.
Donate -
Children’s Book Project
2166 Palou Ave, SF CA 94124 - Schedule an appointment to drop off books.
https://www.childrensbookproject.org/
Donate gently used books for emergent bilingual children, especially in Spanish or Chinese (all ages), characters of color (all ages), board books, beginning readers, early chapter books, graphic novels
Kids Need to Read
El Dorado Elementary School - 70 Delta St, SF CA 94134
Sutro Elementary School - 235 12th Ave, SF CA 94118
https://www.kidsneedtoread.org/our_mission.html
Donate positive, uplifting “like new” children’s books that are not scribbled upon or visibly damaged
Better World Books
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/go/donate
BWB collects and sells books online to donate books in good condition and fund literacy initiatives worldwide. Offix Edge will donate boxes when you ship up to 50 pounds of books via Media Mail from this location.
Books for Africa
https://www.booksforafrica.org/donate/donate-books.html
Books for Africa collects, sorts, ships, and distributes gently used books to students of all ages in Africa with the goal of ending the book famine in Africa. Offix Edge will donate boxes when you ship up to 50 pounds of books via Media Mail from this location.
Recycle -
Paperback books and magazines can be recycled like newspapers and cardboard.
Hardcover book glue makes recycling difficult. They can be taken to Paper Rush, a recycling center in Bayview:
2370 Jerrold Ave, SF CA 94124
M-F 6:00 am - 4:30 pm
Sell -
Green Apple Books
506 Clement St, SF CA - daily from 10 am - 6 pm
https://www.greenapplebooks.com/sell-us-your-books - Sell literature, poetry, philosophy, natural history/field guides, art monographs, cooking, plus current & classic titles on social justice and race studies.
