Save those gently used books that are sitting on your child/rens shelves to donate to our book drive!
Starting Monday, June 9, 2025 participants can donate new, like new, or very gently used books in great condition from board books to chapter books in the bins located inside the Parish Hall for the Book'em Book Bus. 500 books will fill their book bus! Learn more here: https://bookem-kids.org/book-bus/
Book'em donates 100,000+ books to underserved children in the Nashville area, serving ages 0-18.These books foster a sense of ownership, dignity, and joy in the children who receive them as gifts. A book that would not be given as a gift may be a better fit for a used book store or secondhand store. Below is a general outline of books we accept for those who want to support our mission.
Books We Accept
- books for ages 0-18
- books in excellent condition (new, like-new, very gently used)
- board books, picture books, chapter books (etc. for books in the age range 0-18)
Books We CAN NOT ACCEPT
- Encyclopedia sets
- Textbooks
- Outdated reference materials
- Books on cassette
- Magazines, catalogs, & manuals
- Videotapes & DVDs
- Library books
- Even in relatively good condition, books with library binding, card pockets, or discard stamps do not create the sense of ownership that we work to provide Additionally, caregivers may mistake these as books that need to be returned to a library rather than gifts for their child.
- Any books in less than excellent condition
- This includes excessively worn, torn, wrinkled, bent, stained, yellowed, water or smoke damaged, underlined, highlighted, written in, or otherwise damaged books, as well as those with missing pages or pieces. We cannot use activity books that have been completed in any capacity or are missing stickers or other components.