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📚 Where to donate books in Kansas
Books can go to thrift stores and to Friends of the Library groups, which sell them to raise money for the local library.
Before you go
- Old encyclopedias and outdated textbooks are rarely wanted.
- Call the library first; many only take donations on certain days.
7 places in Kansas take books.
Lansing
Friends of the Lansing Library - Book Donations
- gently used books in clean, like-new condition
- recent editions and popular authors
- books of local interest
- DVDs
Not accepted: encyclopedias, manuals and textbooks; medical or health books; magazines; dirty, moldy or water-damaged books; VHS and cassette tapes
Manhattan
Manhattan Public Library - book donations
- hardback and paperback books
- children's books
- DVDs
- music CDs
- video games
Not accepted: audiobooks; magazines; textbooks; encyclopedias; condensed or serial sets; yearbooks
WamegoCall to confirm
Wamego Public Library - material donations
- books and library materials
MarysvilleCall to confirm
Santa's Closet (OneMarysville) - toy drive
- new toys
- gently used toys
- children's books
- money
Emporia
Friends of the Emporia Public Library - book donations
- books
- records
- CDs
- DVDs
- magazines
Not accepted: National Geographic magazines; encyclopedias; VHS tapes; textbooks; moldy items
Wichita
Rainbows United - Kids' Point
- diapers and wipes
- backpacks
- child-sized beds and furniture
- infant and toddler toys
- preschool supplies
- books
Wichita
Story Time Village
- board books
- picture books
- early-learning books
- Spanish and multicultural books
- chapter books