Book Pals- Donation Drive April Meeting
Saturday, April 25 2026
SLOBS and Book Pals are holding a Book Donation Drive with the help of Elm Street Books on Saturday April 25 at 3:30pm.
Please bring a Brand New Book from the list below to receive a .5 hour credit in volunteer hours for each BRAND NEW book donation. Books can be purchased or ordered from Elm Street Books ahead of time - please mention Book Pals to receive a 10% discount.
BRAND NEW BOOKS ONLY will be collected at our next meeting on Saturday April 25, 3:30 PM.
List of Requested Books
Adventure:
-I Survived series, by Tarshis (grades 2-4)
-anything by Alan Gratz (grades 3-6)
-Hatchett by Gary Paulsen (grade 3+)
Mystery
-BoxCar Children series (grades 2-4)
-Ballpark Mysteries (grades 1-3)
-Fancy Nancy chapter (grades 1-3)
-Last Chance Resort and The Claiming—fun series (two titles—author Kelly and Warga) (grades 3+)
Historical Fiction
-anything by Nielsen (grades 3+)
-Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate (grades 2-4)
-Max series by Adam Gidwitz (grade 3+)
Humor
-anything by Gutman (Weird School series (grades 1-2); other middle grade books (grades 2-4)
-anything by Gordon Korman (grade 3+)
-Roald Dahl (grade 2+)
-Amelia Bedelia sereis (grade 1-2)
-Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Graphic Novels
-Sisters, Guts, Drama and Smile
-Investigators
-Hazardous Tales
-New Girl
Popular Series
-Baby Sitters Club chapter books AND graphic novels (grade 2+)
-Wings of Fire chapter books AND graphic novels (grade 3+)
-Who Was (nonfiction!) (grade 2+)
-Who Would Win (nonfiction) (grade 1-2)
Dav Pilkey books, Dogman Series
Books about soccer and anything with Messi or Ronaldo
Junie B. Jones series
The One and Only Ivan and others in the series by Katherine Applegate
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo and other “classics” chapter books
Books about animals, sharks, sea life
Please contact Anna Brown with questions: 203-451-4166
Contact the event organizers: Brown Anna