The Children’s Book Bank at SMART Reading accepts donations of new and gently used children’s books Mondays through Thursdays 9 am – 5 pm at our location in NE Portland (1915 NE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97212). If you’d like to drop off books outside of those days and hours, please email bookbank@smartreading.org or call us at 503-616-3981.

We are currently accepting donations of:

• Board Books
• Picture Books (especially books for younger readers)
• Alphabet Books
• Spanish Language Books
• Multicultural Books
• Books About Numbers, Colors, Animals, Shapes, And Words
• Story Books
• Rhyming Books
• Chapter books for students up to 8th grade

Books we are unable to re-home:

• Books With Yellow Pages
• Vintage Books
• Musty Or Damaged Books
• Ex-School Library Books
• Ex-Library Books
• Books For Adults
• Magazines
• Coloring Books
• Encyclopedias
• Textbooks
• Classroom Sets
• Books for high school students
• Kindles, Tablets, Or E-Readers