# Please help me build my classroom library **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026 "2010-04-14T03:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/21 "2010-04-20T20:17:23Z")
This [report](http://doc.renlearn.com/KMNet/R004101202GH426A.pdf) might give you some more ideas for your wish list. (PDF alert) ---
**Author:** ![Polly\_Glot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Polly\_Glot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Glot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/22 "2010-04-20T22:45:06Z")
Greetings, fellow teacher at an urban charter school! Although mine’s about 2000 miles from Phoenix. 🙂 In lieu of financial help, I hope my advice will prove worthy. My husband and I instituted a new “library” at our school, which now comprises 8 big bookshelves of books! We contacted every bookstore in the area for help as well as having parents drop off books they no longer wanted. If you have a [Half-Price Books](http://halfpricebooks.com) in the area, I recommend contacting them first as they contributed a LOT of great literature to us at no cost. Local bookstores may also be willing to donate, just gotta ask. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/23 "2010-04-23T17:42:18Z")
Using my one bump to get more views! Polly Glot, thanks for that advice. I’m going to try that this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/24 "2010-04-23T18:05:36Z")
Mailed mine yesterday, I imagine it’ll be there in about a week. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/25 "2010-04-23T18:10:34Z")
You might want to check this out: [Paperbackswap.com’s school book program](http://www.paperbackswap.com/donations/schools.php). If paperbackswap members donate credits, the management there can use it to purchase new books for the schools. It’s worked well for 26 schools so far. I have tried to get it going at a school here in Chicago, but the site’s founder told me they probably won’t actively sponsor a school again until the August/September timeframe. Still, if you apply at the end of the summer, it might mean 500 books. ---
**Author:** ![Polly\_Glot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Polly\_Glot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Glot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/26 "2010-04-23T20:19:27Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > Using my one bump to get more views! > > Polly Glot, thanks for that advice. I’m going to try that this weekend. Least I could do! Now if we could only figure out a way to get kids to\* read\* 'em, we’ll have done pretty good 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/27 "2010-04-23T20:23:54Z")
I’m just clearing out bookcases and was going to take some boxes of books to be donated. PM me the school address and I’ll send a suitable selection to you. My kids have moved out and promise me that they’ve got everything they want with them already. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/28 "2010-04-24T02:20:11Z")
I’ll try to round up some books for you. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/29 "2010-04-24T03:24:19Z")
non-fiction books OK? ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026/30 "2010-04-24T14:16:42Z")
Yes, non-fiction is great! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-build-my-classroom-library/536026.md?page=1)