Book
Drive Details
When: March 20th - April 11th,
2014
Where: Bring your books to your ELA classroom
or outside the main office. Place books
inside the boxes labeled ALP Book Drive, and place money in the envelope. Remember to donate .50 cents for every book
you bring in, otherwise we can’t ship them!
What kind of books do they need?
- Juvenile literature
- Children’s fiction and non-fiction
- Teacher's resource books for school libraries
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias less than 15 years old
- Accurate up-to-date atlases
- Thesauruses
- Math books from 6th grade up, including algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus, English books (focusing on grammar or comprehension), geography books, health books, science books including general science, biology, chemistry, and physics at appropriate level. Send no more than two copies of any textbook, these will be used as a teacher resource
- Books with universal themes (friendships, animals, love)
- Books like Chicken Soup for the Soul (inspiring stories with life skills lessons)
- Books about Africa or African-Americans
- Educational kids science and literary magazines in good conditionBrain teasers, flash cards, educational games and puzzles