Request Books

Does your organization or school serve children whose families cannot afford books? You can request books by completing the form below. Applications are fulfilled on a rolling basis pending approval and book supply. In order to provide books across the region, we can only fulfill 1 request per recipient group a year. Please note that the book bank depends on donations in order to fill requests, so no more than 2 books can be provided per child.

Attention: Books must be picked up from the Book Bank within two months of the approved request. If you are planning to pick up your books at a scheduled field trip, please do not submit the request more than two months in advance.

The Book Bank provided over 21,000 books to children in need last year alone!

Please consider a donation to the Book Bank to improve the literacy rate in Central Virginia and give under-resourced children the joy of book ownership.

Request Books

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Address*
Contact Name*
If Selecting “Preschool / Child Care Program”, at least 25% of families must receive child care subsidy from the Department of Social Services.
Please Select Grade Level of Readers*
If multiple grade levels, specify quantities in comments section.
The Children's Book Bank has a limited number of bi-lingual books, would you like to request any?*
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Is your class attending a field trip at the Children’s Museum?*
If you have specific instructions or need to explain your request in more detail, please do so in the space provided.