On Sunday, December 10 from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, join SFFILM Education and Academy Award nominated animation studio Tonko House for a special Bay Area premiere screening of their newest work PIG: The Dam Keeper Poems, and a book signing of their debut graphic novel The...

Volunteers, Board members, and staff thank all our supporters who joined us on October 1 to celebrate our silver anniversary! We're grateful for the generosity of our event sponsors, including Sarah Goodwin Illustration & Design, artist Michael...

We are OPEN for all regular hours, including Labor Day! SUNDAY OCTOBER 1, 11 am - 2 pm :: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS! A quarter century ago, founder Vicki Pollack noticed a need at local public schools and began collecting and giving away children's books from her home in...

We are CLOSED June 16 - July 7  *** Please DO NOT drop off books to our book site during these 3 weeks! *** We will be OPEN from Saturday, July 8 (instead of July 1) for all regular hours through the rest of the summer, including Labor Day. CELEBRATING 25 YEARS A...

OPEN for our regular hours—including Memorial Day!—through June 15. CLOSED June 16 - July 7. Please DO NOT drop off books to our book site during these 3 weeks! OPEN again from Saturday, July 8 (instead of July 1) for all regular hours through the rest of the summer....

We're open for all regular hours listed below, including spring break holidays and Memorial Day. See you soon!

We're OPEN on Presidents' Day February 20.

NOTE  We're OPEN on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day January 16 and Presidents' Day February 20. From 10 am – 1 pm on Saturday, January 21, the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) will host a book drive for the Children's Book Project at Playland at...

Donate books & check us out!  From 10 am – 1 pm on January 21, the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) will host a book drive for the Children's Book Project at Playland at 43rd Avenue, the vibrant community park just outside our book site at...