How to Donate Books to BookSmiles?
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Thank you for thinking of BookSmiles! Your donated books help us put new-to-them books into the hands of children who need them most.

What can I donate?
We gladly accept:
  • New and gently used children’s books
  • Young adult books
  • Adult books and home or estate libraries
  • We accept ALL books: Fiction, non-fiction, class sets, library discards, cookbooks, religious, art, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps and newspapers.

What happens to adult or older books?
BookSmiles partners with trusted book resellers who:
  • exchange full gaylords of adult books for children’s books, or
  • resell books and return a portion of the proceeds to support our operating expenses.
This allows your entire donation to support our literacy mission—even when the books are not a direct fit for our programs.

Small donations
Individual or small donations may be dropped off at our BookSmiles location during regular business hours.  If you have a small amount of books to donate, you may find a painted collection bin near you.  See list below.

Home and estate libraries
For qualifying home or estate libraries of five or more full bookshelves, we may be able to arrange a pickup.
Click here for more details.

Questions or to schedule a large donation?
Please contact [email protected] before dropping off large quantities (van, U Haul, or truckload) so we can confirm space and logistics.


Remote locations for small donations:

Please, only use these remote locations for 1-2 bags of books. Drop off larger quantities at our Pennsauken facility.
If a bin is full, please call us at 856-661-7480​
​New Jersey Donation Stations--
  • Audubon - Splitting Hairs Salon - 116 W Merchant St
  • Berlin - Oopsie Daisy Florist, 136 S. White Horse Pike, Berlin, NJ 08009
  • ​Camden County College - Halpern Hall Lobby, near elevators
  • ​Cherry Hill
  • Collingswood, NJ - 624 Stokes Ave, Collingswood
  • Gloucester Township Municipal Building -1261 Chews Landing Rd., Laurel Springs
  • Ewing-  TCNJ Campus Town Redberry, 200 Campus Town Circle, Suite 200A, Ewing NJ 08638
  • Haddon Heights - 24/7 Bin - Atlantic Avenue Elementary School ​
  • Haddonfield - 24/7 Bin - Central Elementary School, Elizabeth Haddon, Tatem
  • Lawrenceville:  ​
  • Little Egg Harbor Township -Municipal Complex, 665 Radio Rd.
  • Marlton
    • Huntington Learning Center - 301 Old Marlton Pike West.
    •  Prince of Peace Lutheran Church - 61 Route 70 East - 24/7 in the back​​
    • Temporary in Marlton: Bakanas Flowers and Gifts, 27 N. Maple Ave, Main Street Auto, 71 E. Main St.

  • Moorestown 
    • Perkins School for the Arts
    • Moorestown High School
    • Moorestown Hardware
    • Senator Troy Singleton's office - 400 N. Church St, Ste. 260. 
    • William Allen Middle School, Upper Elementary School, Roberts Elementary School, South Valley Elementary School, and Baker Elementary School.
  • Mount Laurel - Hartford School
    • Temporary in Mt. Laurel: Ameriprise Financial Services 3000 Atrium Way, Suite 510 Mt. Laurel
  • Pine Hill - School Board Office, 1003 Turnersville Road
  • Pitman - Words Matter Book Store -52 S Broadway and 318 Madison Ave.​
  • Tabernacle - Murphy's Market - 381 Medford Lakes Rd.​
  • Turnersville - Huntington - 860 NJ-168 STE 102
  • Voorhees
    • Animal Welfare Association. 500 Centennial Blvd 
    • Beth EL, Voorhees Parking lot. 
    • AAA South Jersey- 700 Laurel Oak Road.
  • Washington Township - Bunker Hill Middle School
  • West Deptford - Steedle Moving and Storage - 1152 Crown Point Rd, West Deptford, NJ 08093​​


Pennsylvania Donation Stations
Please, only use these remote locations for 1-2 bags of books. Drop off larger quantities at our Pennsauken facility.
If a bin is full, please call us at 856-661-7480​​​